
                          * * *  My Little Realm, v2.0  * * *

                              -  The Charging Routine  -
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                                  General Information
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                                      Important

          This is the evaluation version of My Little Realm's Charging/sa
          routine.  It is a full-featured, fully functional program.
          
          The registered version of Charging comes with a Review program and 
          a menu driver.  The Review program allows you to view your credit 
          card file in a scrollable window, query the file, and generate a 
          year-to-date summary for all of your credit cards.  Review is a
          powerful complement to your Charging program.

          Thank you for trying the Charging routine!
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                                     Introduction

          Keeping records may not be fun, but it is important to the 
          maintenance of a well run realm.  To that end, Charging has removed 
          as much of the tedium of data entry as is feasible while maintaining 
          the accuracy and completeness today's realm requires.

          When you run the Charging Routine, it builds the charge card screen
          and generates the Viewing Window which contains the Quickeys and 
          their corresponding credit card names, the amounts outstanding for 
          each account, and the total amount outstanding for all accounts.  It 
          then deposits you in the Options Window.  From that vantage point, 
          you can choose which task you wish to perform, be it entering new 
          charges, paying off old charges, changing the contents of a record, 
          printing out your records or deleting old records.

          Throughout your processing tasks, the Viewing Window is constantly 
          monitored and updated as you add to, update and change your credit 
          card file.  So, if you ever need to know what your plastic debt is 
          at any given moment, you have but to up bring the Charging Routine.
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                                   The Interface
          
          Windows.
          
          Charging's screen consists of three types of windows:  a Working 
          Window, a Viewing Window, and an Options Window.  If you are using 
          a color monitor the Viewing Window is always green, the Working 
          Window red and the Options Window blue.

          You select processes (like adding a record) in the Options Window.  
          You create records in the Working Window, and you find your Quickeys 
          in the Viewing Window.  

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          Extended processing options.
          
          Several processing tasks, called extended processing options or 
          EPO's, are not listed in the Options Windows, because they are 
          functions that only occasionally need to be performed.  EPO's are
          used to "extend" a program's power and functionality.

          To find out what EPO commands are employed by Charging/sa, enter <?> 
          (the question mark) in the Options Window.  The EPO's of Charging 
          are defined at the end of this document.

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          Quickeys.

          The Quickeys in Charging give you single key access to the names of 
          your credit cards.  Enter the names of your credit cards once and 
          forget about typing them in ever again.
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                                   Getting Started
          
          Note:  If you have a color monitor, press <#>, the pound sign in the
          Options Window to install the color mode.
          
          The very first thing you'll want to do with Charging is make the 
          program uniquely yours.  To do that, you will probably have to 
          change some of the credit card names and Tax codes that come with 
          the Charging program.  
          
               Note:  If you are already using MLR's Checking program, you 
               can put Charging in the same directory to let both programs 
               share the Tax code file.  They do this automatically.  If
               you'd rather they used different Tax codes, you must put each
               program in separate directories.
          
          After you start Charging, enter the backslash, <\>, in the Options 
          Window.  It's one of the EPO's for this routine.  It allows you to 
          modify the Quickey list.  Charging will ask which Quickey you want 
          to change.  Enter the Quickey and your cursor will appear in the
          Viewing Window.  If you merely want to delete the name, press 
          <enter>, otherwise key in the name of your credit card and then
          press <enter>.  If you mistakenly press the wrong Quickey, press
          <esc> while your cursor is in the Viewing Window and Charging will
          resurrect the old credit card name.

          After you've entered all of your credit card names, press <esc> to
          advance to the next phase of this function, sorting your Quickey
          names.  If you've made letter assignments for your credit card 
          names (that is, if you've associated Quickey <A> with American
          Express, <D> with Discover, and so on), tell Charging that you do
          not want your Quickeys sorted.  Otherwise, if you have more than
          three or four credit cards, sort them.  You'll find it easier to
          spot the credit card name you're after if the list is in 
          alphabetical order.

          The last phase of the Change Quickeys function is the Tax codes.
          These categories are generally used for tax deductions, but can be
          used to tally anything (like part-time income, home expenses, gas
          expenses, etc.).  If you're just starting out with Charging, you
          might want to put this section off until you've had a chance to
          think about how best to utilize these four categories.  After you
          have set up the Tax codes the way you want, press <esc> one last
          time to return to the Options Window.  And you're all set!

          Charging/sa is a powerful program that can do a lot for you, but
          you have to know how to make it work properly to get the most out of
          it.  Please read the rest of this documentation carefully.  
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                                  Program Information
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          You have four processing activities at your disposal in the Options
          Window of the Charging Routine:

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           |           Please choose one of the following:  __              |
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           | 1 Enter New Charges  2 Pay Old Bills  3 Change  4 Print/Delete |
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          There are also several EPO's available.  See the section entitled
          Extended Processing Options described after Option # 4 at the end of
          this document.

            + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
            +    There is a shortcut entry to option <1> in the New         +
            +    Charges function.  When in the Options Window, if you      +
            +    want to enter New Charges, simply press the Quickey for    +
            +    the first charge you wish to enter.  By doing so, you      +
            +    automatically enter the New Charges function and enter     +
            +    your first Quickey at the same time.                       +
            + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
                                   
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          Option # 1, entering new charges.

          To process a new entry (either charge or refund), choose <1>, the 
          New Charges option.  There are five fields to every record if you
          have made use of the Tax codes; four if you've deleted them.

          You can abort a New Charge entry at any time by pressing <esc> in 
          any field, and no record will be created.  To return to the Options 
          Window after entering one or more charge records, press <esc> when 
          the cursor is in the Credit Card Key field.


                                  ~ Field Definitions ~

          - Credit Card Key field (single character entry, required).

          Charging will position the cursor at the top of the Working Window 
          after the Credit Card Key field label at which point you enter the 
          Quickey of the appropriate credit card.  Each charge record requires 
          its own Quickey entry.  

          After you've input a Quickey, Charging will verify your selection by 
          printing the credit card name in the Verification Box directly below 
          the Credit Card Key field label.  If you enter a wrong albeit 
          acceptable Quickey, press <esc> to return to the Options Window.  
          Then choose option <1> again and enter the correct Quickey.  

          You do not have to enter your new charge receipts in any particular 
          order, so there is no need to sort them by charge card or even by
          charge (debit) and refund (credit).  
               
          If you have not made use of all thirteen Quickeys you will notice 
          that Charging does not illuminate those that are unused.  On color 
          monitors the active Quickeys are those displayed in bright yellow, 
          on monochrome monitors the active Quickeys are listed in bright 
          white.  The inactive Quickeys are displayed in standard white print.  
          
          Should you select an inactive Quickey when at the Credit Card Key 
          prompt, Charging will tell you that you have chosen an illegal 
          Quickey and ask for another.  If you attempt a shortcut entry from 
          the Options Window by pressing an inactive Quickey, Charging will 
          simply ignore the keypress.

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          - Date field (required).

          After Charging gets a valid Quickey it asks for the date of the
          transaction, which is entered in the standard American format 
          mm/dd/yy. You do not enter the slashes, only the numbers 
          representing the month, day and year.  As a matter of fact, you do 
          not even have to enter the year if the year Charging displays (the 
          current system year) is acceptable.  You simply press <enter> after 
          you've input the month and the day.  Note:  The numbers representing 
          the month, day and year must be in double digits (e.g., 09/15/92).

          Charging will accept dates for the current month and the two 
          previous months, so you have at least two months and as long as 
          three months to enter your charging records.

          Charging will not let you enter future dates.                         
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          - Amount field (must be less than $10,000, required).

          Charge amount entries must be positive amounts less than ten 
          thousand dollars.  Do not enter dollar signs or commas, just the 
          numbers and the decimal point if it is necessary.  

          What if the amount is a refund (credit)?  The <enter> key is a 
          toggle (i.e., a switch if you will) between the two amount fields 
          you see in the Working Window as long as neither field has an amount 
          in it.  To get a feel for this capability try switching between the 
          two fields before you enter an amount ... just press <enter> a few 
          times while Charging is expecting an amount from you.  You'll see 
          the cursor jump from the Charge field to the Refund field and back 
          again.  

          If you inadvertently enter non-numeric data in one of the fields, 
          Charging assumes you missed the <enter> key and pressed an alpha key 
          by mistake (as when you reach for the <enter> key only to press the 
          apostrophe and the <enter> keys simultaneously).  So it erases your 
          entry and positions you in the other amount field, figuring you 
          simply meant to toggle to the other field anyway.  Be aware of this 
          because there may be times when you didn't simply miss the <enter> 
          key, but rather entered indecipherable data.  

          There will also be times when Charging decides you've keyed in an 
          amount on a line incorrectly (e.g., when you type in too many 
          decimal points).  In these situations, Charging will notify you of 
          your error, erase the amount you entered and request a valid amount, 
          leaving your cursor on the same amount line.
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          - Tax Code field (single character, optional)

          Enter the number of the Tax code, if relevant, or press <enter> if
          you want to skip this field.  If you have deleted all of the default
          Tax Codes and haven't defined any of your own, this field will not 
          appear in your Working Window.

          When Charging comes to this field, it displays a field prompt of 
          your Tax codes at the bottom of the Working Window .  If you created 
          three categories consisting of gasoline, charity and business 
          expenses, they would appear as:

                         1   Gasoline     2   Charity  
                         3   Bus. Exp.    4

          To tag a charge card record as an expense, for example, press <3> 
          when you're in the Tax code field.  If you have undefined Tax 
          codes (as selection <4> is), Charging will not let you enter them.  

          You can use your Tax codes to track any kind of credit card expense,
          be it groceries, professional expenses, part-time income, whatever.

          If you wish to change Tax codes in mid-year, be sure you use the <+>
          EPO to reset the Tax codes you want to change.  For example, if you
          had set up Tax code <1> to be business expense and later that same 
          year you decided to change it to charity, you would have to reset 
          Tax code <1> to blank before making the change.  Otherwise, all of 
          those records with a Tax code of <1> which were business expenses 
          would be included with your new Tax code records that are charitable 
          deductions.  Refer to the section entitled Extended Processing 
          Options for more information.
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                            Special projects and Tax codes

          If you find yourself facing a large project for which you want to 
          track the costs, make one of the Tax codes "Projects".  Let's say 
          you're planning to build a deck in the backyard, and you want to 
          keep track of the expenses, so you make Tax code <4> "Projects" (or 
          "Deck", if you wish).  Then whenever you charge something related to 
          the deck project, you simply tag that record with Tax code <4>.  
          In this way you can monitor your deck expenses.  
          
          To move on to the next project you have to clear all of the records
          that have a <4> in the Tax Code field.  You can either go in and
          manually change all of those records, or, when in the Options Window
          of Charging, press the <+> EPO.  It resets the Tax Code field of all 
          of the records with the Tax code you specify to blank.  It affects
          only those records that have a current year date.
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          - Memo field (20, optional).

          General Use.
          The Memo field, while optional, is nonetheless quite useful.  For 
          example, if several members of the realm have the same charge card, 
          identifying the person who made a charge can be beneficial should 
          questions about the purchase arise later.  

          In other ways, the Memo field can be used to identify the store 
          where a purchase was made in the event a general card (like 
          Discover, VISA, or MasterCard) was used.  

          The Memo field is also handy if you purchase a product that is 
          covered by an extended warranty offered by the credit card issuer.  
          Numerous charge card companies now offer to double a manufacturer's 
          warranty if you charge an item on their cards.  Use Charging's Memo 
          field to make a note of the warranty's expiration date, in addition 
          to the item purchased.

          <+> Command.
          If you plan to use Tax codes, described above, you can use the Memo 
          field to deduct a portion of the charged amount that is not relevant 
          for that category using the <+> command.  If one of your Tax codes 
          is for business expenses, and you charged a purchase of business 
          items and a personal item, you must deduct the cost of the personal 
          item from the total amount of the charge.  This is what the <+> 
          command does.  It tells Charging to deduct a certain amount, called
          an overage, from the amount of the charge.

          <+> Command Example.
          Let's say you bought some business items that cost $135.48 and a
          personal item for $45.40.  On that record's Amount (charge) line you
          would enter 180.48 (the total amount of the charge), and on the Memo 
          line you would enter: 

                                Memo:  +45.4 birthday gift

          which tells Charging that it should subtract that amount, $45.40, 
          when it calculates the Tax totals.

          When you run the Tax Summary function, you'll find out exactly how 
          much you spent on business expenses because at the end of the Tax 
          Summary Report the final tabulations are listed in this fashion:

                                Groceries    Bus. Exp.   Bus. Inc.    Charity
                  Tax totals:    $2500.36     $650.55     $3021.33   $1002.00
             Less deductions:     $430.00      $45.40        $0.00      $0.00
               Final results:    $2070.36     $605.15     $3021.00   $1002.00

          From the final tabulations you can see that the business expenses
          totaled $650.55, but that $45.40 (the price of the personal item) 
          was deducted from that total.

          Note:  If a record does not have a Tax code (i.e., the Tax code 
                 field is blank), Charging ignores any <+> command that 
                 appears on that record's Memo line.
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          To be sure you are getting the deductions you want, run the Tax 
          Printout function (option <4>, selection <3>).  In addition to the 
          credit card name and the record number, Charging will print the Memo 
          line in toto and, in parentheses, any valid Memo line amount it 
          finds.  If you aren't getting an amount in parentheses when you 
          expected one, you have probably entered the Memo line amount 
          incorrectly.  If so, you can use the Change function in the Options 
          Window to correct the record.  Remember, the record numbers appear 
          on the Tax Summary Printout so you can go directly to the records in 
          question if you need to make any changes.  (Refer to Option # 4,
          Selection # 3, Print Tax Summary Report, below, for more 
          information.)

          Memo line amount rules summary:  
               
               1.  Amount must immediately follow a plus sign (+)
               2.  Amount must be followed immediately by a space
               3.  Amount can appear anywhere on the line, along with
                        other notes you wish to append
               4.  Amount must be less than $1,000.00
               5.  Amount must be a positive number
               6.  Only one amount on a Memo line 
               7.  Amount on Memo line must be <= the charge (debit) amount
               8.  Do not include dollar signs or commas in the amount

          [Note:  Memo line deductions are not allowed on credits.  If your 
          entry is a credit (refund on a returned purchase), Charging does not 
          look for a deduction on the Memo line.  In other words, Charging 
          will not subtract a Memo line amount, even a valid one, from a 
          credit when it comes time to calculate the Tax Summary Report.]
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          Option # 2, paying old bills.

          Charging will want to know which credit card account you're paying, 
          so you have to enter the appropriate Quickey.  Then Charging will 
          display your current outstanding records for that particular account 
          and ask if each charge or refund has been paid, that is, is it 
          listed on the statement account (which you should have in hand).
          You respond yes or no by pressing <Y> or <N>.  This is a single 
          character entry so don't press <enter> after your response.  As a 
          matter of fact, <enter> is equivalent to <Y> with this query.

          When you come to the last record in a given account, Charging will 
          tell you that you have reached the end of the file.  If you wish to 
          peruse the outstanding records before you leave the Pay Old Bills 
          function, you can use the direction arrows, <home> and <end> to do 
          so.  If you inadvertently mark a bill paid, use the arrow keys to 
          return to that record and when Charging asks if it has been paid, 
          respond <N>, and Charging will rectify the situation.

          Once you leave the Pay Old Bills function, your master file is 
          updated.  If you discover after leaving Pay Old Bills that you have
          incorrectly declared a record paid, you must use the Change function 
          to correct it.  You cannot access a paid record by invoking the Pay 
          Old Bills function.  

          You will note at the bottom of the Working Window that Charging 
          displays the record number of the displayed charge or refund.  This 
          is the displayed record's placement in your master file.  So even 
          though you know you have only three outstanding records for a 
          specific credit card, the first record number could be 182, the 
          second 201, and the third 206.  
          
          Reviewing your outstanding records.
          You can use option 2 to view your outstanding records for a 
          particular Quickey.  Use the arrow keys, <home>, and <end> to browse 
          through your file.  When you're finished, press <esc> to return to
          the Options Window.
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          Option # 3, changing the information in a record.

          Charging will want to know which record you wish to change.  If you 
          know, fine, enter the record number (or a close approximation) and 
          Charging will take you to it.  If you're off by a few records or if 
          you didn't know the record number and pressed <enter>, you can use 
          the arrow keys, <home>, and <end> to browse through your file.  When 
          Charging displays the record you want to change, press <Y> or 
          <enter> to select it.

          After you select the record you wish to change, the fields you can
          change are listed in the Viewing Window next to their corresponding
          hotkeys.  Make the necessary changes, and press <esc> when you are 
          finished with that record.  Charging will ask you for the record 
          number of the next record you want to change.  If you haven't any 
          more records to change, press <esc> once more to return to the 
          Options Window.

          Reviewing all of your records.
          If you need to see all of your records (outstanding and paid) for 
          all cards, you can select the Change function.  Use the arrow keys, 
          <home>, and <end> to peruse your file.  Press <esc> to return to the
          Options Window.
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          Option # 4, printing and deleting the file records.

          This is the final option in the Options Window, and it displays a
          sub-menu offering several selections:

                         1.  Print entire file
                         2.  Print outstanding only
                         3.  Print tax summary report
                         4.  Delete records/compress file
                         5.  Return to the Options Window

          If you want to abort any of the above print functions (selections 
          <1>, <2> or <3>), press <esc>.
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          Selection # 1, print a comprehensive listing of your charge file.

          This printout lists all of the data stored in each record in your 
          file in addition to the record number.  At the end of the report, 
          Charging prints the total outstanding charges and refunds.
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          Selection # 2, print a report of the outstanding charges.

          This function prints a one line banner for each credit card listed
          in your charging Quickey file.  Under each banner are listed the 
          records that are outstanding for that particular charge card.  

          Printed are:  the date, memo, record number and the amount of the 
          charge or refund.  If a card does not have an outstanding amount, 
          its banner is still printed, with a message indicating as much, so 
          you'll know that its records have been checked.

          The outstanding report also prints the total outstanding charges and
          refunds at the end of the listing.
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          Selection # 3, print tax summary report.

          The Tax Summary Report prints each charge or refund under one of the 
          appropriate Tax codes that you created using Charging's Change 
          Quickeys function.  If a record has no Tax code entry, it is omitted 
          from the listing.  Those records with a Tax code and a valid amount 
          on the Memo line will have their Memo line amounts totaled and 
          deducted from the total amounts in each Tax code category.  

          If you did not define a Tax code, the message "No code ID" will be 
          printed in its stead in the Tax Summary heading, and Charging will 
          print a notice that it found a Tax code that is undefined.  This is 
          merely informational; you need not define every Tax code.  

          If you define a Tax code, enter some records with that code, and 
          then delete said Tax code, Charging will warn you that you have 
          records with an undefined Tax code when you run this function.  This 
          poses no threat to the integrity of your system or your data, but 
          you should be aware of this situation should you enter a new 
          category in that Tax code. 

          Should you decide to use that Tax code at a later date for a 
          different tax category, you must first reset all of the Tax code 
          fields on the older records that have that Tax code.  For example, 
          if you start the year with Tax code <2> as Medical, you cannot later 
          change it to Charity without first resetting all of those records 
          that are listed as Medical records.  To reset your Tax codes, use 
          the <+> EPO defined in the Extended Processing Options section 
          at the end of this document.

          If you do not have any defined Tax codes, you will not be able to 
          run the Tax Summary Report function.
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          Selection # 4, delete old records and compress file.

          To make the system easy to use, Charging does not require you to 
          delete each record separately because even with a simple <Y> and <N> 
          response, deleting hundreds of old records individually can be 
          tedious.  Thus, Charging deletes all of the records in the file 
          whose year date is less than the current year date except those 
          which are still outstanding.  

          If you wish to keep your old credit card records, you can direct 
          Charging to dump the records to be deleted to floppy drive A: at the 
          time of the delete process.  You don't have to save the deleted 
          records, but you might want to find some piece of information stored 
          on one.  If you decide to save them, Charging will create a dump 
          file called SAVECARD.MLR on the floppy in your A: drive.

               Note:  If you purchase MLR's Charging/sa, the bonus program 
                      is a Review routine that, among other things, lets 
                      you view your credit card dump files.
          
          If a record's year date is less than the system's year date and the 
          record is still outstanding, Charging will write out a copy of the 
          record to your floppy, while retaining the original copy in your 
          master file for you to update later on.  The file sent to the floppy 
          is saved under the filename SAVECARD.MLR.  

          To keep your credit card file manageable this procedure should be 
          run once a year, ideally at the beginning of the year after most of 
          the previous year's charges have been paid.  

          You do not have to save the current year's deleted records on the 
          same disk that you saved the previous year's.  If you do, Charging 
          notifies you that there is a previous dump file on the disk and asks 
          you to select an appropriate action from the following sub-menu.

                         1  Abort this function
                         2  Delete the old dump file
                         3  Replaced the floppy, try again
                         4  Rename the old dump file

          If you decide you want to keep the old dump file, you must either 
          remove the floppy and put in another (selection 3) or tell Charging 
          to rename the old file (selection 4).  Charging keeps the base name 
          SAVECARD and appends a unique extension.  You can also direct 
          Charging to erase the older version of the dump file (selection 2) 
          and proceed with the Delete/Compress function or, finally, you can 
          elect to abort the D/C function altogether (selection 1).  

               [Note:  Do not confuse the Delete/Compress function with 
               the <-> (Delete) EPO.  The Delete EPO removes a specific 
               record from your file regardless of its paid status or 
               creation date.  The Delete/Compress function removes your 
               old paid records (those with a year date that is less than 
               the current system year date) and compresses your file.]

          One final reminder, if you need a copy of your Tax Summary Report 
          (option 4, selection 3 -- see above), be sure you print it out 
          before you run the Compress/Delete function.

                                     Warning!  

          Potential problems await you if you do not keep your system's date 
          accurate, especially with this function.  You risk losing your 
          entire file, for example, if you've allowed your system date to lag 
          a year or two behind and then correct it before running this 
          procedure.  If, for instance, you've been creating records while the 
          system year date was 1991, when in fact the real date was 1992, and 
          then you correct the date prior to running this function, Charging 
          will delete all of the records that have a year date that is less 
          than the current year date that are not outstanding ... which in 
          this case could be most of your file.  Please, keep the date 
          accurate.

          If you find yourself with a date error, determine the extent of 
          the damage by viewing your records using the Change function.  If 
          there aren't too many records with incorrect dates, note their 
          record numbers and use the Change function to correct them (after 
          you've corrected the system's date), then run the Delete/Compress 
          function.  If there are a lot of bad records, put off running the 
          D/C function until next year.
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                              Extended Processing Options

               EPO  Definition

               <\>  Change or delete credit card names in the Viewing Window.
                    Press the backslash key in the Options Window to invoke
                    this function.

                    Charging will ask you which credit card name you want to 
                    change or delete.  Press the appropriate Quickey, and 
                    Charging will erase the name in the Viewing Window and 
                    wait for you to enter a new one.  To leave the Quickey 
                    blank, just press <enter>, otherwise key in the name of 
                    the new credit card account and then press <enter>.  
                    
                    If you press the wrong Quickey, press <esc> before you 
                    leave the Viewing Window to restore the original Quickey 
                    name.  When you've finished updating your credit card name 
                    list, press <esc>.  Charging will then ask if you want 
                    your Quickey list sorted.  This is largely a matter of 
                    taste.  If you don't have many cards or if you've made 
                    letter associations for your credit cards (i.e., <A> for 
                    American Express, <B> for BanCard/One, <D> for Discover, 
                    <E> for Exxon, and so on), tell Charging not to sort your 
                    list.  The sort is ascending alphabetic.

                    Credit card names must be unique.  If you have AT&T's Visa 
                    card and Ford's Visa card, for example, you could make the 
                    former's Quickey name "Visa -- ATT" and the latter's
                    "Visa -- Ford".  You cannot simply enter "Visa" twice, 
                    however, because Charging needs to be able to distinguish 
                    between the two credit card names.

                    You can delete credit card names from your active list 
                    (those accounts that appear in your Viewing Window), but 
                    Charging will not let you delete a credit card name that 
                    has an outstanding balance.  You can change the Quickey 
                    name, but you cannot leave the name blank.  

                    When you change the credit card name of an active account 
                    that has outstanding records, Charging will also change 
                    the credit card names on those outstanding records with
                    the old name to reflect the name change.  The records that 
                    have the old charge card name that have been paid are made 
                    inactive, meaning you will no longer be able to change 
                    them using the Change function.  Charging will still 
                    include them in the Tax Summary function of the Charging 
                    Routine.

                    In general, you won't be changing the names of your active
                    accounts.  If you've used all of the thirteen Quickeys
                    and you need to add another, select one that is little
                    used, wait until it has no account balance and then
                    change that Quickey's credit card name.

                    After you've replied to Charging's query about sorting 
                    your Quickey list, it will ask if you want to change your 
                    Tax codes.  The list supplied with Charging is of a 
                    general nature and includes: Medical, Charity, Child care 
                    and Expenses.  You can change any of them.  Charging will 
                    tally your expenses (or incomes, if you wish) for these 
                    four categories when you run the Tax Summary Report.  See
                    Option # 4, Selection # 3, Print Tax Summary Report, in 
                    this document for complete details.

                    Note:  If you have previously used My Little Realm's
                    Records of the Realm program to set up your credit card
                    Quickeys, they will be used automatically by Charging.
                    Once you have installed Charging, you will no longer
                    be able to use the Records program to change your credit 
                    card Quickey file.  You will have to use Charging's <\> 
                    EPO function to do so.  This is to insure the integrity 
                    of your credit card data file.  Please do not attempt to 
                    thwart this protective measure.  It is for your benefit.

                    Do not attempt to change your credit card Quickey file
                    by using a text editor.  Always use Charging to make the
                    necessary changes.  Charging not only oversees the 
                    changes to your credit card Quickey file, but also makes
                    the requisite changes to your credit card data file
                    at the same time.
                    
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               <->  Delete a specific record from your charging accounts file.  
                    You must first select the record to be deleted, finding it
                    and selecting it the same way you do in the Change 
                    function.
                    
                    Charging will then highlight that record's contents and 
                    ask if you are sure.  Review the contents carefully.  If 
                    you are sure you want that record deleted from your master 
                    file, press <Y>.  You cannot press <enter> for <Y> for 
                    this final query.

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               <+>  Reset Tax code status in all records that have a specific
                    Tax code to blank.  
                    
                    For example:  If you've set up one of your Tax codes as a 
                    special projects code, you can reset the Tax code status 
                    on all of the records with that Tax code to blank.  Only 
                    the records with a current year date are affected.

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               <$>  Print an order form for My Little Realm's Charging/sa.

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               <?>  Display the EPO symbols and definitions available for 
                    Charging.
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          (c) Copyright 1991 - 1992 John L. Salisbury

