General Help/Guidelines

• Getting Started
• Calculate Bill
• Absents
• Vacations
• Settings
  • Newspapers
  • Premises
  • About

Getting Started

The application calculates the bill of newspapers which are given to a particular premises or house.
To start with you need to add at least a newspaper and a premises in the settings; then the bill can be calculated for the newspapers attached to the premises for desired month or period.

• Go to Settings > Newspapers and add a newspaper by pressing ✚.
• Fill the newspaper details and save it by pressing ✔.
• Go to Settings > Premises and add a premises by pressing ✚.
• Fill the premises details and press the Attach Newspapers button to attach the newspapers to the premises.
• Select the desired newspapers and save it by pressing ✔.
• Update the newspaper weekly quantity by pressing the individual newspaper (optional).
• Save the details by pressing ✔.
• Go to Calculate Bill and select the premises.
• Select the billing period either month or from/to dates.
• Press the Calculate button to get the bill summary.

Calculate Bill

It is used to calculate the bill of newspapers attached to a particular premises. If more than one newspaper is attached to the premises, bill summary page will show the details of each newspaper. If the premises list is empty or newspaper is not attached to the premises, use these steps to add a premises or attach newspaper.

• To calculate bill, select a premises.
• Select the billing period either Month-wise or Date-wise.
• Month-wise will allow to select month of a year and Date-wise will allow to select a date range.
• Press Month button or Date buttons to select the desired period.
• Press the Calculate button to calculate the bill.
• Bill Summary page will be shown with complete billing details.
• Press Vacations button to see the premises vacation dates during the billing period.
• Billing details of all the newspapers which are attached to the premises will be displayed below.
• Press Absents button to see the absence dates of corresponding newspaper during the billing period.
• Press Bill button to see the bill of corresponding newspaper.
• Total Bill for the premises will be shown at the bottom of the page.
• Press Share button to share the bill summary with E-mail, WhatsApp etc...

Absents

It is used to mark the calendar date whenever a newspaper is not delivered to the premises. Marked dates will not be considered during bill calculation for the corresponding newspaper. If the premises list is empty or newspaper is not attached to the premises, use these steps to add a premises or attach newspaper.

• To mark absent, select a premises.
• Select a newspaper attached to the premises.
• Press a calendar date to mark selected newspaper as absent. Absent Newspapers screen will be shown.
• Select other newspapers if those are absent as well.
• Save the selection by pressing Save button. Selected newspapers will be marked as absent for the corresponding date.
• Discard the selection by pressing Cancel button.
• To clear absent, select a premises.
• Select a newspaper attached to the premises.
• Press a calendar date to clear the absence. Absent Newspapers screen will be shown.
• Select Clear Absent and other newspapers if those are not absent as well.
• Save the selection by pressing Save button. Selected newspapers absence will be cleared for the corresponding date.
• Discard the selection by pressing Cancel button.

Vacations

It is used to mark the calendar dates whenever the premises is closed. Marked dates will not be considered during bill calculation for premises. If the premises list is empty, use these steps to add a premises.

• To mark vacation, select a premises.
• Press a calendar date to mark start date of the vacation. Vacation End Date screen will be shown.
• Select vacation end date. End date cannot be earlier than start date.
• Save the selection by pressing Save button. Vacation will be marked for the selected period.
• Discard the selection by pressing Cancel button.
• To clear vacation, select a premises.
• Press a calendar date to clear the vacation. Vacation End Date screen will be shown.
• Select Clear Vacation and vacation end date.
• Save the selection by pressing Save button. Vacation will be cleared for the selected period.
• Discard the selection by pressing Cancel button.

Settings

It is used to manage the newspapers, premises and provide general information about the application. You can add, edit and delete the newspapers and premises. Application uses these details while calculating the bills.

Newspapers

• Add a newspaper by pressing ✚. Fill the newspaper name. Duplicate name is not allowed.
• Price can be set between ₹ 00.00 to 99.99.
• Save newspaper details by pressing ✔.
• Edit a newspaper by pressing individual newspaper. You can update the newspaper name and price.
• Save the editing by pressing ✔ or discard the editing by pressing Back button.
• Delete the newspaper by pressing individual newspaper and then Menu > Delete.
• Newspaper cannot be deleted if it is attached to a premises. You need to detach it from all the premises and try deleting again.

Premises

• Add a premises by pressing ✚. Fill the premises name. Duplicate name is not allowed.
• Press the Attach Newspapers button to attach the newspapers to the premises.
• Select the desired newspapers. If the newspaper list is empty, use these steps to add newspapers.
• Save the selection by pressing ✔.
• Update the selected newspapers weekly quantity by pressing the individual newspaper.
• Newspaper weekly quantity can be set between 0 to 99.
• Save the premises details by pressing ✔.
• Edit a premises by pressing individual premises. You can update the premises name.
• Press Attach Newspapers button and select/unselect desired newspapers to attach/detach them to/from the premises.
• Save the selection by pressing ✔ or discard the selection by pressing Back button.
• You can update newspapers weekly quantity.
• Save the editing by pressing ✔ or discard the editing by pressing Back button.
• Delete the premises by pressing individual premises and then Menu > Delete.

About

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