Setting Up MISTRO Finance - Working with Multiple Data Files

This section describes how to work with multiple data files in MISTRO Finance

Mistro Finance sets up a data file for your use the first time you run the program. It is usually stored in the C:\MISTRO\FINANCE\DATA folder. If you wish to work with multiple files, you need to learn how to open and create different files. You should only need to do this if you run two separate business that use separate bank accounts.

To change between data files:

· From the main menu of Mistro Finance, select File

· Click the Open button.

This will produce a small window listing all current data files

· In the large, lower box; click the name of the data file you wish to open.

Note: If the name of the file is not listed, you may need to first click the small arrow at the right of the middle box to select the correct drive, in which the data file is located

· Then click Select

This will return you to the main screen of Mistro Finance with your newly opened data file in place and its name listed in the bar at the top of the screen.

Every time you start Mistro Finance, the last data file you were working with will be opened. You can check which file you are using at any time by referring to the top line on the screen.

To create a second data file:

· From the main menu of Mistro Finance, select File

· If you want to set up a new file with the standard categories provided with Mistro, click the Open button, click on the StandardGST folder, then click the Select button. This opens Mistro’s StandardGST file.

· Now click File again, and then click the New button. This will produce a small window seeking details of the data file to be created

· In the space below Directory name, type the name (short name) you wish to give this file (eg. a short name for your business or partnership)

· A dialog box appears allowing you to select the information you wish to copy from the StandardGST file into your new file. Do this by ticking the appropriate options. The usual selections have already been made for you.

· Click Proceed

This will return you to the main screen of Mistro Finance with your new data file in place and its name listed in the bar at the top of the screen.