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                           TABLE OF CONTENTS


          INTRODUCTION                            2
          INSTALLATION                            3
          LOADING PENNYWISE                       5
          OPENING NEW & EXISTING FILES            6
          USING THE MENUS & GADGETS               7
          ENTERING, EDITING & SAVING DATA         10
          DEFINING THE ACCOUNT                    11
          PAYEES & PAYERS                         12
          TRANSACTION TYPES                       13
          COST CENTRES                            14
          TRANSACTIONS                            15
          SELECTING TRANSACTIONS                  16
          RECONCILIATION                          17
          GENERATING REPORTS                      18





































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                         PENNYWISE USER MANUAL


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                                   INTRODUCTION

Pennywise is  a small  'Cashbook' program for the AMIGA. Use it to keep
track of the financial transactions of a cheque, bank, business or similar
account. Benefits of using a computer based 'Cashbook' are proportional
to the quality and quantity of the data entry. For exam-ple, if you only
have one or two transactions a week, benefits from using 'PennyWise' will
most certainly be few. Conversely, if you have many entries  each week,
the rewards  will be  great as  will the time you'll save around  July/
August each year. (I feel one of the great strengths of Pennywise is its
Report Generator).

Pennywise's  intended audience is the self-employed tradesman or perhaps
those of you with more than one source of income.  None of  the demands
a larger,  more flexible  double entry  accounts system  might make are
evident. Throughout Pennywise takes advantage of  the Amiga's Intuition
interface to make life easy at the data entry stage. There are no 'codes'
or ID numbers to remember and typing is kept to a minimum.

However, you do need to be  familiar  with  your  Amiga.  Know  how the
mouse interacts  with menus  & gadgets.  Know the  left button from the
right. You Amiga Manuals will help here.






































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                        PENNYWISE INSTALLATION


      *** IMPORTANT - READ FOOTNOTE ABOUT THE t: DIRECTORY *****



First, if you are serious about using PENNYWISE,  make a  backup of the
distribution disk. 

PENNYWISE allows  you to  maintain your  data in  any directory, by any
file name. This simplifies installation somewhat. If you are using 

STANDARD  AMIGA  DISK  DRIVES,   the  disk   containing  PENNYWISE  and
the HELP  directory must  be named  'PENNYWISE'. Failing that, you must
ASSIGN  (from  the  CLI)  'PENNYWISE:'  to  the  disk  where  the  HELP
directory resides. Otherwise PENNYWISE will not find the HELP files!

HARD  DISK  OWNERS  should  create  a directory of a suitable name, and
place 'PENNYWISE' and the HELP directory  in it.  You must  then ASSIGN
'PENNYWISE:' to that directory! 

Assuming you  have created  a directory  called 'PW' on your HARD DRIVE
'DH0:' for this purpose, the best place to make the assignment is in the
Startup-sequence. Somewhere  after the  hard-disk is  MOUNTED place the
following in the startup-sequence text file:

                       ASSIGN PENNYWISE: DH0:PW

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GAINING MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE (SPEED):

     MICRO FLOPPY DISK USERS  are advised  to increase  the buffer size
     of the  drive where the PENNYWISE data will be maintained. I found
     that a buffer size of 40 works well.

     Once again, the startup sequence is the best place to do this. If the
     data disk is kept in DF1: you should add

                          ADDBUFFERS DF1: 40

     to the startup-sequence.

Alternatively, and  only if  you have  a MEGABYTE or more of memory and
Workbench 1.3, you might consider   installing 'RAD:'  and keeping your
data directory in it.(don't forget to copy the data back to disk before
switching the computer off)

HARD DRIVE USERS will be able  to take  advantage of  a special version
of PENNYWISE  (only available to shareware subscribers) which maintains
its index files on  disk.This approach  is impractical  (too slow) with
FLOPPYS. 


 
                          THE DATA DIRECTORY





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You should also prepare a directory in which you will keep the Pennywise
data files. If you are using floppy disk drives only you might consider
formatting a new disk for the data files. 

Then (and this applies to Hard disk users as well) duplicate the 'Empty'
drawer on your workbench.  Rename  the  'Copy  Of  Empty'  to something
reflecting the  name of  your Pennywise  Data Files.  Finally, drag the
renamed directory to the data disk or to some convenient  place on your
hard-disk.


                      THE T: Directory Assignment

The Report Generator in PW needs the assignment to a directory t: 
for its  temporary files.  Check your  workbench STARTUP-SEQUENCE for a
statement like:

                           ASSIGN T: SYS:T 

If it is not there you must ensure a suitable assignment is made. I like to


ASSIGN T: RAM:

although the  choice is largely yours. If you don't understand all this
STARTUP-SEQUENCE stuff, make the effort! 

A good starting point would be MEGADISK or the AMIGADOS manual.

However, here are the steps to  satisfy  PENNYWISE's  hunger  for  a T:
assignment.

You need  a text  editor or word-processor than can output simple text-
-files.

1)   Load & run the Text editor:

2)   Activate the Text editors 'OPEN' or 'LOAD' option.

3)   The file to load is 'S:STARTUP-SEQUENCE'

4)   If all is well you'll be looking at the startup-sequence instructions.

5)   To through  the instructions  and look  for ASSIGN  T: xxxxx where
     'xxxxx' might be 'DF0:t' or 'SYS:T'

6)   If the  ASSIGN T:  does not  exist somewhere  within the text (and
     before the 'ENDCLI' that appears at  the end  of the  startup seq-
     uence') enter a new line

                             ASSIGN T: RAM:

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                          STARTING PENNYWISE

Once you  have made  a back  up of  the distribution disk and installed
Pennywise, you will want to start the program. Pennywise is started from
the Amiga  Workbench. Find  the Pennywise  Icon, move the mouse pointer
over it and Double Click the left mouse button. Pennywise should load.

Pennywise  uses  its  own  SCREEN.SS 1TFx1  The  initial  welcome  message  is
cancelled by moving the mouse pointer over the message and clicking the
left mouse button. 
 
The welcome message is followed by a requester  inviting you  to either
lookup the HELP files or open a 'Pennywise' data file. 

At this  time you  may care  to select the 'Help' option. A large, blue
requester appears in the middle of the window. Within it  are displayed
the topics  covered. Select  a topic by moving the Mouse cursor over it
and clicking the left button.

      'Help' files are displayed in a simple text-reader. There are two
gadgets at the bottom of the text-reader to  move around  a 'Help' file
that is  larger than  the window  can accommodate- Previous Page & Next
Page. Select and click whichever is appropriate to advance or reverse the
text display.

 You can  exit the  'Help' file  by selecting  the 'QUIT' gadget at the
bottom of the window or the 'Close Window' button at the top left.

This takes you back  to the  'HELP' requester.  You can  select another
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                    screen press the LEFT AMIGA KEY  and 'N'.  Conversely the
                    LEFT  AMIGA  KEY  and  'M'  returns  you to the Pennywise
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                       OPENING A PENNYWISE FILE

Pennywise gives you total  flexibility of  where you  keep and  how you
name your data files.  However, the selection process for creating a new
file or 'opening' an existing is very similar. A file selection requester
appears:

                          THE FILE REQUESTER:


The FILE REQUESTER is like most found in AMIGA programs.

It recognises  the devices available on your AMIGA, which are described
as gadgets on the right of the requester.

Use the slider to move through the list.

Directories are in red. Click a directory to see inside it.

Click 'PARENT' to go back to the previous directory.

Once you have clicked  the file  you want,  select &  click [LOAD]. (or
[SAVE])


               To create a NEW Pennywise Cashbook file:

From the  file requester select the Disk Drive/ Device and/or directory
where you want to  keep the  new files.  You do  this by  selecting and
clicking  the  DEVICE  GADGETS  at  the  right  of  the  requester. The
directory is then read and displayed. Having selected the path, TYPE in
the proposed  name of  your file in the  'FILE' gadget at the bottom of
the requester. Select & Click LOAD.

If the file does not exist,you'll be asked to confirm that the 
file be created. Note that Pennywise creates some additional file with 
the extension 'PWx". 

Selecting an existing file is much the same, except that you select the
file name from the requester, rather than having to type it in. At this
time the onus is on you to select a valid file, or Pennywise exits.

Once a file has been correctly selected or initiated, it will take a few
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                                  (5)
                        Moving Around Pennywise

                       USING THE TITLE BAR MENUS

As  with  most  other  AMIGA  programs, moving the mouse pointer to the
windows title bar and  holding down  the RIGHT  MOUSE BUTTON  reveals a
list or  strip of  'MENUS'. By  further mouse  movement the contents of
each menu can be revealed and selected with  the left  mouse button. If
you are unfamiliar with this process please refer to your AMIGA's manual
which explains the process at some length.

PENNYWISE has four such menus:

THE PROJECT MENU options:

     NEW..... To Create a NEW Pennywise File
          (* NOTE: The Subscriber version will create new files
               based on an old file's definition *)
     OPEN.... To open another (existing) PENNYWISE Data File
     CLOSE... Same as QUIT.. Closes all files and exits PENNYWISE
     PRINT... For future expansion
     ABOUT... About me, CVT and everything!
     HELP.... That's how you got here!
     QUIT...  Same as CLOSE


THE EDIT MENU

     EDIT...   Edit/ change something in the current record item. 
               The cursor should appear in the first field to be 
               edited. If it doesn't, select the place to edit 
               with the MOUSE 

     FIND...   Brings up the SCAN LIST or TRANSACTION SELECTION 
               window (whichever is appropriate)  so you  can select or
               find a particular item.

     DELETE..  Allows you to delete an item. Note that debits and credits
               applying to the item you want to delete  must be  set at
               zero.  YOU   CANNOT  DELETE   AN  ITEM   THAT  HAS  SOME
               COSTING ATTACHED TO IT!

     NEW...    Clears the current item from the  window and  allows you
               enter a brand-new one!

     SAVE NOW!.     Exactly that... saves the current record. A 
                    requester  appears  asking  you to confirm the save
                    action.
                    NOTE:   ONLY   WORKS    IF    THE    RECORD   NEEDS
                    SAVING!

               PENNYWISE is careful about unsaved records. It always
               gives you a reminder if a record needs saving


     UNDO!...  Ahem!!! I'm still working on this, but ideally it 
               restores the status quo if you've botched the current 
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THE SPECIAL MENU

     SELECT TRANSACTION
     ACCOUNT DETAILS
     PAYEE/ PAYER DETAILS
     COSTING CENTRES
     TRANSACTION TYPES
     TRANSACTIONS
          (* Selects the appropriate window and mode *)

     SHOW NON-RECONCILED... 
               Toggles the highlighting of transactions     in      the
               transaction selection window that have not had the 'REC-
               ONCILED' date entered.

     VALIDATE ALL... 
               If you have doubts about the calculated results. 
               Recalculates all transactions afresh. Might 
               take a while!

     REPORT OPTIONS... 
               Takes   you   to   the   PENNYWISE   REPORT    GENERATOR
               WINDOW



PREFERENCES MENU

     DISPLAY TRANSACTIONS BY
                    DATE (of entry)
                    NUMBER (of cheque etc)
                    TYPE   (Transaction Type)
                    NAME (Payees/ Payer name)

          Determines how transactions are sorted and displayed in 
          the TRANSACTION SELECTION window

(*----------------------------------------------------------------*)


Those menu options that have a letter or number highlighted at the right
may be  selected by  pressing the RIGHT AMIGA KEY and the specified key
at the same time.

For example  [RIGHT AMIGA]  and [N]  will put  you into  NEW ENTRY mode
[RIGHT AMIGA] and [S] will save the record.

















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                                  (6)
                         The Pennywise Gadgets



PENNYWISE  uses  INTUITION,  the  AMIGA's  powerful  and  friendly user
interface.

All screens have 'gadgets' that are selected with the MOUSE pointer and
(usually) clicking the left mouse button. 

There are  three types  of gadgets,  one that you select with the mouse
pointer and left button to set a certain condition. For example, in
the Transaction Types window there is a gadget which indicates that
the transaction type is a DEBIT TRANSACTION. Selecting it will  make it
indicate that it is a CREDIT TRANSACTION. Selecting it once more
resets it to CREDIT.

The second gadget is the 'STRING' gadget... the one you enter data into.

The STRING gadget appears as a 'box' either empty or perhaps displaying
some text. Select a position within the box an click. A cursor appears.
Enter some (appropriate) data. Notice that the cursor is confined to the
box. When  done, press  [RETURN]. In  PENNYWISE, if  the current window
has a  subsequent STRING  gadget the  cursor moves to it automatically.
Clicking the mouse somewhere  else  in  the  window  moves  removes the
cursor from the string gadget. 

Incidentally, RIGHT AMIGA & [X] clears an active string gadget, RIGHT
AMIGA & Q restores its previous values.


Finally, there  is the  PROPORTIONAL GADGET.  It consists of a vertical
box enclosing a 'KNOB' which can  be  moved  with  mouse  pointer while
holding down the left button. As the 'KNOB' is moved and released, data
in the window is adjusted  accordingly.  A  good  example  is  the TRA-
NSACTION  SELECTION  WINDOW.  When  there  are  more  transactions than
the window can display the 'KNOB' represents the proportion of the total
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             ENTERING NEW DATA, EDITING DATA & SAVING DATA

The procedure  for entering  data into  Pennywise records is consistent
throughout:


RIGHT AMIGA & the 'N' KEY  creates  a  new  record.  As  each  field is
entered, the cursor jumps to the next input field. When you have entered
the data for the record select 'SAVE NOW' from the EDIT Menu,  or press
[RIGHT AMIGA]  & [S].  A requester  pops up  asking you  to confirm the
save. If you don't won't to see the requester, click the [SAVE] gadget at
the bottom of the window.

If you  make a mistake during entry, don't worry. You can edit an entry
anytime either by selecting the field to be edited with the mouse or by
selecting  the  EDIT  ENTRY  option  from  the EDIT MENU. In the latter
case the cursor appears in the first field of the window.

Should no records exists Pennywise will tell you and prompt you to enter
one. 

Finally, there is actually no need to explicitly call the SAVE function as
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                          THE ACCOUNTS WINDOW



Use this window to describe your business and the account details. Note
that the  General Distribution  Version of  PW only  supports one file/
account at a time. A summary of current activity period is displayed at
the bottom  right. The  'current activity' would be the fiscal year, or
perhaps a financial quarter.

POINTS TO NOTE:

     AMOUNT   BROUGHT    FORWARD    IS    A    SUM    BROUGHT   FORWARD
     FROM A PREVIOUS PERIOD.

It is not considered in the results of other windows which are calculated
for the current year. I feel this makes sense  since one  would usually
only want  to know the results for the current year.

TIP:      If you think that the calculations shown are incorrect select
          "VALIDATE" from the SPECIAL MENU.

          This option searches all  transactions and  re-calculates the
          various categories of cost allocation centres.


In the  top part of the Account you would describe the account holder's
details. In the bottom part go the details of the financial institution
administering the account. A separate 'box' at the bottom right, common
to most windows in  Pennywise, displays  the current  results- credits,
debits &  balance. Note the Account Window considers any figure entered
in the 'AMOUNT BROUGHT FORWARD' field in its calculations.

Data in the Account Window may  be  re-edited  at  any  time  after the
initial entry.

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                            PAYEES & PAYERS WINDOW


PENNYWISE encourages  you to  build up  a 'mailing  list' of payees and
payers. Names & addresses are entered into this window. They  also play
an important role when you enter a transaction. Instead of having to type
the name of the payee/ payer into the  Transaction details  you will be
selecting names  from a  'SCAN-LIST'. The  trade off is that the payee/
payer's name must first be entered in this window and 'saved' to the data
base.

Enter new and edit existing records as described in (7). 

You can find a Payee/ Payer by selecting the [?] gadget at the bottom of
the window, pressing [RIGHT AMIGA] &  [F]  or  by  selecting  FIND from
the EDIT menu.

Other gadgets at the bottom of the screen allow you to move to the first
payee/ payer [<<], the previous payee [<], the next payee [>] and the last
payee [>>]. The payee list is, of course, sorted alphabetically.

Finally, the debits, credits and results of the current record are displayed
at the bottom right of the window.





NOTE

          Future versions  of  PW  will  support  MAILING  LABELS, Mail
          Merging etc. so it's wise to enter as much information as you
          can about each payee/ payer.


HINT:
          At some time you  will probably  enter a  new transaction and
          then  realise  that  you  have  not  entered the payee/ payer
          details. I suggest that you enter one payee/  payer record as
          'CASH' or  perhaps 'MISCELLANEOUS'. Later, after entering the
          new payee/ payer details, you can re-edit the  transaction. I
          hope to address this problem in future versions of Pennywise.





















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                         THE TRANSACTION TYPES WINDOW

TRANSACTION  TYPES  describe  the  kinds  of  transactions your account
will deal with. For example:

          Cheque, Cash Purchase,  Cash  Receipt,  F.D.T.,  Interest, S-
          tatutory Fees are some types of transactions.


As with  the Payee/  Payers, you  build up a list of Transaction Types.
Later, when entering transactions you will be selecting the transaction
type  from a 'SCAN-LIST'. 

Enter new and edit existing records as described in (7). 

                   DEBIT & CREDIT TRANSACTION TYPES.

There isn't  much to  enter, just the transaction type name and a note.
You must also tell  Pennywise  whether  the  Transaction  Type  will be
'DEBIT' or  'CREDIT'. Do  so by  selecting and  clicking the Gadgets at
gadget at the Left of the data entry box. It will toggle  from DEBIT to
CREDIT and back each time it's selected.

                            AUTO NUMBERING

Some transaction  types, such  as cheques,  will have  numbers. Tell P-
ennywise by selecting the  NUMBERING gadget  at the  right of  the data
entry  box.   It  will  toggle  between  AUTO  NUMBERING  ON  and  AUTO
NUMBERING OFF whenever selected. If you  want, you  can also  enter the
next number for this transaction type.


You can find a transaction type by selecting the [?] gadget at the bottom
of the window, pressing [RIGHT AMIGA] & [F]  or by  selecting FIND from
the EDIT menu.

Other gadgets at the bottom of the screen allow you to move to the first
transaction type [<<], the previous transaction  type [<],  the next t-
ransaction type  [>] and the last transaction type [>>]. The transaction
type  list is sorted alphabetically.

Finally, the debits or  credits and results  of the  current record are
displayed at the bottom right of the window.




HINT:
          At some  time you  will probably  enter a new transaction and
          then realise that you have not  entered the  Transaction Type
          details.  I  suggest  that  you  enter  two  transaction type
          records:


                   A DEBIT ONE Called CASH PURCHASE
                     A CREDIT ONE called CASH RECEIPT


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                            THE COST CENTRE WINDOW

Cost Centres are sometimes called cost control centres. They allow you to
categorise income and expenditure. For example:

          Rent, Telephone,  Office Consumables,  Computer Software, Car
          Costs, Building Maintenance, Advertising
          are just some examples


As with  the Payee/ Payers, you build up a list of Cost Centres. Later,
when entering transactions you will be selecting the cost centre  from a
'SCAN-LIST'. 

Enter new and edit existing records as described in (7). 


There isn't much to enter, just the cost centre name and a note. 

You can find a cost centre by selecting the [?] gadget at the bottom of
the window, pressing [RIGHT AMIGA] &  [F]  or  by  selecting  FIND from
the EDIT menu.

Other gadgets at the bottom of the screen allow you to move to the first
Cost Centre [<<], the previous Cost Centre [<], the next Cost Centre  [>]
and the  last Cost  Centre [>>].  The Cost  Centre  list is sorted alp-
habetically.

Finally, the debits or  credits and results  of the  current record are
displayed at the bottom right of the window.




HINT:
          At some  time you  will probably  enter a new transaction and
          then realise that you have not entered the Cost Centre details.
          I suggest  that you  enter a Cost Centre  record called PETTY
          CASH,   CASH,   or   perhaps   MISCELLANEOUS.   Later,  after
          entering the  new payee/  payer details,  you can re-edit the
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                       TRANSACTION ENTRY WINDOW:

If you have a well defined list of Payees, Transaction  types, and cost
centres defined, entering a new transaction is very simple:

1)   Tell  Pennywise  that  you  want  to enter a new transaction. (See
     section (7)).

NOTE:     The following to not have to be in any order. 

     a)   Click the large Transaction Type gadget in the  middle of the
          data  entry  box.  The  SCAN LIST requester appears. Find and
          select the Type Of Transaction required. (see section (6))

          Pennywise will flag if this is a DEBIT or CREDIT transaction.

          Pennywise will insert a NUMBER  into  the  FIELD  at  the TOP
          RIGHT  if  the  AUTO  NUMBER  function  has  been  set in the
          transaction type. If the number is incorrect you can change it. 

     b)   Click the large Payee/ Payer gadget in the middle of the data
          entry box.  The SCAN  LIST requester appears. Find and select
          the name required. (see section (6))

     c)   Click the large Cost Centre gadget in the middle of  the data
          entry box.  The SCAN  LIST requester appears. Find and select
          the cost centre required. (see section (6))

     d)   Select the Transaction Date  field if  the default  date (the
          current system date) is incorrect.

     e)   You may  enter a  note in the Description field to detail the
          transaction.

     f)   Only confirm the reconciliation date (defaults to the current
          system date) if necessary. (see chapter (14) on reconciliation)

Finally save the transaction record.

Note transactions can be edited at any time.

You can find a transaction by selecting the [?] gadget at the bottom of
the window, pressing [RIGHT AMIGA] &  [F]  or  by  selecting  FIND from
the EDIT menu (see (13)).

Other gadgets at the bottom of the screen allow you to move to the first
Transaction [<<], the previous Transaction [<], the next Transaction  [>]
and the last Transaction [>>]. Transaction order is determined by the sort
order selected  from  the  Preferences  menu:  Date  (default), number,
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                     TRANSACTION SELECTION WINDOW

This windows displays the list of current transactions. The order in which
they are is displayed  is determined  by the  'DISPLAY TRANSACTIONS BY'
in the  PREFERENCES MENU.

Use the SLIDER at the right of the screen to 'scan' the transactions.

Moving the mouse pointer to the top of the screen and clicking the left
button moves the first item to the top of the screen.

Similarly, clicking at the bottom will move the last transaction
to the top of the screen.

If you move the mouse over a transaction and click the left mouse button
that  transactions  becomes  the  current  one,  and you move to the t-
ransaction entry window.

If you want to create a new transaction,  the usual  RIGHT AMIGA/  N or
NEW  ENTRY  in  the  EDIT  MENU  will  bring  up  a  new  entry  in the
transaction window.









































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                    RECONCILIATION OF TRANSACTIONS

Often you will enter transactions about which your bank-manager doesn't
know yet. Eventually you receive a statement at which time you will want
to 'reconcile' the bank's statement with PENNYWISE.


To see 'un-reconciled' transactions select the 'RECONCILE' option in the
'SPECIAL' menu.

When you  now view  the 'SELECT' window un-reconciled transactions will
be highlighted. To reconcile any 'un-reconciled' transaction select it with
the mouse  and when you are in the 'transaction' entry window,  up-date
the transaction accordingly.

NOTE:

Future versions of PW will  have  a  faster  and  more  elegant  way of
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                          GENERATING REPORTS

This is an early version of the REPORT GENERATOR. To make a report:

     1)   Select the SUBJECT by clicking the relevant gadget. 

          If you  want to  be selective, click 'SPECIFY RANGE OF ITEMS'
          and select the first and last items from the SCANLIST.

          If you want to limit the  report to  a range  of dates, click
          'SPECIFY  A  PERIOD'  and  enter  the date range  you want to
          report on in the boxes underneath.

     2)   Finally click where you want the  report to  go-SCREEN, ASCII
          FILE, OR PRINTER

NOTE

The  most   powerful  option  is  'TRANSACTIONS'.  By  using  the  'KEY
SELECT' option  in the  'PREFERENCES' menu,  very comprehensive reports
can be generated. For example, to generated a report based on 
the transactions of one or several selective payees/ payers you would

     1)        go to the 'Transaction Selection' window, 

     2)        From  the  PREFERENCES  MENU  select to key transactions
               by 'NAME'

     3)        After the usual wait for AMIGA  DOS to  catch up,  go to
               'REPORTS'

     4)        Select (click) the TRANSACTION GADGET

     5)        Request to SPECIFY A RANGE OF ITEMS

     6)        select the range of names you want to report on
               (Note that if you have many transactions for a particular
               name the name appears many times)

     8)        Specify the date range for the report


     9)        Select the  output device  (* Note  that TRANSACTIONS do
               not  format properly for 'SCREEN' output.

     10)       Select GENERATE REPORT.


The report generator is very forgiving, so do experiment.













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                                SUMMARY

I think you will find Pennywise Easy and Intuitive to use. But whether I
improve it depends on the feed  back  I  get  from  users. Constructive
criticism is most welcome.

If you are using the general distribution version and feel Pennywise has
merit, then I'd like to encourage you to register as a shareware user of
this software.  Subscriber's will get printed documentation and regular
updates and upgrades. The totally disk-based version (for hard disk users)
is  only  available  to  subscribers. The enhanced report generator and
mailing label/ address book  option will  not be  available for general
distribution.

So, encourage me by sending $29.95 of your hard earned dollars to

                          Pierre A. du Parte
                      Computer & Video Technology
                             P.O. Box 305
                           Unanderra, N.S.W,
                            AUSTRALIA, 2526

                            Tel: 042 716355
                           -----------------

PS:  I am  aware of several users of Pennywise and, in fact, used it to
     sort out my own affairs just recently for the 1988/ 89 tax year. The
     program seems fairly robust.

          So I am now working on several enhancements:

               Mailing labels from the payee/ payer lists

               Creating  new  payee/  payer,  Transaction  types & cost
               centre records as required during  the  entry  of  a new
               transaction.

               Invoicing support with billing.


























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     "s:STARTUP-SEQUENCE"  4                      PENNYWISE FILE  6
     'MENUS'.  7                             OPENING  6
     'PREFERENCES'  18                       Payee  12, 13, 14, 15
     'REPORTS'  18                           PAYEES  12, 15
     'S:STARTUP-SEQUENCE'  4                      WINDOW  12
     'SAVE  10                               Payer  8, 12, 15
     'scan'  16                              PAYERS  12, 13, 14
     'SCAN-LIST'.  12, 13, 14                Pennywise
     'Transaction  18                             Gadgets  9
     'TRANSACTIONS'.  18                     PENNYWISE INSTALLATION
     (Payees/  8                                  PENNYWISE  3
     (Transaction  8                         PREFERENCES  15, 16, 18
     [SAVE]  6, 10                                MENU  8
     ACCOUNT  8, 11                          Re-edit  13
     ACCOUNTS  11                            Re-edited  11
          WINDOW  11                         RECONCILIATION  17
     AMIGA   2, 3,  6, 7, 8, 9, 10,          Report  2, 4, 8, 18
               16, 18                        REPORTS  18
          DISK DRIVES  3                     SAVE  7, 10
     AMIGA's  7, 9                           SAVING  7, 10
     AMIGA]  8, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15           SCAN  15, 16
     AMIGADOS  4                                  List  7, 15
     ASSIGN  3, 4                            SCANLIST  18
          DIrectories  3                          In Reports  18
          PENNYWISE  3                       STARTING
     Assignment  4                                PENNYWISE  5
          The T: Directory  4                Startup-sequence  3, 4
     Cost  11, 14, 15                        SUMMARY  19
          allocation  11                     T
          CENTRE  14                              Directory  4
     COSTING  8                              TRANSACTION   1,  7,  8, 9,
     Costs  14                                         12, 13, 15, 16, 18
     Credits  11                                  CREDIT  9, 13
     DATA                                         Date  15
          ENTRY  10                               DEBIT  9, 13
     EDIT  7, 10, 14                              Details  12
          MENU  7, 13                             ENTRY  15
          RECORD  7                               GADGET  18
     Edited  7, 10                                Gadgets  15
     EDITING                                      selection  7, 8, 16
          DATA  10                                SELECTION       WINDOW
     Editor  4                                         9
          Text  4                                 Type  8, 9, 13
     Editors  4                                   Types  8, 13
     FLOPPY                                  TRANSACTIONS    1,  8,  16,
          DRIVES  3                                    17, 18
     FLOPPYS  3                                   Display  8
          Too SLow  3                             Display By  8, 16
     GADGET  9, 18                                RCONCILIATION       OF
     Gadgets  9, 13                                    17
     HARD  3
          Disk Installation  3
          DRIVE USERS  3
     INTRODUCTION  2
     MENU  7, 10, 11, 16, 18
     Moving
          Around Pennywise  7
     NEW  7, 8, 10, 16
          Data, entering  10
          Entry  7




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