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Customer Pro-File Help


Screen Shots:
Setup
Clients
Session
Gift Cert.
Expenses
Reports
Vendors


Setup
Backing Up Your Data
Client Entry
Recovering a Damaged File
Insurance Setup
Basic Navigation
Printing Labels, etc.
Printing
Sessions
Finding Records and Found Sets of Records
Gift Certificates
Moving the Program to a New Computer
Reports
Support
Special Package Charges
Frequently AskedQuestions (FAQ)
SOAP
About land software
Small Clinic version
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Setup
After installing Customer Pro-File and starting the program you are in the Main Client window. From here click on the Setup button. Enter your information and then click on Modality Setup to enter your codes and description charges.
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Client Entry

In the Client window click on New Client to enter a new client. Repeat for each new client.
Across the top are more buttons including Therapies and History. You can enter or modify these at any time by returning to the client file. The History section has 10 boxes where you can enter in 10 of your own entries in addition to the ones listed. The are "global" fields which mean they are true for every client so you don't need to reenter them. However you should not change them once you have entered them because you will change all records.

Use the category fields to enter clients into categories. If you setup categories and assign each client to a category in the beginning it will make printing sets of clients for labels, etc. easier later on.

Use the correspondance area to track any correspondance, like a phone call reminder of an appointment.

To print mailings, labels, letters, etc. click on the Print button in the client file. Here you can use the find feature to find sets of records to print.

To find a client from the Main menu click on Client List. You can scroll through the list or click on Find and enter the clients name then press the Enter key on your keyboard to find that clien.
In the Client Entry window you can print an intake form

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Insurance Setup
The setup for Insurance companies and Insurance for a client is done from the Client Entry window. In each client file there is an Insurance setup button. The insurance company setup is accessed from the insurance setup. Enter your insurance companies before using the client insurance. After insurance companies have been setup you can choose a primary and a secondayr for that client.
In the Main session window click on primary or secondary insurance to set the insurance company for that session. Be sure to click on this to assign for each session.
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Printing Labels, etc.
The print options is located in the Client entry window. There is a button called "Print". Here you can print labels, a list of clients, etc. Use the category options of the client file to help in printing lists. See Finding Records and Found Sets of Records for more help.
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Sessions

After you have entered client information you can create client sessions. To create a session find the client in the Client List and from the Client entry window click on the Sessions button at the bottom. Click on the New Session button and you will be taken to the New Session window where you can change the date if you are entering previous session.

After creating a session you enter the charges. Click in the field below button that says "Codes" (CPT for the insurance billing) and choose from the dropdown list of charges you entered in the modality setup. Enter the quantity in the QTY field. You must enter a quantity for the charge to be entered. If you have more than one charge for this session move to the next line and enter it.
There are fields below the line items which can be used for miscellaneous charges, discounts, etc.
The payment window is where you enter payments for this session.

For the insurance billing version in the Main session window click on primary or secondary insurance to set the insurance company for that session. Be sure to click on this to assign for each session.

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Gift Certificates
Enter Gift Certificates in the Gift Certificate file. You can print out a receipt to give to the purchaser. Every Gift Certificate should have a number on it. Gift Certificate are redeemed from the Session window.
When a client comes in for a session and gives a Gift Certificate as payment or partial payment click on the Redeem Gift Certificate button and choose the gift certificate to redeem.
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Reports
From the Main menu click on Reports. You can view reports here of all records or subsets of records and access other reports like business expenses and gift certificates.
To find a range of reports enter a starting and ending date (you can click on the arrow next to ending date to automatically enter the current date). Choose a client (and/or therapist for the clinic version). Click the Find button. A found set of records have now been found although you won't see this. View or print any report for this found set of records. To see all records click on the Find All button at the top and view or print a report.

When printing you can print Current Record or Records Being Browsed, in Reports make sure it's always Records Being Browsed.

When you are viewing a report you have entered a special preview mode. To return to the Report Center press the Enter key on your keyboard to leave the preview mode.
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Special Package Charges

If you sell package deals (for example a client can buy a 3 session package and save 20%) you can setup your modality charges to handle this
Using the example of a 3 package deal, in the modality/code file enter 3 codes.
The first code would be something like:
Code/Descripton/Price
PKG1/3 Package 1st visit/$100
PKG2/3 Package 2nd visit/$0
PKG3/3 Package 3rd visit/$0
The first visit you would choose the first code and enter a quantity of 1. The client has now payed for all 3 visits. In the Notes secion you can enter first visit or other indicator. When they come in next time you can go to Session History from the client file and see that hey have used 1 of the 3 visits. The second visit you would choose the second code and enter a quantity of 1 which totals to $0. Repeat for the 3rd visit. This creates an accurate number of sessions but keeps the charges straight while you can still enter SOAP notes, etc.

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SOAP

The SOAP notes page is accessed from the Main session window. After you have created a session click on the SOAP button at the bottom of the page.
Next to the colored dots enter a description for that color (tight, tendor, etc..). These are "global" fields which mean you only enter them once and they remain true for all records. You should never change these descriptions because you will then change all records!
To assign a color to an area of the body repeatedly click on the circle on the body till you have the color you want. Use the other descriptions area to enter more information.

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Small Clinic version

Enter therapists the same way as you enter clients, from the Main menu click on the Therapist button.
To assign a therapist to a session click in the small field to choose from the Therapist list. Choose the therapist for this client. Enter the amount this therapist is paid in the Therapist paid section. Enter theapist tips in the misc section.

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Backing Up Your Data:

Data files on XP are located in the folder
C/Program Files/Customer Pro-File


On Vista and Windows 7
C/Customer Pro-File Open My Computer then open your C drive. Locate the folder Program Files and open this. Locate the folder Customer Pro-File and open it.
You will see a bunch of files.

All the data files have the same icon. Backup the data files that end in .cpf. You can also backup the entire Customer Pro-Folder if you like. Do not export the data from within the program to save. Quit the program and either drag and drop each data file onto a ZIP or use CD burning software.

You can also store your data files on the web. There are many sites that have online storage at a reasonable prices.


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Recovering a damaged file:

It's not easy to damage a file but occassionaly a system crash or power outage will corrupt a data file if the program is running during one of these events.

For Windows users:
Quit the program. Hold down the Control and Shift keys while double clicking on the Customer Pro-File icon. Keep them held down until the dialog box appears asking which file to recover. Let go of the Control and Shift keys.
Navigate within the dialog box window to the
C/Program Files/Customer Pro-File
folder and choose the file that is damaged to recover. After recovering is complete quit the program and restart normally. If another file is also corrupt repeat the above procedure.

Mac Users:
Hold down the Command and Shift keys and double click on the Customer Pro-File icon. Keep them held down until the dialog box appears asking which file to recover. Navigate to the Customer Pro-File folder and choose the damaged file.


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Basic Navigation:
Customer Pro-File is designed using several different files which "talk" to each other. Each of these files have two main screens: an Entry screen and a List of all entries.

When in the client file you can see a list of all clients from the List view screen. Likewise when in the sessions file the list view will show a list of all session, the business expense file will show a list of all expenses, etc.

Navigation between files is button driven. You can see a list of any clients sessions from the client entry screen by clicking on the Sessions History button. This is a "window" within the client file showing you what's in the session file for this client.

Because these files talk to each other, you do not need to close windows (they will only reopen again when one file talks to another). Use the buttons to navigate between files. Most screens have a Main button that will return you to the Main menu.

Learning to navigate within a file and between files will greatly increase your productivity. Keep in mind that all files have the two main screens, entry and a list of entries, and some have many more.

There are Queston Marks (?) throughout the program, when you see one click on it for help for that area.

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Printing:
Always use the Print buttons within Customer Pro-File. Never use the File/Print or keyboard shortcuts to print.

Because databases hold many records you can print one or several records. Some print buttons make this decision for you but there are instances when you may want to print more than one record. When the print dialog box appears you can choose to print all of the records in the found set or the current record. When you click on a Print button and a dialog box appears make sure you choose which of these you want to print.

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Finding records and found sets of records:
Databases are powerful tools. They manage all of your records and make it easy to find sets of data. To better understand this let's assume you have entered in your database 100 clients.

For each of these clients you have entered them in a category. 25 are in the Weekly category, 50 are in the Monthly category and 25 are in the Bi-Weekly category.

If you enter Find mode and do a find on Weekly then you will be viewing 50 records, you have a found set of 50 records out of the 100 entered. Now you can print labels to these 50 people or run a report on them or whatever you like. To show all of your records you then click on the Show All button. Your found set is now 100 of 100 records.

You can use the Find feature to find anything you have entered in the database. You can find a range of dates, people with more than 10 visits, birthdays, etc. Customer Pro-File has many buttons with preset finds to make it easier but you can also use the Find button to find your own criteria.

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Moving the program to a new computer:

If you're upgrading to a new computer you'll need to backup your data files, install the program and restore your data files.

Backup all your data files on the old computer (see Backing Up Your Data). If you are moving to a Windows Vista or 7 machine then you need to install using the latest installer. Click HERE to download the installer for Windows Vista and 7.


IMPORTANT: Take note where the file is downloading to. MT69e.exe is a compressed file and you need to Unzip it to the installer file. When you choose Save to Disk you can tell it where to download to. Download it to your desktop so you can easily find it. After downloading find the file MT69e.exe on your desktop and double click on it to open the Unzip window.

IMPORTANT: In the Unzip window before clicking on Unzip click on the Browse button. Locate your desktop and choose it, then click on Unzip button. This will unzip the file to your desktop. The file Setup_MT69e.exe should now be on your desktop. Double click on this to start the installation. If you have the CD when you install on the new computer change the installation destination directly onto to C/. Do not install in C/Program Files.

Make sure you save the download installer file. Burn it to a CD so you have it should you need to re-install.

After you have installed the program don't open it. Open the folder
C/Customer Pro-File
and replace the newly installed empty data files with your backup copies by dragging them into the Customer Pro-File folder.

Replace ONLY the data files into the newly installed Customer Pro-File folder (files that end in .cpf. Do not replace the Customer Pro-File.exe file).


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Support:
Email support is always free.

Phone support is free for first 6 months. To get phone support send email to setup a time. Because of hearing problems suppo

Please note that because we keep the cost of Customer Pro-File very low and do not charge an annual support fee we cannot call you back on free support calls.

After 6 months phone support is $20 per call. Go to http://www.landsw.com/order.htm and click on Kagi. At the bottom of the Kagi page is a support section. Order 1 $20 support. Send email to landsw@landsw.com with your phone number and we will call you between 4pm and 9pm est M-F and 8am and 4pm est S-S. If you have a specific time you would like to be called within the hours of support please indicate that in the email.


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FAQ's
PDA's: Customer Pro-File is currently not compatible with PDA's.

Networking: Customer Pro-File can be networked but it is not supported.

Quicken and Quickbooks: Customer Pro-File is not compatible with either of these products, however Customer Pro-File offers many of the same features as these products.

Multiple Computers: Customer Pro-File is not like a word processors or spreadsheet where you can save a document and use it on another computer. Customer Pro-File store the information within the program. You cannot take your data from your work computer and use it on your home computer.

Accounting: Customer Pro-File is not an accounting program. It will however make accounting much easier. It is a client and session manager that will track client session, payments, business expenses, gift certificate, etc.

Scheduler: The day scheduler in Customer Pro-File is a basic scheduler. It is not a full featured scheduler. Many people find it meets their needs however if you are looking for a full featured scheduler this will probably not be what you are looking for.

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About Land Software
I started developing Customer Pro-File for some massage therapy friends in 1995 and there was so much interest among their friends that I signed up a dozen or so LMT's to be my testers. Every version goes through their evaluation process (so if you find something you don't like, yell at them!). Even so there is always something that is brought up that is a good idea so I keep a database of possible enhancements and after I have enough good ones me and the testers start again. Version 6.0 is the latest version and was an accumulation of over 2 years of suggestions. There are currently no suggestions in my database for the next version.

I've been in the computer business since the late 80's and have worked as a DEC VMS system and lan administrator, was in PC support from Windows 3.1 through NT, a Windows lan administrator and a senior database designer in a large government agency.

My goal is to provide a good solid piece of software for the small business person that is affordable and easy to use and will not cost them an arm and a leg for support.