                   Entering Data in a Form

Use UpArrow and DownArrow to move the cursor between the
fields. Use PageUp and PageDown to scroll the screen. To edit
the information in a field use LeftArrow, RightArrow, Del,
and BackSpace. Ins toggles the insert status from insert to
overwrite.

Press F10 or / to open the main menu.

Speed keys available when entering data in a tax form:

 F2-Select Form,  F3-Quick View,  F4-Save file, F5-Load file,
 F6-Override,     F7-Notepad,     F8-Itemize,   F9-Calculate
 Ctrl-LeftArrow  - Previous multiple,
 Ctrl-RightArrow - Next nultiple
                    About the Main Menu

Use the left and right arrow keys to move the menu bar. To
select a choice in the menu press the capital letter in the
choice's name, or move the menu bar over that choice and
press Return or DownArrow

If a pop-up menu is displayed, you can jump to the next
adjacent pop-up menu by pressing the left or right arrow
keys.

Press Esc to exit the main menu, and return to the current
tax form.



                 About the Pop-up Menus

Use the up or down arrow keys to move the menu bar. To select
a choice in the menu press the capital letter in that
choice's name, or move the menu bar over that choice and
press Return.

Press Esc to exit the current pop-up menu, and return to the
previous level pop-up menu if any, or to the main menu.







                 About the Directory Window

Use the arrow keys to move the highlight bar over the
filename desired, and press Enter to select. Use PgUp and
PgDn to scroll pages. Subdirectories are identified by a "\"
character trailing the filename. To see the files in a
subdirectory just move the highlight bar over the name of
that subdirectory, and press Enter.

The DOS global characters "*" and "?" may also be used when
specifying a directory mask. For example, entering "*.COM"
for a filemask will show all the files with an extension of
"COM". Use the "*.*" filemask to see ALL the files on the
disk.

Press Esc to exit the directory window.


           Entering a Filename or a Directory Mask

The DOS global characters "*" and "?" can be used, in which
case the directory window will pop-up allowing you to "point
& shoot" the desired file. For example, entering "*.COM" for
a filemask will show all the files with an extension of
"COM". Use the "*.*" filemask to see ALL the files on the
disk. You may also specify a directory path and/or a drive.








                   About the Forms Menu

Use the arrow keys to move the menu bar. To select a form
from the menu, press the capital letter in front of that
form, or move the menu bar over that form and press Return.
Note that if you press the letter in front of the form name,
whether it is uppercase or lowercase is important.

If the forms menu was invoked from "Select form", "New form",
"Clear form", or "Remove form", the number after the form
name indicates the number of multiples of that form.

If the forms menu was invoked from "Form charges" of the
"Billing info" in the "Options" submenu of the "Utilities"
submenu, the charge for that form will be shown after the
form name.
                       About Itemize

The first alphanumeric entry in the window is the itemization
page's name, and next to it is the page total.

Use the up and down arrows to move between fields, and the
left and right arrows to move inside the field. Use Del and
BackSpace to edit the field. Ins toggles the insert status
from insert to overwrite, and vice-versa.

Pressing F6 will exit the itemization page and remove it from
memory. Pressing Esc will exit the itemization page, retain
it in memory, and carry the page total over to the line from
which it was invoked. Pressing F5 will clear the page. To see
an existing itemization page use "View and change", or go to
the line whose itemization you wish to see, and press F8.
                   About View and Change

This allows you to see itemization pages previously created
with the "Itemize" option in the "Itemize" menu. Use the
arrow keys to move around. Use PageUp and PageDown to see the
previous or the next itemization pages.

View and change always shows the itemization pages in the
order that they were created in.

Pressing F8 will remove the itemization page currently shown
from memory. Pressing F7 will clear the form to zero, but
will not remove it from memory. Note that any changes that
affect the total line will also be reflected on the form line
it itemizes. Removing an itemization page from memory does not
affect the form line it itemizes.
                    About the Clock Menu

Use the up or down arrows to move the menu bar. Select a menu
choice by pressing the capital letter in that choice's name,
or by moving the menu bar over the choice desired, and
pressing Enter.










                      About the Notepad

The notepad provides 60 lines each 60 characters long, for a
total of 3600 characters. You may use this notepad for
storing notes about the return. The notepad is saved as part
of the tax return.

Use the up and down arrows to move between the lines. Use the
left and right arrows and the Home and End keys to move
inside the line. Use Del, and BackSpace to edit a line. Use
PageUp and PageDown to change the page.

F5 will clear the notepad. F6 will remove the notepad from
memory, thus freeing the place it occupies to the system.


                   About the Client Letter

The client letter provides you with a means of designing a
standard letter to print with the tax return for your
clients. The client letter will automatically take the client
name and his address from the tax return.

The client letter is saved as part of the TaxBreak's
options file. You can design more than one client letter, as
long as you save it to disk under a different filename.

F5 will clear the letter. F6 will remove the letter from
memory, thus freeing the place it occupies to the system.



                   About Tax Preparer's Info

Here you enter the information pertaining to the tax preparer
and/or his company. Just like the Client letter, this can be
saved with Save options.











                    About Filepath Specs

Here you enter the directory paths and drives that the
program will use in its operations. If you do not use
subdirectories, just leave these entries blank.

Clients --- directory path where client files are stored
Forms ----- directory path to the TaxBreak form overlays
Laser ----- directory path to the laser form overlays
Program --- directory path where the TaxBreak program and
            any utility program are stored
Options --- directory path where the options files are stored

Filepath specs are saved with the options.


                     About Print Specs

Here you enter information to be used by TaxBreak when
printing the forms.

Sequences of codes have to be separated by any one of these
characters: , . < > or space. The codes entered are ASCII
codes for that particular command or character. For example,
the code for A is 65, the code for B is 66, the code for Esc
is 27, etc.

Print specs are saved with the options.




                       About Colors

Here you can change the display colors that TaxBreak uses
for display.

There are 127 color combinations available. To change a color
combination use the up or down arrows to move the cursor to
the color you wish to change, then enter a new color code
from the color table below.

The colors are saved with the options.





                    About Verify Box

Enter:

     Y - to proceed with the action

     N or Esc - to cancel action


This gives you a "last chance" to change your mind before
proceeding with a radical action (such as removing a form).





                      About Input Box

This window pops-up everytime the program requires you to
enter some more information in order to proceed with a
particular action. This may be an alphanumeric or a numeric
entry.










                      About Transfer

The Transfer provides 120 lines. You may use Transfer for
transfering values from one form to another. The first field
is the form name from where the value was imported, the
second field is the multiple of that form, the third field is
a user-entered comment, and the fourth field is the value to
transfer. Use the up and down arrows to move between the
lines. Use PageUp and PageDown to change the page. The
Transfer is saved as part of the tax return.

F5 will clear the notepad. F6 will remove the notepad from
memory, thus freeing the place it occupies to the system. F3
will import the value at the cursor location, in the current
form. F4 will export a value from the Transfer window to the
cursor location in the current form.
                  Entering Batch Filenames

The filenames you enter here will be printed in batch when
the "Batch print" switch is ON. If you already specified a
file path for your client files in the "File specs" window
of the "Options" menu, this file path will be automatically
entered on each line of the Batch Filenames window. To add a
filename to an existing file path, press the End key to move
the cursor to the end of the file path entry, and enter the
filename there.














