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- QuickTip 2.1 (freeware)
- Copyright (c) 1998 by Quick's Pilot Software (QPS)
- Contact point: quickster@palmpage.com or cquick@magicnet.net
-
- Welcome to QuickTip!
- A handy-dandy PalmPilot application for calculating tips on anything. But especially useful
- after you, or perhaps a group of people, have consumed vast quantities of food and the ol'
- brain isn't working to its full capacity.
-
- Forward
- QuickTip is a simplistic, electronic tip calculator written because I'm all the time needing
- one and none of them I found (see the list below) suited me exactly. Not to say they might
- not suit you, but I wanted something with a little of what each of them offered, and the
- result was 'QuickTip'. Notice it's also a word play on my last name, pretty clever huh?
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- CONTENTS OF THIS DOCUMENT
- I. INSTALLATION
- II. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
- III. ZIP FILE CONTENTS
- IV. USING IT
- V. CAVEATS
- VI. VERSION HISTORY
- VII. LEGAL DISCLAIMER
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- I. Installation
- Installation of QuickTip is just like any other PalmPilot program. Use the installation
- program that came with your Palm device or another one like "PalmPilot Power Install," a
- most bodacious install tool. Point your browser at "www.FastMoto.com" to check it out.
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- II. System Requirements
- This application requires Version 2 or later of the Palm operating system.
- 4K of free memory is required - a mere pittance on the new Palm III.
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- III. Zip File Contents
- QuickTip.prc The application you install on your Palm III or compatible device.
- Readme.txt This file.
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- IV. Using It
- By popular demand several enhancements have been added to QuickTip to make it more
- versatile and yet still retain the KISS operating methodolgy.
-
- There is now a drop-down list for the amount. You can select an amount from the list by
- tapping on the drop-down arrow and selecting a fixed amount or you can enter an amount in
- the normal fashion using grafitti.
-
- A tax field has been added that can be ignored if the tax rate is set to zero or made use
- of by setting the tax rate to your local area. The up and down arrows allow you to change
- the percentage by hundreths of a percent.
-
- And finally, there is a drop-down list for the number of people in the group. You can use
- this list by tapping on the drop-down arrow and selecting one of the fixed group numbers,
- or you can enter the number using grafitti.
-
- There is one other little trick you can do with QuickTip that will verify your server has
- figured your bill correctly. On the amount line, enter the amount prior to any tax being
- added to the bill then press either the "Page Up or Page Down" button. After you do this
- you will notice the tip amount goes to 0 (zero) and the total is now just the amount plus
- the tax.
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- So as you can see, there is still not much to it and it's still pretty simple to operate.
- After you have installed the QuickTip.prc file and started the application, it's ready to
- be used. Just enter the amount and it starts calculating the tip for you.
-
- If you've dined with several people, you can enter the number of people and it will give
- you the amount for each person.
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- If you change the tip percentage, it is retained and the next time you run QuickTip it
- will use that percentage.
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- V. Caveats
- My wife and I did all the beta testing, but several friends are now using it and have
- not reported any problems. However, if you find a 'bug', that's not a feature, please
- contact me at cquick@magicnet.com and inform me of your discovery.
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- VI. VERSION HISTORY
- 1.0 - 15 September, 1998 The initial release for beta testing by my wife.
- 1.1 - 20 September, 1998 Cleaned up a few anomalies she discovered while using it.
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- VII. LEGAL DISCLAIMER
- This software is provided AS-IS; there is NO WARRANTY, express or implied. The user assumes
- full responsibility and liability for any use of this program. All Rights Reserved by me,
- Carl Quick, except as noted below.
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- Permission to distribute this package complete and unmodified for personal use via the
- Internet for no charge (other than reasonable connection charges) is granted to the public.
- Distribution for commercial purposes via any other medium, including but not limited to
- CD-ROM, floppy, or printed material, in whole or in part, requires express permission from
- the author, Carl Quick (cquick@magicnet.net).
-
- Modified versions may be distributed with this notice intact, provided that said versions
- are clearly marked as modified. The above provisions also apply to any such modified
- packages.
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