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         Here you select a giving year, or create a new giving year,
         or remove a previous giving year from your hard disk. The
         first time you use CMS it will set up a "Giving Year" called
         "DEFAULT".

         To begin with "Giving Year" maintenance:

         Press <Y> at the "Stewardship" menu to select "Year Menu",
         and press <Enter>.

         A "Choices" menu will appear:

         ==============================
         | Select Another Giving Year |
         | Create New Giving Year     |
         | Delete Old Giving Year     |
         ==============================

              6.71  Select Another Giving Year
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              The first time you use CMS a "Giving Year" called
              "DEFAULT" will be created.

              To select another "Giving Year":

              A. Press <S> at the "Year Menu" "Choices" menu, and
                 press <Enter>.

                 A window with all the other previously created
                 "Giving Year" will appear. If this is the first time
                 you use CMS it might look like this:

                 ===========
                 | DEFAULT |
                 ===========

                 or if you already created some new "Giving Years":

                 ===========
                 | 1990    |
                 | 1991    |
                 | ALPHA   |
                 | DEFAULT |
                 ===========
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              B. Select the new "Giving Year", and press <Enter>.

                 The new Giving Year will be selected AND your
                 "Current Giving Year" will be set to the new name.

                 You will be returned to the "Stewardship" menu and
                 the selected "Current Giving Year" will appear at the
                 bottom right hand side of your screen.

                 All new contributions, new pledges, etc. will now be
                 entered in the file for this new "Giving Year".



              6.72  Create New Giving Year
              ======================

              The first time you use CMS a "Giving Year" called
              "DEFAULT" will be created.

              To create a new "Giving Year":

              A. Press <C> at the "Year Menu" "Choices" menu, and
                 press <Enter>.

                 A window will appear and the first time you use CMS
                 it might look like this:

                 ===========================
                 | Name of new Giving Year |
                 | [DEFAULT]               |
                 ===========================

              B. Type in the name of the new Giving Year, and press
                 <Enter>.

                 The new Giving Year will be created AND your "Current
                 Giving Year" will be set to the new name.

                 You will be returned to the "Stewardship" menu and
                 the new "Current Giving Year" will appear at the
                 bottom right hand side of your screen.

                 All new contributions, new pledges, etc. will now be
                 entered in the file for this new "Giving Year".
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                 To switch back to the previous "Giving Year"
                 selection refer to chapter 6.51 "Select Another
                 Giving Year".


              6.73  Delete Old Giving Year
              ======================

              The first time you use CMS a "Giving Year" called
              "DEFAULT" will be created.

              To delete an old "Giving Year":

              A. Press <D> at the "Year Menu" "Choices" menu, and
                 press <Enter>.

                 A window with all the other previously created
                 "Giving Years" will appear. It might look like this:

                 ===========
                 | 1990    |
                 | 1991    |
                 | ALPHA   |
                 | DEFAULT |
                 ===========

              B. Select the old Giving Year to be removed from the
                 Hard Disk, and press <Enter>.

                 A confirmation window will appear:

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                 | Erase all data for 1 year(s)? [y/N] | |
                 =========================================

                 If you press <N> no "Giving Year" will be deleted,
                 and you will be returned to the "Stewardship" menu.








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              C. Press <Y> to remove the selected "Giving Year".

                 If the "Giving Year" selected for deletion is also
                 the "Current Giving Year" then you will be asked to
                 select another "Current Giving Year".

                 If no other "Giving Year" is available you will be
                 asked to create a new one.

                 When all done you will be returned to the
                 "Stewardship" menu and the new "Current Giving Year"
                 will appear at the bottom right hand side of your
                 screen.
































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