Painless Accounting Menu Manager Table of Contents INSTALLATION............................................. 1 CURSOR MOVEMENTS 2 Mouse.................................................. 2 No Mouse............................................... 2 F2=DOS 1. Format Disks........................................ 3 2. Check Disk.......................................... 3 3. Rename File......................................... 3 4. Copy File........................................... 3 5. Delete File......................................... 3 6. Move File........................................... 3 7. Backup to Floppy Disk............................... 3 8. Restore from Floppy................................. 3 9. DOS Window.......................................... 3 0. Tree Directory...................................... 3 F8=MAINTENANCE F4=Edit................................................ 4 F5=Company Name........................................ 4 F6=Add................................................. 4 F7=Delete.............................................. 4 F10=Password........................................... 4 F9=DIRECTORY F3=Sort................................................ 4 F5=Mask................................................ 4 F10=Utilities 1. Color Parameters.................................... 5 2. Notepad............................................. 6 3. Re-Boot Computer.................................... 6 4. Set DOS Time/Date................................... 6 5. Memory Status....................................... 6 6. Calculator.......................................... 6 7. Calendar............................................ 6 8. Word Processor...................................... 7 9. Phone Directory..................................... 7 0. Park Disk Heads..................................... 7 B. Background.......................................... 7 S. Screen Saver........................................ 7 B. Background.......................................... 7 V. Video Type Settings................................. 7 B. Background.......................................... 7 V. Video Type Settings................................. 7 M. Phone/Modem Setup................................... 8 E. Extended Memory..................................... 8 INSTALLATION - Simply copy the disk onto your hard disk and type 'PAM' or 'PAM-D' for the shareware version. The Menu Manager Main Menu will appear. PAGE 1 CURSOR MOVEMENTS - The following is a brief description of keys used to navigate through options on the screen with a mouse or without a mouse. MOUSE You may use the mouse to select an option. Position the mouse on the option to select and press the left button, this will select this option. You may also highlight the selections in a window by moving the mouse over the line to select. Some of the windows have arrows, you may click the left mouse button on the arrows to move up, down, left, or right. To move the windows with a mouse, position the mouse inside the window and press the right mouse button. This will allow you to move the window anywhere on the screen. To resize the window, position the mouse on the right edge of the window and press the right mouse button, this allows the window to be expanded to the right. You may also position the mouse along the bottom of the window and press the right button to expand the window down. NO MOUSE UP Arrow moves to the previous line in a window. DOWN Arrow moves to the next line in a window. PGUP moves to the previous page, if more than one screen of information is available. PGDN moves to the next page, if more than one screen of information is available. HOME moves to the top line in a window. END moves to the last line in a window. CTRL+HOME moves to the top line of information. CTRL+END moves to the last line of information. RIGHT ARROW moves the information in the window to the left. LEFT ARROW moves the information in the window to the left. ESCape Exits. RETURN selects the highlighted line. The following keys work if SCROLL LOCK is on, or the SHIFT plus the Number pad arrows are used. Left Arrow moves window left | SHIFT+Left Arrow Contracts Right Arrow moves window right| SHIFT+Right Arrow Expands Up Arrow moves window up | SHIFT+Up Arrow Contracts Down Arrow moves window down | SHIFT+Down Arrow Expands PAGE 2 F2-DOS - This option allows execute several different DOS commands. 1. Format Floppy Disk Select this option to format a floppy disk in either A: or B: Drive. 2. Check Disk Select this option to run a DOS check disk. This will notify you of any problems that might exist on your hard disk. 3. Rename File Select this option to rename a DOS file. You will be prompted to enter the current file, then the new file name you wish to use. 4. Copy File Select this option to copy a DOS file. You will be prompted to enter the current file, then the new file name you wish to copy to. 5. Delete File Select this option to delete a DOS file. You will be prompted to enter the file name you wish to delete. 6. Move File Select this option to move a DOS file. You will be prompted to enter the current file, then the new file name you wish to move to. 7. Backup to Floppy Disk Select this option to backup DOS files. You will be prompted to enter the backup parameters for the BACKUP command. Consult you DOS manual for variations of this command. 8. Restore from Floppy Select this option to restore DOS files. You will be prompted to enter the restore parameters for the RESTORE command. Consult you DOS manual for variations of this command. 9. DOS Window Select this option to exit to DOS. Simply type EXIT to return to the Menu Manager. 0. Tree Directory Select this option to display a DOS tree structure of your hard disk. You also do a directory listing of any subdirectory from this option. PAGE 3 F8-MAINTENANCE - This option allows you to add/edit/delete programs to run, add a master password, or change the company information. F4-EDIT - To edit program information, highlight the proper line and press F4 or click the mouse on F4. This will allow you to change the program description, path, program name, memory requirements, and password. Press enter through each field to save the changes. F5-COMPANY NAME - Choose this option to change the company name that appears on the main menu. F6-ADD - Choose this option to add a new program to the main menu. Enter in a description of the program you are adding and the full path of the program. Next enter in the program that will be run when selecting this option. You may specify the memory requirements or enter zero to utilize all memory available. You may also enter a password for the program. F7-DELETE - Choose this option to delete a program from the main menu. Highlight the program to delete and press F7 or click F7 with the mouse. F10-PASSWORD - Choose this option to enter a password for the highlighted program. F9-DIRECTORY - This option allows you to list the files in the in the current directory and view Ascii files. After selecting this option all the files in the current directory will be displayed on the screen. You may also view any ascii file by highlighting the file and pressing enter or clicking the mouse on the file to view. F3-SORT - This option will sort the directory display on the screen. F5-MASK - This option allows you to display certain files. For example, if you enter *.txt for the mask, only files with the extension txt will be displayed. You may also use question marks. For example, if you enter PAM??.DBF for the mask, any file that begins with PAM and contains two more characters and has the extension DBF will be displayed. PAGE 4 F10-UTILITY - This option allows you to use various utility programs. 1. - Color Parameters This option allows you to customize your screen color attributes. All possible color combinations will be displayed with a corresponding number. Just enter this number in the option you wish to change. Following is a brief description of each option available for change. Standard: This is the color of all menus and data entry routines. Enhanced: This will be the color of the fields currently currently available for input. Active: This is the color to the current field, i.e. where the cursor is located. Calc/Npad: This is the color of the pop-up calculator and notepad. Status: This will be the color of the status line line displayed at the top of the screen at all times. Window: This is the windows that pop up for various input options. View: This will be the color of the screen when displaying lists of clients, vendors, etc. on the screen. Help: This is the color of all help panels. It will then ask if you want to set the intensity off. If you set the intensity off, the blocked cursor will no longer be in a blocked form. It will display the colors you chose and ask if these are the colors you wish to use. If you answer yes it will save these as your colors. If you do not like the colors you have chosen answer no and it will take you back to the color options and you may change them. F3 - Palette - This option allows you to change the colors to access up to 512 different colors. Each time you choose F3 the colors will reset to the default colors for each line. So if you want to change just one line of colors to will have to reset each line that you have previous changed. The color number will be displayed and you may arrow up and down to change the color. To select the color press enter. PAGE 5 2. - Notepad This option will allow you to edit a text file called notepad.txt. F3 will delete the line your on and F4 will insert a line before the line you are on. F5 will wrap words when you get to column 69. F6 turns scroll lock on and off, when off the text will scroll when arrowing up and down. Press Escape to exit and you will have the option to save the changes. Some others keys are as follows: Page Up and Down - moves up and down a screen, CTRL+Left and Right arrow moves to the previous and next word, CTRL+Page Up and Page Down takes you to the top and bottom of the file, End and Home takes you to the end and beginning of a line, CTRL+Home and End takes you to the top and bottom of a screen. 3. - Re-Boot Computer This option allows you to reboot your computer. You have the option to do a warm or cold boot. A warm boot is like pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL and a cold boot is like turning off your computer and then turning it back on. 4. - Set DOS Time/Date This option allows you to set the DOS date and time. 5. - Memory Status This option will display memory information such as how much memory your system has, how much used, and how much available. It will also show expanded or extended memory DOS version, and CPU type. 6. - Calculator First enter the beginning number and press enter, followed by the math operation and enter, then the second number and enter. Repeat this process as many times as needed. The total number will be saved, while in Painless Accounting. 7. - Calendar This option will display a calendar for the current month. By pressing the arrow left and right keys the month will change. Pressing the arrow up and down keys will change the year. Press enter to input appointments. You will be prompted for the day to enter appointments for. The time begins at 8 a.m. and goes to 7:30 p.m. in increments of thirty minutes. PAGE 6 8. - Word Processor This option will allow you to edit a text file. Enter in the name of the file, you may also specify a path name. F3 will delete the line your on and F4 will insert a line before the line you are on. F5 will wrap words when you get to column 69. F6 turns scroll lock on and off, when off the text will scroll when arrowing up and down. Press Escape to exit and you will have the option to save the changes. Some others keys are as follows: Page Up and Down - moves up and down a screen, CTRL+Left and Right arrow moves to the previous and next word, CTRL+Page Up and Page Down takes you to the top and bottom of the file, End and Home takes you to the end and beginning of a line, CTRL+Home and End takes you to the top and bottom of a screen. 9. - Phone Directory This option allows you to enter in phone numbers. F2 - Dial Phone - This option will dial the phone for you. Just highlight the number to dial and press F2 or click the mouse on F2. F4 - Edit - This option will allow you to edit any phone numbers displayed. Highlight the line to edit and press F4. You can then change the name, phone number, and comments. F6 - Add - Select this option to add a new number to the list. Enter in the name, phone number, and any comment. F7 - Delete - Select this option to delete a phone number. Highlight the number to delete and press F7 or click F7 with the mouse. 0. - Park Disk Heads This option will park the disk heads. This should be done before moving a computer to help prevent loss of data. B. - Background Select this option to change the background. You have seven different background options to choose from. S. - Screen Saver (ALT+V) Select this option to specify the number of minutes of inactivity before the screen will blank out. V. - Video Type Settings This option allows you to change the text font. You have several video type settings to choose from. PAGE 7 M. - Phone/Modem Setup You this option to indicate which port your phone/modem is connected to. E. - Extended Memory Select this option to indicate if you want to use extended memory. This will allow for faster processing. PAGE 8