Pipeline
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SECTION 00
- HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL
First make sure you read and follow the instructions
in SECTION 0.
Pipeline has been designed to be as internally consistent
as possible. This means that if you learn one part of Pipeline it is fair to
say that you will have little trouble with the rest of the system.
Consistency also means that the files and menus have
been written around the same numbering system. Thus, all sections from SECTION 1 onwards
refer exactly to their appropriate position on the MAIN MENU.
If, for instance, you wish to know about DEBTOR INVOICING, you would proceed as
follows:
To get to the INVOICING
program it would have been necessary to press 1 from the MAIN MENU followed
by a 3 and then a 1 and then another 1. The section of this manual dealing with DEBTOR INVOICING is, in fact, SECTION 1.3.1. Thus, it should be an easy task to find
any section dealing with the part of Pipeline you are currently working in. In
this way, not only is Pipeline menu
driven, but the Pipeline manual is also menu
driven.
Sections 1 onwards of this manual are designed expressly
as reference material, rather than a teaching tool. It is, however, possible to
learn how to use Pipeline by reading this manual cover to cover. This may be
somewhat less than exciting as the manual is quite repetitive in parts,
especially in the sections dealing with reports. However, to gain a good
overview of the whole of Pipeline we recommend that each new user read the
portion of each section labelled Usage.
Some sections are themselves overviews and contain table and reference data.
These should be studied in their entirety. For instance, SECTION 1 gives a complete definition of every field displayed on
the Debtor master-file record and SECTION 1.4 gives
a complete list of all Debtor
transaction types and their abbreviation, as used in reporting.
Pipeline is probably the easiest accounting package
you are likely to use. Most of the important functions are on screen so you
will probably not need to go to the manual often. If you do need to use the
manual, it is nice to know that you can go to the particular chapter and read
all about it without wading through a lot of teaching instructions that are not
relevant once you have a basic knowledge of the system.
We
strongly advise all new users to read SECTION 0 dealing with setting up the system. If you
don't, you may miss out on functions and options that you may need.
