Category : Financial and Statistics
Archive   : BILLIT.ZIP
Filename : MANUAL2.DAT

SHAREWARE NOTICE!

This is a Shareware Program, which means the author has
placed it for distribution through Shareware Dealers or a
BBS. The Shareware concept of "try before you buy" applies
to this program. If you like and use this program, please
register with the author. If you do not use it then discard
it or give it to a friend. If you purchased this program
on a disk from a Shareware Dealer, you have not purchased
the program itself but paid the dealer a fee for the
copying and distribution of this program. This Shareware
version is a 100% workable program and will produce
invoices, statements and purchase orders.

When you register with the author you will receive the
most current version available without these shareware
notices. Complete Manual, and notice of future updates.
The registered version also has a Report section that
could not be included with this shareware version because
of the size of the program. The Report section keeps a
record of the Date, Invoice Number, Total Taxable Sales
and Total Sales Tax collected. This data can be printed
out for Sales Tax purposes. The registered version will
save Invoices to a Ascii file on disk for later viewing,
printing, or sending to a customer with a computer Fax.
See customizing at the end of this manual.

At the beginning of the program you have a option to print
out a registration form. Thank you!

PROGRAM FEATURES:

SHAREWARE VERSION:
1. For Dot Matrix or Laser Jet Printers.
2. Prints on plain paper. Seventeen description lines.
3. Automatic numbering. Option to change numbers at any time.
4. Prints copies using same invoice number. Numbers pages.
5. Prints Invoices, Statements and Purchase Orders.
6. 5000 Customer Address database.
7. Saves 17 Descriptions/Unit Price you commonly use in invoicing.
8. Calculates Unit Price by Quantity automatically.
9. Automatic Sales Tax calculation. Change Tax Rate quickly.
10.Prints Multipage Invoices, Statements and Purchase Orders.
11.Special Printer Command section.
12.Customer Address Maintenance section.
13.Easy to use. True WYSIWYG.
14.Twenty five Characters to a line when saving addresses.

REGISTERED VERSION:
15.Registered Version prints out a Sales Tax Report.
16.Will save Invoices/Statements to a Ascii file on disk
for later recall to view, print or computer fax to customer.
17.Thirty characters to a line when saving addresses.
18.Customize the heading of the invoices/statements and
purchase orders so you can use your own preprinted letterheads
and company logo.

THIS MANUAL IS TEN PAGES LONG WHEN PRINTED OUT!

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THE BILLIT INVOICE/STATEMENT PROGRAM
====================================

Copyright 1992
By
Westcoast Software

INSTALLING THE BILLIT PROGRAM ON HARD DISK!

Insert Disk in Drive A or B. To install on Drive C from
Drive A type and press the key. From
Drive B type and press the key. To
install on Drive D from Drive A type and
press the key. From Drive B type and
press the key. A Directory called BILL will be
created on your hard disk and all the files will be copied
to the BILL Directory.

LOADING THE BILLIT PROGRAM!

From the BILL Directory on Hard Disk or from Drives A or B
type and press the key to load and run the
program.

BEST PROCEDURE FOR USING THIS MANUAL. START WITH THE SET UP
SECTION THEN SELECT THE FOLLOWING: INVOICE, DATE/TERMS,
DESCRIPTION, DISCOUNT, SHIPPING, AMT PAID, SHIP TO, MESSAGE,
AND MANL/RECD.

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SET UP
========

To enter your Return Address, Sales Tax and Printing
Adjustments, Select number 4 on the Main Menu.

The Set Up section will look like the following:

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ENTER RETURN ADDRESS/PRINTING ADJUSTMENTS

1. Name :
2. Street :
3. City/State/Zip :
4. Optional 4th Line :
5. Sales Tax - Use Decimal Number :
6. Print Return Address Y/N :
7. Line Feeds between Addresses :
8. Line Feeds between State/Invoice :
9. Adjust left margin for addresses :
10. Choose Home Record File 1,2,3,4,5:
11. Print with Laser Printer? Y/N :

1. Save Data
2. Start Over
3. Main Menu

What Number ?
***
Note! Throughout this manual we use < > to emphasize. Do
not type in these brackets. means press Enter Key.
***

Lines 1,2,3,4: Enter your company name and address, up to
4 lines.

Line 5: Enter Sales Tax Rate here, using a decimal number
as .06 etc.

Line 6: Option to print name and address you entered on
first 4 lines.

Line 7: Option to increase space between addresses. May be
needed to adjust for use in window envelopes. 1 to 4 only.
If you change this number then you must change the number
in Line 8 when using a dot matrix printer.

Line 8: Adjustment for Line Feeds between Invoices or
Statements when using Dot Matrix printing on continuous
paper.

Line 9: Adjusts Left Margin on addresses for use in window
envelopes.

Line 10:This is where you choose your Home Record File.
When the program asks you which record file and you just
press the key, the default will be the File you
choose here.

Line 11:If you are printing with a Laser Printer then
enter a here. Enter a if you are using a Dot
Matrix etc.

Enter a <1> and Save the Data you entered.

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DATE/TERMS/INVOICE NUMBER
=========================

Select number 1 from the Main Menu. The Date,
Invoice Number and Terms will appear at the top of the
screen and the following menu will appear at the bottom of
the screen.

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Continue Date/Terms Descript Number Cancel Main Menu
==========================================================
Select from the menu. Enter the date as
or <2/11/92> and press . Enter the
Invoice Number you want to start with and press .
Enter your Terms for payment of the Invoice and press
. These entries will be saved to disk and the
Date and Terms will not change until you change them.
The invoice number will increase each time you print a
different invoice, but will stay the same on copies and
each page of a multipage invoice.

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DESCRIPTION
===========

Select from the above menu. The following
will appear on the screen:

Qty Description Unit Price Tax Extension
| | | | |

1. Enter the number of items under Qty and press .
Use only numbers, no dollar or cent signs, dashes or
commas or decimal pts. If you want to say 3 dozen then
enter the 3 under Qty and the dozen under Description.

2. Type in the description of the items and press .
If the description will take two lines then finish out the
unit price and or extension. Then on the second line just
press in Qty, Enter second line of description and
press . Keep pressing until you are in Qty
on the next line.

This program has a Description and Unit Price database. Select
number 6 from the Main Menu. You can save
to disk for future use, 17 different descriptions that you
can use in the description area. This saves typing a
description in each time. Instead of typing in the
description, enter the Line Number of the description you
want and press . The description on that line
number in the database will appear in the description area
to be printed. Enter a in Qty to view the descriptions.
After viewing you will return back to Qty. The best way is
to enter the descriptions, then use the Print Screen option
and print out a list of the descriptions for quick viewing.

3. Enter the Unit Price and press . Use numbers,
zeroes and decimal point such as 15.00 and do not use
dollar or cent signs. If you do not want a Unit Price then
just press the key. If you enter a Unit Price the
Extension will be calculated and the total will be entered
after the Sales Tax option. If you do not enter the Unit
Price you can enter the Extension manually.

4. If you are entering a figure in the Unit Price or
Extension and want that amount to be Taxable then enter a
in the Tax prompt. If you do not want the amount to be
taxable then just press under Tax.

5. If you did not enter anything under Unit Price you now
have the option of entering or not entering a amount under
Extension.

6. Entering a backslash <\> will erase a previous entry
for correcting. Entering a <\> under Qty will erase the
whole previous line.

7. When you are finished with the description area, enter
a under Qty to return to the menu.

8. If you are back at the Menu and want to go back and
correct an item then choose again. Press the
key until you reach the item you want to correct.
The old data will be saved. Make the correction and press
the key until you reach a blank line and enter
in Qty to return to the Menu. Note! If you entered a
under Tax and want to cancel it then you must enter a
under Tax to cancel it. This is only if you returned after
being at a Menu.

9. The option can be used to decrease or increase the
Invoice number if needed.

10. Select for next section.


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Cont Disc Tax Ship/Hd Paid Message NoPrint Return
========================================================

1. If you want to give a Discount then select
from the Menu. Enter percent only as a decimal number.
Example: 10 percent = .10 Example: 2 percent = .02
If you have a mixture of taxable and nontaxable items the
taxable items will be calculated separatly. The discount
will be taken off before the sales tax is calculated, then
the discount will be taken off the nontaxable items. If you
have a mixture of taxable and nontaxable items and want to
give a discount only on the nontaxable items (such as a
discount on labor) then enter (Discount on Labor) in the
description area, then enter the total discount in the
extension column as a negative figure such as -50.00 and
it will be subtracted from the nontaxable items.

2. Tax - Select to enter a temporary Sales Tax Rate.


3. Select to enter a dollar and cent amount for
shipping and handling. Use numbers, zeroes and decimal point.

3. Select to enter the amount already paid
for the items on the invoice. Calculates automatically.

4. The Messsage option lets you type in any Message. You can
make the invoice more personal by typing in "Thanks John
for your order!" etc. If you are printing more than one page
then type a message on the last page.

5. A Sub Total will be printed at the bottom of a Purchase
Order. If you are printing a Purchase Order and do not want
a Sub Total printed then select the NoPrint option and the
Sub Total will not be printed on that Purchase Order.

6. Selecting returns you to the previous menu to
correct an item in the description area.

7. Select for To section.

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SHIP TO
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OPTIONS:

1. If you want the section to remain blank
then just press the key on all four lines.

2. If you want the section to print out with the
same name and address that is in the section then
enter a < \ > on the first line and press .

3. If the will be different than the
then type in data and press at the end of each line.
press the key. If has previous data in it
and you want it blank then press the space bar and press
. If has previous data in it and you want
to enter new data, then enter the new data over the old
data and press . Entering a <\> in will
cancel all and return you to the Main Menu.

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SOLD TO
=======

The Address Menu looks like the following:

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Manl/Recd-Srch/Prt-View/Sel-Print Sel-Prt Series-Next-Menu
==========================================================

EXPLANATIONS:

1. Manl/Recd - Enter the name and address
manually. Line three must have an entry in order to print.
Press after each line. If you know the Record
Number of a Name and Address you can enter the Record Number
on the first line and press . A prompt will ask you
what Record File. The Name and Address that has that Record
Number will appear on the screen and be printed on the
Invoice. You can also use the option to find a
Record Number.

2. Srch/Prt - This option (Search and Print) lets you
search for anything on any line of a record and will print
out a record that equals what you entered to search for.
Make your search criteria unique, otherwise if you search
for an the search will pick up only the first record
with an . The record found will appear on the screen.
If it is not the record you want then use the
option. Change your search criteria and search again.

3. View/Sel - (View and Select) This option lets you view
the records and select one record for printing. To select
just press and enter the record number. If you chose
the wrong record then just repeat. The last selection
is the only one that will print.

4. Print Sel - (Print Selection) This option prints the
record you selected in the View/Sel option.

5. Prt Series - (Print Series) You can print from any
record number to any record number with this option. If
you have zip codes on the CODE LINE in the address
records, you can print by zip codes in ascending order.
Enter record number to record number. Then enter zip code
to zip code. If you have a mixture of 5 and 9 digit zip
codes then you must make the last zip code a nine digit
code. You can add 9999 to the five digit code, such as
91711 would be 917119999. If you do not want to use the
Zip Code option then just enter the beginning and ending
record numbers and press the key in the rest.
Note! With the Print Series option you can print as many
copies of each invoice/statement/PO that you want but only
one page.

6. Next - Can be used to cancel what you have done and
start a new invoice.

7. Menu - Returns you to the Main Menu.

After selecting a search or manual operation you will have
option to continue or cancel.

If you select Cancel you can select another Search or
Manual option.

If you select Continue then you will be asked the amount
of copies and pages you need.

If you select one page then will be printed
at the bottom of the page and Total Due.

If you select more than one page then and Total
Due will be printed only on the last page. Sub Total will be
printed on the other pages.

After printing the following Menu will appear:

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Continue Prt Same One New Address Change Desc Main Menu
===========================================================

1. Select to enter data on another page or invoice.

2. Selecting will print another copy of the
invoice just printed.

3. Selecting allows you to use the same
descriptions and just change the Message and Address.

4. allows you to return to the description area.
Use this option only on single page invoices or the last
page of a multipage invoice.

5. Main Menu - Returns you to the Main Menu.

We recommend at least two copies of an invoice, one for the
customer and one for your files or three copies, two for the
customer if he has a balance owing, and one for your files.
If you are using a dot matrix printer, you may consider NCR
paper with three parts.

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ADDRESS RECORDS SECTION
=======================

Select <5. Address Records> from the Main Menu. The
Address Records menu will look like the following:

***

1. VIEW NAMES
2. SEARCH/VIEW/CHANGE/DELETE
3. ENTER DATA IN A RECORD
4. PRINT RECORD#/NAME LIST
5. DELETE RECORDS
6. CREATE FILES
7. FILE STATISTICS
8. MAIN MENU

WHAT NUMBER

***

1. VIEW NAMES - This option lets you view any or all
records in a file. Useful to find blank records that you
can use.

2. SEARCH/VIEW/CHANGE/DELETE - You can search for records,
view each one, change the data in the record or delete the
record.

3. ENTER DATA IN A RECORD - To enter a name and address in
a record, enter the Record Number you want to use. This
program sorts by the CODE LINE only. You can enter names
or zip codes on the CODE LINE. The next four lines can be
used for the name and address. If the address is a USA
address then enter the zip code only on the Zip Code line.

For foreign addresses do not enter anything on the Zip
Code line, just press . Press after each
line. Note! If you by mistake save a blank record then you
must use the DELETE RECORD option number five and delete
that record or the blank record will print out. If you do
not enter anything on the CODE LINE, the program will
automatically enter "NoCode" on the Code Line. Use the
File Statistics option to see which blank records are
available for use.

4. PRINT RECORD#/NAME LIST - This option will print out a
list of names with the record number.

5. DELETE RECORDS - This option will delete one or a
thousand records.

6. CREATE FILES - You received this program with File
Number 1 (CUST1) already created. If you have room on disk
you can create four more files, 2,3,4 and 5 each with a
capacity of 1000 records each.

7. FILE STATISTICS - Will show total Blank and total
Active records in a customer file. Also prints first
10 available Blank records at top of screen. Do not
use this option on a File number not yet created
as it will show 1000 Active Records and may create
a false file.

8. MAIN MENU - Takes you back to the Main Menu.

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STATEMENTS
==========

Statements are the same as the Invoices with the following
exceptions:

1. The name "STATEMENT" is printed.

2. The SHIP TO is not printed.

3. The invoice number will not be printed on a Statement.

***

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PURCHASE ORDERS
===============

When printing a Purchase Order the automatic Discount, Sales Tax
Shipping and Amount Paid options are not used.

1. Select number 3 on the Main Menu and press
the key.

2. Select the option and press key.

3. Follow the instructions in the Help section at bottom of screen.

4. In Terms enter how you will pay, such as C.O.D., Check Enclosed,
or others. Also enter Routing such as Ship UPS, or Ship FIRST
CLASS MAIL or what you choose. You can also use Mess/Desc option.

5. Select from the menu and press key.

6. Enter quantity of items you want and press .

7. Enter Description of items you want. Enter also in description
Dozen, pounds etc. When finished in description press .

8. Enter Unit Price using numbers, decimal point and zeroes, but
no dollar or cent signs and press . If you do not enter
anything in the Unit Price you can enter a total in Extension
or skip Extension.

9. Note that after entering the Unit Price, the Sales Tax
area was skipped over. This is because the rate of Tax you
entered in the Set Up section may be different from the Area
you are purchasing from. After you have finished with the
description of the items you want you can enter the name
Sales Tax in the description area and the Total Tax Due in
Extension. You can do the same with Shipping if you know
how much the Shipping will be. You can also enter Amount
Paid in the Description area and enter a negative number
in Extension if you wish, so the Sub Total will show zero.

10.Only a Sub Total will be printed on a Purchase Order. If
you do not want the Sub Total printed on the Purchase Order
then select the option and press . The
Sub Total will not be printed.

11.If you have not selected then do so now and press
the key.

12.Enter Data or SAME in Ship To and press or just press
on each line to leave blank.

13.Select a option to enter the Vendor's Name and Address. Follow
the prompts and print out.

14.If you need another page or another Purchase Order then select
and press .

"Authorized By:................." will also be printed in the lower
left area of a Purchase Order.

***

MANY HELP SCREENS WILL APPEAR AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN HELPING
YOU WITH MOST OPTIONS.
***

THE FOLLOWING FILES SHOULD BE WITH THIS PROGRAM:

BILLIT.EXE - Main Program.
ADDRCD.TBC - Address Record Program.
SETUP2.DAT - Set Up data file.
PRTC2.DAT - Printer Command file.
DESC.DAT - Description file.
UNIT.DAT - Unit Price file.
MANUAL2.DAT - Manual you are reading now.
INSTALAC.BAT - Installs Billit from drive A to drive C.
INSTALAD.BAT - Installs Billit from drive B to drive C.
INSTALBC.BAT - Installs Billit from drive A to drive D.
INSTALBD.BAT - Installs Billit from drive B to drive D.
CUST1 - Address Record file.
ORDER2 - Registration form.

***

THE LABELS PLUS! PROGRAM

The Labels Plus Program is a companion to the Billit
Invoice Statement Program. Labels Plus and Billit read
each others files and work together. Labels Plus prints
Envelopes, Shipping Labels and Address Labels. A very easy
to use program. Labels Plus is available from Westcoast
Software. Registration Fee for the Labels Plus Program is
$20.00. If you order the COMBINATION BILLIT and LABELS
PLUS programs, the Registration fee is $30. See Order Form.
Labels Plus is for Dot Matrix or Laser printers. Labels Plus
will print envelopes, 4x3 1/3, 6 to a sheet shipping labels and
1x4, 20 to a sheet address labels on laser printers.

***

CUSTOMIZING INVOICES - The registered version allows you to
adjust the invoice, statement and purchase order headings
so you can combine your own preprinted letterheads or
business logo.

COMBINING THE SHAREWARE VERSIONS OF BILLIT AND LABELS PLUS!

Install LABELS PLUS on Hard Disk or a High Density Disk and
copy the the following files from Billit to Labels Plus:

BILLIT.EXE - ADDRCD.TBC - SETUP2.DAT - PRTC2.DAT - DESC.DAT
MANUAL2.DAT - ORDER2 - UNIT.DAT


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