Copyright: Copyright ® 1994 Sean O'Dell


 Contents for O'Ledger Help

Introduction

O'Ledger is a simple credit and debit journal editor that can be used to keep a running total of entries.  With it, you can do everything from maintaining your checkbook register to taking sales orders to figuring out your monthly budget.  The theory is, if a spreadsheet or financial application is too much and scratch paper is not enough, then O'Ledger is just right.

Topics

Using O'Ledger

Reference Information

Technical Support

License Agreement


Using O'Ledger

Editing Entries

Adding a New Entry

Editing an Existing Entry

Deleting an Entry

Undeleting an Entry

Clipboard Operations

Cutting an Entry from the Ledger to the Clipboard

Copying an Entry to the Clipboard

Pasting an Entry into the Ledger from the Clipboard

Formatting

Date and Currency Formats

Color Options

File Management

Creating a New File

Opening a File

Saving a File

Renaming a File

Printing

Setting up the Printer

Printing Entries

Printing a Single Entry

Printing a Range of Entry Dates


Adding a New Entry

To Add a New Entry

From the EDIT menu, select ADD ENTRY
or
Press the INSERT key

Edit the new entry

Select OK

The new entry will appear in the ledger.

See Also

Editing an Existing Entry


Editing an Existing Entry

To Edit an Existing Entry

Select the entry you want to edit

From the EDIT menu, select EDIT ENTRY
or
Press the ENTER key
or
Double-click the entry

Select OK

The entry will appear in the ledger showing the changes made.  If the date field changed, the entry will reposition itself in the ledger.

Fields

Code	Simple text.  User-defined.
Date	Entry date.  The entire ledger sorts entries by the Date field.
Memo	Simple text.  User-defined.
Amount	Entry currency value.  Credits add to the overall total, Debits subtract from it.


Deleting an Entry

Deleting an entry will remove the entry from the ledger and place it into an undelete buffer.

To Delete an Entry

Select the entry you want to delete

From the EDIT menu, select DELETE ENTRY
or
Press the DELETE key

The entry will no longer appear in the ledger.

See Also

Undeleting an Entry


Undeleting an Entry

The undelete buffer contains entries that have been deleted.  You can restore previously deleted entries in reverse-order up to the first entry deleted since the file was first opened for editing.

The buffer is in RAM and is lost when O'Ledger or the current ledger is closed.

To Undelete an Entry

From the EDIT menu, select UNDELETE
or
Press CTRL-Z

The most recently deleted entry will be restored in the ledger.


Cutting an Entry from the Ledger to the Clipboard

Cutting an entry from the ledger will delete the entry and place it on the Windows Clipboard, as well as in the undelete buffer.

To Cut an Entry from the Ledger

Select the entry you want to cut

From the EDIT menu, select CUT
or
Press CTRL-X (for backwards compatibility, the SHIFT-DELETE key sequence is still supported)

The entry will no longer appear in the ledger and a copy of it is on the Windows Clipboard ready to paste.

See Also

Copying an Entry to the Clipboard


Copying an Entry to the Clipboard

Copying an entry will place a copy of the entry to the Windows Clipboard.  You may then paste the entry into another ledger, create a second entry by pasting it into the ledger it came from or paste a textual representation of the entry into another Windows application that accepts text from the Clipboard.

To Copy an Entry

Select the entry you want to copy

From the EDIT menu, select COPY
or
Press CTRL-C (for backwards compatibility, the CTRL-INSERT key sequence is still supported)

A copy of the entry is on the Windows Clipboard ready to paste.


Pasting an Entry into the Ledger from the Clipboard

To Paste an Entry from the Clipboard

From the EDIT menu, select PASTE
or
Press CTRL-V (for backwards compatibility, the SHIFT-INSERT key sequence is still supported)

If there was an entry on the Windows Clipboard, it will now appear in the ledger.


Date and Currency Formats

Dates and currencies displayed in the ledger are formatted according to the International Date and Currency Formats maintained by Windows.  You can change these settings by launching the International icon in the Control Panel.

Special Note

Once an entry is entered into the ledger, it will retain its currency symbol ($, £, DM) even if the International settings in Windows are changed.  If you wish to convert a monetary value to another currency, calculate the new value based on current exchange rates to the current International currency and create a new entry.


Color Options

For clarity, you can have the ledger display its entries with alternating background colors.

The two colors used are the Window Background color and Application Workspace color, maintained by Windows.  You can set these colors through the Control Panel.  Some people with monochromatic monitors may not want to use alternating colors as the entries may become difficult to read.

To Toggle Color Usage

From the OPTIONS menu, select SPLIT COLOR

The colors will toggle on and off.


Creating a New File

By default, a new ledger is created every time you open O'Ledger.

To Create a New Ledger File

From the FILE menu, select NEW
or
Press CTRL-N

A new, empty ledger will appear.  If you had a ledger already open, it will close and you may be prompted to save it.

See Also

Saving a File


Opening a File

To Open a Ledger File

From the FILE menu, select OPEN
or
Press CTRL-O

Select a file from the dialog box and press OK

or

From the FILE menu, select one of the most recently opened ledgers.  You may use the mouse to select one or press the number to the left of the ledger you want to open.

The ledger you selected will appear.  If you had a ledger already open, it will close and you may be prompted to save it.

See Also

Saving a File


Saving a File

To Save a Ledger File

From the FILE menu, select SAVE
or
Press CTRL-S

Your ledger file is now saved to disk.  If the ledger has not yet been named, you will be prompted to save the file with a name.

See Also

Renaming a File


Renaming a File

To Rename a Ledger File

From the FILE menu, select SAVE AS

Enter a file name in the dialog box or select an existing file name to overwrite

Press OK

Your ledger file is now saved under the new file name.


Setting up the Printer

You can setup up the printer from either the O'Ledger menu, or from the print dialog box.  Changing the print settings will affect all print operations while O'Ledger is open, but will not affect the default print settings for other applications or after O'Ledger is closed.

To Setup the Printer

From the FILE menu, select PRINT SETUP

Change the print settings to suit your needs

Press OK

The print settings for the current instance of O'Ledger are changed.  Subsequent printing will use the new settings.


Printing Entries

To Print All Entries

From the FILE menu, select PRINT

In the dialog box, select the ALL radio button

Press OK

All entries in the ledger will print.

See Also

Setting up the Printer


Printing a Single Entry

To Print a Single Entry

Select the entry you want to print

From the FILE menu, select PRINT

In the dialog box, select the SELECTION radio button

Press OK

The currently selected entry will print.

See Also

Setting up the Printer


Printing a Range of Entry Dates

To Print a Range of Dates

From the FILE menu, select PRINT

In the dialog box, select the DATES radio button

In the FROM and TO text boxes, enter in the date range you want to print

Press OK

Entries within the range of dates given will print.

See Also

Setting up the Printer


Reference Information

General

Keyboard Shortcuts

Menu Commands

Answers and Tips

Common Questions and Answers


Keyboard Shortcuts

ENTER	Edit current entry. Editing an Existing Entry
DELETE	Delete current entry. Deleting an Entry
INSERT	Add new entry. Adding a New Entry
F1	Help.
CTRL-C	Copy current entry. Copying an Entry to the Clipboard
CTRL-N	Create new ledger. Creating a New File
CTRL-O	Open existing ledger. Opening a File
CTRL-P	Print entry(s). Printing Entries
CTRL-S	Save current ledger. Saving a File
CTRL-V	Paste entry. Pasting an Entry into the Ledger from the Clipboard
CTRL-X	Cut current entry. Cutting an Entry from the Ledger to the Clipboard
CTRL-Z	Undelete last deleted entry. Undeleting an Entry


Menu Commands

File Menu Commands

Edit Menu Commands

Options Menu Commands


File Menu Commands

New

Creating a New File

Open...

Opening a File

Save

Saving a File

Save As...

Renaming a File

Print...

Printing Entries

Printing a Single Entry

Printing a Range of Entry Dates

Print Setup...

Setting up the Printer


Edit Menu Commands

Undelete

Undeleting an Entry

Cut

Cutting an Entry from the Ledger to the Clipboard

Copy

Copying an Entry to the Clipboard

Paste

Pasting an Entry into the Ledger from the Clipboard

Edit Entry...

Editing an Existing Entry

Add Entry...

Adding a New Entry

Delete Entry

Deleting an Entry


Options Menu Commands

Split Color

Color Options


Technical Support

Getting Answers to Specific Questions

Common Questions and Answers


Getting Answers to Specific Questions

Questions you may have about O'Ledger may be directed to seano@netcom.com on Internet via e-mail.

Internet e-mail is available through most major on-line services like America On-Line, CompuServe, Dow Jones/MCI, GEnie, and Prodigy.  Contact the technical support account of your on-line service to find out how to send and receive e-mail through Internet.

Many Bulletin Board Systems (BBS) offer Internet e-mail access.  See your BBS System Operator for details.


Common Questions and Answers

I changed the currency symbol through the Windows Control Panel, but my entries still show the old symbol.  Answer: Entries keep the currency symbol they were created with.  Date and Currency Formats

The background color of the ledger makes the entries too hard to see.  Answer: Turn off the split color option.  Color Options

After I edited an entry, it seemed to disappear from the ledger.  Answer: You may have changed the date which caused the entry to reposition itself.  Editing an Existing Entry


License Agreement

Copyright © 1994 Sean O'Dell
All rights reserved

INSTALLATION OF O'LEDGER ON YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM IMPLIES AGREEMENT WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS BELOW.

DISTRIBUTION OF O'LEDGER, ITS ACCOMPANY PROGRAMS AND DOCUMENTATION IS CONSIDERED AS IS.  SEAN O'DELL OFFERS NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED.  THIS INCLUDES, BUT IS IN NO WAY LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF SEAN O'DELL'S MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL SEAN O'DELL BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHICH RESULT FROM THE USE OF THIS PROGRAM OR THE INABILITY TO USE IT.  EXCLUSION FROM LIABILITY INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, LOST PROFITS, LOST SAVINGS, OR ANY OTHER INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.

O'Ledger is distributed as Shareware.  Individual copies of O'Ledger may be given to your friends and associates and uploaded to the public section of a public BBS or other public service accessible through a computer modem.

You may not modify or dis-assemble O'Ledger , nor distribute any modified or dis-assembled versions of O'Ledger.  O'Ledger may not be included with any other product without written permission from Sean O'Dell.  You may not commercially distribute O'Ledger on CD-ROM, floppy disks or any other portable media without written permission from Sean O'Dell.

U.S. Government RESTRICTED RIGHTS: Use, duplication, or disclosure by the Government is subject to restrictions as set forth in subdivision (b)(3)(ii) of the Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software clause at 252.227-7013.


About Aardvark Software

Aardvark Software is a small software developing company based in Torrance, CA dedicated to bringing the highest possible quality Windows software to home or small-office IBM-PC users.

The Development Team

Sean O'Dell, Programmer
Lauren Greenspon, Common Sense