Contents

Using PayCheck

Calculating a paycheck

File menu commands

            Options menu commands

Keyboard


Using PayCheck

            PayCheck is based on IRS Publication 15,

            Circular E, Employer's Tax Guide.

            Please refer to this publication for information

            about tax  laws and procedures.


Calculating a paycheck

From the menu bar, click on File, New Paycheck (or use the Ctrl+N accelerator key).Fill in each dialog box as it appears. Name, Method of payment(salary or hourly), Hours, Wage, Withholding, Filing status and Payroll Period are required dialogs. Cancelling one of these will cancel the current work. All other dialog boxes are optional. Cancelling one of these will merely move you to the next dialog box. When all information is entered, the current paycheck information will be displayed on your screen. You will then have the option of printing the current paycheck or saving it to a file, or both.


File Menu Commands

New PayCheck

                 Begins a new employee paycheck.

                 You may start a new paycheck at any time

Open

              Opens a previously saved paycheck.

Save

              Saves the current paycheck to a file.

Save As

              Saves the current paycheck to a file

                  with a new name.

Print

              Prints the current paycheck.

Exit

              Exits the program.


Options Menu Commands

Confirmation

Toggles the confirmation dialog boxes on and off.A check mark means the command is active, and each entry will be confirmed by PayCheck. The default setting is off.

Sound

Toggles the sound ( a beep) on and off. When a dialog box confirms an entry, if this command is active a beep will sound for each box. The default setting is off.


Keyboard

  Key                         Action

F1	 Access Help.

F2	 Toggles Confirmation on and off.

F3	 Toggles Sound on and off.

ESC	 Cancel the current dialog. If the

 dialog is required, ESC cancels

 the current paycheck.

Ctrl+N	 Starts a new paycheck.

Ctrl+O	 Opens an existing PayCheck file.

Ctrl+S	 Saves the current paycheck to file.

Ctrl+P	 Prints the current paycheck.

Alt+F4	 Exits the PayCheck program.