Option A Getting Started Guide
Option D with Control Center User Guide
Options D and O Spreadsheets User Guide
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Individual records should occupy one line in the file and terminate with the Windows end-of-line characters (line feed and / carriage return characters). Fixed width records will not be accepted.
Name your files according to the guidelines in the file naming appendix. At a minimum the file name should begin with the correct form prefix and end with the ".txt" extension.
The record layouts for third-party text files are similar to the layouts of the forms in Option A and B, except that there are a few other fields that must be included in the files you submit.
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The Service Bureau’s Option A software saves report data in the proper format. Some third-party software is also able to save your data in that format, but the correct format might not be the “default” choice in the software. |