This document provides an overview of how to get started with Tally accounting software. It describes the key areas of the Tally Gateway screen including product info, current status, the main menu, button bar, and calculator. It also outlines how to navigate the main menu and button bar using mouse clicks, function keys, and keyboard shortcuts highlighted in red, single underline, and double underline letters. The goal is to familiarize the user with the basic layout and navigation of Tally's initial startup screen.
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Tally Can Be Opened As Following Ways
This document provides an overview of how to get started with Tally accounting software. It describes the key areas of the Tally Gateway screen including product info, current status, the main menu, button bar, and calculator. It also outlines how to navigate the main menu and button bar using mouse clicks, function keys, and keyboard shortcuts highlighted in red, single underline, and double underline letters. The goal is to familiarize the user with the basic layout and navigation of Tally's initial startup screen.
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efore you going to create a company, we need to know , how to start a tally
Tally can be opened as following ways
From Desktop Shortcut of TallyFrom Start Menu, Programs, and select tally7.2
Gateway of Tally Tally shows the first screen as Gateway of Tally
The Gateway of Tally Screen contains 5 major areas (parts). Production Info Current Status Tally Main Menu Button Bar Tally Calculator/Command line
Product Info At the top part of Gateway of Tally Screen, the Product Info as following information Version & ReleaseSystem DateUser Version System Time Copyright Notice User Serial Number
Current Status At left part of Gateway, you get the following information about current working status. Current Period: Current Tally Voucher Date Active Company ( Current Working Company) List of Selected Companies (Current Open Companies list)
Tally Main Menu
At right part of the Gateway of Tally Menu appears showing the list of Menu Option or Menu Items Select a Menu item to invoke a particular task. You can select Menu Options by using mouse click or by using keyboard control keys with Enter key and by keyboard shortcut keys. Keyboard Short cut keys are shown in bold red color letters. You may have to drill down several levels of Menu (sub Menu).
Button Bar
At rightmost part of the Gateway, the Button bar shows several buttons vary according to screen in work area. These Buttons provide quick and direct access to various options & tasks. You may Invoking a Buttons in 3 ways
By Mouse: Click the button at the button bar. By Function Key: Some buttons are named by Function Keys ( F1 to F12)
Calculator Used to Calculate a expression and can be pasted in to any Numeric Field. To Activate Tally Calculator Press Ctrl+N. To copy to the Numeric Field, Press Alt+C From the Numeric Field.
ShortCut Keys in Tally Red Color Letter - For Red Color Menu or Button Bar Item (example: Account Info-> A)
Alt+underline Letter: For single underline letter (example: F3 Comp Info -> Alt+F3)
Ctrl+Double Under Line Letter: For Double Under Letter(example: As Voucher: Ctrl+V)