• Introduction

• Installing Salon & Spa

• Getting Started

• Setting Preferences

• Entering Staff

• Entering Inventory

• Entering Clients

• Daily Operation

• Managing Inventory

• Monitoring Inventory

• Managing Clients

• Managing Staff

• Managing Client Accounts

• Loyalty Programs

• Monitoring Sales

• Year End Procedures

• General Information

• Legal Issues

• POS Hardware

• Appointments

• Tanning Program

• Spa Program

• Reports

1.1 System Requirements

An IBM compatible computer with the following minimum capability:

Pentium3 800mhz, 256 mg RAM SVGA 800x600, 24 bit color, 50 mg free disk space, mouse, Win98SE/Me/XP/2000, CD Rom CD-RW or flash drive for backup Printer.

1.2 Installing Your System

You must have administration rights to your system in order to successfully install Salon & Spa.

Set up your windows installation for a minimum of 800 x 600 resolution before installing Salon & Spa. Salon & Spa will nor run on lower resolutions.  Place the CD in the CDRom drive and the installation menu should appear.  If the menu does not start select Run from your Start menu, browse to your CDRom disk and run the file Setup.exe.  Follow the prompts to complete the installation.

Welcome Dialog

Note that the program can not be copied to your hard drive, the install program must be used.

Install Dialog

The following icons may be installed in the Salon & Spa group of your Start menu

• Conversion program if required
• Installation notes
• Salon & Spa Program
• Salon & Spa User Guide

1.3 Starting Salon & Spa

From the Start Menu select Salon & Spa from the Salon & Spa group.

Salon & Spa scans your system each time it starts and checks your database files.  This process does not take long and is intended to protect your file systems.

If you have installed an evaluation version or are starting the system for the first time an evaluation version screen will appear. Click on Work on the sample to evaluate the program using the sample files provided with the program.

Click on Work on your own system to start using Salon & Spa for your business.

You may use the setup wizard to speed setting up your own system as it will lead you through the key setup of Preferences, Staff, Inventory and Clients.

You will be able to use the system in evaluation mode for 60 days. To activate a registered version select Register now... from the evaluation screen, type in your salon name and the registration key provided when you purchased the program. When the program has been registered the evaluation screen will not appear on start up.  

Evaluation Screen

When you start Salon & Spa it will begin in the sales screen from which you access all of the features of Salon & Spa. If you wish to operate with a larger resolution desktop and if your system will support 1024x768 then select that resolution in Windows Display and the same resolution in Salon & Spa Preferences.  The larger screen will provide some enhanced features by automatically installing the client list screen.

Sales Screen 800x600

Sales Screen 1024x768

1.4 Salon & Spa Tutor

If you have the Salon & Spa CD you will want to have your staff review the tutor.  There are lessons on all of the major features in Salon & Spa.  Insert the CD and select the tutor from the menu.

Salon & Spa Tutor Menu

1.5 Removing Salon & Spa

Only use the Windows program removal tool to uninstall Salon & Spa.