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PERSONAL INVENTORY is an interactive filing system
that keeps track of your personal inventory.
A sort/selection criteria in the ITEM REPORTS is
provided so that you can select specific items within
a room. Items can also be split up by cost or purchase
date.
To use the inventory system successfully you will want
to first delete the sample items present in the
database by pressing "d" followed by ENTER at the
INVENTORY MENU. Start off by entering the name and
room of each item. Do not worry about serial numbers,
model numbers, purchase prices, etc.
After entering the items, print out a worksheet that
you can now carry around to record the serial numbers
and other information. Now enter the extra information
and reprint an item list.
If you wish to see the depreciation listing you must
have filled in the life time (in years) and a cost
of the item. Four different depreciation tables
will then be available.
A contextual help system is available throughout the
program to aid you in using the system. Press the F1
key (FUNCTION 1 KEY) and a help window will appear
upon the screen similar to the one you are viewing
now. It will give you brief and informative messages
about the screen currently being viewed.
The "ESC" key can be used to exit menus and stop
reports at any time. This indicates that you are
finished looking at the display on the screen. This
key is used GLOBALLY through the system as an escape
hatch. It is ALWAYS available. The TAB key behaves
like the "ESC" key.
The LEFT ARROW Key will move left one field while you
are updating a record.
The RIGHT ARROW Key will move right one field while
you are updating a record.
The "UP" ARROW Key is used to move up one field if you
are in an update mode or the menu options are showing.
If you are in the INVENTORY MENU it will move to the
prior record.
The "F9" Key (FUNCTION 9) will bring up a view
window where you can browse through your items one
by one. If you have the 43 line mode set AND you
have an EGA or VGA monitor, you can view up to 35
items on the screen at one time.
The "F10" Key (FUNCTION 10) will summon a popup menu
when you are on the ROOM menu. The popup menu will
allow you to quickly enter where the item is located
quickly and with less input errors.
The "DOWN" ARROW Key is used to move down one field if
you are in an update mode or the menu options are
showing. If you are in the inventory main menu it will
move to the next record.
The "F2" Key (FUNCTION 2) is used to make a copy of the
screen. Each time "F2" is pressed, the current screen is
appended to the file "screen.sav" in the current
directory. This has the advantage over pressing SHIFT
PRTSCRN in that screens are paginated correctly.
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It is from this page that you can add, delete, change,
or search for items.
Enter:
"a" - add a new item
"d" - delete an old item
"i" - change the index
"ENTER" - change/modify the item
Press the "UP" or "DOWN" arrow to view the previous or
next item. Enter the first few characters of the item
name you are searching for if the INDEX is set to
"item name". Enter the first few characters off the
room if the index is set to "room name".
For example: to find the camera item enter "ca".
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Use the "UP/DOWN" arrow keys to move from item to
item. The "PGUP/PGDN" keys will move from screen
to screen. Use the "ENTER" key to select a particular
contact.
Use the "LEFT" and "RIGHT" arrow keys to change the
"view". You will see different fields appear at the
right column of the screen as you press the left and
right arrow keys.
To search for a particular item, press the "S" key
and you will be prompted to enter the first few
letters of the current index.
Press "ESC" to exit this screen. The view screen is
only available when the "ITEM HEADER SCREEN" is
displayed. If you are updating the item or have
any popup on the header screen, the "VIEW" screen
will not appear.
The items are sorted according to the current
index. To change the index, simply press "i". You
will be prompted for a new index. The items
will be resorted as you watch.
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Enter the first few characters of the item name,
room name, or item cost.
The actual choice will depend on the index
currently set.
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If you have an "EGA" or "VGA" card and monitor and wish
to display "43" lines of text during the report
browse and through the VIEW screen, select "yes" at
the prompt.
This option only works for computers with EGA/VGA
monitors.
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If you have a Microsoft mouse installed in your system
answer "yes" here. Personal Inventory will then enable
you to use the mouse in addition to the cursor keys.
The "LEFT" mouse button will act as the "ENTER" key
and the "RIGHT" mouse button as the "ESC" key.
If the mouse movement is too fast, set the SPEED
parameters to large numbers (1 .. 99).
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Enter a number from "1 ... 99" as a measure of how
mouse sensitivity. Higher numbers will slow the
mouse down.
This "X-SPEED" parameter will adjust the
sensitivity of moving the mouse from "right to left".
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Enter a number from "1 ... 99" as a measure of the
mouse sensitivity. Higher numbers will slow the
mouse down.
The "Y-SPEED" parameter will adjust the
sensitivity of moving the mouse on "up and down"
movements.
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This page displays a depreciation table of the
item. The depreciation method used is called
"DECLINING BALANCE".
This page is for display only. The values cannot
be changed from here.
Press the "UP" and "DOWN" arrow keys to
move from item to item.
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This page displays a depreciation table of the
item. The depreciation method used is called
"DOUBLE DECLINING BALANCE".
This page is for display only. The values cannot
be changed from here.
Press the "UP" and "DOWN" arrow keys to move from
item to item.
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This page displays a depreciation table of the
item. The depreciation method used is called
"STRAIGHT LINE". The value of the item is
divided by the number of years in its lifetime
by the purchase price less the salvage value.
This page is for display only. The values cannot
be changed from here.
Press the "UP" and "DOWN" arrow keys to move from
item to item.
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This page displays a depreciation table of the
item. The depreciation method used is called
"SUM-OF-YEARS DEPRECIATION METHOD".
This page is for display only. The values cannot
be changed from here.
Press the "UP" and "DOWN" arrow keys to move from
item to item.
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Enter "Y" to save the changed information on this
page. Enter "N" to discard changes.
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Press "y" if you wish to add this item permanently to
the database. Otherwise press "n" - the item will not
be added to the database.
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Press "y" if you wish to permanently DELETE this item
from the database. Otherwise press "n" - the item will
remain in the database.
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Enter the full name of the item. If there is a
quantity of items enter :
shirts - 20
Enter "ESC", to get out of the update mode.
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Enter the serial number.
Law enforcement officers will often not release
recovered items unless the owner can identify them by
a serial number.
Enter "ESC", to get out of the update mode.
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Enter the model number.
Enter "ESC", to get out of the update mode.
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Enter the purchase date. The date can be
entered using formatted date entry, date
arithmetic or by pressing the "F10" key.
Formatted date examples:
To select a date of Nov 23, 1987
simply enter: "23Nov87", or "112387".
other examples:
"23JAN87"
"23 Jan 87"
"23 jan 87"
"012387"
"01 23 87"
SHORTCUT FORMAT EXAMPLES
"." - today
"+1" - tomorrow
"-1" - yesterday
"+1w" - one week from today
"-1w" - today last week
"+1m" - this day next month
"1+1m" - first day of next month
"+thu" - next thursday from today
"-wed" - last wednesday