Quick Tip for Palm Pilot
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Copyright 1997 Brad Cleveland, all rights reserved

Software Type: Shareware 

Price : $7

Description:
	Quick Tip is a shareware Pilot application that calculates meal 
	tip and splitting information. Just enter a few pieces of information
	from your meal bill and press Total. You can save your 
	default tip rate and tax rate as well as editing preferences to
	make entering your bill a snap. Quick Tip has both a compact view of 
	your bill as well as a detailed view of all your data.
	International formatting is also supported. Registration costs $7.

Ftp zip : ftp://ftp.ablecom.net/pub/brad/pilot/quicktip.zip

Web page : http://www.ablecom.net/~brad/

Email : brad@ablecom.net



Why Register?
	- It's only $7 (US)!
	- Registration code to eliminate nag screen
	- Free upgrades
	- Upgrade information will be sent to you via email


Registering Quick Tip:
	Online:
		- Go to Pilot Gear H.Q. at http://www2.viaweb.com/pilotgearsw
		- Fill in order form.  Your pilot user name and email address are 
		  required to receive your registration code.  (This is your HotSync 
		  user name, you can also go the the Help Menu and look under 
		  'Register' to find out your user name)
		- Pay $7 (US)

	Postal Mail:
		- Email brad@ablecom.net for more information


Entering the registration code:
	- Launch Quick Tip
	- Hit 'Done' to bypass the 'About' screen
	- Press the 'Menu' button to show the menu bar
	- Select the 'Help' menu
	- Select 'Register'
	- Enter your registration code in the field labeled 'Registration Code'
	- Press 'Enter', you will see a confirmation that your code was accepted. 
	  If there is an error, check that your user name matches the name that 
	  was given to register the program, if it doesn't match, contact the 
	  author via email at brad@ablecom.net for a new one.


Using Quick Tip:
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Note: 
	Tips are traditionally calculated before tax, and Quick Tip assumes
	this to be the case.

Entering meal information:
	Basically you'll need to enter in a few pieces of information, first
	meal total with or without tax, and either the tax rate or the tax 
	amount on the bill.  To select whether you want to enter the meal
	total with or without tax, tap on the trigger to the left of the input
	field and select which one you want to use.  You can do the same thing
	below it to select between using the tax rate or the tax amount.  

	Example:

		v Meal w/o Tax : $10.00
		v Tax Rate     : 10%
		
Calculating the tip:
	After entering in the meal total with or without tax, and either the tax 
	rate or tax amount, you can hit the 'Total' button in the bottom right 
	corner of the screen.  To change the percentage of tip to calculate, 
	change the value in the tip amount field by selecting the value, and 
	hitting the 'Clear' button.  Then enter the new amount without any 
	decimal places.  You can then hit 'Total' again to recalculate the tip.

	Example:

		v Meal w/o Tax : $10.00
		v Tax Rate     : 10%
		Tip Rate (%)   : 15%
		Split By       : 1

		(after hitting 'Total')
		
		Tip Result     : $1.50
		Total Bill     : $12.50
		Split (Avg)    : $12.50
		
Splitting the bill:
	You can enter in a 'Split By' amount to split the bill by.  The result will 
	be the bill divided evenly and will be in dollars and cents.  If there is a 
	remainder it will be shown after the split amount with an 'r' preceding it.  
	It also will be in dollars and cents.


	Example:

		v Meal w/o Tax : $20.00
		v Tax Amount   : $1.45
		Tip Rate (%)   : 15%
		Split By       : 2

		(after hitting 'Total')
		
		Tip Result     : $3.00
		Total Bill     : $24.45
		Split (Avg)    : $12.22 r.01

Using the 'Clear' button:
	The 'Clear' button can be used for two purposes: To clear text in a field, 
	or to clear the entire screen of data.  To clear text in a field, select 
	the text by dragging the stylus across the text so that it his hilighted, 
	and press 'Clear'.  To clear all of the fields on the screen, hit 'Clear' 
	when no text is selected.  When hitting clear, depending on how your 
	preferences are set, you may see the default tax rate and/or the previous 
	'Split By' value left on the screen.  These options can be set in the 
	preferences screen accessable from the 'Options' menu, which is described 
	below.
	
Saving the default tax and tip rates:
	To set the default tax or tip rate, enter the desired values in the 
	appropriate fields (tax rate or tip rate) and press the menu button to open 
	the 'Options' menu.  Select either 'Set Default Tax Rate' or 'Set Default 
	Tip Rate' to save the current value as the default.  This value will be 
	shown whenever that field is cleared or a default value is needed.

Setting the preferences:
	There are four different preferences that can be set:

	Auto-clear fields on entry:
		When this is checked, whenever data is entered in the input fields, 
		Quick Tip will clear certain other data fields to help you enter your 
		data without having to clear all the fields manually.  This only has an 
		effect on the 'Detail' screen described below.

	Show default Tax Rate on clear:
		When this is checked, whenever the fields are cleared, the default tax 
		rate will be shown in the tax rate field.
		
	Retain Split By on clear:
		When this is checked, whenever the fields are cleared, the last 'Split 
		By' value will be left on the screen.

	Show last result on startup:
		When this is checked, when Quick Tip is started by clicking on its 
		icon, it will show the last total from the last time Quick Tip was run.

Using the detail screen:
	To show the detail screen, hit the menu button, then select 'Toggle View'.  
	The screen should now show a more detailed view of your bill information.  
	You can enter data just as before in the 'oompact' view, but now you can 
	see all the fields at once.  To go back to the compact view, hit the menu 
	button, then select 'Toggle View'.  You can also tap the top right corner 
	of the screen to switch screens.



Thank you for using Quick Tip!
