Tutorials

Tutorials

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PGdebt 9 video tutorials These will run at once (PG7/8 tutorials which also cover PG9 matters are lower down)	To view these tutorials, you need a browser with Java enabled and a recent version of Adobe Flash Player. Most Windows PCs meet these requirements. The tutorials will open up in a separate browser window. You may need to resize your browser to maximum, or press F11 to increase screen size. These videos are close to full size for PG9, which requires a 1024 x 768 minimum screen resolution. There is a video control bar below each tutorial screen, to start, pause, restart, stop, and reposition the video and set the sound volume. You can pause viewing at any time and drag the slider back to view again. Make sure you can see this control bar before starting.
Introduction to PGdebt 9 A basic introduction for new users (11 mins)	This is a basic introduction to all the main parts and windows in PGdebt 9. It's essential viewing for users who are not familiar with PGdebt. For experienced users who are upgrading, the videos below may be more useful.
3 minute demo of PGdebt 9 A quick demo of what PG9 does ! (3 mins)	Absolute PGdebt 9 basics
Word processor changes and email Upgrading from PG7/8 to PG9 (9 mins)	Changes in the presentation of the word processor and a completely new facility to send email from the program.
The new CFS PG7/8 to PG9 (11 mins)	The new CFS is completely different. This video descrobes the changes and how they operate with new files and files which still use the old CFS and the PGdebt FS.
The options window Including changes from PG7/8 to PG9 (4 mins)	PG9 has several new features which means that some changes have been necessary to the Options window.
Other tutorials	Please check out the PG7/8 tutorials below. Many of them are equally applicable to PG9and these are marked. Please note that these are not Flash tutorials, they have to be downloaded to your PC

PGdebt 9 .pdf data sheets	These are tutorial documents in .pdf format for reading on screen or printout
Summary of changes PG8-PG9	This describes the main changes from PG8 to PG9 and is itended for usesr upgrading from one to the other
Setting up and using email in PG9	This has full details and description of how to use email in PG9. It does take a bit of setting up before you can get going
Setting up your own letterhead in PG9	For Advanced user only, this data sheet tells how to set up a letterhead in PG8 and 9. This can be quite a complicated process. If you can't do it, we may be able to do this for you at a cost of around £50.00
Installation manual	This installation manual is actually part of the download, so it may already be on your PC, but it is available here just in case. This contains instructions for setting up PGdebt on a network.

PGdebt video tutorials
These must be downloaded. Some users may not be allowed to download these by their security settings
These are mainly PG7/8 tutorials, but those with PG9 alongside will still be helpful to PG9 users.

These tutorials all appear on the PGdebt 7/8CD. You can also download them from here onto your PC. Click on the tutorial and you will have th chance to run or save the file. You will probably wish to save it to somewhere on your PC so that you can view it again without downloading it every time. These files are quite large as they have a spoken soundtrack, and are suitable for broadband downloads only. The PC needs to have sound turned on to hear the commentary.

Many of the tutorials were made using PGdebt 7 but this is a minor issue. PG7/8/9 are very similar or even identical in many areas and the PG7 tutorials are still of great benefit to PG8 and PG9 users.

When the tutorial runs a small control panel appears, the mouse will work on this panel
Pressing the space bar will also pause and restart the tutorial

The "video" control buttons will start, begin again, fast forward and stop the tutorial...the slider on the right adjusts the volume
The Windows X at the top right will stop the whole thing

1. Creditor data (21mb) PG9
The creditor data window and the creditor database, collectors

2. Mail Merge (16mb) PG9
Basic mail merge, standard letters, word processor, printing letters

3. Statistics (24mb) PG9
Client and creditor statistics, inputting stats information,stats run and printouts

4. Options (not PG9) (17mb)
User and Supervisor options. files and paths,defaults,security,sync

5. Court Forms (18mb) PG9
Court forms, inputting CCJ details, claimant, page 1 and 2 of the forms

6. Templates (14mb) PG9
Weekly and monthly templates,changing, customising and saving templates, "Save as template"

7. Writing new standard letters (14mb) PG9
Writing new letters, inputting and using merge codes, saving letters

8. Backups (14mb) PG9
Backups, PGdebt internal backup system, which files to backup,backup location, restore from backup

9. Dockable laptops (12mb) PG9
Procedures for using a dockable laptop on and off a network

10. Statistics setup (24mb) PG9
How to set up and customise statistics...supervisors only

11. A Typical PGdebt session (12mb)
A typical practical session, open a file, make some changes, add a creditor, print FS, mail merge a letter to creditors

12. The PGdebt help system (19mb)
Description of how the PGdebt help system works, essential info if you do not understand how Windows help works

13. Income and Expenditure (22mb)
The financial statement window, income and expenditure sections, priority creditors, calculating money available

14. Non priority debts (15mb)
The financial statement window, non priority creditors section, calculating repayments, FS options

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