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- GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR MEDLIN ACCOUNTING SHAREWARE
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- This disk contains the four programs of the Medlin
- Accounting Shareware System:
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- PC-GL Double Entry General Ledger
- PC-AR Accounts Receivable
- PC-PR Payroll Writing
- PC-AP Accounts Payable
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- The requested fee is $35 for each program, and entitles you
- to telephone support and a configuration program to change
- several parameters of the program. Send a check to:
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- Jerry Medlin
- 1461 Sproul Ave.
- Napa, CA. 94559
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- An order form is at the end of this manual. To charge,
- call (707) 255-4475 between the hours of 8AM to 6PM, Pacific
- time. We accept Master Card and Visa only.
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- You may run the programs on the supplied disk to try them
- out, but eventually you will want to install the programs
- properly to give yourself more disk space for data.
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- The programs are the files listed with the extension of
- EXE. The installation procedure consists of copying ONLY the
- program files to another disk -- DATA FILES ARE NOT AFFECTED AND
- WILL NOT BE ERASED.
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- INSTALLING THE PROGRAMS ON A HARD DISK
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- To install the programs on a hard disk, just run the
- VIEWDOC program and choose INSTALL PROGRAMS from the menu. The
- program will ask you which programs you wish to install and
- designate the path. If a subdirectory has not been created, the
- install routine will create one. The main programs and any
- configuration programs included will be copied to the
- subdirectory. If you are using PC-GL for the first time, the
- Standard Chart of Accounts will be copied to the subdirectory
- when you install the PC-GL program. If you already are using a
- chart of accounts, the program will not change it.
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- If you have been using previous versions of Medlin
- Accounting Shareware, your previous data will remain intact. NO
- EXISTING DATA WILL BE ERASED BY THE INSTALL ROUTINE.
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- If you wish to install the programs on a drive other than
- C: drive and/or a subdirectory other than \ACCT, use CHANGE COPY
- DESTINATION to specify the drive and subdirectory. (The drive
- and subdirectory together are called the path.) You should
- install all four programs on the same subdirectory for easy
- accessiblity.
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- Exit VIEWDOC by selecting QUIT from the menu.
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- To run a program, first change to the subdirectory by
- typing: CD \ACCT then type the program name. IE. type PC-GL
- to run PC-GL or PC-AR to run PC-AR.
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- INSTALLING THE PROGRAMS ON A FLOPPY DISK
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- Installing the programs requires formatting a program disk
- and a data disk, then using the VIEWDOC program to copy the
- programs to the program disk. If you already have a program
- disk and data disk, skip formatting and just run the VIEWDOC
- installation program to copy the new programs to your old
- program disk.
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- FIRST TIME INSTALLATION-FORMATTING DISKS
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- To format the data disk, put your DOS disk in drive A: and a
- blank disk in drive B: and type:
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- FORMAT B:
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- Leaving your DOS disk in drive A:, create a program disk by
- putting another blank disk in drive B: and type:
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- FORMAT B:/S
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- Put away your DOS disk.
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- USING VIEWDOC TO COPY NEW VERSIONS ONTO FORMATTED PROGRAM DISK
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- Move the formatted program disk to drive A: and put this disk in
- drive B: and type:
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- B:VIEWDOC
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- Choose INSTALL PROGRAMS from the menu and copy the programs
- you plan to use to the disk in drive A:. The INSTALL PROGRAM
- will copy the main program as well as the configuration program
- (included if you have registered for the program). Exit the
- VIEWDOC program by choosing QUIT.
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- To run any program, place the program disk in drive A: and
- the data disk in drive B: and type the name of the program
- followed by B:. IE. type PC-GL B: to run the PC-GL program or
- PC-AR B: to run PC-AR. If you have the configuration programs,
- you can use them to permanently set B: drive as the data drive.
- A configuration program is provided to registered users of each
- program.
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- INTEGRATING THE PROGRAMS
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- With the exception of PC-AP, the programs are not
- "integrated". This means to get the sales totals from the
- Accounts Receivable program to the General Ledger program you
- must make a journal entry. Likewise, the payroll totals need to
- be entered each month into the general ledger program. Once you
- are familiar with the programs, this takes only a few minutes
- per month, and is more convenient than having all of the sales
- and payroll detail transferred to the general ledger program
- automatically. The PC-GL manual includes a section on posting
- payroll and sales data to the General Ledger.
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- COMMAND LINE OPTIONS
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- The configuration program available to registered users
- allows you to specify a data path and colors for each program.
- You may also specify the desired data path and colors by adding
- them to the command line separated by blank spaces. The
- commands are in the following order: DATA PATH, BORDER COLOR,
- DATA COLOR, PROMPT COLOR AND BACKGROUND COLOR. For example, if
- you run PC-GL by typing:
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- PC-GL B: 3 14 10 1
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- the program looks for data on the B: drive and uses Cyan
- borders, Yellow data, Light Green prompts with a Blue
- background.
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- The programs always default to the color mode if you have a
- color board in your computer. Adding /bw to the command line
- will force the programs to run without colors if your computer
- has a color or graphics board and a monochrome monitor.
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- THE KEYBOARD
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- The programs make liberal use of the PC's ten key pad for
- both numbers and commands. At some places in the programs, the
- 10 key pad produces numbers and at other times the 10 key pad
- produces directional commands. The programs disreguard the Num
- Lock status, so it is unnecessary to turn your Num Lock on and
- off as you switch from arrow keys to numbers. The 10 key pad
- will produce numbers or commands depending on what is needed at
- that point in the program. One slight side effect of this
- process is that for keyboards having separate arrow keys,
- pressing the arrow keys will produce numbers at times when the
- arrow keys are not needed.
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- These programs have been developed and refined over a
- period of six years. I'm sure you'll find them better than
- anything else available. So, relax, take a deep breath and get
- your books in order.
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- MEDLIN SHAREWARE ACCOUNTING Remit to: Jerry Medlin
- ORDER FORM 1461 Sproul Ave.
- Napa, CA. 94559
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- PC-GL General Ledger Program ($35) ________
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- PC-AR Accounts Receivable Program ($35) ________
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- PC-PR Payroll Writing Program ($35) ________
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- PC-AP Accounts Payable Program ($35) ________
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- CA Residents add 6.25% Sales Tax ________
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- Total Enclosed ________
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- Name: ________________________________________________________
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- Company:________________________________________________________
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- Address:________________________________________________________
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- City: __________________________ State _______ Zip ___________
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- Check one: 5.25 inch OK? ____ or 3.5 inch disk required? ____
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- Payment by: Check _____ MC _____ VISA _____
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- Card no.: _____________________________________________________
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- Expiration:________________
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- Cardholder
- Name ______________________________________________________
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- Cardholder
- Signature _____________________________________________________
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- Where did you get our program?__________________________________
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- Sorry, no CODs or Purchase Orders.
- Latest version of all four programs and configuration programs
- for registered programs will be mailed by First Class Mail.