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The Gateway of Tally menu of an Accounts Only company appears as shown below:
The Gateway of Tally screen is separated into four sections – Title Area, Main Area (Ctrl+M), Calculator Area (Ctrl+N) and the Button Bar.
Main Area
The left side of the Main Area gives information on:
| 1. | Current Period – which is the currently loaded company's accounting period. |
| 2. | Current Date – This is the date of the last Voucher Entry for the selected company. |
| 3. | List of Selected Companies – This displays the name of the loaded company. |
The Main Area gives information on:
| 1. | Creation of Accounting Masters and Importing Master information |
| 2. | Creation of Accounting Vouchers and Importing transaction information |
| 3. | Viewing and printing financial reports using the information given in Masters and Transactions. |
Button Bar
The Button Bar displays the following buttons (keys):
| 1. | Help (Alt + H) – To access Tally's online context-sensitive help |
| 2. | F1: Select Cmp – To select a company |
| 3. | F1: Shut Cmp – To shut or close the company |
| 4. | F2: Date – To change the current date |
| 5. | F2: Period – To change the period |
| 6. | F3: Company – To select a different company. |
| 7. | F3: Cmp Info – To access the Company Info. Menu |
| 8. | F11: Features – To access the Company features for a company |
| 9. | F12: Configure – To access the configuration settings |
Note: You cannot load companies with the same name at the same time. The loaded or selected company will have to be shut first in order to load the other company.
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