You can try RTG Bills and RTG Timer absolutely free for 45 days. This is the full program, with all features available.
After 45 days, it will stop working. Before that, pay for a license and RTG will send you a license key that allows you to use RTG Bills with no further time limitation. All of the data you entered during the trial period will still be there.
Important Note:
If RTG Bills is already installed, we have separate instructions for you to follow. Please do not install a newer version of RTG Bills until you have read the instructions.
When the setup program is finished, the file bills.exe is still on your Desktop. We suggest that you copy it to a removable medium and save it, in case you need to re-install RTG Bills and RTG Timer. Then delete the file.
To start RTG Bills, double-click its icon:
You now have 45 days to evaluate the software. Each time it starts, RTG Bills will tell you how many days remain in the free trial period.
Read the RTG Bills Tutorial. The tutorial is provided in Web-page format (HTML), so you can read it with your Web browser. Start RTG Bills and choose Help > Tutorial from the RTG Bills menu.
We discuss the tutorials in further detail below.
If you don't want to read the tutorial, you can get a brief outline of the steps needed to set up RTG Bills and RTG Timer from the online help program.
Start RTG Bills (double-click its icon).
From the RTG Bills menu, choose Help > Contents. This will start the help program.
Click on Getting Started. This help topic will tell you how to enter information into RTG Bills.
Click Print in the help window to print the entire help topic.
After you have set up RTG Bills, you can set up RTG Timer.
To start RTG Timer, double-click its icon:
Don't worry about the No valid timekeepers message. That's normal at this time, because you haven't entered the free timekeeper key into RTG Bills.
RTG Timer also has a tutorial (Help > Tutorial) and a help topic called Getting Started (Help > Contents > Getting Started).
Order by mail
If you prefer, you can order the installation file on a CD. You'll have to pay for it (but not too much). Click here for the order form.
Tutorials
To get you started using RTG Bills and RTG Timer, we created a tutorial for each program. The tutorial gives you step-by-step instructions for entering information into the programs and for printing bills and reports.
To view the tutorial, start RTG Bills or RTG Timer. Choose Help > Tutorial from the menu.
The tutorials are Web-formatted documents that you read with your Web browser. You can also use the browser to print the tutorial if you wish.
Technical note: The RTG Bills tutorial is the file Tutorb.htm and the RTG Timer tutorial is the file Tutort.htm. You can find them in the folder where you installed the program.
The tutorials include instructions for entering "fake" data. Instructions are also included for deleting this fake data at the end of the tutorial, so you are ready to enter real data.
Some of the data you enter into the RTG Bills tutorial is needed for the RTG Timer tutorial. The RTG Bills tutorial will tell you when to switch to the RTG Timer tutorial.
Licensing the software
If you would like to continue using RTG Bills after the 45-day trial period, you must pay for a license. When we receive your payment, we will send you a license key. Choose Setup > Licensed User in RTG Bills to enter the name of the licensed user and the license key.
The RTG Bills license key does not expire.
However, the license key is only good for a specific version of RTG Bills. If you want to upgrade to a newer version, you will need a new license key. See Upgrading RTG Bills.
We recommend that you always use the latest version of RTG Bills. But you don't have to upgrade if you don't want to. You can continue to use the same version indefinitely.
Uninstalling the software
A standard uninstall program is provided, should you choose not to continue using RTG Bills and RTG Timer.
The uninstall program will delete most of the RTG Bills and RTG Timer files. However, it leaves files that you may have changed or created: the RTG Bills and RTG Timer databases, bill formats, shorthand codes, and so on.
To see where the data files are located, choose Setup > Database in RTG Bills or RTG Timer. If you do not plan to license the software, you can delete the entire folder and all the files in it.
To uninstall RTG Bills and RTG Timer:
Open the Windows Control Panel.
Double-click the Add or Remove Programs icon (XP) or the Programs and Features icon (Vista). In Windows 7, click the Uninstall a program link under the Programs heading.
Scroll through the list to find: RTG Bills and RTG Timer V2.nn
Click this item to select it, then click the Change/Remove button (XP) or the Uninstall button (Vista and Windows 7). This will start the uninstall program.
