Tabs3 allows you to enter up to 250 characters of text to be printed as a message at the end of each billing statement and cover statement. This message can be used for special notices to clients or for greetings during holidays, etc. This message is sometimes referred to as the global ending message.

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: There are 3 possible alignments: 1) left justified with the client name and address; 2) left justified with the transaction description; and 3) center justified. By default, each line of the text will print left justified with the transaction description. The code "\C" can be used at the beginning of a line to center the text. Likewise, the code "\L" can be used at the beginning of a line to left justify the text with the client name and address. (Tip: If you want a line other than the first line to be centered, make sure the code is at the beginning of a line and follows a hard carriage return on the previous line.)

Dates: The date codes "\S", "\B" and "\E" can be used anywhere 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 files on a statement, this message is printed only for the last file.

See also:   Statement Example
  All About Statement Notes
  Changing the Default Font