Quick view on using this program.
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    The first thing you must do is to define your opening balance date in 
SETUP. You don't have to define any financial periods. Simply define the 
desired accounts code and key in your business transactions. You can do your
opening trial balance later when you are ready! To enter your closing stock,
simply enter the stock check date and the total stock value. To close a 
financial period, just enter the closing date and choose between monthly or 
yearly close. You can undo the close anytime, enter new transaction, delete 
or modify a transaction and close again at a different date for as many 
years as you like and undo every close if desired! This feature make this 
program extremely useful for budgetting and "what if" senario. Its 
simplicity is also highly desirable if you do accounts for others. Of course
you can always use it to run a small business.
    Most instructions on how to use the program is displayed at the bottom
of the screen.

                            STANDARD KEY
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The following is the standard key used through out the program.
ESC=Previous screen
F3=Add F4=Edit F5=Delete 
F7=Print or Report
F8=Sort
F9=Save or in some cases Print.
When browsing data or text:
CTRL-PgUp= Go to the top of text or data.
CTRL-PgDn= Go to the bottom of text or data.

    Where applicable, the above will be displayed at the bottom of the screen
(see this screen below). If you are running the program under Windows 95/98
or 3.x use ALT-ENTER combination to resize the application to full/partial 
screen.

Note on F8=Sort
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    If you see the above instruction at the bottom of a browse screen, you 
will be able to select the sort order of the database for display and search. 
For example in the Transactions browse screen, if you want to sort DocRef in 
alphabetical order, press the left or right arrow key until DocRef is 
highlighted then press F8. DocRef is now sorted and if you look at the top
left hand corner, you will see "Search (DocRef):". To search for any DocRef,
just press the first few letter of the Document Reference and the database
display will immediately show the nearest hit.

                            DATA ENTRY
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Date
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    The date format of this program is the British style dd/mm/yyyy. You may
enter the full date as required or use one of the following short cuts to 
reduce data entry key strokes and save time.

Short cuts:
    Key in a zero in the day column:  [0 /  /    ] 
Press ENTER and the current system date will automatically keyed in for you.
If there are any data in the month or year column, it will be overwritten.
    Key in any day and leave the rest empty:  [12/  /    ] 
Press ENTER and the current month and year will automatically keyed in 
for you.
    Key in any day and month leave the year empty:  [12/05/    ] 
Press ENTER and the current year will automatically keyed in for you.
    Key in any day or month and the last one or two digits in the year 
column and press ENTER. Please see the examples below if the current year
is 2000:

Short cut       Result
------------    ----------
[12/05/    ]    12/05/2000
[12/05/0   ]    12/05/2000
[12/05/1   ]    12/05/2001
[3 /8 /10  ]    03/08/2010
[12/05/99  ]    12/05/1999  --> NOTE

Note: If you key in the last 2 digits of a year from 90 to 99, the program 
will automatically key in the previous century ( 19xx ).

Chart of accounts
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    From the MAIN MENU, go to FILE, choose ACCOUNTS. A list of previous or 
predefined codes appears. 
Add:
    Press F3 and a data entry screen to add a new code appears.
    Accts category: Press ENTER to see a list of available category. Pick one
and press ENTER.
    Code: Key in a unique alpanumeric code of up to 10 characters.
    Name: Give a name for your account code.
Edit:
    From the list of defined accounts code, highlight the code that you want
to edit and press F4. A data entry screen to edit the code appears. If the 
code is already in use in a transaction, you can only edit the account name.
To delete any account, press F5.

Opening balance
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    From the MAIN MENU, go to FILE, choose OPENING BALANCE. A list of 
previous entries appear (if any). To add a new entry, press F3. To edit a 
previous entry, highlight the chosen entry and press F4. After pressing F3 
or F4, a data entry screen appears.
    Code: Key in the accounts code or press F2 for a list of available 
accounts code. Choose the desired code and press ENTER.
    Opening (YTD): Key in the amount. For credit entry, key in a negative 
amount.
    To delete any entry, press F5.

    It is not necessary that the opening trial balance is balanced. If there
are many entries, you can exit the screen or quit the program and continue
where you left off later. You may enter normal business transactions if you 
desire. But you cannot do a month/year end closing if the initial trial 
balance is not balanced.

To set the OPENING TRIAL BALANCE date:
    From the MAIN MENU, go to UTILITY, choose SETUP. A data entry screen 
appears. Press the DOWN ARROW KEY until you reach "Opening balance date". 
Key in the required date.

Note: You cannot add or edit the opening balance if there is already a
month/year end close. To proceed, undo all close.

Transactions
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    From the MAIN MENU, go to FILE, choose TRANSACTIONS. A list of previous 
transactions appear (if any). Press F3 to add or F4 to edit. A data entry 
screen appears. Key in the required data. For Debit/Credit, you may enter 
the accounts code directly or choose a list of available accounts code from 
a popUp by pressing F2. Choose the required accounts code and press ENTER.
To delete any transaction, press F5.

Stock value
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    From the MAIN MENU, go to FILE, choose STOCK VALUE. A list of previous 
entries appear (if any). Press F3 to add or F4 to edit. A data entry 
screen appears. Key in the required data. To delete any entry, press F5.

                            MONTH/YEAR END CLOSING
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    From the MAIN MENU, go to FILE, choose MONTH/YEAR CLOSING. 
A list of previous close appear (if any). Press F3 to close a period. 
A data entry screen appears. Key in the closing date. For Month-To-Date or
Year-To_Date close, key in "M" or "Y" respectively. To undo any close, 
press F5.

                            REPORTS
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Trial balance and Transactions
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    From the MAIN MENU, go to FILE, choose TRANSACTIONS and press F7. A popup
appears. Choose either TRANSACTIONS or TRIAL BALANCE.

Transactions:
    You can sort the report either by TransID, DATE or docRef. To change the
sorting, go back to browse screen and point the highlight to the required
column and press F8. Press F7 to return to report screen. Key in the 
DATE, transID or docRef range or leave them empty to print everything.
Press F9 to print. A popup appears giving you a choice of printing to
"Screen" or "Printer". Choose either or press ESC to abort print. While 
printing, you may also abort print by pressing ESC key.

Trial balance:
    Key in the date for the  trial balance and choose either  Month-To-Date
or Year-To-Date by entering "M" or "Y" respectively. To save the report
for editing later, enter "Y" in SAVE REPORT. Press F9 to print. A popup 
appears giving you a choice of printing to "Screen" or "Printer". Choose 
either or press ESC to abort print. While printing, you may also abort 
print by pressing ESC key.

Balance sheet and Profit and loss
---------------------------------
    You must have at least one Month/Year end close to print Balance sheet or
Profit and loss report.
    From the MAIN MENU, go to FILE, choose MONTH/YEAR END CLOSING. A list of
previous close appears. Highlight the desired closing and press F7. A popup
appears. Choose either BALANCE SHEET or PROFIT AND LOSS.

Balance sheet:
    Enter "Y" to save the report for later editing. Press F9 or ENTER to 
print. A popup appears giving you a choice of printing to "Screen" or
"Printer". Choose either or press ESC to abort print. While printing, you 
can abort by pressing ESC key.

Profit and loss:
    Choose either  Month-To-Date or Year-To-Date by entering "M" or "Y" 
respectively. To save the report for editing later, enter "Y" in SAVE REPORT. 
Press F9 to print. A popup appears giving you a choice of printing to 
"Screen" or "Printer". Choose either or press ESC to abort print. While 
printing, you may also abort print by pressing ESC key.

                            EDIT REPORT
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    From the MAIN MENU, go to UTILITY, choose EDIT REPORT. A list of saved 
reports appears. Highlight desired report and press ENTER. The chosen report
will appear in an editor. Press F1 for more help on editor.

For advance users only
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Note: This section is only available for registered version.
    You can choose your own editor by pressing F4. A data entry screen to
define your editor appears. Key in the editor command.
WARNING: 
    Some editor may change the extension of a file upon saving. You will
not be able to call up the report from PITIH again if the original report
file name is changed.
    
    Some editor may also change the file format upon saving. If that is the
case, the report cannot be read by other editors.

Possible choice for Windows 95 users:
Command: Edit 
    This will call up the Windows 95 NOTE text editor. Please refer to your 
Windows 95 on how to use the editor.

Command: Write
    This will call up the Windows 95 WORD PAD word processor. Please refer to 
your Windows 95 on how to use the word processor.
Note: Upon saving the report under WORD PAD, the report file will be
converted to WORD 6 file format and cannot be read by other word processor.

Note: Under Windows 3.x, you can only define DOS based editor.

                            DATE LOCK  
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    To minimise data entry date error, you can lock a date so that no date
earlier than the date you set will be accepted.
To lock a date:
    From MAIN MENU, go to UTILITY, choose SETUP. A data entry screen appears.
Press the DOWN ARROW KEY until you reach "Lock date". Key in the required 
date.

                            BACKUP/RESTORE
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Backup
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    From the MAIN MENU, go to UTILITY, choose BACKUP. Insert a formatted 
diskette in available drive. At the data entry screen, key in the drive 
letter where you have inserted the diskette or simply press ENTER key or F9 
to accept the displayed drive letter. A popup appears. Choose "Yes" to
proceed. When BACKUP is completed, the program will return to the MAIN MENU 
automatically.

Restore
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    From the MAIN MENU, go to UTILITY, choose RESTORE. Insert a previously 
backup diskette in available drive. At the data entry screen, key in the 
drive letter where you have inserted the diskette or simply press ENTER key 
or F9 to accept the displayed drive letter. A popup appears. Choose "Yes" to
proceed. When RESTORE is completed, the program will return to the MAIN MENU 
automatically.
