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- █ INSTALLING THE HOURLY RATES (SETUP)
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- ░ ALPHQUOTE enables the user to set HOURLY RATE values
- ░ for typesetting, paste-up and design. These HOURLY
- ░ RATE values are initially set at rates used in the
- ░ Washington, D.C. area. Use the values supplied, enter
- ░ your own values, or use the hourly rates generator
- ░ program GENERATE.EXE which is included with the
- ░ ALPHAQUOTE archive.
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- ░ The answers to the questions in the SETUP function
- ░ need only to be entered initially or when hourly rates
- ░ change. Answer the questions as they appear. If
- ░ SETUP has been completed once, those values will appear
- ░ in the response boxes when SETUP is recalled. They may
- █ be modified at this time. All penalty and credit
- █ percentages are percentages which will be multiplied
- ░ times the base price. In the example, a response of
- ░ Fair for Copy/Pasteup conditions, will result in 15% of
- ░ the base price ADDED to the base price. Telcom/Media
- ░ percentages are CREDITS and will SUBTRACT that
- ░ percentage from the base price. Use the Language/
- ░ Tabular penalty for any more difficult work such as
- ▒ math, runarounds, or tabular.
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- ░ Page 2 of the SETUP function contains questions
- ░ pertaining to Company Name, Company Address, Company,
- ░ City/State. The responses are used to form the masthead
- ░ portion of the printed report produced by selection 'P'
- ░ (Print) of the MAIN MENU. ALPHAQUOTE contains a
- ░ generic printer driver program that will work on most
- ░ printers using the Epson FX80 standard. Select D for
- █ dot matrix printer, L for letter quality printers or
- █ 'G' for a generic printer.
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- ░ This function needs to be accessed only when changes
- ░ occur to the hourly rates or percentage factors.
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- ░ NOTE: When estimates are saved to disk, the setup rates
- ░ in effect at the time are saved with the estimate.
- ░ Loading an old estimate from disk will change the rates
- ░ in setup to those in effect at the time of the estimate.
- ░ Answer 'Y' (yes) to the Load Current Rates question in
- ░ the setup menu to update old estimates. Press F2 to see
- ░ the change to the new rates. Please be sure to save
- ░ the estimate again this time containing the new rates.
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