Customer Name

The name of the customer that was entered in the Profile view of the Card Information window appears in the left corner.

If this customer has been placed on credit hold in the Credit Limit and Hold window, the customer name is followed with [On Credit Hold].

A/R Balance

This field displays the current outstanding balance of the sales for the selected customer. To open the Analyze Receivables window and view a summary list of the transactions that make up this balance, click the zoom arrow.

Sale Layout

Choose the sale layout that will be displayed when you enter a quote or invoice for this customer. The choices are Service, Item, Professional and Miscellaneous. You can choose a different layout for individual transactions if you need to.

If you choose No Default, the sale layout you selected for new customers in the Easy Setup Assistant will be used.

Printed Form

If you use a particular preprinted or customized form for the sales documents you create for this customer, you can specify that form here. Click the Select from List arrow to see a list of all the forms available for the sale layout you've chosen.

This field doesn't appear if you chose No Default or Miscellaneous in the Sale Layout field.

Invoice Delivery

If you use a particular delivery status for the sales documents you create for this customer, you can specify that delivery status here. Click the Select from List arrow to see a list of all the delivery statuses available for the sale layout you've chosen.

This field doesn't appear if you chose No Default or Miscellaneous in the Sale Layout field.

Income Account

Choose the income account that will be used to track sales made to this customer.

Receipt Memo

Enter the information you would like to automatically appear as the memo when you receive money from a customer using the Receive Money window, Receive Payments window, Bank Register or To Do List. You may use a reference number such as an account number, for example, that identifies the payor.

Sale Comment

Choose a comment that will appear on invoices for this customer. Click the Select from List arrow to see a list of all the standard comments that have been set up for your company.

Shipping Method

Choose the shipping method you'll use most often for orders shipped to this customer. Click the Select from List arrow to see a list of all the shipping methods that have been set up for your company.

If you'd like to use a calculator, select the plus sign ("+"), the asterisk ("*"), the equal sign ("=") or the space bar on your keyboard to launch the Calculator window.

Credit Limit

The customer's credit limit is displayed.

Click the Credit Limits & Holds button to open the Credit Limit and Hold window, where you can set or change the credit limit or place the customer on credit hold.

Tax ID Number

Enter this customer's tax ID number.

Tax Code

Use this field to specify the sales tax code that applies most often to sales made to this customer; this sales tax code will appear as the default entry for all transactions entered for the customer. If you wish, you can change the sales tax code for individual transactions as you enter them.

Tax On Freight

Use this field to indicate whether or not freight charges to this customer are taxed. If you wish, you can change this selection for individual transactions as you enter them.

Customer Terms Information section

When you create a set of default terms using the Credit Terms Information fields here, the terms you select will be applied only to the customer displayed in this window.

If you wish, you can create a set of default terms for all new customers in the FirstEdge system. To do this, open the Credit Terms window by clicking the Terms button in the Sales view of the Preferences window.

Payment is Due

Choose the payment due method that is used for this customer. The choices are C.O.D., Prepaid, In a Given # of Days, On a Day of the Month, # of Days after EOM (End of Month), and Day of Month after EOM.

Balance Due Days/Date

If "Balance Due Days" appears, enter the number of days that are allowed after the sale date before the transaction must be paid. If "Balance Due Date" appears, select the day of the month by which the payment must be made.

After this period, a late payment charge is assessed.

If you'd like to use a calculator, select the plus sign ("+"), the asterisk ("*"), the equal sign ("=") or the space bar on your keyboard to launch the Calculator window.

Credit Limit & Hold button

Click this button to open the Credit Limit and Hold window, where you can set or change the credit limit or place the customer on credit hold.

New button

Click this button to begin entering a new card in the Card Information window.

OK button

Click this button to close this window.