*SCROLL HELP The Sales Journal is where you record sales of items or services. You track the date of sale, invoice number, identification number, description, ammount of sale, quantity sold, tax, customer data, and accounts payable status. You can print a history of transactions, and you you can print invoices. The Expenses and Purchases Journal is for disbursements of all types. You record the date, description, and amount of the disbursement. Additionally, for tax purposes, you can specify the type of expense. Accounts payable are optionally noted at the end of each entry. Special function keys to use within the scrolling part of the journal: Next field | Previous field Next field or item | Arrow keys Up, down, across Exit form | Clears the field Deletes current row | F1 Help *MENU HELP,A Sales Journal - Record sales of goods or services furnished Miscellaneous Cash In - Other income, e.g., refunds from manufacturers Expenses and Purchases - Record payments, manufacturing or otherwise Model Identification - Assign identification to each item you sell Inventory - Goods and parts on-hand (used in product) Last inventory taken becomes Beginning-of-Year inventory when you ARCHIVE. View Accounts Receivable - Outstanding debt owed to you View Customer Record - Database of customer information Set Sales Tax - Set your local sales tax rate for Sales Journal Archive - Optional cleanup. Deletes current Sales Journal and Expense Journal, and allows CrafTracker to read previous inventory as Beginning-of_Year inventory Generate Report - Generate Schedule C report Business Name - Record your business name, address, and phone Backup - Save CrafTracker data files to floppy *EXPENSE_TYPE,A Choices: Part II expense types correspond to lines 8 - 27a on Schedule C. These are non-manufacturing expenses. Part III expenses correspond to lines 33 - 37 on Schedule C. These are manufacturing expenses that figure into the Cost of Goods Sold. *SCHEDULE_C,A Line numbers duplicate IRS Schedule C Form 1040. You have access to four fields: "Depreciation" and "Home Business Use", which you must calculate on your own, and "Business Name" and "Date". Craftracker will fill in all the other lines, and prompt you to print the report when you exit the form. It is strongly recommended that you seek professional assistance for Depre- ciation and Home Business Use calculations. If you have used the Sales Journal, the Expenses and Purchases Journal, and the Miscellaneous Cash In form to record all transactions, and have kept accurate records of receivables and payables, the "Account balance" field in this form will reflect your current balance in your checking account. A profit ratio is calculated for you. Generally, the higher the per- centage, the better your business is doing. IRS Form 1040, Schedule SE short form figures follow the Schedule C data. You may find this useful. *DATA HELP,A backspace Deletes the character to the left of the cursor Ctrl-END Moves to the lastitem on the form Ctrl-HOME Moves to the first item on the form Del Deletes the character at the current cursor position down Moves to the next item located physically below the current End Moves the cursor to the end of the field Enter Moves to the next item on the form Exits the current choice list or window F1 Invokes the system help function, if enabled F2 Processes the attached choice list (a popup list of acceptable field entries), if any, for the current field F6 Clears the field F7 Moves to the previous item on the form F8 Moves to the next item on the form F10 Exits the current process or data form Home Moves the cursor to the beginning of the field Ins Toggles between insert and overstrike mode left Moves the cursor one position to the left right Moves the cursor one position to the right Shift-F3 Clears the field and redisplays the field's original value Shift-F6 Clears from the cursor to the end of the field Shift-tab Moves to the previous item on the form space Toggles the strings for boolean toggle fields, if enabled for field tab Moves to the next item on the form up Moves to the next item located physically above the current one Note: If the data form has a "SAVE" pushbutton, you MUST use it to save data *ARCHIVE,A You can close the books at any time by deleting the current Sales Journal and/or Expenses and Purchases Journal. Additionally, you might want to let CrafTracker rename the inventory that you took at the end of last year, so that it will become the beginning-of-the-year inventory for this year. Then, when you take a new inventory, CrafTracker will use both old and new inventories in figuring your Schedule C report. Keep in mind, however, that deleting either journal prevents you from accessing your current account balance. *MODEL,A Model number - Assign your own ID to an item you sell or manufacture. Description - Record useful information about the item To make a new record, choose ADD. The form will clear. To save a new record, or modify an old one, choose SAVE. To destroy the current record, choose DELETE. NEXT and PREV allow you to leaf through your records. *ACCOUNTS\R,A A choice list is available for the Customer ID field. You can select invoice numbers, and CrafTracker will supply totals. Choosing PRINT will print an aging report for all receivables under this account.