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-===== 1.01. Introduction ===== +====== 1.01. Introduction ======
  
 Thank you for choosing mSupply. Thank you for choosing mSupply.
 +mSupply is now a family of software products, a team of trainers and consultants.
 Before you launch in (if you haven't already!), we suggest you plan to take the following steps. Before you launch in (if you haven't already!), we suggest you plan to take the following steps.
  
 +  * Get a feel for [[https://msupply.foundation/open-msupply|Open mSupply]]. If you're running a vertically integrated supply chain, Open mSupply will likely work well for you. It is open source (free of charge) and is the product that [[https://msupply.foundation/|The mSupply Foundation]] is prioritising for development.  As of February 2025, a proprietary Legacy mSupply Central server is still required at the core of an mSupply installation, but most stores in the supply chain below the 'central' store(s) can be Open mSupply.  The plan is to develop all of the central server functionality in Open mSupply. 
   * Read the rest of this introduction.   * Read the rest of this introduction.
-  * Read the setup, tutorial and license chapters in this manual.+  * Read the setup, tutorial and licence chapters in this manual. 
 + 
  
 Please note that installation requires basic computer skills: Please note that installation requires basic computer skills:
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   * Exporting purchase and invoice data for import into an accounting program.   * Exporting purchase and invoice data for import into an accounting program.
   * Reporting on transactions and other data in almost any manner you want!   * Reporting on transactions and other data in almost any manner you want!
-  * If you need help with installing mSupply please feel free to email us at <info@msupply.org.nz>+  * If you need help with installing mSupply please feel free to email us at <support@msupply.org.nz>
  
 ====  About this user guide ==== ====  About this user guide ====
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 Sustainable Solutions was established in 2001 with the primary aim of supplying and supporting mSupply software in developing countries. We are committed to producing software that enables excellence in health care delivery. We take pride in looking after people who choose to use our services. Sustainable Solutions was established in 2001 with the primary aim of supplying and supporting mSupply software in developing countries. We are committed to producing software that enables excellence in health care delivery. We take pride in looking after people who choose to use our services.
  
-We are based in Kathmandu, Nepal+We have offices in: 
 +  * Kathmandu, Nepal 
 +  * Auckland, New Zealand 
 +  * Dundee, United Kingdom 
 +  * Belfast, United Kingdom 
 +  * Melbourne, Australia
  
 **We can be contacted at:** **We can be contacted at:**
-  * email:<info@msuppy.org.nz>  +  * email:<info@msupply.org.nz>  
-  * or <info@sussol.net> +  * phone: +977 1 5548021 (Nepal) or +64 225 190 499 (New Zealand)
-  * phone: +977 1 5548021,  +
-  * fax: +1 (815)572-9431 +
-  * post:  +
-    * PO Box 8975, EPC 355,  +
-    * Kathmandu,  +
-    * Nepal+
  
 Please feel free to request more information. Please feel free to request more information.
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 ====  Thanks ==== ====  Thanks ====
  
-Juliet has always been encouraging and more, and has put up with me thinking about mSupply when I shouldn't have been. +  * This software grew out of necessity at the Medical Supply Department, Kathmandu, Nepal. We learnt a lot from Jaap Zijp's software "Bhandari", and from the staff at MSD where // mSupply// was originally developed and tested. 
- +  * Ujwal Khatry has stuck with Sustainable Solutions for twenty years, including the startup period where our company name could well have been a misnomer. 
-This software grew out of necessity at the Medical Supply Department, Kathmandu, Nepal. We learnt a lot from Jaap Zijp's software "Bhandari", and from the staff at MSD where // mSupply// was originally developed and tested. +  * Jim Staples of 4D inc. http://www.4D.com kindly arranged an initial donation of the 4D development environment we use. 
- +  * Thanks to those people in the 4D tech mailing list who have helped for no benefit to themselves. 
-Ujwal Khatry has stuck with Sustainable Solutions for ten years, including the startup period where our company name could well have been a misnomer. +  * John Ross, Pharmacist of Patan Hospital, Kathmandu, believed in the quality of mSupply enough to use it long before it was fully ready 
- +  * David Adams kindly donated his superb texts on 4D. 
-Jim Staples of 4D inc. http://www.4D.com kindly arranged an initial donation of the superb development environment we use. +  * The moderators of the E-Drug mailing list have been gracious in letting us use that list for occasional announcements. 
- +  * Juliet has always been supporting and more through the ups and downs of starting a new organisation.
-Thanks to those people in the 4D tech mailing list who have helped for no benefit to themselves. +
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-John Ross, Pharmacist of Patan Hospital, Kathmandu, believed in the quality of mSupply enough to use it long before it was fully ready. +
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-David Adams kindly donated his superb texts on 4D. +
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-The moderators of the E-Drug mailing list have been gracious in letting us use that list for occasional announcements.+
  
 ====  Copyright ==== ====  Copyright ====
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 ==== Changes in recent versions ==== ==== Changes in recent versions ====
  
-The mSupply version history is available [[http://msupply.org.nz/history|here]] +The mSupply version history is available here: [[http://msupply.org.nz/history]]
- +
-==== Conventions used in this user guide ==== +
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-If you aren't familiar with using a computer, you should read this chapter, and also work through the tutorial. +
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-**Menus:  **Choose // New item...// from the // Item// menu (sometime also written as // Choose// // Items > New item...// means ... Click on the word // Item// in the menu bar, then choose // New item...// from the menu that drops down. +
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-**Keyboard keys:  **A handful of keys on the keyboard are used extensively and are indicated in //italics// font.  The most common are:  //Tab//, //Shift//, //Ctrl//, //Alt//, //Enter// and //Backspace//. +
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-**Field:  **An area where you can make an entry, either text or numbers - usually a white coloured box.  In many places a user can hover over an input field for a description of what is required. +
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-**Typed data:  **Anything that must be typed into a field is shown in ''monospace font''. For example:  Type ''100'' and press //Enter//. +
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-**Check box:  **is a box that changes from having an "X" in it to being blank each time you click in it. To "check" a check box means to click it so that an "X" appears (if there is not one already present). Check boxes have text beside them explaining what the box is for. +
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-**Tab & Shift:  **You can generally move the "focus" (the active area) from field to field in a window by using the //Tab// key. Holding down the //Shift// key while pressing the //Tab// key will move the focus from field to field in the reverse order to normal.  Note that on Windows, some buttons are "tabable"- that is, pressing the //Tab// key moves the "focus" to a button. Pressing the //Return// or //Enter// key then activates that button. +
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-**Highlight button:  **Pressing the // Enter // key will operate the highlighted button in a window, which is usually the OK button. +
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-**Double-click:  **In lists (e.g. of Names or of Items), double click the left mouse button on a line to edit or view more details. +
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-**Insertion point:  **is the blinking line in a field that indicates which field is currently accepting typed input. +
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-**OK button:  **The OK button can be operated by pressing the //Enter// key. +
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-**Cancel button:  **The cancel button can be operated by holding down //Ctrl// key (//cmd// on Macs), and pressing the period key (full stop). +
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-**Path to a file (or document):  ** is a way of describing where a document is stored on your hard disk. It is written as "hard disk:folder 1: folder 2:document", which is the same as "C:\folder 1\folder 2\document". +
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-**Modifier keys:  **Windows and Macs have different// // modifier keys. We've tried to list both in the manual, but sometimes one might slip through, so +
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-  * The Windows //Ctrl// key does the same as the //cmd// (command) key on Macs +
-  * The Windows //Alt// key does the same as the //opt// (option) key on Macs. +
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-**Column headings:  **Column headings can be clicked to sort the list by that column. +
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-**Stock:  **Also called "inventory"- an entry in mSupply that represents physical stock (inventory) in your store. +
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-**Item:  **An "item" in mSupply is a particular product. An item may or may not have stock lines at any given time. For example: In the example data file provided with mSupply, "Amoxycillin 250mg tab/cap" is an item. When you first start to use the example data file it has 2 stock lines. (You can view them under the "stock" tab of the // Item details // window (more on that later!). +
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-**Item lines (or "stock lines")** represent different batches of the same item in your store. +
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-**Negative values:  **In general, there is no need to enter negative values in mSupply. Even when you are entering returned goods from customers, or returned goods to suppliers, you must enter positive values. mSupply automatically converts the invoice total to a negative amount when it is a credit to a supplier or from a customer.+
  
-**Supplier invoice:  **A supplier invoice is the same as a "bill" or a "purchase" 
  
-**Build:  **A transaction that records the manufacturing of an item by turning raw materials into a finished product - refer [[items:manufactured_items|Building (Manufacturing) Items]]. 
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