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        <div class="ho_OverviewHeading"><a name="829548">Preferences window</a>—System view</div>
        <div class="b_Body"><a name="824766">This view of the Preferences window enables you to set up general system preferences.</a></div>
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        <div class="hps_ProcedureSubheading"><a name="866018">I Use MYOB RetailManager</a></div>
        <div class="b_Body"><a name="866025">If you want to automatically import general journal entries from </a>RetailManager, select this option.</div>
        <div class="b_Body"><a name="866029">After you select this option, close your company file, and follow the export procedure in </a>RetailManager to create the retail.txt file, if you haven’t already done so. When you reopen your company file, the transactions will be imported automatically.</div>
        <div class="hps_ProcedureSubheading"><a name="868234">I Use Timeslips Accounting Link (TAL)</a></div>
        <div class="b_Body"><a name="868235">If you want to use Timeslips Accounting Link (TAL) with your MYOB software, select this option. TAL enables </a>you to export your account list to Timeslips (a third-party time and expense tracking system) and to import general journal entries from it.</div>
        <div class="b_Body"><a name="868239">If you select this option, you will be prompted to either export your accounts list immediately or later.</a></div>
        <div class="hps_ProcedureSubheading"><a name="869266">I Prefer to Use Help From the Internet, Rather Than My Computer</a></div>
        <div class="b_Body"><a name="869267">You can choose to view this help information using the files installed on your hard drive or by accessing them </a>from the Internet. If you want to view the help files from the Internet, select this option. One benefit of using the help files from the Internet is that you will always be viewing the latest updated information.</div>
        <div class="hps_ProcedureSubheading"><a name="845565">Warn if Jobs Are Not Assigned to All Transactions [System-wide]</a></div>
        <div class="b_Body"><a name="845569">If you want to be reminded when you attempt to record a transaction that doesn’t have a job assigned to it, </a>select this option. </div>
        <div class="hps_ProcedureSubheading"><a name="864629">Turn on Category Tracking: Categories are </a><span style="font-style: italic;">Required/Not Required </span>on All Transactions [System-wide]</div>
        <div class="b_Body"><a name="865258">If you want to assign a category to each of your transactions, select this option. If you want to make entering a </a>category mandatory for every transaction, select <span style="font-weight: bold;">Required</span>. If you want to make entering a category optional, select <span style="font-weight: bold;">Not Required</span>. </div>
        <div class="hps_ProcedureSubheading"><a name="863243">For Time Billing, Enter Time In Special </a><span style="font-style: italic;">xx</span> Minute Billing Units (MYOB Accounting Plus only)</div>
        <div class="b_Body"><a name="863261">If you want to enter time billing units for hourly activities in units other than whole hours, select this option. For </a>example, if your company bills for time in 12-minute units, select this option and then select 12 from the list. One time billing unit will now equal 12 minutes. Using 12-minute billing units, you would enter 1.5 units on an activity slip to record 18 minutes of time worked.</div>
        <div class="b_Body"><a name="863268">When you’re viewing records by hours/units in time billing windows throughout your MYOB software, your </a>entries will be displayed in the units you specify here. However, timesheets and time billing invoices will display your billable units as whole hours.</div>
        <div class="b_Body"><a name="863269">For example, assume you bill for time in 6-minute units, and you create an activity slip for 10 units. Then, you </a>create an invoice in the Prepare Time Billing Invoice window to bill that activity slip in full, or to bill for 10 units. The invoice you create will display 1 in the Hrs/Units column of the line item for the activity. Your customer knows that you’re billing for an hour of your time, even though you think of it as 10 six-minute units. </div>
        <div class="hps_ProcedureSubheading"><a name="863271">Round Timer-Calculated Time xx x Minute Increment</a> (MYOB Accounting Plus only)</div>
        <div class="b_Body"><a name="863272">If you want to round time that is clocked using the timer in the Enter Activity Slip window to a particular minute </a>increment, select this option. Select to round Up To the Next, Down to the Previous or To the Nearest increment and enter the increment.</div>
        <div class="b_Body"><a name="863273">For example, if you want to round the actual time you clock with the timer up to the next minute, choose Up </a>To the Next and enter 1 in the field. Now, if you clock 21 minutes and 32 seconds of an activity, 22 minutes will be entered automatically in the Actual Units field.</div>
        <div class="hps_ProcedureSubheading"><a name="863277">I Include Items on Time Billing Invoices</a> (MYOB Accounting Plus only)</div>
        <div class="b_Body"><a name="863278">If you want to include items on time billing invoice, select this option.</a></div>
        <div class="hps_ProcedureSubheading"><a name="868288">I Use Timesheets</a> for <span style="font-style: italic;">Time Billing and Payroll/Payroll</span> and My Week Starts On --- [System-wide](Accounting Plus only)</div>
        <div class="b_Body"><a name="868376">Timesheets are used to track employee hours for payroll</a> and time billing purposes. If you want to use timesheets, note the following before you select this option:</div>
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                <div class="bb_Bulleted_inner"><a name="868377">Timesheet entries are used in payroll calculations </a><span style="font-weight: bold;">in addition to</span> Standard Pay.</div>
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        <div class="bbc_BulletedContinued"><a name="868378">If you mark the preference to use timesheets</a> for payroll only (use of timesheets for time billing activities is available for Accounting Plus users only), you can enter your employees’ hours in timesheets; they may be needed to calculate your employees’ payroll. </div>
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                <div class="bb_Bulleted_inner"><a name="868306">If you select this preference and choose to use timesheets for payroll</a><span style="font-style: italic;"> and</span> time billing, the hours you enter will be used to calculate your employees’ payroll, as described above. Additionally:</div>
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                <div class="bbi_BulletedIndented_inner"><a name="868307">The hours you enter in an activity slip will appear in the timesheet (if you select the Include Hours on </a>Timesheet option in the activity slip) and used for payroll. </div>
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        <div class="b_Body"><a name="868309">If you select this preference, you must also select the day you want to appear as the first day of the week on the </a>timesheet. Select the day using the <span style="font-style: italic;">My Week Starts on</span> field.</div>
        <div class="b_Body"><a name="869320">Select this option if you want to include hours recorded on activity slips (time billing slips) in employee pays. </a>When you select this option, time billing slip information will display in the first step of the Process Payroll assistant.</div>
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