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- TAKOFF MINI ESTIMATOR
- (version 1.3)
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- This program was designed primarily for material take offs by
- general contractors. It can however, be used for other estimating
- purposes as well. If all you need is a one unit cost item for your
- cost purposes then you need to try out this program to see if it
- meets your needs. Many users may find it ideal for sales purposes.
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- The program is very fast and efficient. It will maintain an
- index file of 6000 master items.
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- When used as a take off program, it can be used for various
- purposes such as materials, sub-contractors, etc. The information
- can then be used with a program such as PC-BID PLUS for other cost
- estimating purposes such as labor, equipment, overhead, etc.
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- Please read the following instructions. The program is menu
- driven and very easy to use. A sample job number 100 is provided
- for fast tryouts of the reports and also give an example of the
- capabilities of the program. The program will create new files
- for each estimate and you may want to consider using it on floppies.
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- If you like the program, send 20.00 and you will be sent the
- registered version of the program. It will allow you to send the
- estimate report to a standard ASCII file where you can then use it
- with an editor to view it on screen and also make changes as you
- may require. You will also be sent a version without color for
- monochrome uses. A sample disk output is included for your test
- purposes called E100.PRN.
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- Please feel free to make copies of this version for anyone
- who may have use of it.
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- Thank you for your support.
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- I. J. Smith
- 9795 Rustling Oaks
- Baton Rouge, La. 70818
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- DISCLAIMER
- ALTHOUGH THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN TESTED, IT IS THE USER'S RESPONSIBILITY
- FOR ALL LOSSES INCURRED THROUGH IT'S USE. BACKUPS OF ALL DATA FILES
- SHOULD BE MAINTAINED ON A REGULAR BASIS TO AVOID LOSSES.
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- You must build a master file of items to be used when creating
- a take off or estimate. This file allows for an index number of
- five positions. This number can be characters and numbers. Some
- may find that 2x4, 2x6, nails, etc. may work fine for them, just
- keep in mind that duplicates are not allowed. You are allowed a
- maximum of 6000 items. This should be sufficient for it's intended
- purposes. Keep in mind that you can reuse the same number when
- creating estimates. You could create dummy records and change this
- information later in your estimates rather then have a master record
- for every conceivable item needed.
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- The program will create two files to maintain your master
- records. The two files created are named ESTMAST.NDX and
- ESTMAST.DAT. It's important to note that both files should be saved
- together when making backups to maintain file integrity. Backups
- of these two files should be made periodically to avoid loss of your
- master file.
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- Use menu option 1 for maintaining your master file. When the
- master number is entered, the program will allow you to enter a
- description, unit and cost amount for this item. If the item exists,
- the program will beep and display it's previous information for
- changes or deletions.
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- The use of the F10 function key is used to cancel or quit when
- entering data. The cursor keys are allowed for movements in the
- data screens. Options are displayed on the screens.
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- Use option 2 to print out a list of your master file to use
- when creating take offs or estimates.
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- Option 3 is used to create take offs or estimates. You will
- be prompted for an estimate number to used. This five digit number
- will be used to create an estimate file. The program will add
- the letters EST to the number and an extension of DTA for the
- file name. You may use characters and numbers for this file name.
- You can delete the files through DOS when no longer needed or the
- program will overwrite them if you continue when the program
- advises you of their existence.
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- The estimate name is entered next.
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- The following prompt for the master file number has an option
- for individual headings and totals in your listings. If you wish
- to have a cost for a floor for instance, enter H and you will then
- be prompted for a title description. The program will maintain costs
- for the following items under this title until it incurs a new Header
- record.
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- The quantity field has an A=Addcalc option. If you enter an
- A, a small addition calculaor will pop up. You may use it to add
- or subtract quantities. To subtract, use the minus key before your
- number entry. This feature can be very helpful for take offs.
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- Use option 4 to make changes to your estimates. You will need
- a print out from option 6 to get the newly created item numbers.
- Although an item number is not printed for title records, they can
- still be changed by entering their item numbers. Their number would
- be the missing number above their first item numbers. The first
- record number will be 2 since the program uses the first records
- for other purposes.
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- Use option 5 to add new items to an existing estimate file.
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- Option 6 will print out the estimate with the record numbers
- as described above. Use the record numbers for making changes to
- your estimates.
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- Option 7 will print out the estimate without record numbers.
- Many will find this feature useful for distributing estimates used
- for proposals and other purposes.
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- While the documentation for this program is brief, I think you
- will find the program needs very little in instructions in it's use.
- Give it a try and see what I mean.
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- To list this file on your printer, enter at the prompt:
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- COPY TAKOFF.DOC LPT1:
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- Other shareware programs by this author you may wish to look into:
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- PC-BID PLUS SC-ESTIMATE SPC-INVENTORY PLUS
- SPC-ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE SPC-PAYROLL
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