Re: Freeze.Panes revisited

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> The purists among youse may take exception to my 'stringing along' my
> secretary when I know she is crooked, but I look at it differently: she
> has been stringing _me_ along since March when she came back from
> maternity leave, and probably even before that.
>

Do enjoy being held hostage by your staff ?

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Amatus

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"StovePipe" <stove99pipe@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Howdy all people and animals and dentists.
>
> Just a quick blurb here to tell youse that I finished typing in my
> deductions tables into four Excel sheets this weekend. This is for
> doing the source deductions for my employees' pays for Fed/QC income
> taxes, QC pensions plan and unemployment insurance. I can now do their
> pays myself in about one minute. All courtesy of XL's VLOOKUP function
> on those tables. A short addendum will give me the totals I need to
> send in the $$$ each month.
>
> I still have to proof read my accounting routines, run them by the
> crooked secretary, and find some place to sell me rolls of computer
> paper suitably perforated for receipts, but the macro is basically
> ready to go.
>
> I'll be using File Maker Pro (Very old version for the Mac, but it
> works) to input patient file info, (what we call 'Civil info' in
> French), and Claris Organizer for appointment info. I will see if I can
> open two pages of calander at once, one for me and one for the
> hygienist. If not, I'll make double entries for each room, or just use
> different colors for her and myself. Any one who has Claris Works on
> their computer has this and a watered down version of File Maker in the
> Claris software package.
>
> Amatus was right: it is a HELL of a lot of work, but it will tide us
> over 'till I have the $$$ for a _real_ dental program (that can work
> with the RAMQ and Dentaide and the other insurers). Such a dental
> program will cost about 3K to 5K. It also permits me to function alone,
> or have either my assistant or my hygienist do the billing and
> scheduling for the patient. This is because I want to take my time in
> finding a secretary that is good on the phone and not lazy. (I've had
> some comments in that vein from the secretary of the now-retired Mad
> Dogs, with whom we shared the waiting room.)
>
> The new batch of Mad Dogs are taking the place of the old group, but
> will only be up here for a couple of months: then they will go
> downstairs to a huge location attached to the pharmacy. This was a
> video rental place, but they moved a couple of years ago. It has been
> basically unrented since then. I have asked if I can move with them,
> and they say there would be enough space, but my CPA tells me it can
> cost up to 60K just to get it set up and running...(!) I'm gonna talk
> to the pharmacist owner and see if he's willing to help with the
> relocation, and how much it'll cost to rent once I'm there, and where
> I'll put my lab stuff...(Noise...). It would be nice to get out of this
> location, as the waiting room is dim, smelly and 'hospital-ish'.
>
> The purists amoung youse may take exception to my 'stringing along' my
> secretary when I know she is crooked, but I look at it differently: she
> has been stringing _me_ along since March when she came back from
> maternity leave, and probably even before that. You would say: 'get rid
> of her NOW.' _I_ say: when my CPA confirms what I have seen, and when I
> can turn around and function autonomously. I have _no idea_ what the
> upheaval will do to the situation with my assistant and my hygienist. I
> just may end up all alone in the little shop.
>
> In the meantime, I have put an ad in one of the local morning papers,
> and the CV's are going into a post office box I took out for that
> reason. The local locksmith will be notified at the ablolute last
> minute, as he is a patient.
>
> Cheers, gang
> SP
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