PAGE-LITE VERSION 1.21  ** README.TXT **
This file describes the latest enhancements to Page-Lite
and contains last minute manual changes not included in 
the printed manual.

STATEMENT PRINTING PROGRAM PRINTS BILLING PERIODS
When print statements, you will be given the option to 
print a billing period for the current transactions shown
on the billing statement.  The system will assume your 
company bills in advance when calculating the periods.  
The periods (pre-calculated by the system) will appear on
the screen when running the statement printing program.
You can adjust these to accommodate your particular billing
cycles or select to not print billing periods on the 
statements.

PROGRAM TO DELETE A/R JOURNAL ENTRIES INCORRECTLY POSTED
BY THE RECURRING CHARGE POSTING PROGRAMS
Once per month the recurring charge file should be posted
to the A/R Journal File.  If the wrong date are used and/or
the recurring charge file has incorrect entries, a program
has been written to delete the A/R Journal entries and to
reset the prorated indicator in the Recurring charge file.
This program can be found in the Utilities Menu.

PROGRAM TO DELETE CUSTOMERS AND THEIR TRANSACTIONS
In the previous version of Page-Lite, the software would
not allow deletion of customers who had recurring charges
or A/R Journal entries attached to them.  The current 
version will allow deletion of customers and their related
recurring charge file entries and A/R Journal entries.  This
program can be found in the Utilities Menu.

EDIT CUSTOMER COMMENTS
In the previous version of Page-Lite, the software would 
not allow modifications to customer comments once they were
attached to the customer.  The current version will allow
editing of customer comments.  This program has replaced the
Enter Comments option in the F4(Options) menu from the Daily
Operations screen with the option to Enter/Edit Comments.

PRE-POSTING PRINT OF RECURRING FILE
Before posting the recurring charge file, you can print
a report listing all amounts that will be charged to 
each account.  This report is different from the recurring
file report because it includes only the customers who will
be billed in the selected period, the prorated amounts, 
and any flat fees charges.  To print this report, select
the Post Recurring Charges option from the End of Month 
menu and select to print report at the Pop-up window that
appears after entering your selection in the Prorate & 
Bill for Period field.

POSTING THE RECURRING CHARGE FILE
*** VERY IMPORTANT ***  The recurring charge file should
be posted to the A/R Journal File once per billing period.
Every time the recurring file is posted, a copy of the
recurring charges due for billing are copied to the A/R
Journal File (The A/R Journal File is used as the "live"
billing file).

RECURRING FILE CHANGES
To accommodate areas of the country where tax is charged
on airtime services, but not on additional services such
as maintenance and pager protection plans, a feature has
been added to exclude recurring entries from being taxed.
Enter a "*" in the description field along with the
description of the recurring charge, the entry will not
be taxed when posting the recurring file.  If no taxes
are charged, the "*" is not necessary since no tax codes
will be in the tax codes file.

TAX CODES FILE
The tax codes file is used only if taxes should be 
automatically added to recurring charges when they are
posted.  If no taxes on paging services are charged in 
your area do not use.

************ ADD-ON PROGRAMS FOR PAGE-LITE ************
New add-ons to Page-Lite have been released which 
provide additional capabilities in collections,
advertising optional services, reconciliation of your
billing with you carriers bill to you, and customized
reporting.

                    AUTO-PAGE
Automatically pages all customers or only those who
are late paying their bills (based on their accounts
receivable balance).  Auto-Page sends a number you 
select to each pager; usually the number of a pager
with a custom greeting and/or a voice mail message
informing the customer that their bill is past due. 
Auto-Page can also be used as a sales tool to page all
of your customers to promote additional paging options
such as custom greeting or voice mail. $99.00
     
               REPORT GENERATOR
The report generator can be used to produce customized
reports from Page-Lite.  It gives access to all data
entered in Page-Lite and the ability to output the data
in report format to the screen, the printer, or to a disk
file for use in other programs. $99.00

            PAGING TERMINAL INTERFACE
The paging terminal interface is used for quick access
to paging terminals for faster activations, deactivations,
and service modifications.  The Terminal Interface can 
dial the paging terminal, enter your company ID and 
password(s), and step through the terminal menu screens 
to the activation screen all automatically. $99.00

                  AUTO VERIFY
The auto-verify program will compare your bills from your
paging carrier (provided on diskette) with the bills you are 
sending to customers with Page-Lite.  It will check to see if
you are billing for all pagers your company is getting billed
for by your paging carrier. $99.00
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