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- EXPORT
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- The Export facility allows you to transfer !Pennies files to other
- applications such as text editors, DTP programmes or spreadsheets.
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- ACCOUNTS
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- Files for export are selected from the Accounts menu into the
- 'Accounts' list, whole directories such as 'Cash:' can be selected and
- all files in that directory will then be exported.
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- EXPORT FILE
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- There is a choice of data for export, either the same text as is
- displayed by !Pennies in it's diplays (Display text) or the full data
- held on each transaction (Full data), for most DTP/Text editors the
- display text is sufficient, however if you wish to manipulate the
- figures in a spreadsheet then exporting the full data will be
- advantageous.
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- The EXPORT FILE TYPE can be selected from the a menu offering:
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- *Text(Plain)....The stored data exported as a text string terminated
- with a Carriage Return at the end of each line. This works well for a
- fixed pitch font like Corpus but can result in different line
- lengths for individual lines for proportional fonts such as Trinity.
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- *Text(TAB)......The stored data exported as text elements separated by
- TAB characters which effectively separates the data into columns. This
- produces better laid out tables for inclusion in DTP work where the
- TAB settings can be adjusted within the application.
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- *CSV............The stored data exported as a Comma Separated Variable
- file with text elements transferred as text strings and amounts
- transferred as numbers. In CSV files numbers are enclosed in quotes
- and all variables are separated by commas. Most spreadsheet programmes
- will accept this file type.
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- *Pipedream......The stored data is reprocessed and output as a
- Pipedream file. If 'Display text' has been selected then all variables
- are transferred as text or numbers as appropriate into separate
- columns, but dates are transferred to the Pipedream DATE(y,m,d)
- construct. If 'Full data' is selected then formulae are used to
- replace some of the numerical data such as Balances. This allows
- further manipulation if required. The formulae used reflect the
- settings of the Calculator Functions set up for the account exported.
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- EXPORT DIRECTORY NAME
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- Files are exported to a separate directory which is created by
- dragging the directory icon to a filer window. A default name of
- PennyXport is provided and if you try to 'Export' files without
- setting up your own directory then one will be created inside your own
- !Pennydata type directory.
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- EXPORT, RESET, EXIT
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- Clicking over the 'Export' button starts the procedure and all
- selected files will be processed. 'Reset' will clear the data from the
- window but leave the Export directory name set if you have created a
- directory already. 'Exit' merely closes the window without actioning
- any data.
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