Flagging Items

NOTE-- We retired the MacNail estimating program in 2000, and replaced it with Goldenseal construction estimating software. There are still a significant number of die-hard MacNail users, so we keep the manuals online for them! Goldenseal is an integrated program that also includes accounting, scheduling and contract writing features. Goldenseal also allows you to 'flag' any records, so you can find them easily, later.

Flag Items...

Choose Flag Items to mark a new or changed line item in a MacNail Estimate, Estimator or Price Master. The Move Prices command can work on just the flagged items, greatly speeding up its operation.

To flag one or more rows:
1. Drag the mouse through any cells in the row or rows you'd like to flag.
2. Choose Flag Items from the Edit Menu.
3. Click OK in the confirming dialog box.
4. The selected items will be flagged.

Flagging Estimating worksheets

The MacNail construction management software flags items in an Estimate or Estimator by converting the number in the code column of Specifications to a negative.

NOTE: an item that does not have a number in the code column will not be flagged!

When you move prices out of an construction estimating worksheet and into another estimating worksheet or a Price Master, you'll have the option of moving only the flagged items. Since only a few items will have to be checked and moved (instead of almost a thousand), moving prices will be significantly faster if you work only with flagged items.

Whenever you make any change in a construction estimating worksheet that you might later want to move to a Price Master or to another estimating worksheet, be sure to flag it!