Û INSTALLING THE HOURLY RATES (SETUP) ± ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ ± ° ALPHAQUOTE enables the user to set HOURLY RATE values ° for typesetting, paste-up and design. These HOURLY ° RATE values are initially set at rates used in the ° Washington, D.C. area. Use the values supplied, enter ° your own values. Rates have been supplied in files ° with the extension "dta". You may use these rates as ° is or change them and save them with a new name. ° ° The answers to the questions in the SETUP function ° need only to be entered initially or when hourly rates ° change. Answer the questions as they appear. If ° SETUP has been completed once, those values will appear ° in the response boxes when SETUP is recalled. They may Û be modified at this time. All penalty and credit Û percentages are percentages which will be multiplied ° times the base price. In the example, a response of ° Fair for Copy/Pasteup conditions, will result in 15% of ° the base price ADDED to the base price. Telcom/Media ° percentages are CREDITS and will SUBTRACT that ° percentage from the base price. Use the Art/«/TAB ± penalty for artwork, halftones or more difficult work ± such as math, runarounds, or tabular. ° ° Productivity % is the relative efficiency of the person ° actually performing the work. 85% is considered normal. ° Increasing the percentage will decrease the base price ° (more efficient people do the work faster hence is costs ° less). Decreasing the percentage has the reverse effect. ° Unless you have a good understanding of hourly rates ° and production efficiency, leave this factor at 85% Û Û Page 2 of the SETUP function contains questions ° pertaining to Company Name, Company Address, Company, ° City/State. The responses are used to form the masthead ° portion of the printed report produced by selection 'P' ° (Print) of the MAIN MENU. ALPHAQUOTE contains a ° generic printer driver program that will work on most ° printers using the Epson FX80 standard. Select D for ° dot matrix printer, L for letter quality printers, ° 'G' for a generic printer or 'F' for file. ° ± This function needs to be accessed only when changes ± occur to the hourly rates or percentage factors. ° ° NOTE: When estimates are saved to disk, the setup rates ° in effect at the time are saved with the estimate. ° Loading an old estimate from disk will change the rates Û in setup to those in effect at the time of the estimate. Û Answer 'Y' (yes) to the Load Current Rates question in ° the setup menu to update old estimates. Press F2 to see ° the change to the new rates. Please be sure to save ° the estimate again this time containing the new rates. ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ± ± Û Û