Six years of design and development have been invested in the WinVoice™ project. Our goal: To provide an inexpensive, flexible and friendly invoicing and billing program, written exclusively for dental laboratories, using the Windows™ (Win3.1/WFWG3.11/ Win95/Win98/WinNT/Win2000/etc) operating system.
WinVoice™ software takes advantage of time saving features like point and click execution, pull down menus, cut and paste capabilities, combo box selection, and multi tasking. WinVoice™ also uses an attractive and intuitive graphical user interface.
To guarantee that WinVoice™ keeps current with the ever-changing dental field, it was designed from the ground up to be almost completely configurable. To keep up with the latest software standards, it uses the C/C++ programming language renown for its cross-platform compatibility and speed. This allows us to very quickly adapt to new environments and rapidly create new and unique features. With this technology, WinVoice™ allows for a multitude of lists. Each list can have approximately 65 thousand entries. The only limits are your imagination and the power of your computer.
Most competing software packages are limited to what the software designers envisioned as the best way to run a laboratory and print an invoice. WinVoice™ print format files allow for a complete redesign of how invoices, form letters, work tickets, and statements are typeset. A well-informed computer user can accomplish print format changes or if you prefer, WinVoice Development offers custom design service for a nominal fee. This powerful feature allows you to print your documents the way YOU like! WinVoice™ printing formats use Window's print drivers. This means your invoices, statements, and reports will print the same on almost any type of printer, on most any type paper. You are able to use the oldest dot matrix printer you can imagine, or the newest laser printer that has yet to even be built!
WinVoice™ software packages are tailored for the size and needs of your lab. WinVoice-Junior™ caters to small labs or users with limited computer experience. It offers different Plus modules to accommodate the rapidly growth of Employee computer skills and lab needs. WinVoice-Pro™ offers a complete package with more powerful features and reporting that larger labs find important, such as automatic case scheduling, Employee production management, piece rate payments and multi-level security tailored for each Employee. WinVoice-Net™ is our top of the line software, designed around even larger full service labs that need advanced reporting, multiple computer usage, different invoice styles, inventory, ordering, time clocking, and a large workload.
Networking is a valuable time saving tool that can benefit both small and large labs. Networking with Windows™ is as easy as installing network cards in your computers, connecting cables and rebooting the machines. When running WinVoice-Net™ one node (a computer) can be creating new invoices, another node can be processing statements, while yet another can be generating reports or checking on cases in progress. Networking can actually pay for itself in increased productivity and the sharing of expensive hardware such as laser printers and hard drives.
This is the seventh release of WinVoice-Net™. It is the culmination of years of research, development, and responses from users like you.
We hope you enjoy the WinVoice™ experience!
The following is an abbreviated listing of enhancements incorporated in WinVoice™ v3.5. See REVISION.TXT in the \WINVOICE directory for a complete listing, or select Revision History from the Help menu.
The following sections give you information as to how WinVoice™ is used on a LAN and how to install a simple Win9x LAN. If you already have your network installed, see the section named Configuring WinVoice on the Network to create your program icons.
WinVoice™ is designed to work on most network platforms. Very sophisticated internal methods of file sharing and collision detection are used in WinVoice™, this means that as long as your networking software allows drive mapping and read/write access to mapped drives, WinVoice™ should function flawlessly.
This section covers a brief introduction to networking as well as an example of how to setup WinVoice™ and Windows9x™ to operate as a peer to peer networking platform.
There are two distinct networking philosophies, Client-Server and Peer to Peer. Each one has strengths and weaknesses.
The Client-Server platform uses one computer as a Server that in turn supports another or several individual Client computers. The main advantage to the Client-Server platform is additional security options. The server can be set up to authorize or deny Client machines access to specific information. The Server can also manage the Clients easier by using remote updates and remote operation. Client-Server also supports more Clients successfully than Peer to Peer networking.
Unfortunately, Client-Server is usually much more expensive, due additional software and hardware requirements. For example: Windows NT™ v4.0 or equivalent lists for $649 and a top of the line computer to act as the Server can cost as much as $3,000. You will also need basic additional networking components for each Client computer that will increase their price to as much as $2,000. Depending upon your desire for speed, this places your financial investment for a 4-node client server network to between, $6,649 and $10,149. For this reason, we recommend dental laboratories use a Client-Server platform if they plan to have more than eight machines on their network.
The Peer to Peer platform connects several Client machines together to act as a network. Each Client can set passwords to protect different elements of that system. The networking protocols that are available for this platform begin to peak at six nodes but operate very efficiently at four nodes. We recommend this platform to be used for smaller networks. Peer to Peer can be less secure than the Client-Server model. This is because the network administrator can not deny Client machines access to specific information. It is, however considerably less expensive as you need only Windows for Workgroups™ or Windows9x™ loaded on each machine to operate successfully. It also requires less configuration and maintenance and can be maintained by computer users with limited experience. The cost on a simple peer to peer network could be $600 per machine with the rapidly reducing rate of computer prices. A very reasonable system for WinVoice™ is a 166 MHz with 16M RAM, one gig HD, 14" monitor, 10base-network card, and Win95.
Before attempting to install WinVoice-Net™, you should first obtain all necessary hardware. We suggest that you purchase a quality network card for each computer that is going to be hooked to your network. You will also need lengths of cable to connect each computer. There are two cabling methods. Twisted pair (10/100Base-T) and Coax (BNC/Thin Ethernet).
Twisted pair are flat cables with jacks on each end that look very similar to telephone connection cables. They are easy to work with and rarely experience installation problems. They are however, slightly more expensive since you will require a network hub. A hub is a device that each computer on the network is connected to. You can think of it as a switching device routing information between each machine. Each machine would have a network card in them, which has a cable that is led to the hub, which moves data information between the different machines. If one machine or plug is damaged, the hub simply ignores information from it, while the other computers continue to operate. Hubs can also be linked to extend the number of nodes they support. They come in three different styles: 10, 100 or 10/100 switching. 10base is the least expensive and the most common. Almost all 16 bit ISA/EISA network cards only support 10, so if you were planning to use older 486 or 386 computers in your network, the only option for these machines would be 10base. The 100base are just as it sounds, ten times faster than the 10base. Usually the network cards for 100 are PCI. Most often, they are auto switching between 10/100 so that even if you buy a 100base card, they can still function on a network that is 10base. A 10/100 switching hub would support either type of networking based on which cards are installed on which systems. Be careful however as there are two types of switching hubs, one detects if ANY card is 10base and makes EVERYONE operate as 10base. Others will transfer 100base between computers that are using 100base and then down-switch to 10base for any network cards that need it. These, of course, are the most expensive.
Coax looks like cable television cabling. It is a bit more expensive and more difficult to work with than twisted pair, but it does not have the expense of a hub. Rather than using a hub, a "T" connector connects different machines using coax. The last machine on either end has a "terminator plug" attached to the other end of the T to indicate that it is the last machine. This is more difficult to work with, because, if any of the cabling between any of the machines is damaged or if a network card malfunctions, none of the other computers can access the network until it is repaired. However, if you are only networking two machines, this is the most cost-effective layout as no hub is required. It has approximately the same speed as a 10base twisted pair configuration.
Once the hardware is installed, you must install the software. Each machine must have a driver installed for the installed network card. If you are using Windows9x™, most networking cards available will be auto-detected and their drivers automatically installed by Windows9x™. Otherwise, you must manually install the driver from the disk provided by the network card manufacturer. This driver tells the computer how it can operate the card. Once the computer knows how to operate the card, it needs to have a common "language" to talk to other computers on your network.
A network protocol is a unique language that is used to allow your computers to share information. When the network card driver is installed, it additionally installs a set of common network protocols into Windows™. These common network protocols are designed to interface with Windows NT™. If you intend to setup a Peer to Peer networking system, you will need to change these network protocols. We recommend using the NetBEUI protocol for Peer to Peer networking due to its incredible ease of setup and maintenance.
To install NetBEUI with Windows 95/98™, click Start-> Settings->Control panel. Then double click on the icon named Network. Remove every listing except the one that was installed for your network card. If you are already using dial-up networking for Internet connectivity, only delete the references to your network card (usually TCP-IP). Then, click the Add button, then select Protocol, select Microsoft, and select NetBEUI.
This will add an entry for your protocol for any adapters that resident in your system. If you are using dial-up networking, you will need to remove the NetBEUI entry for the dial-up adapter.
Once the protocol is installed, you need to make sure that your Client knows how to log-on properly. Select Client, then Microsoft, then Client for Microsoft Networks. Under Primary Network Logon, you should have Client for Microsoft Networks listed.
Click on the File and Printer sharing button. You should at least have the File sharing turned on. You can decide later if you would like your printer shared or not. Clicking the Ok button will add File and Printer sharing for Microsoft networks to the upper list.
Now you need to make performance adjustments to insure you network will operate at it's best. Double click on the Client for Microsoft Networks in the above list box. Make sure there is NOT a check mark for log on to Windows NT domain insure that it is set for Quick Logon. Click the OK button to save your settings.
Now double click on NetBEUI and click on the tab named Advanced. From this tab, make sure Set this protocol to be the default protocol is ON. The two other options on this screen, Maximum Sessions and NCBS can be changed based on your performance needs, but the default settings usually are adequate for end nodes. For the server, we recommend at least 30 in each section. Please note, the higher this number, the more memory networking takes up. Remember that if you experience problems later, you can always come back to this section and increase them. Click the Ok button to save these settings.
Now double click on the File and Printer sharing for Microsoft networks in the upper list. This section has two options, Browse Master and LM Announce. LM Announce should be set to Yes. Browse master is a method of optimizing how your Peer to Peer network operates. WinVoice-Net™ should be installed on your fastest machine and it should be set for Enabled, your second fastest machine should have Automatic set and your slower machines set to "Disabled". The reason for this is that a browse master caches information for the entire network similar to a Server platform, but on a more rudimentary level. Please note that the newest version of Windows™ should always be used as your browse master, as with each succeeding version of Windows™, this caching becomes more efficient (for instance, WFWG™ did no caching, only kept a table of what network resources where available. Win95™ added caching of actual network data, and Win98™ added pre-loading of common resources. A win98™ machine would want to override a WFWGs™ browse master, due to its improved features). You should always turn on your Browse Master computer before turning on the other machines. This insures that the browse master is made aware that the other machines are turned on and will properly cache their network traffic. Click the Ok button to save these settings.
Now click on the tab named Identification. Make sure each machine has a unique computer name and the same workgroup name. It is best for both names to be all capitals and shorter than eight characters. Do NOT use spaces use only numbers or letters.
Example:
Computer name=MASTER
Workgroup name=WORKGROUP
Description=Main WinVoice Computer
Now click on the tab named Access Control. It should be set for Share level. Click the Ok button to save your new network settings. After completing the settings for each machine and insuring that each physical connection is properly made, you should Shut down each machine and Restart them in the following order. First the browse master machine, second the automatic machine, then all other machines. Your network should now be able to communicate, but you still need to determine the information that is to be shared.
To make a shared Directory, click on Start->Programs->Windows Explorer. From windows explorer, right click on the folder on the left-hand side that you wish to be shared (C:\WINVOICE, in most cases). Then left click on the option called Sharing.... Then insure the option named Shared as is selected. You also want it to be read/write accessible and you can optionally enter a password to protect the directory from others on the network being able to access it. The shared name can be what you find most describes the folder. Usually WinVoice™ works best. Click the Ok button to save the information then exit from Explorer.
To make a shared Printer, click on Start->Settings->Printers. Then right click on the printer icon or name connected to the computer and select Sharing... then select Shared as. You should use a descriptive name of the printer, for instance LASER for a laser printer.
Assuming you have completed all Steps in the previous section, you should setup all other machines on your network to allow them to connect to the newly shared resources. Go to each machine in order and complete the following.
Execute windows explorer by clicking Start->Programs->Windows Explorer. Click on the Tools menu, select Map Network Drive. It will display the next available drive letter; you may select a different one if you wish. It is usually best to select the same drive letter for each machine, this makes it easier to perform low-level work later. We recommend drive letter F this allows room to install a CD-ROM and a second hard drive in the future. The Path field should be filled with the name of the shared resource to connect to. In our example, the path would be \\MASTER\WINVOICE. Click the Ok button to save this drive mapping information.
To connect to a printer, click Start->Settings->Printers. Then double clicks on Add Printer then select Network Printer then next. The browse button will provide a list of available printers on the network.
To setup WinVoice™ on an end node, click Start->Run, and type in F:\BUILDICO. The buildico.exe program is in the WinVoice™ directory; its purpose is to build the icons to access WinVoice™. Running BUILDICO is a good way of testing to make sure your network is linked properly.
To upgrade from a previous version of your existing WinVoice™ software or a less advanced offering of WinVoice™, you should first make a backup of your current data. This insures that should you encounter problems during the installation process you will be able to restore your system back to its original state.
A wise man once said. "The only data ever lost, is data that has not been backed up."
If you have made changes to your TPF files, it is important that you save them to another directory as they will be overwritten during the installation process with their newer versions, this does not apply to custom TPFs developed by us for you. Run Scandisk (thorough) on the floppy disk and Scandisk (standard) on your hard drive to check for errors. If problems are detected, select the option to correct them. It is important that your drive and disks are error free before upgrading. NOTE: To get to Scandisk from Windows9x™, Start-Programs->Accessories->System Tools->Scandisk. WinNT™ uses a similar program named Chkdsk.
If you are running a network, you should run Network Repair to verify that all temporary files have been cleared. Network Repair is an auxiliary program that is located in your WinVoice folder. Make sure NO copies of WinVoice™ are running on your computer or any other computer hooked to the network. A good way to verify this is to restart the WinVoice™ machine before installing the upgrade. If a copy of WinVoice™ is running, the upgrade will NOT be successful and NO error messages will be displayed.
Install the upgrade using the upgrade disk as instructed by the documentation included with the upgrade disk.
Once the update is complete, you should logon to your company and review your configurations, looking for new switches and options (especially editing Employees with v3.5s new security options).
Included with this manual is a "Getting started" pamphlet. Please take time to read this pamphlet in it's entirety, as it will help you to become familiar with the Steps necessary and in what order they should be accomplished when configuring WinVoice™ with your lab's information. This section gives specific information about each configuration section, while the Getting Started pamphlet gives a general order of which parts of configuration are important and which you should complete first.
WinVoice™ is shipped with example demo company data, we suggest that you use the demo company data as a guide and modify it to reflect your lab's information. It is much faster to modify existing data than to create new data!
WinVoice™ is designed to allow you to customize most every element. To ease configuration, all lists use the same basic "list-select-edit" design. This greatly reduces the learning curve required to use the program and enables you to quickly maintain configuration lists.
The buttons at the bottom of dialog window manipulates the list of items above them. If for some reason you can not view the buttons, or the complete list, you should move your mouse pointer to the lower right hand corner of the window, your mouse pointer will change into a diagonal double sided arrow. At this point, hold down the left mouse button and drag the pointer to the lower right of your monitor screen. Doing so allows you to re-size the dialog box to match your monitor's screen size. Let go of the mouse button to save the desired size. Additionally, by holding down the left mouse button on the title bar (the bold heading line that encompasses the small icon in the upper left hand corner of the dialog window) and moving your mouse, you can reposition the dialog box anywhere you wish on your monitor's screen. WinVoice™ remembers the new position you have selected and the dialog will appear in the same spot the next time it is executed. This allows you to position dialog boxes in the most comfortable positions and sizes for your screen size. Please note this will affect the positions of the dialog boxes for all other users as well.
WinVoice™ allows invoicing/billing for multiple companies. A Company in WinVoice™ is any entity that maintains a doctor/account list. Labs that operate two or more businesses under one roof and use different names for each business commonly use this feature. It also works well for labs with multiple locations using the same name.
Each company can have separate Employees, configuration, and invoices. It should be noted that most applications require only one company. Important! Companies differ from Departments and should not be used to segregate departments within your lab as it could cause repetitive invoice data entry. See: Departments
Upon executing WinVoice™, your list of companies is presented. The company list allows you to select the company to use for the current session; you may also, Edit a company; Create a new company; or Delete an existing company in your list of companies. The activity menu at the top allows you to change the system password for accessing company information.
When the Create New or Edit buttons are clicked, the Company edit dialog box is displayed.
Most dialogs are divided into sections; the first section in this dialog contains the company information fields. These fields are used to produce invoices, statements, and reports. Fields include; company street, company city, company state, company zip, company contact (generally the owner or manager), company bank/account number, Federal/State/Province/license id, and sales Tax permit number. All fields are optional except the company name and the company name should be unique. If you have more than location with the same name, add which city they are in as part of the name or some other distinguishing characteristic.
The second section contains a voice contact telephone number, the FAX number for this company, and a data number for this company (can be modem or E-mail site). To assist our international customers and to allow for possible future changes, a strict format is not required, you may type X-XXX-XXX-XXXX or (XXX) XXX-XXXX or any combination you wish.
The third section contains system information. The password field is where to enter a password that will be required to access this company. Important! The company password is different than the Employee password field. The company password is required each time someone attempts to select, edit, or delete this company. If you enter this field and click the Save button, you are then asked to confirm the password before WinVoice™ actually saves your changes. Be sure to remember the password. If you forget the company password, you will not be able to access the company!
The directory field is where on your hard drive WinVoice™ is to place the company's data files. This is a standard DOS directory filename; it must be eight characters or less and may NOT contain spaces or punctuation characters. The company directory will become a sub-directory of the root WinVoice™ directory. For instance, let us assume WinVoice™ was installed in the C:\WINVOICE\ directory, and "demo" remains the directory field. Under this circumstance, the data for the company will be stored in the C:\WINVOICE\DEMO\ directory. When you have created and saved a company, the directory field can not be changed.
The Inv type field allows for future expansion of WinVoice™ into other markets and should ALWAYS be set to "Dental".
The Print Custom labels check box allows you to select if you wish to be prompted to Print Custom labels after the printing of invoices. If a check is in this box, the Custom label dialog box will display asking if you wish to print Custom label after you print an invoice. Custom labels are different from the Mailing label report feature discussed later in this manual. When Balance Forward is check box marked, Balance Forward accounting will be used to produce statements and they will show opening balance, current period credits, and current period invoices. Without a check mark in this field, Open Invoice accounting will be used to produce statements. Open Invoice statements shows all invoices that remain unpaid. With Batch Invoicing checked, you will be prompted if you want to create an another invoice after saving a new one.
Default view options allows you to set the selection filter that is displayed when viewing invoices. As your invoice list grows, it becomes increasingly more important to keep your invoice list short and to the point. This setting allows you to set the selection filter to either the last Either, Open, Closed setting, or to force it to be Open or force it to be closed. The Closed option can also be useful for labs that do not create work tickets for their invoices and close them as soon as they are created.
Do not use auto-scheduler allows you to switch between the full screen scheduling calendar, or the quick regular calendar for selecting the scheduled date for invoices.
Standard/Line item/Prompt allows you to select the style of invoice creation you would like to use. See the invoice chapter for more information as to which each style appears like.
The last box allows you to select between United States standard or Canadian standard, teeth numbering schemes. When "Canada" is selected, Tax permit # is changed to Goods and Services Tax #, and Federal ID # is changed to License #. The United States tooth numbering scheme starts with the upper arch at tooth #1 and moves sequentially up and around to tooth #16. The lower arch begins at tooth #32 and continues, reducing, sequentially to tooth #17.
The Canadian scheme starts with the upper arch at tooth #18, then #17, #16, #15, #14, #13, #12, #11, #21, #22, #23, #24, #25, #26, #27, and #28. The lower arch begins with #38, then #37, #36, #35, #34, #33, #32, #31, #41, #42, #43, #44, #45, #46, #47, and #48.
Access to WinVoice™ is first restricted by company selection and is further restricted by each company having a list of "Employees" or users that are allowed to "logon" to WinVoice™. When a new company is created, a single Employee is automatically created in the Employee list that is defined as the "Administrative Employee". This newly created Administrative Employee is named "SysOp" and has all security buttons turned on, with the exception of Locked Out. This allows the administrative Employee to create additional Employees or delete existing demo company Employees. The Employee password for the default Employee in a new company ("SysOp") is "system". The Administrative Employee is very important to the new company, as he is the only person allowed to gain access to the new company's data.
The first thing you (the Administrative Employee), should do after creating a new company is edit the Employee "SysOp" to reflect your personal information (name and password), assuming of course that you are to be the Administrative Employee.
See: Employee section of this manual for additional information as to how to edit/create Employees.
To help secure your company list, from the activities menu an option exists named System Password. By clicking this option, you may set a password to have access to edit/delete/create new companies. This is in addition to the password required to edit a specific company. This adds an extra layer of security for your lab that you may or may not need. To remove the password, simply press enter when it asks for the new password (in other words, leave the line blank) and it will verify that you wish to remove the system password and allow anyone to create new companies.
The Employee function of WinVoice™ allows the Administrative Employee to restrict access to different areas of the system for every other Employee. When the system is first started, you should edit the Employee named SysOp (or John Doe if you are using the demo company information) and change its user name and password to match yours. This will make you the administrative Employee for the company. It is also a good idea to create a second Employee that has all security enabled, just in case you forget your password.
Click Config->Employees from the menu bar, you will call the company's list of Employees. An Employee is defined as any individual that is going to have access to the system, or whose productivity will be tracked by the system. Note: Employees can be locked out of the system and still have productivity tracked.
The Employee list allows you to Create, Edit and Delete your Employees.
Clicking on the Edit or Create New buttons will bring up the Edit Employee dialog.
The Employee Edit dialog allows you to maintain Employee data fields. You can record important dates, including the date the Employee started with your company, the last time the Employee received a raise, the date the Employee's probation period expires, and the last time the Employee was reviewed. Please note that the birthdate field is for the day of birth only. You should not attempt to select the year. All fields other than the Employee name field are optional.
By clicking on the Note button, you can keep an ongoing Employee performance record. The Employee note can contain up to 16,000 characters!
Clicking the Security button of the Edit Employee dialog displays the Employee Security dialog box.
This is where you tell the system what areas of WinVoice™ each Employee may have access. You may restrict each Employee's access to WinVoice™ as much or as little as, you feel necessary. Items with check marks next to them indicate that the Employee has access to the feature described.
IMPORTANT: The "Administrative Employee" must have the Modify Employee check box selected in the Employee Security dialog box. Without this security privilege, the Administrative Employee will not be able to create a new, or edit existing Employees! Its best to click the All button, then save the Administrative Employee to be positive that you will be able to later edit Employees.
When a Company is selected, the Employee Logon dialog is displayed. This allows an Employee to logon to WinVoice™. The password field of the Edit Employee dialog is the string of text that is required by the system before an Employee is allowed to logon. It is possible to leave the Employee password field blank, doing so will disable the password function.
When Logging On an Employee should first select his/her name from the Employee list. The Employee should then enter their password. The archive field is used to select which data files to use for this session. Select "current files" to use the most recent data or you may select archived batches of invoices from the Archive list. See: Archive section in this manual for additional information. After this has been accomplished, click on the Logon button.
If a mistake was made entering the password, an error message will be displayed indicating an illegal attempt to access WinVoice™. Please note that illegal attempts to access various users are maintained in the logs so that you will be able to see if someone has been trying to access your information.
Note: When a new company is created, one Employee is automatically created that is defined as the "Administrative Employee". This newly created Administrative Employee is named "SysOp" and has all security buttons turned on, (with the exception of "Locked out"). The Employee password for SysOp is "system". See: Companies in this manual.
The Administrative Employee (the person responsible for the security of the system), should edit the Employee SysOp, and modify the information to reflect his/her own information. That person then becomes the administrative Employee and can Create new, Edit or Delete any other Employees.
Doctors in WinVoice™ are any entities that are to be billed for invoices created. You may have up to 65,000 entries in your doctor list.
By clicking Doctor->Select/Modify Doctor from the menu bar, you bring up the Doctor Selection dialog box.
By clicking the View Options button, you may change how the entries are viewed in the doctor list. The activities menu allows you to print the contact list which is the doctor list as it appears on the screen for your paper records.
Click once on the doctors name in the list then click on the View Invoices or View Credits button. Doing so brings up a list of invoices/credits that belong to the highlighted doctor. This powerful lookup tool should be made available to most Employees. You should familiarize yourself and your Employees that have access to the system, with the View Invoices filters, to completely capitalize on this feature. For instance, a doctor calls wondering if a particular patients case has gone out or not. By clicking doctor, then view invoice, then setting the invoice view options to view all invoices and sort by patient, an Employee can tell the doctor in a matter of second when and if a case has been shipped. You could also use the invoice list print feature to give that very same doctor a list of what cases he still has in the lab. A FAX printer driver also helps because you could directly FAX the results to the doctors office.
By clicking on the Edit or Create New buttons, you bring up the Edit Doctor dialog box.
In the first grouping of fields, you can enter the mailing address of a doctor as well as other information fields including, tax number, Bank, and Contact Name. Bill To is a feature of WinVoice™ that assigns this doctor's billing account to another doctor or group of doctors. WinVoice™ uses the Contact Name field when printing Notice letters. For instance, type "Dr. Smith" in the Contact Name field if you want a notice letter to start with "Dear Dr Smith." Territories provide an easy way of grouping several doctors into a single group for reporting purposes. You may wish to use this feature to divide in state and out of state doctors or to give reports on various sales representatives.
The next grouping allows you to record a Voice telephone number, a FAX number, and a Data number (or E-mail address) for the doctor in question. This information can be easily accessed later. The Voice telephone number will display in the Doctor list dialog if so desired.
The next group contains the default Shipping and Payment types that can be printed on an invoice when this doctor is selected.
The fourth grouping includes the Service Charge field that is applied to each invoice and includes a description. Example: "Handling fee" "1.00"). Also included is an option to Tax Service Charge to determine if this service charge should be included while figuring tax and an option to Charge for Remakes.
The next section includes the Tax rate to be applied to each taxable restoration, metal, design and service charge. The tax will be applied to each invoice. Example: Enter 7.0 for a 7% tax rate per applicable item per invoice. The Discount percentage rate entered into this field will be applied to each of this doctor's invoices. Example: Enter 5.0 for a 5% discount to be applied on each invoice created. Remake discount is the discount applied when the invoice is a remake. Enter 100 to not charge for remake invoices.
The Opening balance group is the total of this doctor's accounts receivable the day you first begin using WinVoice™. When gathering your doctor's information upon initial configuration, you should determine what each doctor in your list owes your lab to date. If you wish to perpetuate your aging history, divide the total into each field 30, 60, 90, and 120+ old. If your current billing system does not track aging history, enter the total amount into the opening balance "30" field. To verify that the totals are correct, click Doctor->Edit/View opening balances from the menu bar.
After you have verified that the opening balance fields and all other configuration is correct, you should gather all work in progress and create corresponding invoices within the system. At this time it is possible to generate reports showing the status of A/R and Work in Progress. Use these reports to insure that data is correct.
Note: Opening balance do not change based on invoices or credits entered. They are used as the opening balance of the first period in the system and WinVoice™ does not change them period to period. In other words, they are not used to see a doctors current balance. Use statements or aging or any of the other reports to retrieve this information.
Caution! The opening balance fields should not be changed after you have verified the totals are correct. Modification of an opening balance field after initial input and verification will alter the state of that doctors billing account and the total amount of the company's A/R during reporting! If you need to see the current balance for a doctor, refer to the aging report or view the doctors current period statement.
The Interest on Account field is the percentage of interest that is to be applied to the doctor's account on all past due invoices. It is calculated and applied when the period is closed. Example: Enter 1.5 in this field if you intend to charge the doctor one and one half percent on the unpaid balance upon closing a period. See also: Periods in this manual.
The Calls button allows you to keep a record of conversations with this doctor or his office personell. It is useful for tracking past due doctors, as you will have a list of the time of the call and notes concerning the call. Example: Dr Smith, I called you on the 14th, the 20th, and the 25th. You promised on the 14th, and I quote....
By clicking on the Create New button, a timer dialog appears informing you of the length of the call as well as a note field for you to record information about the call.
The Ship to button allows you to specify a ship to address. This is helpful if a doctors mailing address for statements and shipping address for cases (UPS) is different. Use the main address as the address to send statements, and use the ship to feature to send to the UPS account.
The Fee button allows you to specify specific prices for restorations, designs, and metals to be exclusive for this doctor. Clicking this button displays the Doctor Fee Setup Department Select dialog box.
If you click on the logo icon in the upper left-hand corner of this dialog, you can select to copy prices from a different doctor or print this doctors price list. You can also select to raise this doctors prices by a given percent. Global change means that the default price list will be used calculated by percentage factor you provide. Local, takes the doctors specific prices calculated by the percentage factor you provide. Use 0 (zero) in the percentage field to return to default fees on all items.
Clicking the Metal button will call the Change Default Fee dialog box.
Click the metal fee to be changed, then enter a fee under Doctors fee. Click the Set button to set the price to the right hand side. Use the Default button to restore this to the default fee. Click Save when finished. Modifying restorations and designs are accomplished in the same fashion. Select the department, click the Design or Restoration button from the Doctor Fee Setup Department Select dialog box. A Change Default Fee Dialog will appear allowing you to modify the default fees to be charged to this doctor.
Note: If you enter a doctor's fee that is the same as the default fee. "Default" will continue to be listed in the column on the left.
Departments allows you to sub-divide (departmentalize) your restorations and designs, this helps to keep your lists of restorations and designs as small as possible, speeding data entry. Please note that this most likely will not conform exactly to the department structure you have created in your lab. It is used to divide groups of restorations for billing purposes and has little or no influence on scheduling for different in-lab departments.
Note: If only one department is configured, the Department Select dialog box, when adding a task, is omitted. See also: Invoices in this manual.
Clicking Config->Departments/Designs/Restorations will call the Departments dialog box.
By clicking the Edit or Create New buttons, the Edit Department dialog box will be displayed.
Tooth/Arch Representation is defined as how one, two or three clicks are to be represented and displayed on the Tooth/Arch chart when adding or editing a task. The representations can be changed to fit your scheme of operations. See also: Tooth Chart, Invoices in this manual. If you do not configure for One click, you will not be able to select teeth on any task for this department.
Clicking the Design or Restoration buttons allows you to modify the design and restoration types along with their corresponding fees/prices associated with this department. See also: Restoration and Design chapters for additional information.
Restorations are the heart of a dental laboratory. WinVoice™ uses restorations and design types to create and price invoices, schedule your work load and create accurate statements for your doctors. Restorations are sub-divided by department
It is important to note that the term restoration used for WinVoice™ does not always need to correspond to an actual restoration created by your lab. A more accurate definition would be, a product, item or service to charged to a doctors billing account. Each Task on an invoice must have a Restoration selected.
Clicking the Restoration button from the Edit Department dialog displays the Restoration Types dialog.
Clicking the Edit or Create New buttons brings up the Edit Restoration Type dialog.
You may select Fee per tooth or Fee per arch, depending on how you wish to charge for the restoration in question. If Fee per tooth is checked, each time a tooth is clicked on the Tooth/Arch Chart, the Restoration fee is increased by one unit. See also: Invoices.
If Is not taxable is not checked, this restoration will be invoiced and taxed, calculated by the percentage factor entered in the Tax field entry for the doctor in question.
Material cost is how much this restoration costs your lab to produce, with the exception of metal cost. It can be your actual cost if known, or you may approximate the cost. Material Cost is used in restoration and cost reports to calculate or approximate profits on each restoration type you produce. This field is optional and may be left blank if you do not wish to track this information.
A Unit is a number you assign (from 0 to 7) to each restoration. This number is used by the system when scheduling and printing Employee productivity. For example, most labs count each porcelain fused to metal as one unit, they also count each porcelain fused to metal with a porcelain shoulder as one unit. Therefore, set the restoration PFM unit designation as "1" and the restoration "Porcelain shoulder" as "0". This will schedule a PFM with a porcelain shoulder as one unit. Use the pre-configured information as a guide. See also: Units report.
The section, Doctor Configuration contains additional information to help you set up specific restoration fees for specific doctors. Also, remember that it is possible to override fees when creating an invoice. If the fee for a restoration changes on a regular basis, you may want to set the fee at 0.00 and inform Employees that they must enter the current fee each time an invoice is created.
See also: The section entitled Steps for additional information pertaining to the Steps and Default Steps buttons.
Steps are used for Employee productivity reports and invoice auto scheduling. Steps allow you to divide the production of a restoration into several specific Steps.
By clicking on the Steps button from the Edit Restoration dialog, the Select Step dialog box is displayed.
This dialog displays (from left to right), the Step sequence number, the description of the Step, the effort of the Step, and the piece rate for the Step in that order.
Note that you are able to click the icon in the upper-left hand corner of the dialog and copy groups of Steps from an already existing restoration.
By clicking the Edit or Create New buttons, the Edit Step dialog is displayed. Piece rate is the dollar amount, or
Fraction thereof, to be paid to an Employee for completing the Step. Piece rate is used to print Employee productivity reports that can be used to make piece rate payments to your Employees.
The Sequence number is a number from 0 to 16, which represents the order in which the Step should be performed. You may repeat the same sequence number if a Step can be performed during the same time frame as another Step. The sequence number is used by the Auto Scheduler to schedule your cases. Production effort tells the Auto Scheduler how much time to allow for the production of the Step. The dummy data is a good example for configuring restoration Steps and most labs need only to modify the dummy data to fit their lab's production criteria.
By clicking on the Default Steps from the Edit Restoration dialog, the Default Steps dialog box is displayed.
Click on the Step in the list box, and then select the Employee that in most cases performs the Step highlighted on the left. Then click the Set button to save this Employee to this Step. The Employee chosen becomes the Default Employee for the given Step. This allows you to keep track of Step production when invoices are closed, by only indicating exceptions to this rule, (if another Employee performs the Step). Setting default Employees is a quick way to track Employee productivity in conjunction with closing invoices.
Your Design list can contain descriptions of designs or products your lab might sell. Denture laboratories sometimes use the design list to contain denture teeth and their related prices.
By clicking the Design button from the Edit Restoration dialog, the Select Design dialog is displayed.
By clicking on the Edit or Create New buttons the Edit Design dialog box is displayed.
You may edit the Design fee to be charged based on each tooth clicked on the tooth chart (Fee per tooth) or (Fee per arch) this is identical to configuring restorations. You may also indicate if the fee associated with this design is taxable or not.
See also: Doctor configuration for more information on setting up specific design prices for selected doctors.
The Metals list can contain the metals your laboratory sells and their related prices. Denture laboratories sometimes use the metal list to hold denture teeth or related materials and their prices.
Clicking Configure->Metals from the menu bar, displays the Select Metal dialog box.
By clicking on the Edit or Create New buttons the Edit Metal dialog box is displayed.
Fee is the amount that is charged per unit weight of metal. (Unit weight of metal can be pennyweight, grams, ounces etc.). The fee field content is printed on the standard invoices. Do not worry if the fee varies, when you create an invoice you are allowed to override the fee if necessary.
Please note that you should be consistent when assigning Unit weight. You should decide which unit weight is best for your lab to bill by and use it exclusively when assigning fees.
Our Cost is the amount you pay per unit weight for this metal. This figure is used to calculate profit for each metal you sell and is printed on the metal report. It can be approximated or left blank if you do not desire to track this information.
Is taxable allows you to charge tax relating to the sales price of the metal and is reflected on the standard invoice.
The Note button allows you to describe the composition of the metal and is printed on the standard invoices. This allows your doctors to know exactly what metal(s) was used to produce the restoration(s) and what elements the metal(s) contains. Please be aware that the Metal note dialog will allow you to enter more characters than may be printed on the invoice format you select to use. This is because of the available printing area on an 8.5" X 11" piece of paper. Most print formats allow for a maximum of 40 characters of metal notes to be printed but this will vary up and down between different formats.
See also: Doctor configuration for information for setting up exception metal fees for specific doctors.
Shipping types inside of WinVoice™ are used to indicate how an invoice should leave your lab. It also is used by the auto scheduler to calculate when a case should be completed.
When Configure->Shipping methods is selected from the menu bar, the Select Shipping methods dialog is displayed.
This list contains the shipping type name as well as the number of days required to deliver via the shipping method in question. Clicking on the Edit or Create New buttons displays the Edit Shipping Method dialog. Enter in the name of a new Shipping Type or edit an existing one.
The delivery time is used by the Auto Scheduler to determine if the recommended scheduled completion date will allow for proper delivery via the doctor's usual shipping method. Entering a zero indicates that a case can be delivered the same day as the scheduled completion date.
Shade types are used by WinVoice™ to indicate the shade to be used when fabricating a case. They can also be used to give generic information about an invoice since they print on most print formats. Shade types can be entered on the fly when creating an invoice. Shade configuration allows you to maintain this list.
When Configure->Shade types is selected from the menu bar, the Select Shade dialog box is displayed.
By clicking on the Edit or Create New buttons, the Edit Payment Type dialog box appears. Here you may edit an existing Shade Type, or create a new one. You can also use the memory editor utility to delete or modify shades as new ones are added to the list when invoices are created.
Payment types are used by WinVoice™ to indicate payment requirements for given doctors. If desired it can be printed on invoices, it does not affect doctor statements.
When Configure->Payment types is selected from the menu bar, the Select Payment dialog box is displayed.
By clicking on the Edit or Create New buttons, the Edit Payment Type dialog box appears.
Here you may edit an existing Payment Type, or create a new one.
Status Types is an auxiliary list that can be used for tracking information that pertains to your unique mode of operation. It has been included as an optional list and its use is not required.
Clicking Configure->Status types from the menu bar, displays the Select Status dialog box.
Here you may create a new Status Type, or edit an existing one.
WinVoice™ allows you to have up to 255 different stations to be used to track cases through production and shipping.
Clicking Configure->Station from the menu bar, displays the Select Station dialog box.
Here you may edit the station names. Unlike the other configuration, you can not delete a station name, as it is a static list.
Clicking Config->WinVoice Background option, or the icon in the upper left hand corner of the company select dialog, allows you to modify the desktop used by WinVoice™. Productivity can be enhanced when Employees feel comfortable using software. This dialog offers several options to customize the desktop. Employees have the ability to modify their personal desktop.
The main options are Use color or Use bitmap. Under Use color, you can select a solid background or a gradient (which means that hues fade from black to a chosen color). To select a solid color, click on the Tint button. There are seven gradient color schemes to choose from.
Under Use bitmap, you can select to tile (checkerboard of the same image), stretch (make the image fit on the desktop), or center (and use the solid color above to fill in the sides). Click the Browse button to select an image, or leave blank to use the PECOS.BMP, which is in the \WINVOICE directory (the cactus/desert scene). WindowsTm is packaged with several bitmaps, they are located in C:\WINDOWS. You may also create your own backgrounds with MS Paint or other similar software.
The Dancing cactus option allows you to turn on/off the icon in the upper left-hand corner. Reverse gradient allows you to select whether to have black on top or on bottom for drawing gradient backgrounds.
The WinVoice Development Team strongly believes that for a user to be comfortable with a software package he/she should be able to change most every element of it. That is why the WinVoice™ user is able to change the colors and backgrounds for the user interface. Don't be afraid to experiment with screen colors, if you loose track of what you've changed or are unhappy with the result, you can always return to the defaults quickly and easily by clicking on the Defaults button.
By selecting Configure->System config from the menu bar, you are presented with the Configuration dialog.
From here, you control most every element of WinVoice™. The top six sections contain the colors that WinVoice™ uses. By clicking on either the foreground or background buttons, you get the select color dialog.
Click on the desired color and click the OK button.
The first box, Normal Line is the foreground and background colors of a normal line in a list box. The second box, Select Line, is the color of lines you select in a multi-select list box, like the case list box. Highlighted Line is a line that is highlighted but not selected, which is possible in the case list dialog box. Selected Highlighted is the currently highlighted line in a list box.
The last box, Edit Colors controls the foreground and background of the edit boxes on dialogs. These are the controls you see on your screen where you type in text such as patient name.
The next section, Miscellaneous Colors, allows you to change the line color that separates the various lines in a list box. Stop Color changes the lines that divide the different information on the lines in a list box. Bar Color refers to the default color to use on status boxes. Dialog Color is the background color to use for boxes (normally a light gray).
The next section Miscellaneous Options allows you to modify system settings. Print Tune allows you to adjust printing coordinates to help accommodate for specific printer requirements. The next button allows you to switch Sound on or off, which will become more useful in future releases of WinVoice™. The last button allows you to turn Cue Cards on or off. Cue Cards are currently not available at this time, therefore this button should NOT be selected at this time.
The Print Tune button on the Config dialog allows you to fine tune where WinVoice™ begins printing reports on the paper used by your particular printer.
The Cases, Statements, and Other Reports boxes allow you to enter the offset in printer device pixels for the top left corner of printing. This number may be from -32767 to +32767. Please note that some printers have physical limitations as to where they will print and this setting may NOT have an effect on your particular printer.
The Starting line down for reports is used to indicate what line number to start printing for all reports except statements. The most common setting is 6, as this allows a large enough margin at the top of the page to bind reports if desired. Last line allows you to control the bottom margin, the default setting is 66. Different printers have different physical printing limitations, many ink jet printers require at least an inch of unprintable space at the bottom of each page. Most dot matrix printers can print to the very bottom of the page.
The primary purpose of WinVoice™ is invoicing and billing. Every effort has been made to make this process quick and easy. Invoices are indexed and compressed giving the best combination of speed and size. Invoice files are stored in individual company directories.
By clicking Invoice->Select/Modify/Print/Close invoice from the menu bar, the Select Invoice dialog box is displayed.
The menus at the top of the dialog contain several functions that do not have a button equivalent and you should familiarize yourself with them as under certain circumstances they can be most useful.
The Select Invoice dialog displays your list of invoices, based upon the switches currently set in the View Options dialog. Clicking the View Options button brings up the View Invoice Options dialog box.
The "Invoice selection filters" section of the View Options dialog allows you to specify invoice selection based upon certain categories of invoices. You can select to view invoices that have been Deleted, or ones that are Not Deleted, or both (Either). It also controls whether you view invoices that have been Printed, Not Printed or Either. Invoices that are Remakes, No Remakes or Either. You can also specify if the invoices you desire are Open, Closed or Either.
The following is one View Options example. Lets say you are looking for a closed invoice that you know is a remake; click on the "Remakes" radio button, the "Closed" radio button, and select "Either" for Deleted and Printed. When you click on the OK button, the Select Invoice dialog will contain all invoices that are closed and are remakes. This is a very powerful look up tool as it can narrow down the size of the invoice list very quickly.
We recommend that unless you are specifically looking for a particular invoice that you keep the Invoice selection filters marked as Not Deleted, Either, Either, and Open with the Sort by set as Entered. This keeps the invoice list filled with the cases currently in production (Work in Progress) and sorted with the oldest invoices at the top of the list.
The "Date Range" section filters invoices by date and is used in conjunction with all other filters. If you select Don't use date range WinVoice™ displays all of the invoices that meet the invoice filter criteria. Without the "Don't use date range" checked, you should insure that a valid "Start" and "End" date range has been entered. To select a Start and End date, click on the appropriate calendar icon located next to the date field, then click on the desired month day and year. You may select to use the received, scheduled, needed, completed, or entered dates to base the date range on. We recommend the standard setting be, Dont use date range - checked.
Lets again use the view filters in the first example. You are looking for an invoice that you know is closed and is also a remake, due to the many invoices your lab creates, over one hundred invoices are displayed in the Select Invoice dialog box. You know that the invoice was completed on the week of December 12, 1995. Uncheck Don't use date range, then click on the Start calendar button and select December 12, then click the End calendar button and select December 19th, then click on the Completed Date button. When you click on Continue, the Select Invoice dialog box will display only those invoices that where closed and are also remakes during the week of Dec 12-19.
Proper use of the View Options filters can provide important information almost instantly, when combined with the Print invoice list function, it can be used in place of many reports. For this reason, we urge you to spend the time necessary to master its use.
The Sort by section controls how invoices are displayed in the list. The most commonly used method is the Date Entered because it will group your newly created invoices together at the bottom of your invoice list (oldest at top, newest at bottom). This makes batch printing and closing easier since you will most likely print the invoices at the bottom and close the invoices at the top.
Screen display options allows you to change between displaying the Record number or the Invoice number, you also have the option of displaying Scheduled date or the Completed date in the View invoice list dialog window.
Record number is a sequential number that is incremented each time an invoice is created. Invoice number is a unique number assigned to each invoice at the time the invoice is created and will not be duplicated under any circumstance during the course of your business. It is used by the system to process and sort data efficiently. It may help you to consider the invoice number as the Barcode number and the record number as the one that can be quickly referenced visually. An invoice number of 89013902 and a record number of 293 may refer to the same invoice. It is usually possible to enter the record number when prompted for the invoice number, as the system will scan for either/or. You have the option of printing the Invoice number, the Record number or both on your documents.
When viewing closed invoices you, are generally more concerned as to when the invoice was closed rather than when it was scheduled? The Scheduled and Completed screen display options allows you to select which date field you want to be displayed in the View invoices dialog list.
The View Invoice Options settings/filters allow for much flexibility as to how invoices are viewed on the screen and sent to the printer. This is a very powerful feature, you should spend the time necessary experimenting with different settings to see how they affect your invoice list. You will quickly learn to use various filter schemes to your advantage.
When you cannot seem to find the invoice(s) you are looking for, the first thing to do is insure that the Invoice View options are set correctly. It is wise to get into the habit of resetting the View Options to their original state after they have been changed.
By clicking the Search button from the Select Invoice dialog box, the search dialog box is displayed.
The Search dialog box allows you to move the cursor in the Select Invoice dialog quickly to the invoice you are looking for. This feature is commonly used to find an invoice in your list that you intend to Close or Edit. See also: Closing an invoice.
You may enter in the exact invoice number, record number, type in a partial/complete patient name, or type in a partial/complete pan number.
Selecting Find in current Inv list, will move the cursor, (highlight) the invoice you are searching for. Edit Inv from anywhere will search the entire data file for the invoice you are looking for and bring the edit dialog to your screen.
When you click on Continue, WinVoice™ searches for the first occurrence of the search criteria and moves the cursor in the desired invoice in the list.
By clicking the Search button again, you may click on the Next or Prev buttons in the search dialog box. Doing so will move the cursor to the next or previous occurrences of the same search criteria, if any exist.
By clicking the Create New or Edit buttons on the Select Invoice dialog box, the Edit Invoice dialog box appears.
The invoice is divided into three different pages/tabs. The first page, Invoice, deals with the basic information about the case. The second, Tasks, allows you to identify the different tasks that will be associated with the production of the case. The final page, Ship to, allows you to specify an address to ship/deliver the case to.
When creating a new invoice, you must first select the doctor the invoice will be billed to. This is important as doctors may have exceptions to your customary fees, default shipping/payment types, and other information needed by the system to properly price the invoice.
There are three buttons that are just to the left of the fields in the first section. These are shortcuts to perform the following functions. To edit the current doctor, click on the small face button next to the doctor field. Next to the patient name, is a button to make the case a remake or not. When clicked, it will ask you to provide the reason for the case to be remade. The button next the shade filed will allow you to enter a custom shade note.
The Date section of the invoice stores when you Received the case, when the doctor requires the case; Needed, when you plan to finish the case; Scheduled, when and if the patient is appointed; Appointment and the date the invoice was closed; Completed.
It is possible to enter a completed date when the invoice is created, but it is HIGHLY recommended that you follow the suggested procedure for closing invoices. See: Closing an invoice for additional information.
By clicking on the Items Recv button, you will display the Items Received dialog box.
This dialog allows you to select the items that were received as part of a case. This will allow you to keep a permanent record of all items received so you can refer back to it if necessary. Items received are indicated on the standard invoice by bold print. You can also change the on screen representations of these different items by clicking the icon in the upper left hand corner and select the option named Edit items.
Next to the Total Fee on the Edit Invoice dialog is a button that
looks like this 
. By clicking on this button, a dialog
box will be displayed showing the breakdown of all fees, taxes, and charges
associated with this invoice.
The Invoice Fee breakdown shows each item's description, its fee and a running total. Asterisks indicate non-taxable items. This is a helpful tool to determine how the system arrived at the total for all charges.
The Image button brings up the imaging module. This allows you to store an image to reference later with an invoice. You must have Twain compliant scanning equipment to properly use the image capture functions of the imaging module. Alternatively, you can use the Open File feature to load a bmp file from disk to save with the invoice. Click on the Exit/Save option to save the image that is on the screen.
The Calc button will call a handy calculator for your convenience.
Notice letters are form letters that can be mailed to your doctors informing them that a case can not be returned on the date the doctor requests. When selected invoices are sent to the printer, WinVoice™ checks each invoice to see if a Notice button has been checked. If one or more have been, WinVoice™ prompts if you would like to print Notice letters. The text that is printed on the notice letter form is editable, the file is located in the company directory and is named FORM.TXT. You may commission WinVoice Development to modify the form for you if you lack the skills necessary to edit this file.
Tasks are procedures that need to be completed to fabricate a given case, they are usually printed on the invoice along with the associated fee. You may have up to 20 tasks per invoice. Each task must include at least one restoration and can optionally include 1 design, 1 metal, the metal weight, associated notes and Steps.
There are two methods to add tasks to an invoice: (1) Line entry (2) Standard Task entry. It is possible to switch between these different methods when editing your company information. To change methods on the fly, click the icon in the upper left-hand corner of an invoice and select either Task or Line entry styles.
Line entry presents a screen full of pull down boxes for line by line task entry as opposed to the add/edit/delete buttons that are available in the Standard Task style. Denture labs seem to prefer Line while C&B labs tend to prefer Task
When the Add Task button is selected from the Edit Invoice dialog (if there are two or more departments created for the company), WinVoice™ will prompt as to which department to assign the new task.
After selecting the proper department, or if only one department exists, the Edit Task dialog box is displayed.
When adding a task, you should first select the Tooth/teeth involved and then select Restorations and/or Designs. This is important because restorations and design fees are usually based upon how many individual teeth or arches are highlighted on the Tooth chart.
You may click on the "Upper full arch" or "Lower full arch" buttons to quickly highlight an entire arch. This is primarily used to indicate a complete or partial denture, partial or orthodontic appliance with a fee based upon Arch.
Each click on an individual tooth may represent a different type of restoration. The Department configuration indicates what each click on a tooth/arch represents. One click produces a yellow color, two clicks a gray color and three clicks a red color.
See: Departments for additional information as to how to distinguish what each color represents. This feature is for design convenience and is optional, most labs use it to keep a permanent record of the design of the restoration(s) they produce in case there is a need to refer to it later due to a remake.
After the tooth/teeth in question are selected, select a restoration. The restoration combo box displays the restoration name and the default fee. If an asterisk is next to the fee, it means that the fee showing is doctor specific. When a restoration is selected the default fee for that restoration is displayed to the right. You may override the fee if you so desire.
If there is a design associated with this task, it should be selected next. You may override its fee if necessary. If this restoration requires a metal, select the correct metal from your list. The metal fee, per unit weight, may be overridden if necessary. If you know the metal weight, enter it now. If not, when you determine the weight of the metal that was used, make a note of it on both the doctor and lab side of the work ticket/invoice and enter the information when the invoice is closed. See: Closing an Invoice for additional information as how to edit an invoice when closing.
Clicking the Note button of the Edit Task dialog box brings up a Note field dialog that allows you to record notes about this task. Notes can be special instructions as to how to perform the task, or possibly specific instructions from the doctor. The note field is printed next to the task on the standard work ticket. Please be aware that the Note field dialog will allow you to enter more characters than most print formats are able to print. This is because of the available printing area on an 8.5" X 11" piece of paper. Most print formats will truncate the Note field to 40 characters but this varies with different print formats.
The Calc button will bring up a handy calculator for your convenience.
By clicking the Step button, the Record Step dialog box is displayed.
This allows you to record which Employee performed each configured Step of the restoration(s) production. The list contains the sequence number, Step name, and default Employee. Start and Finish times are for future expansion and are not used by the system at this time. However, if you wish to record this information, it will be saved with all other invoice information.
Click on the Step at the left, then click on the Employee that completed the Step to the right. Click the set button to save the information. See: Step configuration for detail concerning default Step assignments.
Manually scheduling a busy lab is a time consuming, sometimes confusing, and usually an inaccurate process. It requires that the person responsible for scheduling, be knowledgeable as to everything that is going on in the lab. For instance; approximately how long it takes to process different restorations, how long it generally takes to deliver to each doctors location, vacation schedules, absent technicians and many other variables that most people take for granted.
With proper configuration, WinVoice™ can do an excellent job of scheduling your caseload and possibly let the person now responsible, participate more in production.
After configuring shipping types and restorations (more importantly, their Steps), you will need to configure the WinVoice™ Company's calendar. The Company's calendar is accessible through the Main Menu, Company option.
Selecting this menu item displays the WinVoice™ Company calendar dialog box.
By clicking the Prev and Next buttons at the top, you may move between different months.
Each day can be represented by an icon telling the day in the month 
, that the day is a non working day and should not have invoices scheduled on it 
, that the day is considered optimally filled 
, or that the day is exceeding production capacity for the lab 
. Each day also displays how many units are scheduled to be completed on that day, as well as how many units are considered maximum capacity.
To configure the calendar, click the right mouse button on a given day. The Edit calendar day dialog box will then appear.
This dialog allows you to configure each day of the month. If the optimum number of units for your lab to produce per day is 30, enter 30 under the "Number of units to be considered day optimum" field. If the maximum number of units your lab can produce is 40, enter that value under "Number of units to be considered over capacity".
The next configuration group allows you to indicate how long you plan to work that day. This allows for many different scenarios such as: The day before a holiday, non working holidays, lab only works a half day on Friday, technician leave of absences or vacations.
To configure an entire weekday for the month, click on the weekday header for the day of the week you wish to configure. Example, click with the right mouse button on "Saturday" directly under the Next button. When you enter the information, it will then apply to every Saturday on that month's calendar.
To configure the next month, click on the Next button, to return to the present month click on the Prev button. It is best to configure several months ahead so that long-term cases can be scheduled properly.
Once restoration Steps and the Company's calendar are configured and when the Calendar button next to Scheduled is clicked (while in the Invoice Edit dialog), you are presented with the Date Invoice is scheduled to be completed dialog.
This dialog is the same as Company's calendar, except it highlights the date received (blue), date needed (red), date scheduled (white), and the recommended date for completion (yellow), for the case in question.
Important: Since it is possible for these dates to overlap, it is possible that two colors may highlight a given date.
The recommended date for completion is calculated by WinVoice™ based upon the configuration criteria you have entered into the system, if you agree with the system's date selection, click on Continue, if you disagree and wish to select your another date, click on that day with the right mouse button.
IMPORTANT! The date the system recommends to schedule as the completion date can only be as accurate as the Restoration and restoration Step information you have configured. WinVoice™ will allow you to select any date you wish as the date Scheduled (for completion) date. However, warning messages may be displayed indicating the reasons why WinVoice™ believes you should not schedule on that date based upon your restoration and Step confuration.
You may also use the left mouse button to reconfigure a day(s) in the calendar; the procedure is identical to the initial configuration of the Company's calendar.
You should also be aware that when an invoice has been saved, the restoration Step configuration information is saved with it as it exists at the time of saving. If you edit a restoration's Steps later, previously saved invoices are not automatically updated. For this reason, should a recently created invoice need to reflect restoration Step changes, proceed as follows: Edit the invoice, edit each task and select the restoration, the system will then use the modified Step information to recalculate the recommended completion date. If you reprint the invoice, the new Scheduled completion date will be reflected.
WinVoice™ allows you to print invoices, work tickets and statements using proprietary print formats. These print formats allow configuration fields to be positioned at will on your paper. Logos, bitmaps, lines, fonts and color preferences can also be manipulated. This is one of the most powerful features of WinVoice™ as it allows for inexpensive customization of your printouts to distinguish your lab above your competition.
We do not recommend that you attempt to modify print formats, depending upon your programming skills, designing and modifying print formats can be a time consuming and confusing process. There is also a great possibility of inadvertently rendering your system unable to print. The print engine in WinVoice™ consists of over 350 different commands for positioning different fields on an invoice. For this reason, WinVoice Development offers an inexpensive programming service to custom design or modify your print formats to your specifications. Your system can contain as many print formats as you wish. This allows for limitless printing flexibility and insures that your invoices, work tickets and statements are different than that of your competition. Contact customer service for ordering information.
Important: User corruption of print formats is NOT covered by initial free support or support agreements. Should you inadvertently corrupt your system and require our help to restore your system, our usual and customary fees will apply and can likely exceed our normal customization charges.
Before you attempt to modify a print format make sure that Block format function discussed latter in this chapter will NOT accomplish the changes you desire.
Before you can print invoices, you must first select an invoice(s) to print. From the Invoice Select dialog box, click on the invoice you wish to print, it will then be highlighted by the cursor, then click on the Print icon. To select multiple invoices to print, hold down the Ctrl key while clicking on invoices, or click on one invoice and then while holding down the shift key click on another invoice. All invoices between the two invoices selected inclusive, will also become highlighted. Note: Having you invoices sorted by received date insures that they will be listed in successive order. See also: Invoices, View Options.
You may also select to print all Unprinted invoices in your invoice list by clicking Activities on the Invoice dialog and then selecting Print all Unprinted invoices.
When the Print icon is selected, the Select Print Format dialog box appears.
This dialog displays your list of print formats that are currently available for printing, as well as the filename for the formats. The files are stored in the root WinVoice™ directory. The Preview button allows you to view the format to the screen before actually executing the print function. Clicking the icon in the upper left-hand corner allows you to load a text editor to modify the print format if you feel you are capable. Remember: Editing or correcting a botched attempt to modify a print format is NOT covered under your free technical support period or a support agreement, usual and customary fees will apply should you corrupt your system.
Most print formats are configured to print four separate documents on one piece of 8.5x11 perforated paper that we have available for purchase. Included in your list of available print formats is one called Block Format, this format can be easily modified by the user with the Block format button located at the bottom of the dialog. To do so, click on the block format button, a dialog showing a piece of paper divided into four quadrants will appear. You are then able to select between several documents to be printed on each quadrant. This is a powerful feature that allows you to easily customize your own unique format with portions of other available formats.
After highlighting the print format and clicking the Select button, the Windows™ Print dialog will be displayed.
This dialog will allow you to select the network printer you wish to print to and set its available printing options, such as lighter or darker print, the paper cassette to be used, and the number of copies of each invoice. This is a powerful and sometimes overlooked feature of WinVoice™. Note: Print options are governed by your printers print driver installed on your system and may vary.
Within the Select printer dialog, you may also select the Windows™ print driver you wish to use. Some examples of exotic Win95 print drivers are: FAX, second display, disk file, network briefcase, HTML (web) file, and clipboard. If Windows™ is properly setup with a FAX print driver, its possible for you to select an invoice from your list of invoices and quickly FAX that invoice directly to a doctor's FAX machine.
After an invoice(s) has been printed, WinVoice™ will scan the highlighted invoice(s) to checking for a Notice button that is turned on. If any are found, a dialog is displayed asking if you wish to Print Notice letters.
See: Data Entry, Notice Button for additional information.
If the company file has been configured to, "Print Custom labels." After any Notice letters have been printed,
you will be prompted if you wish to print Custom labels corresponding to the recently printed invoices.
See: Company for additional information.
Upon selecting Yes, WinVoice™ displays the Custom Label Print Options dialog box.
Format is defined as the print format to be used by the system to print the Custom labels. These formats are similar to invoice print formats and allow the same printing flexibility and customization.
Important: User corruption of print formats is NOT covered by initial free support or support agreements. Should you inadvertently corrupt your system and require our help to restore your system, our usual and customary fees will apply and can likely exceed our normal customization charges.
The next group contains information about the labels that you intend to print on. Enter the number of columns and the number of labels in each column. Make sure no values are set to zero, as this may cause Windows™ to display a Divide by zero error!
The last group allows you to tell the system how many labels to print for each invoice. You may enter any number. Select One label per Step per invoice or One label per unit per invoice.
Be sure to properly setup your Windows™ printer driver as to the size of paper you intend to use. Refer to your Windows™ user manual for information on how to set paper size.
Please note that all printers are built differently and not all print drivers are designed the same. Your printer and the current print driver that was installed with it dictates how documents created with WinVoice™ will be printed. WinVoice™ conforms to the Microsoft print driver specifications, so these drivers are usually more stable. For instance, if your printer does not highlight specific teeth on the tooth charts, try switching to a different print driver that is still compatible with your printer. A selection of print drivers is included with Windows™. You can also click on the Print Tune icon and then click the small icon in the upper left corner. This will allow you to toggle between the options Auto-detect printer, Force non-hp, or Force hp. Even if you are currently using a non-hp printer, you may wish to try using the Force hp option. The Force hp option uses DIB printing rather than BITMAP style and in most instances offers a speed improvement, (the installed print driver must support this feature). An indication that the installed print driver does not support this feature is that teeth would not highlight on the arches when printed.
Closing an invoice tells the system that the lab has processed the case and the doctor should be billed for it. Reports may not be current until invoices are closed. For the system to have real time information, it is important that each day's invoices be closed as soon as possible after the cases have been completed and shipped. Its much easier to use the Close button of the Select Invoice dialog rather than editing an invoice and clicking the Open button and then entering a completed date.
A good system for managing your invoices and reporting real time information is as follows. Enter invoices in batches on the date they are received, print invoices/work tickets to be sent through production. When gold weights are known, make note of it on the doctor's copy and the lab's copy of the work ticket. Multiply the weight by the price per weight noted on the work ticket and add that figure to the subtotal on the doctor's copy of the invoice/work ticket. You may then, return the invoice/work ticket (doctor's copy) along with the completed case to the doctor. Keep the lab's copy of the work tickets (with gold weight and Total Fee noted), for your hard copy records and an audit trail.
Preferred Closing Method
The Barcode lookup icon, or the same function under the invoice pull down menu offers the quickest method to close invoices. Pass your Barcode scanner over the printed Barcode on the lab copy of an invoice and the Close Invoice dialog box appears on your screen. If you do not have a Barcode scanner, you can alternatively enter the invoice or record number in the Barcode field to accomplish the same thing. You will be prompted if an invoice has already been closed, which is helpful to detect re-printed invoices. There are four invoice manipulation options located on the Close dialog, Edit, Close, Steps, and Print. Insure that the Close button is checked to use this function to close invoices.
Alternative Closing Method
Take a full days (batch) of completed work tickets (lab copies) to the computer and close each invoice one at a time using the Close button of the Select invoice dialog and enter the gold weights, if needed. Use the Search button to find an invoice in a large list or sort the list by patient name and begin typing the name, forcing the cursor to the desired invoice. When finished, the lab copies should be added on a calculator, and the total should be checked against the Period report total for that day. If the totals match everything is entered correctly, if not you will need to find the discrepancy and correct it.
When the Close button is clicked from the Select Invoice dialog, the Close Invoice dialog is displayed.
The Closing Date is automatically set for the last invoice closed. Change this date if necessary by selecting the calendar button in the Closing Date box or by clicking on the up or down buttons. It is important the closing date is recorded correctly, as the system uses this information to compile reports and to produce Statements. A unique feature of WinVoice™ is it calculates statements real-time. The software pays attention to the actual closing date and time of an invoice as opposed to just the closing date. This means that you can close a batch of invoices in the morning, end your statement period at noon, and send out your statements. You may then close additional invoices in the afternoon, they will be reflected on the next billing period.
General information about the invoice is displayed below the Closing date. You should insure that this invoice is indeed the invoice you wish to close as similar patient names can exist in your invoice file. If you are comfortable that the invoice corresponds with the paper copy of the invoice and all information is correct, you have the option of clicking on the Continue button and the invoice will be closed.
If the Total Fee is not the same as what is noted on the paper copy, it is most likely due to the metal weight not being known at the time of the invoice's creation. Click the Edit button and you will be presented with the Edit Invoice dialog. Select each Task, (one at a time) and enter the metal weight associated with that Task. You may also modify any other values relating to the invoice until it balances with the lab's copy. Click on the Return button to save the information and then click on the Continue button to close the invoice.
A Steps button is on the Close Invoice dialog box. If you intend to track Employee productivity you must record the Steps completed by your Employees. Click this button to quickly record the exceptions to the default Employees that completed each Step while producing this case. Some print formats contain a list of Step Barcodes that allow your Employees to scan an Employee Barcode (which can be created from the doctor/company/Employee labels section) as well as the Step Barcode to record the time and give credit to each Step performed.
If your lab prints a final invoice to be sent to the doctor, a Print button is on the Close Invoice dialog for this reason.
After an invoice has been closed, additional editing of the closed invoice requires that you enter the Reason for editing a closed invoice. We highly recommend that you be very careful when editing a closed invoice as you can inadvertently cause fees to change if you reselect Restorations, Designs or Metals. If you click on Continue instead of Abort the new amounts will be saved and system totals will not balance with your paper records. This can cause a doctor to be billed more or less than what your paper records indicate. After editing a closed invoice, (especially any fields that change monetary amounts), you should verify that the Period report totals still correspond with the total for the batch of lab invoice copies of the day in question.
After a day (batch) of invoices have been closed, you should compare the total for the batch against the total for the corresponding day in the Period report to verify that your paper records match the system's records
It is not possible to delete a Closed invoice without first Opening the invoice. To Open a Closed invoice you must Edit the invoice and click on the Open box in the lower right hand corner of the Editing Invoice Dialog. You are then allowed to delete the invoice. For additional information see Data Entry in this manual.
IMPORTANT! You should restrain from deleting a closed invoice, do so only as a last resort. A closed invoice is designed to represent a charge to a doctors billing account. Deleting a doctors closed invoice(s) WILL alter the doctors billing account equal to the total of the invoice(s). Deleting a closed invoice can cause the system totals to differ from your paper reports created at the end of each period. Deleting invoices does not produce an adequate audit trail. For this reason, we suggest that you use the Adjustment function to offset billing adjustments. See: Adjustments for additional information.
Barcode scanners are devices that turn a sequence of lines into machine-readable text. Most Barcode readers are referred to as "wedge" devices because they are placed between your keyboard and your computer. When you swipe a Barcode, the reader sends the characters to the system as if they were quickly typed on the keyboard. "Serial" Barcode readers work in a similar way but they utilize Windows™ device drivers that interpret the Barcode information from the Com port on your computer, then place that information in the keyboard buffer. WinVoice™ uses the invoice number to create unique Barcodes.
By clicking on the Invoice->Barcode lookup option, you can use your Barcode scanner to edit, close, or modify the Steps associated with an invoice. This is great way to manage large numbers of invoices. Rather than having to use your mouse to select to edit/close/print/etc, you can simply type in the first letter of the function you are wishing to use. If you do not own a Barcode scanner, you can also type in the invoice number or record number in the Barcode field to accomplish the same thing.
The Invoice->Step Barcode option allows you to quickly scan Employee Barcodes, then Step Barcodes to record which Employee has preformed what Steps. This procedure is the same as editing an invoice, highlighting a task, editing the task, clicking the Step button, highlighting the Step, selecting an Employee, then entering the time of day. Using Step Barcode is much more efficient since it involves just two swipes of the Barcode reader. If errors need to be corrected, edit the invoice, then edit the individual task Steps.
To properly use Step Barcode, you must choose a print format that prints Barcode-Steps. It is possible for you to easily modify your print format using the Block format feature. See: Invoices-Printing for additional information.
You should also print Employee Barcode Badges for each Employee. To accomplish this, click PrnRep->Doc/Comp/Emp labels.
Quick Create is an option that allows you to quickly record the receipt of a case into the system for tracking purposes, with the intention of editing the invoice later when time permits. Quick Create consists of three elements. (1) Doctors name (2) Patient name (3) Pan number. When this information is entered, it creates a invoice in the system that allows employees other that the person that entered the information to quickly determine if the case in question has been received, what pan it is in and how many stations it has passed in the lab.
Find invoice is a method of tracking cases in the lab. You are able to select between viewing a single invoice via the Record number, Invoice number, Pan number, or a Doctor. After selecting a Doctor, you will be presented with a list of all the cases in the system for that particular doctor. After highlighting an invoice you will be presented with breakdown of the invoice including the scheduled Steps and if they have or have not been completed.
Reconciling allows you an alternate method of indicating cases that have been paid for. To access Reconciling, click the Invoice menu and then select Reconcile Invoices. This feature is commonly used to track third party payments. It is common for third party (insurance companies) to ignore a monthly statement and pay for each invoice, or batches of invoices as they are approved for payment. This function allows you to indicate by a check mark the invoice(s) that have been paid for.
Payments consist of Credits and Adjustments. A credit is payments made by the doctor or a third party, to be applied to his/her account balance and is considered by the system to be income to your lab. Adjustments are used to adjust a doctors balance up or down to correct billing errors. Adjustments are not considered by the system as income to the laboratory.
Credits and adjustments are applied to the oldest unpaid invoices in a doctor's account.
When you click Activity->Credit doctor account from the menu bar, the Credit View Options dialog is displayed.
This dialog allows you to filter how credits are viewed and printed. You may view All doctor's credits or a Specific doctor's credits. You can view All active credits, or just the credits issued during a Specific period. You may also select a Date range.
After verifying the Credit View Options are set correctly and clicking the Continue button, the Credits dialog box appears.
You may at any time change the Credit View filters by clicking the View Options button.
Selecting the Print button prints the collection report using the current credit View filters as selection criteria.
Clicking the Edit or Create New buttons will display the Edit Credit dialog box.
The Received date tells the system what date to apply the payment (credit) to the doctor's account. The Amount field is how much to credit the account. Positive numbers reduce a doctors balance. Doctor to credit allows you to select which doctor to credit. Use the Credit Information field to record information about the credit, such as the check number or you may want to type Thank you for payment. This field is printed on the standard statements.
When you click Activity->Adjust doctors account from the menu bar, the Adjustment View options dialog is displayed.
This dialog allows you to filter how you view or print adjustments. You may view All doctors adjustments or a Specific doctor's adjustments. You can view All active adjustments that have been entered, or the just the adjustments given during a Specific period. You may also select by a Date range.
After setting the Adjustment View options, the adjustment dialog box appears.
You may at any time change the view filters by clicking the View Options button.
Clicking the Print button will print a report showing adjustments, using the current view filters as the selection criteria.
Clicking the Create New or Edit buttons displays the Edit Adjustment dialog box.
Select the Doctor to Adjust. Date is the date the adjustment should apply to the doctor's account. Amount is how much to adjust a doctor's account. A positive number increases the doctor's balance. A negative (-) number decreased the doctor's balance. Please note that this is the opposite of a Credit. The Adjustment info field can hold the reason for the adjustment and is printed on the standard statement. An asterisk at the beginning of the amount field indicates that this is a non-taxable adjustment. If you remove the asterisk, the adjustment will be split into an adjusted sales figure and an adjusted tax figure calculated by the tax factor for the doctor in question for reporting purposes.
WinVoice™ helps to maintain your inventory by allowing you to create catalogs of various vendor items and purchase orders of items ordered. You also have the ability to reconcile purchase orders when the inventory is received. The inventory feature is complete with an electronic ordering module allowing you to place orders electronically to vendors using PECOS™ or X-Modem equipped servers.
Vendors in WinVoice™ are any entity that maintains a catalog. Each vendor is assigned a range of Barcodes that represent their items. We realize that the dental laboratory industry is lagging behind other industries in adapting a uniform Barcode system for their products. WinVoice™ to use Barcodes because it is just a matter of time before all vendors will support them. Barcodes consists of 10 numbers; the first five numbers are unique to the vendor. In Vendor Config, you assign the first five unique digits to each vendor you purchase from. You provide a range of 0145-0148 for instance. Each range provides a list of 9,999 items
A server is the entity that you place orders to. It can be the vendors computer or it may be a buying group that receives orders from their members and forwards them to specific vendors. For this reason, it is wrong to assume that the number of vendors would equal the number of servers
There are three different protocol choices in servers. You must contact the location your wishing to place orders to determine which methods are available to you. The first, PECOS™, uses the Personal Electronic Ordering System protocol to transfer information. The second, X-Modem uses a standard that is typical in the optical industry. The third, FAX allows you to use your FAX printer driver to send the order through your FAX modem, simulating an order sent to a computer.
Setup your modem information with this section. It is recommended that you use the auto-config button and only override sections if you are well-versed in modem commands.
Telxon units are hand-held devices that allow you to quickly scan large numbers of inventory items that have a barcode printed on them. The telxon unit is then attached to your computer through a serial port and the information is uploaded to WinVoice™. This configuration allows you to set various options for this serial port. It is recommend that you leave the settings at default.
When you first click to Browse catalogs, you are presented with the Browse catalog view options.
These options allow you to filter the type of inventory items you wish to view. You should first select the desired vendor at the bottom, then at the top you may select to search for a particular Barcode, a partial description, keyword, category code, or ranges of instock/onorder items. Once you click continue, the Catalog dialog is displayed.
You can sort the catalog using many of the methods used to locate items. When you find the item you wish to order, double click on it or use the buttons at the bottom to Add to the order list at the bottom half of the dialog. You are also able to create new or edit existing catalog items or their properties.
Two import files are used in WinVoice™. PRODUCT.DAT file and PRODUCT.NAM file. The PRODUCT.DAT file is designed line after line of the following, Barcode number (10 characters), Description (50 characters), Price (optional - 000.00 format), Category code (optional -3 digits 000), Keywords (optional). The PRODUCT.NAM file provides a vendor specific product code to represent the Barcode. It consists of line after line of Barcode number (10 characters) then the Vendor specific code (up to 10 characters)
Transmitting an order is easy using WinVoice™. Once clicked, you will be prompted to as to the server(s) your wishing to send to. Then you are asked to select vendor(s). This allows you to send just one or several orders at a time. WinVoice™ will cycle through the different servers until it successfully connects and sends each order or until the abort button is clicked.
WinVoice™ allows you to determine the length of your Billing period (billing cycle), as well as Archive (store) older invoices/credits to optimize system performance. Depending upon the size of your hard drive and the speed of your processor, it may never become necessary to delete or "purge" old invoices as with other software packages.
Indicating a date range to govern the billing period is a standard accounting principle. WinVoice™ allows you to set the start and end dates to match the way you currently cycle your billing periods. You may want to send statements every two weeks, on the 28th of each month or on the last day of every month, every quarter or year. The choice is yours.
You may close a period one of two ways. Select Close Period from the Activities menu or select, Print Statements and the Statement Report Options dialog box is displayed. By clicking the Close button, the Close Period dialog box appears.
The Closing date defaults to the current date. Click on the calendar button to change the closing date if necessary. It is very important that the Closing Date is on or after the date of your LAST invoice for the period to be closed and before your FIRST invoice for the