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Index Main Contents:

Welcome
Introducing hontreasurer.com
Online Manual

How Do I?
HELP! I'm Stuck!
TUTORIAL
The Forum

Manual Contents:

Login
Usage of hontreasurer.com
General Operation
Transactions
Panel Selection
> Panel List
> Transaction Entry
> Postings
> Receipts
> Payments
> Checks
> Finishing
> Reconciliation to Bank
Balances
Movements
Activities
> Managing Activities
> Activity Panel
> Activity Maintenance
> Activity Groups
Members/Contacts
> Members Selection
> Members Actions
> Members Maintenance
> email Member(s)
Standing Data
Preferences
Reporting

Submit Your Comments/Ideas



Preferences
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Database Parameters
There are two pieces of information required to access a hontreasurer.com databse, a Machine Name (or URL) and a Database Name. These are provided by default at startup. But, if you have occasion to use more than one database, you can change the Database and Machine name here to save going out and coming back into the system. The names will be provided by your Customer Agent.
email Preferences
hontreasurer.com has a built-in email client which needs to know four pieces of information to send emails. The Protocol will usually be "smtp" (which stands for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol); the SMTP server name, which will be provide by your ISP; the server port number, usually 25; and the "From" address which you would like to appear in email going out from hontreasurer.com which is typically in the form: Your Name <your email address>, e.g. Jonathan Washington <jw@zol.co.kn>
Language
English is presently the only supported language.
Tracing Level
This facility is ony required is something goes wrong with your system which cannot be traced remotely. Follow instructions from your Customer Agent.
Look & Feel
There are several different overall designs for programs like hontreasurer.com - these are peculiar to your computer's Operating System. Choose any that are listed and pick your favourite, which will be restored when re-entering the system.
Fonts Fonts can be set for Labels, Input and Buttons. The system will remember which font(s) you choose.
Transaction Entry/Edit Checks
You can configure the way certain features work on Transaction Entry/Edit. The check on numeric Receipt numbers can be switched on or off. The F9 function to find the next reference number can be switched on or off; the next reference number can be incremented automatically on entry to posting. The range check on the Reference Field for Payin transactions can be set; and the warning on the amount entered can be set to prefered limits.

There are also options to clear the Notes field when continuing a document, to allow posting cash direct to the bank instead of (or as well as) cash to the cash account.
User Posting Preferences
The Financial Year, Cash Account and Current Account can be set for a user, either to a specific account or the default value for the whole system. For example, if you want to set a user up to post into the next financial year before the Current Year is set, uncheck Use System Default Financial Year and choose the next Financial Year from the list.
Contact Edit Preferences
This screen gives options (for all users) of the default Status which the system should give when creating a Contact, an option of whether to offer the email option on a) editing contacts an, four extra labels for ordinary text fields, four labels for extra Checkbox fields and one extra choice list (called a ComboBox) on the Contact edit screen. Also whether to show GiftAid for the UK Gift Aid Tax Reclaim scheme only databases version greater than 2). If the labels are blank, these values are omitted from the Contact List View.
Activity Edit Preferences
This screen gives options (for all user) of the default Accounting Category to be used when creating an Activity. Also whether to show GiftAid for the UK Gift Aid Tax Reclaim scheme only databases version greater than 2).
Account Creation Preferences
This screen allows the administrator to specify the default Accounting Category for Accounts when they are created.
User Editing Preferences
This screen gives the option for a user to specify that all fields for entry of data should be highlighted by default on entry. This is to enable easy overwriting or copying of data. Highlight may be removed by pressing any key. Also can be entered here is an option to ask whether Documents such as Invoices are to be emailed and an option to enter a default number of emails to send in one batch.
ExtraList
This option is to mantain the list which is the extra list (ComboBox) on the Contact screen. Values entered here will appear as choices in that list. The first item you put in will appear as the default when creating a Contact.
Activity Extra List
This option is to maintain the extra list which is held on a Contact and Activity
User Reports
This option is to allow description of how user-designed reports should be entered.
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