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Welcome to Auto Shop Writer 10. You will be using a very sophisticated program to process, track, and save all of the vital information about your business, clients, and their vehicles. The tools included here are closely tied together under the principle that you enter data only one time, and it gets applied wherever it is needed.
Important Tips oMost operations are performed by selecting the option from the menu system, and clicking on the desired task with the left mouse button. Work is performed by using the button to ADD a new record, filling data into the displayed data fields, saving the information by pressing the SAVE button , and then exiting the procedure. oTo understand what is desired in any given field, an explanation message is shown on the bottom line of the window. As the cursor arrow points at a field, the explanation is provided in the message bar. Pointing to a different field will show a new message. oWhen a window is displayed, and you press the F1 key, the manual will open to the reference section page appropriate for that information. oRead the prompts carefully when they pop up !
Now that you've come this far, he are some quick guidelines on how you can find all the answers you need in the documentation.
✓ This manual will provide you with the steps to work through your full system ✓ The Reference section will provide information on each screen you will encounter. ✓ From within ASW 10, when you press F1 with any screen displayed, the manual reference page for that screen will be displayed ( no need to do a search ). ✓ When opening the manual, you can use the Index to find topics, or the Find option to look for specific words. This will make searching much faster. ✓ Check out the Procedure Summaries for quick charts on the steps to follow on specific tasks. ✓ The Trouble Shooting section holds the answers to 98% of the questions we are asked. ✓ If something is missing, please send an email to Support@MasterLinkSoftware.com so we can update the manual. ✓ The CD-ROM has the manual in a format printable by Microsoft Word ( ASW9.DOC ) and a .PDF file for those wanting to use Adobe Acrobat Reader ( ASW9.PDF ).
It is very important that you take time to carefully enter the information and check your entries |