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%% CHEX-MASTER Version 2.0 Written and produced by: %%
%% * * * * %%
%% TOTAL LOGISTICS CONSULTING * * * %%
%% 565 PLEASANT STREET We Serve YOU With * TLC * %%
%% CHAMBERSBURG PA. 17201 (c) * * %%
%% COMPU-SERVE ID# 71650,3665 * * %%
%% * %%
%% Copyright (c) Total Logistics Consulting 1989. All Rights Reserved. %%
%% CHEX-MASTER and LOGO are trademarks of Total Logistics Consulting. %%
%% %%
%% This program is a "SHARE-WARE" package. It is NOT FREEware nor is it %%
%% Public Domain. Please copy and distribute the entire package "AS IS". %%
%% You are NOT authorized to modify this program package in any way !!! %%
%% Use it and see if you are satisfied with its performance ! If you are %%
%% and it meets your needs, please send $ 24 plus $ 5 S+H to the above %%
%% address. More details on this inside. If not, I would really like to %%
%% hear your suggestions. Use above address or COMPU-SERVE number. %%
%% %%
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WELCOME to the exciting world of CHEX-MASTER !! Our mission here today will be
to explore new frontiers of check and budget control that perhaps you have
never ventured into before. YOU will be at the helm, charting a course through
the miry swamps of "BUDGETLAND" and capturing those slippery and elusive
"DOLLARS". Feel the excitement as you unleash a salvo of checks from your
fully automated "TURBO-CHEXWRITER" against that nemesis of deep space, the
dreaded "BILLS!!!". Finally, as we move into warp speed, you will arrive in
the galaxy of "BUDGET MANAGEMENT". There, armed with the secret "CODES", you
will bring order and control to the land of "FINANCES", aided by your "EIGHT
ACCOUNTS". At your disposal will be the powerful "LORD ACCOUNT-ANALYSIS", who
will supply you with a detailed reporting of the affairs of your kingdom.
Aided by the invincible "SEARCHERS", your control will be absolute, as you
search and find any check or deposit instantly. NONE WILL BE ABLE TO RESIST
YOU !! Added to this, at the turn of each new year, when the TWIN-SUNS are at
their zenith, all of your checks and deposits will be automatically backed up
and the power of your kingdom will be renewed. So blast off SCOTTY !!! Let us
begin.
CHEX-MASTER is brought to you by TOTAL LOGISTICS CONSULTING. The program runs
under D-Base III. A detailed discussion of the various features will follow as
we go through the two basic parts of the package, the "SETUP" and the "CHECK"
programs. It is distributed as SHAREWARE. This concept allows you to try the
program of your choice out first at no cost to see if you like it, and if it
meets your needs. If it does, and you decide to use it on a continuing basis,
you are expected to become a REGISTERED USER. To do so, use the application
form at the end of this instruction manual to mail in your $ 24 plus $ 5 S+H
registration fee. Upon its being received, you will be assigned a registration
number, and your name will be entered into our files. This will assure that
you will be informed of new products that you might be interested in, plus
updates, changes, and improvements to the CHEX-MASTER system. This is
primarily a 'DEMO" version. It IS, however, fully functional, except as the
following makes note of. You will be sent a new disk with the latest version
of the program, minus the copyright screen, so that you may enter directly
into the program. I will also inform you as to what check this program is set
up to print, as well as a source for these checks. In addition, certain of the
"POWER" features, such as TRANSFER FUNDS BETWEEN ACCOUNTS, PRINT ACCOUNT
SUMMARIES, AUTO YEAR-END BACKUP, SEARCH ON CHECK OR DEPOSIT, and EXPANDED
ACCOUNT "D", which are disabled on the 'demo' version will be activated !
These "POWER" features are marked with a {*P*} symbol on the program menus.
You will also receive an expanded version of 'tips and operating procedures'
describing in greater detail how some of the more intricate features of the
program operate, and how to use them. You will also find out how to transfer
your manual checkbook over to CHEX-MASTER. On the ACCOUNT STATISTICS frame,
you will also note that there is a {*B*} symbol next to the PRESS { C }. This
is a special feature available on the BUSINESS VERSION being offered for $44 +
$5 S+H. See the order form at the end of the user's manual. The BUSINESS
VERSION provides a detailed summary of the "C" ACCOUNT by account codes, plus
various statistics such as net and gross income and expenses. It also provides
a DETAIL FILE, in which a detailed account of expenses can be maintained, both
manually and automatically from checks written. Finally, there is a special
code which can be placed on a check entry, that will call up the detail file
automatically to allow that check amount to be broken down into detail (such
as a credit card payment).
An overview of the various features of the CHEX-MASTER program are as follows:
1 } Permanent file of checks to be printed.
2 } Manual entry of checks to be printed.
3 } Entries from a manual check book to be added to the online
check system.
4 } Eight 'sub-accounts' within the master account, each auto-
matically updated by codes added to check and deposit entries.
5 } Automatic reconciliation to bank statement by entering only
check sequence number, deposit date and amount, and bank
statement balance.
6 } Direct transfer of funds between accounts on a simple to use
transfer screen.
7 } Prints checks.
8 } Prints a variety of functional registers selected from a menu
to either screen or printer.
9 } Searches out a given check by 'pay-to' name and date, or a
deposit by amount and date.
10 } Prints a detailed summary of account activity broken down by
account and account codes for any selected year.
11 } Displays an "ACCOUNT STATISTICS" screen summarizing various
key account information.
12 } Menu-selected 'backup to floppy disk' option.
13 } Automatically backs-up previous years check and deposit files
and prints summary of years activity at turn of new year.
14 } Check sequence number and date automatically inserted into
check and deposit entries.
15 } Security feature requiring entry of bank account number in
order to access check system.
16 } Extensive error checking and reporting is used to maintain
the integrity of the database at all points in the package.
I suggest that the first thing that you do, after having read this discussion
and operating instructions for the "CHEX-MASTER" system, is to select the
"CHECK" option and, using the values already in the program, familiarize your-
self with it. Experiment with it, select the various options, enter 'dummy'
data and get the feel of how it works. Then, when you feel comfortable with
the program and are ready to set it up to maintain YOUR check and budget
system, select the "SETUP" program option. This will allow you to define the
operating parameters and values that the "CHECK" program needs to operate. You
will find (hopefully) that both the "CHECK" and "SETUP" programs are pretty
much 'self-defining'.That is, both have notes and operating instructions
liberally scattered throughout at strate