█           INSTALLING THE HOURLY RATES (SETUP)              
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░  ALPHAQUOTE enables the user to set HOURLY RATE values     
░  for typesetting, paste-up and design.  These HOURLY       
░  RATE values are initially set at rates used in the        
░  Washington, D.C. area.  Use the values supplied, enter    
░  your own values.  Rates have been supplied in files       
░  with the extension "dta".  You may use these rates as     
░  is or change them and save them with a new name.          
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░  The answers to the questions in the SETUP function        
░  need only to be entered initially or when hourly rates    
░  change. Answer the questions as they appear.  If          
░  SETUP has been completed once, those values will appear   
░  in the response boxes when SETUP is recalled.  They may   
█  be modified at this time.  All penalty and credit         
█  percentages are percentages which will be multiplied      
░  times the base price.  In the example, a response of      
░  Fair for Copy/Pasteup conditions, will result in 15% of   
░  the base price ADDED to the base price.  Telcom/Media     
░  percentages are CREDITS and will SUBTRACT that            
░  percentage from the base price.  Use the Art/½/TAB        
▒  penalty for artwork, halftones or more difficult work     
▒  such as math, runarounds, or tabular.                     
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░  Productivity % is the relative efficiency of the person   
░  actually performing the work.  85% is considered normal.  
░  Increasing the percentage will decrease the base price    
░  (more efficient people do the work faster hence is costs  
░  less). Decreasing the percentage has the reverse effect. 
░  Unless you have a good understanding of hourly rates      
░  and production efficiency, leave this factor at 85%       
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█  Page 2 of the SETUP function contains questions           
░  pertaining to Company Name, Company Address, Company,     
░  City/State.  The responses are used to form the masthead  
░  portion of the printed report produced by selection 'P'   
░  (Print) of the MAIN MENU. ALPHAQUOTE contains a           
░  generic printer driver program that will work on most     
░  printers using the Epson FX80 standard.  Select D for     
░  dot matrix printer,  L for letter quality printers,       
░  'G' for a generic printer or 'F' for file.                
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▒  This function needs to be accessed only when changes      
▒  occur to the hourly rates or percentage factors.          
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░  NOTE:  When estimates are saved to disk, the setup rates  
░ in effect at the time are saved with the estimate.        
░  Loading an old estimate from disk will change the rates   
█  in setup to those in effect at the time of the estimate.  
█  Answer 'Y' (yes) to the Load Current Rates question in    
░  the setup menu to update old estimates.  Press F2 to see  
░  the change to the new rates.  Please be sure to save      
░  the estimate again this time containing the new rates.    
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