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Legal Accounting 3
SECTION 00
- HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL
First make sure you read and follow the instructions
in SECTION 0.
T.L.A. has been designed to be as internally
consistent as possible. This means that if you learn one part of T.L.A. 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 TRUST RECEIPTS, you would proceed as
follows:
To get to the TRUST
RECEIPTS 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 TRUST RECEIPTS is, in fact, SECTION 1.3.1.1. Thus, it should be an easy task to
find any section dealing with the part of T.L.A. you are currently working in.
In this way, not only is T.L.A. menu
driven, but the T.L.A. 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 T.L.A. 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 T.L.A. 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 Client
master-file record and SECTION 1.4.2 gives a complete list of all Client/Trust transaction types and
their abbreviation, as used in reporting.
T.L.A. 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.
