This is an outline of the steps necessary in setting up your pool and operating each week.
Beginning a New Pool
1. Run Mac QB Share and open one of the demo pools.
2. From the File Menu, choose New.
3. Mac QB Share will erase all the data from the demo pool except the team names and create a shareware file.
3. Enter the Season Settings data.
4. In the Weekly Pool Settings, enter the Pool Title and Sub-Title, and set the parameters for your new pool.
5. Enter Team and/or Player Names if you like.
6. Select Save from the File Menu. Enter a name for your new pool file.
Advancing the Week Number
Mac QB is designed to begin with week 1 and continue up to week 25. However, if you are starting the pool after the season has begun or you need to skip a couple of weeks during the season, you can inveigle Mac QB to skip to the week you want.
• If you do not have a schedule entered for the weeks you want to skip, enter a bogus schedule of one game for each of the weeks.
• Choose "Correct Scores" in the Pool Menu and select the last week you want to skip. Enter scores for the game or games in the schedule for that week.
Note: If you do not have scores entered for week 1, "Correct Scores" will be dimmed. Enter bogus scores for week 1. This will activate "Correct Scores".
The Pool Menu items will now be advanced past the weeks you skipped.
Weekly Procedures
1. The Entry Form
a. If necessary, enter the schedule for the games in the week's pool.
b. If pool is set for Against the Spread, enter the betting lines for each game.
c. Choose Entry Form from the View Menu.
d. Change or enter directions and comments for the Entry Form if necessary.
e. Check the Entry Form to see if everything is correct.
f. From the File Menu, Choose Print: Entry Form
g. To send the Entry Form to a player through EMail, choose Save Entry Form Pict File
h. Make copies of the Entry Form and distribute to the players.
2. The Pre-Game Master Sheet
a. Before entering each player's picks, be sure to uncheck the Paid box if a player has not paid.
b. Enter each player's picks and tie-breaker score if included in your pool.
c. When the deadline for submitting the Entry Form has arrived, choose Print: Master Sheet Week...
d. To send the Master Sheet to a player via EMail, choose Save Master Sheet Pict File
e. Distribute copies of the Master Sheet to this week's players.
3. The Post-Game Master Sheet
a. Enter the scores.
b. When all the scores have been entered, choose Print: Master Sheet Week...
c. To send the Master Sheet to a player via EMail, choose Save Master Sheet Pict File
d. Distribute copies of the Master Sheet to this week's players.
