Individual Settings - Company Info
The Company Info setting is included in the following Standard products:
- Standard Accounts (System module)
- Standard Contracts
- Standard Invoicing
- Standard Nominal Ledger
- Standard POS
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Use this setting to record your company's name and address, and other particulars such as phone and fax numbers, and the bank and bank account number. This information will be printed as appropriate on all documents.
If you are using Standard Accounts, you will find the Company Info setting in the System module. Use the [Module] button in the Master Control panel to enter the System module before working with this setting. Then, as in every Standard product, open the setting by first clicking the [Settings] button in the Master Control panel and then double-clicking 'Company Info' in the 'Settings' list. The 'Company Info: Inspect' window will be opened.
When you start using a Standard product and create a new database, you will be asked to provide your Company name and address in the 'Create a New Company' window, as described on the
Starting any Standard product - New Installation page. This information will be copied to the Company Info setting as shown above.
Apart from the Company Name, Address etc, you should enter the following information in this setting, on the 'Reg. No.' card:
- Reg. No.
- Enter your company registration number here. This information can then be printed on any appropriate documentation.
- VAT No.
- Enter your VAT Registration Number here. This information can then be printed on any appropriate documentation.
- Bank 1, Bank 2
- You should enter your company's main bank account number(s) here. This information can then be printed on any appropriate documentation.
- Bank Customer ID
- This is an ID number used for electronic communication with certain banks and other credit institutions in some countries. Please contact your local Standard product representative for details.
- Edit Font, Report Font, Report Font Size
- Paste Special
Fonts in your system
- These fields allow you to select different fonts for use on screen and in reports respectively. If you leave these fields empty, default fonts selected for maximum readability will be used. You should only change them if you have good reasons to do so. In non-English versions of the Standard products, use these fields to select fonts with special character sets.
- Commercial Reg. No.
- This field is used in Portugal. Enter the commercial registration number of your company. This information is required for SAF-T reporting.
- Home Community
- This field is used in Portugal. Enter the region or district in which your company is located. This information is required for SAF-T reporting.
The following additional fields are included in Standard Invoicing:
- VAT Law
- Paste Special
Choices of possible entries
- Use this field to ensure the behaviour of your Standard application conforms to the local accounting conventions in your country. If your country is not listed in the 'Paste Special' list, choose the "Default" option.
- Character Set
- Paste Special
Choices of possible entries
- This field is used to control sorting in your Standard application. In countries where the alphabet differs to that of the UK/US, sorting by ASCII codes produces a list that is not in the correct alphabetical order: use this field to overcome this problem.
Confirm the entry by clicking [Save], or cancel it by closing the window using the close box.
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