Frequently Asked Questions
After entering your farm data
- I've entered my initial farm data, what should I do next?
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After installation
- I've installed my FarmWorks By Shearwell Data CD, now what do I do?
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Animal ages not increasing
- The age of my animals in the program are not increasing, what should I do?
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Backing Up
- How important is backing up?
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Barcode scanners and laptops
- I have a laptop. Do I need a different barcode scanner?
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Connecting your barcode scanner
- How do I connect the barcode scanner to my PC?
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Continuing with FarmWorks By Shearwell Data after the demonstration period
- My demonstration period has run out. What should I do?
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Correcting an incorrect record
- What can I do if I have entered an incorrect record?
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Difficulties in entering weights and prices
- I have entered a £500 in a price field, or 450kg in a weight field and FarmWorks By Shearwell Data won't accept it. What should I do?
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Entering animals with incomplete or unknown information
- I bought some of my stock a long time ago. I no longer have all the information on where they came from. How can I enter these animals?...
Entering cattle tags
- I'm having problems entering valid all numeric cattle tags. What should I do?
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How does the demonstration disk work?
- I've got my FarmWorks By Shearwell Data CD, so how do I get started?...
How to register FarmWorks By Shearwell Data
- How do I register my copy of FarmWorks By Shearwell Data?
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I can't see the whole screen
- I have just opened FarmWorks By Shearwell Data for the first time and I can't see the whole screen. What should I do?
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Installing FarmWorks by Shearwell Data
- How do I install FarmWorks By Shearwell Data for the first time?...
Lost Password
- I have lost my password. How can I get into FarmWorks By Shearwell Data again?
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Overwriting Practise Data
- How do I remove my play farm data so that I can start keeping my real records?
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Practise Information
- What should I do with my play farm?
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Practise Records
- I don't feel happy about going straight into keeping my real records. How can I practise first?
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Reporting on certain groups of animals
- I only want a report on some of my animals. How do I do that?
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Restoring data
- How do you restore from a backup?
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Searching for animals
- I typed the animal's tag number into the Tag Search field and pressed enter. The animal selected has the right tag number but the wrong herd id. What ...
Selecting several animals in the grid
- I want to send several animals to market/grasskeep/abattoir at once. How do I select more than one animal in the grid?
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SMTP Server
- I need to email my data to support. How do I find out what my smtp server is?
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Sorting animals in reports
- I want to view or print a report with my animals sorted in a particular way. I have sorted the animals in the grid the way I want them to appear but t...
Starting to enter your farm data
- Can you give me some advice about how to enter data?
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Viewing Animals
- How do I view the animals I have entered onto the program?
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Warning Screens
- When I open up the program some warning screens displayed, what are these for?
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Why use a barcode scanner
- What does a barcode scanner do when used with FarmWorks by Shearwell Data?
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Will I lose my data when my demo runs out?
- My demonstration period has run out. Will my data have been lost?
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