PayCheck 1.3 Instruction Manual

  
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PayCheck is an easy-to-use hours-worked tracking application that will, with a few daily taps of the stylus, keep track of your time card to make sure your company is calculating your payable hours correctly.  No more guessing or trying to remember what times you punched in or punched out during the day for each week.  No more photocopying your time card then trying to decipher the time intervals.  It's all right there, saved digitally for future reference to match against your pay stub each week.

Version 1.3 Update
Improved Table Display Pagination; Now Faster & More Accurate ...
Instituted More Color; Alternating Row Colors On Table Displays ...

   This is the main Unpaid display that shows all your Unpaid Pay Periods ...

... Check the [ ] Paid checkbox to show all your Paid Pay Periods
... Tap on the ( New Period ) button to start a new Pay Period
... Tap on any Pay Period to Edit

At the bottom right on the screen you will find the "Difference" between what you are due and what your company actually paid you.  On this display, it will always be what your are due ...
   This is the Paid display that shows all your Paid Pay Periods ...

... Uncheck the [ ] Paid checkbox to show all your Unpaid Pay Periods
... Tap on the ( New Period ) button to start a new Pay Period
... Tap on any Pay Period to Edit

At the bottom right on the screen you will find the "Difference" between what you are due and what your company actually paid you.  On this display, it shows your total variance ...
   The Options Menu on this screen allows you to maintain your Pay Period database and manage your available memory ...

... Purge All Paid /P will delete all your paid Pay Periods
... Purge >30 Days /3 will delete all periods older than 30 days from today
... Purge >60 Days /6 will delete all periods older than 60 days from today

Note:  Always HotSync before doing any database purging.  There are built-in alerts to give you another chance to change your mind, but if you make a mistake, you may always reload your last HotSync'd database.
   This the PayCheck Data Entry Screen that allows you to enter your daily time cards for each Pay Period week ...

Also, you may start a new week by tapping on the New Record Icon, or Delete the current week by tapping on the Trash Can Icon.

The ( All ) button will take you to the main screen displays.  Note:  This page automatically calculates each day when you leave this screen, due to the complexity of this calculation this may take a while depending on the MHz speed of your PDA.
   First ... Enter your Pay Period Ending Date by tapping on the field in the upper right-hand corner, then, using the Date Selector, choose the Date that this particular Pay Period will end ...
   Then ... Tap on the corresponding fields under the Days of the Week utilizing the built-in Time Selector (keyed to the exact time for new fields for entry at the time clock; and the time entered for filled fields for minor adjustments) ...
   ... Enter your Clock In Time for each day by tapping on the 1st Field
... Enter your Lunch Punch Out Time by tapping on the 2nd Field
... Enter your Lunch Punch In Time by tapping on the 3rd Field
... Enter your Clock Out Time by tapping on the 4th Field
... Tap the ( Calc ) button to calculate your Total Hours Due for the week.
Note:  Due to the complexity of this calculation this may take a while depending on the MHz speed of your PDA ...


See Time Calculation Conventions Below ...
   Note:  Your Clock In & Clock Out Times should be rounded off to the nearest 15 minute interval.  Your Lunch Punch Out & Punch In times can be any start and stop time as long as the interval between is in 15 minute intervals.  Most companies use this formula for calculating your time card.  How they round up and down, however, varies between companies ... If you only work a half a day, your Lunch Punch Out & In times must be the same as your Punch Out time, or if you don't take a lunch, pick a time and make the Lunch Punch Out & In times the same ...
All fields for each day worked MUST BE filled in! ... If you don't follow these simple rules, you will get inconsistent results ... Also, this version does not support cross-date shifts.  For example, 11:00 pm to 7:00 am will not calculate correctly, however, 12:00 am to 8:00 am will.
   The Options Menu on this screen allows you to clear any day.  Due to the Time Select Dialog function you cannot remove a time with the normal Palm OS® Edit & Delete options, so I have included day clearing options to fix any mistakes you may make on any day.
   When you are paid, access the Pay Period from the Unpaid Pay Period display and check the [ ] Paid checkbox and enter the number of hours your company paid you in the Paid ~ Hrs: field.  Then tap ( All ) and access the Paid Pay Period display to see if you were overpaid (Good) or underpaid (Bad).

You may also enter 40 in the Paid ~ Hrs: field at any time to see how many hours you will need to get in your 40 for the week.  This will show in the Unpaid Pay Period display.
If you have any further questions concerning the operation of this application not covered in the manual above, please log on to www.dhsSoft.com and fill out the Support Request Form.  If you are already online, just click on the Support menu option above.

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