Tabs3 allows you to enter up to 9 lines of text to be printed as a heading on the first page of each billing statement. These lines are typically used for the firm's name and address. Up to 60 characters of text can be entered on each line. These nine lines are sometimes referred to as the global heading. If no heading is desired, leave all 9 lines blank.

Enter an "*" in the first position of each line you do not want to print on the statement (the rest of the line must be blank--otherwise the asterisk and subsequent characters will print). If a line is left blank without the "*", a blank line is printed. However, if all 9 lines are blank, no blank lines are printed.

Formatting: Text in this field can be formatted to include bold, italic and underline attributes. These formatting attributes can be cleared by selecting the Clear Attributes option from the shortcut menu. The case of the selected text can be reversed by selecting the Reverse Case option from the shortcut menu.

Alignment: By default, each line is automatically centered. The code "\L" can be used anywhere in any of the lines to left justify the text with the client name and address.

Dates: The date codes "\S", "\B" and "\E" can be used anywhere in any of the lines to print the respective date specified (i.e., "\S" = Statement Date, "\B" = Beginning Fee Date and "\E" = Ending Fee Date). The format "MM/DD/YYYY" is used for the date codes. You can increment or decrement the date by adding the number of days you want to increment after the date code, or adding a minus sign (-) and the number of days you want to decrement after the date code. For example, "\S30" would increment the date by 30 days and "\S-30" would decrement the date by 30 days.

Note: When using date codes "\B" or "\E", a Beginning and/or Ending Fee Date must be entered on the Transactions tab of the Generate Statements program in order for the date to print on the statement.

Other Codes: The "\#" code can be used anywhere in the text to print the Client ID. The code "\%" can be used anywhere in the text to print the courtesy discount percentage.

Text Macros: This field allows the use of text macros. Various text macro options can be accessed via the shortcut menu.

Find: Right-clicking and selecting the Find menu option (or Ctrl+F) can be used to open a Find dialog allowing you to search for specified text in the field. Ctrl+G can be used to find subsequent occurrences of the previously specified text.

Note: This message is printed on all cover statements. When combining matters on a statement, this message is printed only for the first matter.

See also:   Statement Example
  All About Statement Notes