Introduction

This manual is intended for use with Genie Version 7 and above. We are regularly adding new features to the program. New features added after the date your hard copy of the manual was issued are made available on our web site, and as a pdf. The manual covers both the Windows and Macintosh versions of Genie, since the two versions work in almost exactly the same way.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Where keyboard shortcuts have been documented, we have used the Windows terminology. Macintosh users will need to translate the documented key to the Macintosh equivalent, as described below:

Windows	Macintosh
Alt	Option
Ctrl	Command (The Apple Key)

Conventions

We have used a number of font conventions to distinguish various things to make it easier to determine whether we are talking about a button, a menu item, a field etc.These are:

•	Menu Items look like this Open > Appointments

•	File paths look like this /Applications/Genie/Genie.app

•	Buttons look like this Create Default

•	Fields look like this Patients Surname

•	Notes look like this This is important. Please read!

Dates and Times

When used on a network, Genie uses the Date and Time set on the server computer. If you find that the date and time showing in the Appointments window is incorrect, then the only possible cause is that the Date and Time is set incorrectly on the server. Make sure that you have set the AM and PM time correctly when setting the time on the server.