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MacNail Accounting Manual

The MacNail construction accounting software includes basic accounting, job costing and payroll.

NOTE-- MacNail has been replaced by the Goldenseal software, which does everything that MacNail did, in a much more convenient format.

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Other MacNail manuals-- Estimating, Scheduling, Customizing, Spec Writer

Accounting Basics
Welcome
Using Macintosh / Windows
Using Excel
System Requrements
Using the Accounting Manual
Getting Help
Technical Support
Backing Up
Installing
Folder Setup (accounts folder )
MacNail Overview
Accounting Overview

ACCOUNTING TUTORIAL
Basics
Master Index (employees, projects)
Checkbook Ledger (expenses, deposits, cash expenses)
Expense Logs
Labor Costs (entering data)
Material Costs (entering data)
Subcontractor Costs
Finding Accounting Records (example 1, example 2)
Reports (financial, payroll, job costs, 1099)
Sorting Accounting Records
Job Costing (starting, from estimates , posting, worksheets, project costs, tracking costs)

Accounting Worksheets
Basics (types, structure)
Which Logbooks to Use (setup)
Which Ledgers to Use
New Accounting Files (types)
Adding Rows
Lookup Formulas
Correcting Errors
Master Index (employees, payroll info, vendors, projects)
Checkbook Ledgers (opening, structure, jobs, job costing, deposits, who to, check number, running total, cc column, deposits, split payments, reconciling, reconcile hints, multiple ledgers, posting)
Labor Log (time cards, jobs, job costs, posting)
Material Log (cost entry, jobs, job costs, cost posting, sales tax)
Subcontractor Log (cost entry, job costs)
Misc Log
Finding Accounting Records (criteria, checking bad data, finding, extracting)
Accounting Reports (creating, 1099)
Sorting (types of)

Payroll Accounting
Basics
Record Keeping
Payroll Blanks (updating, federal taxes, state taxes)
Payroll Hours Report
Payroll Report (salaried e
E mployees
, multiple wage rates, overtime, no labor hours)
Payroll Files (mid-year, tax payments)
Payroll Burden Feedback

PROJECT Job Costing
Basics
Cost Control Manager
Job Cost Options
Using Job Cost Info
New Cost Control Worksheets (from estimates)
Job Cost Subcategories
Job Costing Options
Job Cost Posting (checking, fixing, reposting)
Cost Control Worksheets (estimated vs actual, project progress, project tracking, progress payments)
Allowances
Change Orders
Office Overhead Expenses
Small Projects
Profit & Loss Reports (posting, checking, fixing, opening, customizing)

Accounting Managers
Basics
Accounting Menus
Accounting Macros (speed)
File menu (New, Open File, Saving)
Edit menu (Adding Rows, Ledger Items, Delete Rows)
Formula menu (Lookups, Query)
Format menu (Main Files)
Data menu (Sort, Payroll, Accounting Options, Beep, Saving, Pennies, Payroll Options, Fix Database)
MacNail menu (Logs)
Cost Control File menu (Open)
Cost Control Edit menu
Cost Control Formula menu
Cost Control Format menu
Cost Control Data menu
Cost Control Options menu (job cost options)

Accounting Hints
Data Entry (checking for errors)
Closing the Year
Repeat Expense
Accounts Payable (reports)
Purchase Orders
Petty Cash
Cash Accounting / Accrual Accounting
Equipment & Tools
Income Taxes
Other Computer Uses
Excel 2.2 (memory)
Excel Formulas
Excel Windows
File Management (accounting files, file finder)
Memory Management (partitions, speed, speed hints, Multifinder, linked files)
Document Protection
Calculation Mode
Printing
Troubleshooting (addition, blanks, extract, macros, memory, invalid range, bombs, keyboard, commands)
Glossary (A, C, F, L, T)

Accounting 3.4 Supplement
Basics
Payroll Options (settings, payday, dates, monthly payroll)
Payroll Blanks (settings)
Employee Index (employees, master index, multiple states)
Payroll reports
Payroll files (mid-year payroll, updating, supplemental)
W-2 Forms
1099 Forms
Check Printing (blanks, addresses, options, setup, printing, check numbers, deleting, customizing)
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