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Finding your way around

What you’ll do here: learn the parts of Setu’s main window, and how to move around with the keyboard or the mouse.

Setu is made for a busy counter. Everything can be done from the keyboard, fast. Everything can also be clicked with the mouse. Use whichever you like, or both.

The main window, top to bottom

The main window. It opens after you sign in; click Matih Setu in the title band to come back to it.

The menu bar

The dark bar at the very top holds every menu:

Masters · Transactions · Accounts · Books · Stocks · Daily Reports · Reports · Financial Reports · GST · Utilities · Help & Shortcuts · Exit

The menu bar is always there, on every screen, even in the middle of a bill. Click a menu to open it, or press Alt and use the arrow keys.

The Transactions menu, opened with Alt and the arrow keys. Each entry shows its hot key.

Each menu entry shows its hot key beside it, where it has one. Some entries are only for the owner or a manager. A cashier who picks one sees a line like “Purchase Bill needs Manager sign-in. Ctrl+U to change user.”

At the right end of the bar is the अ/A button. It shows or hides Hindi words beside the English captions on this computer.

The title band

Under the menu bar is the title band. It shows the name of the screen you are on, with today’s date and the time.

Click Matih Setu in the title band to go back to the main menu. If a bill with items is open, Setu doesn’t throw it away. It tells you to save it (End) or hold it (Alt+H) first.

If there is an orange line under the title band, it is about your licence. See Your licence.

The middle: your work

The main menu (the home screen) has three parts.

On the left, six big job buttons. Press the number key, or click:

A job a user may not run is greyed out.

In the middle, your shop. The shop name, address, GSTIN and today’s date. Under them is a small shop panel:

• whether the shop is connected to Matih on WhatsApp, and when the shop’s data last went up online;
• About (F2), Find a setting (F3, owner), Restore backup (F4, owner) and Show all keys (Ctrl+F1).

On the right, the main menu list. It has the jobs people do most, such as New sale bill, Change a saved bill, Money received, Party khata (ledger), Stock in hand and Today’s sales summary. Move with ↑ ↓ and press Enter, or click an entry. You can also type the first letters of an entry to jump to it.

The owner and managers also see a Today panel: today’s sales, number of bills, and how much came in cash, UPI, card and credit.

The status band

Near the bottom, the status band shows:

• who is signed in, with Change user (Ctrl+U) beside the name;
• whether the shop’s data is up to date online (see below);
• when the last backup was taken, for example “Backup 28-10 21:00”;
• your distributor’s name and help line;
• the financial year, today’s date, the day and the time;
• an All keys (Ctrl+F1) button.

Lines that need your attention appear just above the status band, in red or orange. They always say what to do. See Questions and troubleshooting.

The key bar

The very bottom line is the key bar. It lists the keys of the screen you are on, for example F2 New · F3 Modify · Esc Back. It changes with each screen.

You can click any key on the key bar. Clicking it does the same as pressing it.

Press Ctrl+F1 on any screen to see the full list of that screen’s keys.

Keys that work everywhere

These hot keys work from almost any screen, unless the screen uses that key for something of its own:

On the main menu, F1 changes the company or financial year.

Moving inside a screen

Most screens work the same way:

• Enter moves to the next box. On a list, it opens the line you are on.
• Esc goes back one step. On a bill, it asks before leaving anything unsaved.
• ↑ and ↓ move in a list. PgUp and PgDn move a page at a time.
• F5 or ? searches a list. Type a few letters of a name.
• PgDn or Ctrl+W saves a form, such as an item or a party.
• End finishes a bill or a purchase.

The number pad

You can type numbers on the number pad even when Num Lock is off. Setu then shows “Num Lock is off. The number pad still types numbers.” This is only a reminder; nothing is wrong.

Hindi beside the captions

Setu’s words are in English. On a computer with Hindi fonts, it can show the Hindi beside many captions:

• click अ/A on the menu bar, or
• choose Help & Shortcuts › Change Language.

The owner can also turn this on or off for the shop in the Control Room: “Show Hindi beside captions”.