The Status page shows a summary of the account's current status, the time elapsed since various significant events and the fees charged and payments received. Although these fields are updated automatically, some of them are editable although it is not expected that these would ever be manually edited. In particular, the account date can be edited if required.
Current status
The current payment status for each account is shown in the green area at the top of the screen just under the Account details button. This is set automatically according to various criteria. For example, when an account is first printed, the status is set to Awaiting payment. If it is not paid within a specified period (as set in the Options form on the Automatic functions page), it is changed to Overdue. |
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Normally it is not necessary for the user to manually change the status. However, it is possible to do this by selecting a new status phrase from the drop down list. You may also enter your own custom phrase by selecting Enter my own from the list and typing any phrase you wish. If you do this, you will need to manually keep track of the account since the built-in functions operate according to which of the listed phrases is stored.
Status log
Any modification to the account status is logged, whether it is done automatically by the system or manually by the user. You may delete status log entries by highlighting the record selection boxes on the left of the relevant rows and pressing the delete key on the keyboard.