Changing Contract Text

NOTE-- Goldenseal software for construction companies replaced MacNail, back in 2000. It handles construction spec writing, plus accounting, construction estimating, and project management, This manual is still online, as a courtesy to die-hard MacNail users! Goldenseal easily exports data to the Excel spreadsheet (or any other software). However, it's usually better to work with contracts in a word processor like Microsoft Word.

Editing Contract Text in Excel

To add more rows of text to a contract in spreadsheet format, follow these steps:

1. Click in the row just below where you'd like to insert text, and drag down through as many rows as you'll need for the new text.
2. Choose Add Rows from the Specs menu.
3. Type the text into the blank rows that were added.

To delete one or more rows from a spreadsheet contract created from the MacNail construction management software, follow these steps:

1. Click anywhere in the row or rows you'd like to delete.
2. Choose Delete Row from the Edit menu.

To add or change text within an individual spreadsheet cell, follow these steps:

1. Click in the cell containing the text you'd like to change.
2. In the formula bar, select the text you'd like to replace, or the place you'd like to add additional text.
3. Type in the desired text.
4. Click the Enter key.

To delete text from an individual spreadsheet cell, follow these steps:

1. Click in the cell containing the text you'd like to delete.
2. In the formula bar, select the text to remove.
3. Click the Delete or Backspace key on your keyboard.
4. Click the Enter key.