Downloads for Mechanic

Specific downloads for the Mechanic Workshop Manager.  If you can't see anything then you probably don't have access.  Please contact us for details.

 

 

Road Worthy Photo Management Software

MechRW11Setup.exe Size: 2.4 MB Ext: exe

This is the Mechanic Road Worthy Photo Management Software.  You can download, install and run it for a trial period of 30 days before you have to purchase.

A licence of this software is $595 inc GST.

End Of Year Closing – Zeroing Out The Income And E

End-of-year-closing.pdf Size: 150 KB Ext: pdf

This document defines the year end process that is used to clear the income and expense ledger balances - moving the balances into the profit and loss account. 

How To Pay Suppliers By Credit Card - Simple Metho

How-to-pay-suppliers-by-credit-card-method-1.pdf Size: 134 KB Ext: pdf

This process shows how Mechanic can be used to track the payments from / to a credit card.  This is used to keep all the credit card payments up-to-date and so you can check your credit card balance at any time.

How To Pay Suppliers By Credit Card – Method Two

How-to-pay-suppliers-by-credit-card-method-2.pdf Size: 192 KB Ext: pdf

This process shows how enter purchases and then payments that are made by credit card.  This method can keep all the credit card payments up-to-date and so you can check your credit card balance at any time

Adjusting Small Amounts Using Journal Entries – To

Adjusting-Small-Amounts.pdf Size: 141 KB Ext: pdf

This process shows how to clean-up the small amounts that are occasionally left over from a transaction

How To Process AMEX Customer Payments – or any cre

AMEX-Payments.pdf Size: 329 KB Ext: pdf

This process shows how Mechanic can process customer payments by credit cards where fees are deducted from the invoiced amount

Bulk Deleting Customers

Bulk-deleting-customers.pdf Size: 272 KB Ext: pdf

The following procedure outlines bulk deleting customers, this will only allow you to delete customers that have not had any transactions entered against them, i.e. a customer with a posted invoice will not show for deletion

Changing the GST amount on a purchase order

Changing-the-GST-amount-on-a-purchase-order.pdf Size: 169 KB Ext: pdf

This document shows how to change the amount of GST on a purchase order

Changing the GST type of a ledger

Changing-the-GST-type-of-a-ledger.pdf Size: 91 KB Ext: pdf

A ledger was created and transactions were processed to this ledger.  But we have since found that the GST type of the ledger was incorrect.  How do we correct this?

Cheet Sheet

Cheet-Sheet.pdf Size: 105 KB Ext: pdf

The Mechanic Cheet Sheet showing all the function keys and Avanced Functions (I've kept the incorrect spelling from the original author - I'm assuming it was done for a reason)

Clearing A Paper Print – After Batch File Changes

Clearing-a-paper-print-after-batch-file-changes.pdf Size: 94 KB Ext: pdf

This document shows how to reset / clear the automatic paper printouts that occur when any changes are made to the Mechanic setup batch files

How to clear the Mechanic print queues

Clearing-print-queues2.pdf Size: 116 KB Ext: pdf

This document describes how to clear any or all of the three (3) Mechanic print queues

How to create and use a warranty form

Creating-and-using-a-warranty-form2.pdf Size: 297 KB Ext: pdf

Mechanic is able to print warranty forms for customers, checklists for job cards, reminders for customers and other types of forms

Deleteing A Part From An Invoice (Or Purchase Orde

Deleting-a-part-from-an-invoice.pdf Size: 101 KB Ext: pdf

This document describes the correct way to delete parts off an invoice or a purchase order

How to delete quotes and dead quotes

Deleting-quotes-and-dead-quotes2.pdf Size: 137 KB Ext: pdf

As part of regular system maintenance, it is recommended that the lists of Quotes and Dead Quotes are cleared out every year

End Of Month Reports

End-of-month-reports.pdf Size: 112 KB Ext: pdf

OverNet recommend that the following reports are run at the end of each month - as an end of month procedure

How to enter and BAS transaction into Mechanic

End-of-quarter-BAS-journal.pdf Size: 128 KB Ext: pdf

This document shows the simple method to enter the BAS transaction into your Mechanic data, including the payment to the ATO

Exporting Mechanic Data Into CSV Files

Exporting-data-from-Mechanic-into-CSV-files2.pdf Size: 592 KB Ext: pdf

The following procedure shows how to export the data fields from any ladder to a text file

How to keep the formatting when using texts and st

Formatted-stories-and-texts.pdf Size: 133 KB Ext: pdf

This document describes how to put formatting characters into a text or story item and then keep the formatting when inserting the text / story onto an invoice

GST Free Invoices

GST-Free-Invoice.pdf Size: 128 KB Ext: pdf

How to make an invoice TOTALLY free of GST

GST Setup and Calculations

GST-setup-and-calculations.pdf Size: 120 KB Ext: pdf

GST Setup and Calculations – for invoices, purchases, (Accruals Method)

How to change the labour rate – version 7.6 and ea

How-to-change-the-labour-rate.pdf Size: 103 KB Ext: pdf

This document describes the old method used to change the labour rate

How To Change The Vehicle Sticker Names

How-to-change-the-vehicle-sticker-names.pdf Size: 126 KB Ext: pdf

This process shows how Mechanic can change the names of the sticker fields for all the existing vehicles

How to Copy the Live Data into the Practice Area

How-to-copy-the-live-data-into-the-practice-area.pdf Size: 111 KB Ext: pdf

This document contains the steps used to copy the live Mechanic data into the practice area.  This is done so that the users are more familiar with the practice data and so can test new procedures more easily

How To Create A Customised Financial Report

How-to-create-a-customised-financial-report.pdf Size: 136 KB Ext: pdf

The Mechanic system has a program that allows the user to create and print reports of ledger total amounts.  This document shows how to create these reports

How to email an invoice – old method

How-to-email-an-invoice.pdf Size: 104 KB Ext: pdf

This is the old method used to create a file of a print job which can then be emailed to someone.  This has changed in v12 to allow Mechanic to print to any Windows based printer - including PDF creators.

How To Enter Opening Balances

How-to-enter-opening-balances.pdf Size: 140 KB Ext: pdf

This process shows how enter opening balances.  Opening balances are used to set the original amount that is against any account - a supplier, customer or ledger

How To Pay A Supplier With Petty Cash

How-to-pay-suppliers-with-petty-cash.pdf Size: 167 KB Ext: pdf

This following process shows a simple way to pay a supplier with Petty Cash instead of a cheque or a 30 day account

How To Print Customer Addresses Onto Labels

How-to-print-customer-labels.pdf Size: 102 KB Ext: pdf

This document defines the steps used to print customer addresses onto labels

How To Process A Bad Debt

How-to-process-a-bad-debt.pdf Size: 110 KB Ext: pdf

This document shows how to process a bad debt

How To Process A Bank Fees

How-to-process-a-bank-fees.pdf Size: 123 KB Ext: pdf

This document shows how to process a bank fees so that the reconciliation of a bank statement is 100% complete – down to the cent

How To Process Drawings

How-to-process-drawings.pdf Size: 151 KB Ext: pdf

This process shows how Mechanic can process drawings - where an amount is deducted from the bank account and used to pay the business owner

How to view or edit any Mechanic print job instead

How-to-view-a-print-job.pdf Size: 158 KB Ext: pdf

Set up Mechanic to work under Windows efficiently

Win2000-or-XP-computer-setup.pdf Size: 255 KB Ext: pdf

This document describes the process to setup Windows so that Mechanic can be run efficiently.  Though the documentation is for Windows 2000 and XP the same options can be adjusted in later versions of Windows.