I. Set up your company name and logo - optional. (2 min)
Login into Mobile Road Warrior. From the main menu press the Customize button.
1. My Company: enter your company info that you want to be shown on your invoice.
All fields are optional, but will make your invoice look good.
Press the "back" button on your mobile device. All settings will be saved.
II. Quick Invoice. (3 min)
Open Mobile Road Warrior app and select the "Invoice" button. Select "Full Form". All fields here are optional.
Click icons on the top of the screen to switch between pages.
1. Start: Document type - Invoice by default. If you need to change it - select different document type from drop down menu.
2. Road: This page is for your records only. Ignore it for now.
3. Client: Enter the client's Name, Address and E-mail. You also can select the client from your phone's contact list:
just press the button with a roller deck and select the contact from the list. The address on this page is the Billing Address.
4. Product: Enter the product Name and Description, or describe your Service. Enter Price and Quantity - you can also use fractions.
Check if the product is taxable. Press the "+ Add/Update" button.
5. Cart: Here you can review the products you just added to your invoice. To add another product, press the Product tab and repeat step 4.
You can enter Tax rate and press the "recalculate tax" button to recalculate tax. Next to the tax field you can see the Total of invoice.
6. Payment: Here you can enter the client's payment. Balance will be calculated automatically.
All the info from this page will be placed on the Invoice. Do not enter Credit Card Number or any other sensitive information!
7. Final: Done! Do you want to see your invoice? Press the "Preview + Print" button. Click back. Be sure to
press the "Save" button to save invoice, or press the "Save+Send" button to save the invoice.
You will then be prompted to e-mail invoice to your client's e-mail address that you entered in the Client tab (step 3.).
I. Set up Mobile Road Warrior app.
Login into Mobile Road Warrior and from the main menu press the Customize button.
1. Settings: customize your app to fit your company needs.
You do not have to change anything, but if you wish to make changes, check your options. All fields are self-explanatory.
2. My Company: enter the company info that you want to be shown on your document (like invoice).
All fields are optional, but will make your document looks good.
Press the "back" button on your mobile device. All setting will be saved.
II. Create Files (can be skipped to speedup learning process).
Login into Mobile Road Warrior and from the main menu press the My Files button.
1. Clients:
a) To create a new client, press the Menu button on your mobile device and select "Add Client";
To view or edit existing clients, click on client row.
b) For new Client enter Name - it is a mandatory field, the rest of the fields are optional.
For existing clients edit fields you need to edit.
c) Press the Menu button on your mobile device and select "Save" or just press the "back" button.
d) Add picture (optional): select client from client list. At the edit client screen, press the Menu button on your
mobile device and select the "Add Image". Navigate through memory and select logo image.
e) Import Client from Contacts: at the client list screen, press the Menu button on your mobile device and select "Add from Contacts" and select client from contacts.
2. Products and Vendors (optional): can be created the same way as Clients.
3. Add barcode to Product(optional): to scan barcodes you will need to install the free 3rd party Google app called Zxing.
Select product from product list. At the edit product screen, press theMenu button on your mobile device and select "Scan Barcode".
Product Images and Barcodes can be created automatically. You can read how to do this here.
III. Create Document - Quick Form.
Quick form is a light alternative to Full form. It offers less features, more for businesses that may not require more.
If you work with Quick form and feel that you need more details, click on the "Need more features?" tab in the top right corner
and switch to the Full form. All fields you just entered will be populated in the Full form.
Login into Mobile Road Warrior and from the main menu press the Invoice button. Select Quick Form. All fields here are optional.
1. Start: Document type set to Invoice by default. If you need to change - select from drop down menu or enter your
own type at the last option on the list. Document number is created by the app - if necessary you are able to change it.
2. Client: enter Name, Address and E-mail, or select client from your Client file by pressing the button with clients.
You may also select from your phone Contact list by pressing the button with a roller deck.
3. Items: enter product Name and description or describe your Service, Price, Quantity, and check if the product
is taxable. Or select product from Product file - press button with products. Press "+Add/Update" button.
4. Review: You can review the list of Items you just added to your invoice. You can delete items by using red button.
You can edit items by clicking on the item row and editing it in the Item section. When done, press the "+Add/Update" button.
You can enter tax rate and press "Recalculate Tax" button to recalculate tax. You can also see invoice Total.
5. Final: You can capture a signature. It will be placed on the invoice.
You should press the "Save" button to save the invoice or the "Save+Send" button to save the invoice and e-maile to client's
e-mail address (entered in step 2).
To preview invoice press the "Preview + Print" button.
If you have printer app installed on your mobile device, you can print the invoice:
At the preview screen, press Menu -> More -> Share page -> select your print app.
IV. Create Document - Full Form.
Full form is an alternative to Quick form. While all fields are optional, it offers more features and
may be more useful for your business.
Login into Mobile Road Warrior and from the main menu press the Invoice button. Select Full Form. All fields here are optional.
1. Start: Document type - set to Invoice by default. If you need to change - select from drop down menu.
Invoice number is created by the app incrementally. Invoice date is the current date, but you may change it.
2. Road: This page is for your records only. Here you may enter Travel and Work times as well
as miles/kilometers and gas prices to track your expenses. If you dont need it, skip this step.
Entered info will be stored with invoice, but none of it will be shown on invoice.
If you wish to add it to the invoice, you have to do it on Product page.
3. Client: enter Name, Address and E-mail or select client from your Client file file
by pressing the button with clients.
You may also select from your phone Contact list by pressing the button with a roller deck. The
Address here is the Billing Address (BADDR). The "Client Note" field is for your use only - it
will not be shown on the invoice.
4. Product: enter product Name and description or describe your Service. Enter Price and,
Quantity - you can use fractions.
You can enter Discount in as "%" or Currency - press "%" button to switch. Check if the
product is taxable. Press "+ Add/Update" button.
Other ways to enter Product:
a) Select product from product list - press button with products.
b) Scan Barcode. This option will work only if you define the product with a barcode value
at Product file. See above section II. Create Files p.3
c) Select product from Catalog. You can read how to do it here.
5. Cart: You can review the list of Items you just added to your invoice. You can delete items by using thered button. You can edit items by clicking on the item line and editing it in the Item section. When done, press the "+Add/Update" button.
You can enter tax rate and press "Recalculate Tax" button to recalculate tax. You can also see invoice Total.
Press the green button in the left top corner to open Shipping product fields: Ship Date,
Shipping Method, S&H cost and Shipping Address. If you do not need this feature, press the green button again to hide Shipping fields.
6. Payment: Record payment here. Balance will be calculated by the app. All info from this page
will be placed on the invoice.
Do not enter Credit Card Number or any other sensitive information here!
7. Final: Press the "Save" button to save your invoice.
You can "Save+Send" - the invoice will be saved and e-mailed to the client's e-mail address (entered in step 3).
Press "Cancel" to delete current document; Press "Signature" to capture signature to be placed on the invoice.
You can "Preview + Print" the invoice - press to preview invoice.
If you have printer app installed on your mobile device you can print invoice:
At the preview screen, press Menu -> More -> Share page -> select your print app.
A Price Calculator is built in for your convenience: at any page in the Full or Quick Forms, press the
Menu button on your mobile device and select "Price Calculator".
V. Features that were not covered in Quick Start guide.
Files
1. Import Files.
2. Backup and Export Files.
3. Assign images and barcodes to Products automatically.
Documents
1. Add Disclaimer at the end of document.
2. Catalog.
3. Attach images to e-mailed document.
4. View / Edit existing documents.
5. Search document by different criteria .
Reports
1. Add Disclaimer at the end of document.
2. Backup and Export Files.
Setting
1. Login.
2. E-mail document to multiple addresses.
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