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Getting Started Using Your The Candle Business Tracker (or CBT) is easy-to-use, even for beginners, so long as you take the time to familiarize yourself with it, and review the Training Series. There are a few basic things you should know, and do, to get started on the right track when you begin using it. Here are some things that will help you get started; Please review them all, before contacting us for support! That will help us a lot! -------------------------------------------------------------- Go Through the Training Lessons- Even if you're experienced with Excel®, it helps to go through the training lessons on the Training Audio Series page. You can probably skip the Excel Basics lesson if you know Excel pretty well, but it helps to familiarize yourself with all the functionality of the Tracker, before you contact us for support. Many answers can be found there. -------------------------------------------------------------- Size Matters The CBT for 2009 has grown into a whopping 8.12 MB, due to the 12 new 2008 scents in it, among the other new stuff I added. So downloading it, even with high-speed internet will take 15-30 seconds... for those with dial-up, you might as well get a cup of coffee or throw some laundry in, 'cause it'll take awhile! At 56Kbps (Dial-up speed), it'll take at least several minutes. The CBT is so big, it can take Excel 10-20 seconds, just to open it. This is normal! -------------------------------------------------------------- Entering Your Inventory into the CBT for the First Time: When you first start using the Tracker, here's what you'll want to do first:
-------------------------------------------------------------- Transferring Inventory from 2008 to 2009 This is still a manual process, but it's very simple. To move your Ending Inventory from 2008 to the Beginning Inventory of 2009;
-------------------------------------------------------------- The Most Common Misconception About Entering Data:
If you try to enter something in, and you get a warning from Excel that says,
So you won't need the password, and there should
almost never be a need to unlock the document! -------------------------------------------------------------- Backup, Backup, Backup!! Remember to back up a copy of your CBT to an external hard drive or a rewritable CD, if possible, every time you make changes to it. It's easy to do, and will soon become habit. When you're finished working with your main version, hit "Save", and then, hit "Save As...", and save it as your backup copy (whatever you decide to call it). Unfortunately things happen with computers, and I can't stress enough, the importance of backing up all your data. Typically, an external hard drive large enough to store your entire computer's capacity (say 500GB or so) can be had for under a hundred bucks... a small price to pay for security if the Tracker crashes, or if your computer crashes, or otherwise gets destroyed or stolen. -------------------------------------------------------------- Donations for Future Enhancements Many of you know, it took months & hundreds of hours to create the Tracker, its complete support website, the Audio Training Lessons and the Tax Deduction Guide. Maintaining, updating and testing them all simultaneously has been a massive project. Between that, and supporting everyone who uses them, it's consumed an incredible amount of time over the past 18 months or so. Please consider donating towards the Tracker's future. Think about the value these tools provide for you, the time invested in creating them, and what it might normally cost to have a professional build them. It's not required, but any donation is greatly appreciated. If you choose to give, we thank you in advance!! To donate, you can either;
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Getting Support-
This information helps me a lot, so when writing for support for the first time, please try to include that info. -------------------------------------------------------------- Do Not Call the Company for CBT Support- While this website is linked to, through your company back office, and even though the company has approved this document, their Customer Service and IT Support teams cannot provide support for the CBT, and this is by design. One thing I wanted to ensure, is
that the company doesn't get burdened with questions about the CBT,
because they don't know the document, and their time is too valuable helping us maintain our
distributorships. Since this website was built exclusively for CBT distribution, training and support, it's here where you should initiate any contacts to get help... and I'll be happy to provide it... this baby's my pride & joy, so I'd love to see lots of people using it!
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