Q: I want to run Economacs in another language. How do I do that?
A: Mac OS X selects the language to start Economacs in based on your selection in the System Preferences (the International panel, under the Language tab). If you want to run Mac OS in one language and Economacs in a different language, you can
- Open Applications/Utilities in Finder
- Start Terminal
- Paste the following line and press return
- defaults write se.aderstedtsoftware.economacs AppleLanguages '(en)'
- Exit Terminal
- The application will now start in English
Q: When I try to save I get a message similar to "The document could not be saved". What does that mean?
A: Economacs includes a document validation feature that prevents the document from being saved if its state is invalid (due to bugs or invalid user input). If there is additional text informing you of the problem, attempt to address those issues. Otherwise, please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and we will help you with the troubleshooting.
Q: Economacs is great, except I need/want feature X/Y/Z. Can you add it?
A: We frequently get requests for additional features. Please submit requests to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it If the feature is deemed to specific you will in some cases be referred to using AppleScript or the Cocoa plug-in interface. We can also develop features / plug-ins specifically for you.
Q: How do I make backups?
A: Your accounting- and invoicing information is stored as a regular document (the icon is a sheet of paper with three blue binders on it). You can copy this around in any way you like. The same goes for the program itself.
If you keep several instances of your file about, please make sure that you always enter new stuff into the same one. It is not possible to merge different files.
Q: In what languages is Economacs available?
A: English, Swedish, Danish, Finnish and Norwegian.
Q: Can I edit the built-in invoice template?
A: Find Economacs in the finder. Right-click (or ctrl-click) it and select 'Show package contents'.
Navigate to 'Contents', 'Resources' and then choose 'Built -in.template'. Copy and save it
somewhere else before you edit it, otherwise your changes will be overwritten the next time you
install an update to Economacs.
To edit the built-in invoice template in Economacs 3 you do like this:
A: Find Economacs in the Finder. Right-click (or ctrl-click) it and select 'Show package contents'. Navigate to 'Contents', 'Resources' and then 'English.lproj' (or another .lproj folder if you want a different language). There you'll find the built-in invoice template. Copy it somewhere else before you edit it, otherwise your changes will be overwritten the next time you install an update to Economacs.
