Customizing Manager

NOTE-- We retired the MacNail estimating program in 2000, and replaced it with Goldenseal construction estimating software. There are still a significant number of die-hard MacNail users, so we keep the manuals online for them! Goldenseal is an integrated program that also includes accounting, scheduling and contract writing. It's very easy to customize anything in Goldenseal. For example, you'll manage construction unit prices via Assemblies and Cost Items.

Customizing Manager

The Customizing Manager runs MacNail's Customizing functions. It adds special commands to the bottom of the regular Excel menus, along with an additional menu named McN.

NOTE: The names of all MacNail menu commands start with an asterisk (*).

Opening the Customizing Manager

To start the Customizing Manager, double-click on the MacNail Manager, then click the Customizing button, or open the Customizing folder, then double-click on the Customizing Manager.

To transfer to the Customizing Manager from another module in the MacNail construction management software, choose *Customizing from the McN menu, or close the Manager you are currently using, then open the Customizing Manager.

Closing the Customizing Manager

You can use the close box (or 'go away' box) to leave the Customizing Manager or any other MacNail Manager. Just before the Manager closes, it will remove all MacNail commands from the menu.

You will usually be asked whether to save changes to the Manager. Answer Yes if you want to preserve the setting of dialog box buttons. Otherwise, answer No. It makes no functional difference whether you save changes or not, but it goes slightly quicker if you don't save changes.