Program Settings

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The Program Settings screen lets you edit settings and defaults that are used throughout Plant Estimator.


There are three sections.
Program Defaults

This section lets you set some default values that will be used throughout the program. You can set a Default State and Default City. These will be used when you add new customers . You can also select or enter a Default Payment Terms and Default Invoice / Estimate Notes. These will both be used when creating new invoices and estimates. You can edit these drop-down lists on the Other Lists screen.

Auto Numbering

This section lets you control the numbering system used for customers, invoices, and estimates. You should set these numbers once you create your data file. These numbers will be used as the starting numbers and will be incremented each time you add a new Customer, Estimate or Invoice.

Date Display Format

This section lets you choose how dates are displayed both on the screen and on all printouts. You can choose from the following formats.

Format   Example   yyyy-mm-dd   2007-01-20   mm/dd/yyyy   01/20/2007   mm-dd-yyyy   01-20-2007   mmmm dd, yyyy   January 20, 20067   mmm dd, yyyy   Jan 20, 2007   dd/mm/yyyy   20/01/2007   dd-mm-yyyy   20-01-2007   dd mmmm, yyyy   20 January, 2007   dd mmm, yyyy   20 Jan, 2007

Miscellaneous Settings

This section you can turn on User Login. This will allow you to setup users and require that they login each time they run Plant Estimator. See the Users topic to learn more. You can turn off user login by unchecking the box.

This is also where you enter the currency symbol that will be used throughout the program.

You can also choose an image to display on the main menu. This will only apply to this computer. If you are using Plant Estimator in a multi-user environment on a network, each user can have their own image. The image will always be re-size to fit the space, so depending on the original size of your image, it may look distorted

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