• CMD Help Contents and Welcome
  •  Contact Information
  •  To Get Started Using CMD Quickly
•  First Steps Using CMD
  •  Getting CMD onto Your Computer
  •  Initializing CMD
    •  Installing and Starting Remote Database Server Software
  •  Server Already Running?
  •  Basic Concepts
  •  Getting Started
• Fully Hosted CMD Option
• CMD for Mac
•  Using CMD on a Network
  •  Remote Database Server Software
  •  Connect a Client Computer to CMD
•  Using E-Mail in CMD
  •  E-Mail Setup dialog
  •  CMD E-Mail Client
  •  View Sent E-Mails
•  Importing Prior CMD Data
•  Adding a Family
  •  Enter/Modify/Delete Names
    • Adjusting Dialog Size
  •  How/when data is saved
  •  Family data area
  •  Interest File Families
  •  Navigator bar (Enter/Modify/Delete Names)
  •  Add New Family
  •  Family Name field
  •  Addresses
    •  Residence Address
    •  Mail Address
    •  Alternate Address
    •  International Address
    •  Address Settings
  •  Label Text
  •  Home Phone field
  •  Alternate Home Phone field
  •  Confidential (phone) field
  •  Parish field
  •  Family Comments field
  •  Member Household field
  •  Include Family in Directory field
  •  Available To Front Desk field
  •  Add a Family Member to a Family
  •  Family Name Search dialog
    •  List Family Members dialog
•  Adding Family Members
  •  Add a Family Member to a Family
  •  Add New Family Member drop-down box
  •  Family Members Data area
  •  Find a Person Search dialog
    •  Envelopes (print a single envelope)
    •  Send data to Clipboard
  •  Family Member Utilities
  •  Reorder family members
  •  Print Profile
  •  Title field
  •  First Name field
  •  Middle Name field
  •  Last Name field
  •  Suffix field
  •  Goes By field
  •  ID Number field
  •  E-Mail field
  •  Group E-Mail field
  •  Quick Comments field
  •  Work phone field
  •  Fax field
  •  Cell phone field
    • Send Text Message to Current Name
  • Contact Preferences
  •  Other Phone Label field
  •  Other Phone field
  •  Membership Status field
  •  SS Class/Division
  •  Affiliation field
  •  Offices field
  •  Talents field
  •  Activities
  •  User 1 field
  •  User 2 field
  •  User 3 field
  •  Marital Status field
  •  Family Status field
  •  Gender field
  •  User 4 field
  •  Occupation field
  •  Retired field
  •  Joining Method field
  •  Joining Specifics field
  •  Joining Date field
  •  Gets Newsletter field
  •  Include Individual in Directory field
  •  Regular attender field
  •  SCP - Spiritual Care Provider Field
  •  Birth date field
  •  Anniversary date field
  •  Baptism date field
  •  User Dates 1-4 fields
  •  Last Visit Date field
  •  Work/School Info field
    •  Child Registry dialog
  •  Comments field
  •  Visitation tracking
  •  Attendance (for individuals)
  •  Documents
•  Reassign or Move a Name
  •  Reassign (moving) a Name
  •  Move a Person to New Family
•  Modify/Update Data Later On
  •  Modify/update data later on
•  Delete/Archive a family or family member
  •  Delete or Archive a name or family
  •  Delete Name Contributions Warning
•  Printing Lists and Reports
  •  Printing Lists and Reports
  •  Print Names in File
  •  Common Printing Problems 
  •  Print Labels for your newsletter
  •  PDF Output
  •  Print a church directory
    •  Format A
    •  Format B
    •  Format C
    •  Customized Format
      • Names Group (Customized Format)
      • Birthdays & Anniversaries Group (Customized Format)
      • Miscellaneous Group (Customized Format)
      • Parish Group (Customized Format)
    •  Name Only
    •  Pictorial Church Directory Formats
    •  ASCII Export (for Church Directory)
      •  Dates Setup for ASCII Export
    •  Roster for Staff Use
    •  Status Markers dialog
    •  Page Setup for Church Directory
    •  Directory Options dialog
  •  Selection tab page (Print Names)
    •  First Step Selection (Print Names)
    •  Quick List Selection (Print Names)
    •  Iterative Reports Selection (Print Names)
    •  Field-based Selections (Print Names)
      •  Newsletter & Household (Print Names) 
      •  Mail Fields (Print Names)
      •  Phone Fields (Print Names)
      •  Church & Personal Information Fields (Print Names)
      •  Select Menu Items as Print Criteria
      •  Attendance Selection (Print Names)
      •  Visitation Selection (Print Names)
      •  Dates Selection (Print Names)
  •  Print Control tab page
    •  Output Forms (Print Names)
      •  Address an E-Mail
      •  ASCII Export
      •  Attendance Grid
      •  Bar Codes for Attendance
      •  Child Registry Page (Print Names)
      •  Comments Only
      •  Dates Lists
      •  eDirectory Export
      •  Envelopes (Print Names)
      •  Family Name Only
      •  Family Visitation Cards
      •  Full Information
      •  Grid Form
      •  Individual Name Only
      •  Mailing Labels
        •  Regular Bulk Mail
      •  Mail-Merge
      •  Name, Address, & Phone Lists
      •  Name Count Only
      •  Name & E-Mail
      •  Name & Phone Lists
      •  Offices Reports
      •  Phone Tree file
      •  Pie Chart Breakdown
      •  Postcards
      •  Rotary Cards
      •  Send SMS/Text Message
      •  Statistics
      •  Visitation Reports
      •  Zip Code Breakdown
    •  Name Formality Selection (Print Names)
    •  Sort Order (Print Names)
    •  Case Status (Print Names)
    •  Address Priority (Print Names)
    •  Area Codes (Print Names)
    •  Return Address (Print Names)
    •  Page Headline (Print Names)
    •  Use Titles (Print Names)
    •  Invert Name (Print Names)
    •  Include Spouse (Print Names)
    •  One Label Per Husband/Wife
    •  Include Names with no Address (Print Names)
    •  Use Label Field Info if Available (Print Names)
    •  Address E-Mail if Available (Print Names)
    •  Destination (Print Names)
    •  Macros (Print Names)
    •  Save Parameters (Print Names)
    •  Printer Selection
    •  Font Selection
    •  Start at Top of File (Print Names)
    •  Print Today's Date (Print Names)
    •  Print Totals (Print Names)
    •  Envelopes (Print Names)
    •  Individual Names Printing Selection
    •  Envelope Print Definition
•  Contributions Management
  •  Contributions Menu
  •  Define Contributions Accounts
  •  Enter/Modify/Delete Contributions
    •  Select a name (Contributions)
    •  Selecting Names Using Envelope Numbers (Contributions)
    •  Entering contributions data
    •  Modify or delete a contribution
    •  Contributions Preferences
  •  Import Bank Summary Into Contributions
  •  Deposit Register
  •  Define Pledges
  •  Statements for Contributions
    •  Edit Statements Message (Contrib)
    •  Pledge Statement Options
  •  General System Reports (Contributions)
  •  Contributions Breakdown Reports
  •  Account Contributors List
    •  Mailing Labels (Contributions)
    •  Name Only Output Form (Contributions)
    •  Name and Amount Output Form (Contributions)
  •  Print Envelope Numbers List
  •  Pledgers List
  •  Multi-Year Pledge Statements
  •  Contributions Utilities
    •  Change Deposit ID
    •  Clear Contributions Data
    •  Reassign Contributions Data
    •  Scan for Accounts Used (Contrib)
    •  Scan for Blank Accounts (Contrib)
    •  Scan for orphaned contributions
    •  Regular Contributors Setup
  • Passwords with Contributions
    •  Passwords with Contributions
•  Attendance
  •  Mark Attendance dialog
    •  User Date Selection for Attendance Entry
    •  Name Tag Setup dialog
    •  Print Bar Code (Enter Attendance)
    •  Enter Attendance by Phone Number
  •  Using a Scanner to Mark Attendance
  •  Name Tag Printer & Form Information
  •  Name Tag Setup
  •  Visitor Attendance dialog
  •  Print Visitor Attendance
  •  Print Last Attendance Date
  •  Print Attendance Forms
  •  Print Attendance Totals
  •  Attendance Utilities
•  Clerk/Archive
  •  Clerk Reports
    •  Printing Accurate Clerk Reports
    •  Clerk Report Output Form
    •  Clerk Report Affiliation Selection
    •  Clerk Report Title
    •  Clerk Report Return Address Selection
    •  Clerk Members List Selection
    •  Clerk Reports to Print
    •  Clerk Starting/Ending Dates
    •  Clerk Report Destination
    •  Clerk Update Names
  •  Address Changes
    •  Address Changes dialog
  •  Archive File
    •  Browse/Update Archive File
    •  Print archive information
    •  Archive File Name Search
  •  Deleted Names File
    • Deleted Names dialog
•  Quick List
  •  Quick List Overview
  •  Add Names to Quick List
  •  Add Names to Multiple Quick Lists
•  Tools Menu
  •  Background Checks
  •  Christian Learning
    •  By Name (Christian Learning)
    •  By Experience (Christian Learning)
    •  By Roster (Christian Learning)
    •  Define Experiences (Christian Learning)
    •  Print Reports (Christian Learning)
      •  All Learning Experiences Output Form (Christian Learning)
      •  Specific Learning Experience Output Form (Christian Learning)
      •  List Names by Experience Output Form (Christian Learning)
      •  Labels of Names by Experience Output Form (Christian Learning)
      •  Envelopes of Names by Experience Output Form (Christian Learning)
      •  Name/Phone List by Experience Output Form (Christian Learning)
  •  Church Office Terms
    •  Offices, Positions, & Terms by Name
    •  Set Positions & terms by Office List
    •  Define Committees
    •  Print Office Lists and Terms
  •  Date Minders
    •  Date Minder Preferences
  •  Organizations
    •  Enter/Modify/Delete Organizations
    •  Organization Comments
    •  Organizations Lookup
    •  Print Organizations
  •  Prayer List
  •  Prayer List Grid
  •  Schedule Places
    •  Define Places
    •  Make Reservations or View Reservation Details
    •  Print Places Reservations
  •  School Information
    •  School Info Define/View Page
    •  School Info Print Page
  •  SnapShot
  •  Worship Planner
    •  Worship Planner dialog
    •  Worship Events tab page (Worship Planner)
    •  Worship Groups tab page (Worship Planner)
    •  Worship Elements tab page (Worship Planner)
    •  Worship Events Print tab page (Worship Planner)
  •  Hot List
  • Interest File
    • Interest File Dialog
      • Address Fields (Interest File)
      • Phone Fields (Interest File)
      • Family Comments (Interest File)
      • Date of First Contact (Interest File)
      • Religious Background (Interest File)
      • Source of Interest (Interest File)
      • Degreee of Interest (Interest File)
      • Learning Activity (Interest File)
      • Decisions Made (Interest File)
      • Materials  Received (Interest File)
      • Pastoral Contact (Interest File)
      • Lay Contact (Interest File)
      • Visitation, Attendance Preferences (Interest File)
      • Individual Comments (Interest File)
      • Transfer an Interest File Family to CMD
  •  Print Interest File Names
    • Select Names for Printing (Interest File)
    • Choose the Output Form (Interest File)
    • Set Parameters (Interest File)
•  Utilities Menu
  •  Add Names to a Family Field
  •  Add Names to a Menu Field
  •  Area Code Convert
  •  Check for orphaned names/families
  •  Dates Update
  •  Define External Bar Codes
  •  Delete Individual Pictures
  •  Delete Family Pictures
  •  Global Field Changes
  •  Global Menu Field Changes
  •  Member Household Setup
  •  Menu Scans Utility
  •  Pictorial Directory Definition
  •  Print Postcard Message or Response Cards
  •  Print Return Address Labels Utility
  •  Print Return Address on Envelopes
  •  Remove Apostrophe from Menu Fields Utility
  •  Server Setups
    •  Remote Database Server Setup
    •  Web Server Setup
    •  Debugging Remote Connections
  • Transfer Pictures from CMD Data File
  •  Web Access Setup
  •  Zip Code Inspect/Clean Utility
•  Preferences Menu
  •  Backup Information
  •  Church Information Preference
  •  Envelope Preferences
  •  CMD Preferences
    •  Global Preferences
      •  User Field Names Preference
      •  Return Address Definition Preference
      •  Default Area Code Preference
      • Track Address Changes
    •  Preferences for Enter/Modify/Delete Names
      •  Check Box Defaults Preference
      •  Menu Selection Defaults Preference
      •  Name Formality Preference
      •  Family Name History List
  •  Menu Items Preference
  •  Members List Preference
  •  Startup Function
  •  Styles
  •  Change Passwords
  •  User Administration
  •  Speed Buttons
•  File Menu
  •  Open CMD File
  •  Backup Data
  •  Restore Data
  •  Create New CMD File
    •  Create New Local CMD File
    •  Create New Remote/Network CMD File
  •  Configuration
    •  Include Other CMD File
    •  Configuration Update
•  Find Data Menu
  •  Find data
•  Names Menu
  •  Child Check-In/Out
    •  Check-In dialog
    •  Check-out dialog
  •  Spiritual Care Providers
•  CMD Front Desk
•  CMD Lookup
  •  Logout Timer
•  Miscellaneous Items
  •  Menu fields display
  •  Menu Selection dialog
  •  Pictures
    •  Picture Specifications
  •  Passwords
  •  Error Messages and Codes
  •  Comments/Attendance/Visitation button
  •  Calendars, using
  •  History List field
    •  History List Maintenance dialog
  •  Quick Name Entry
  •  SMS/Texting in CMD
    •  Set SMS/Texting Parameters
•  Errors and Troubleshooting
  •  When things go wrong...
  •  Data Warning Dialog
•  CMD Utility Programs
  •  CMD Tools
    •  Startup
    •  Configuration
    •  Servers
    •  Uninstall Server Software
•  CMD Web Apps
  •  CMD Phone Apps
    • Staff Phone App
    • Member Phone App
•  New Features Guides
  • CMD 2020.1 New Features Guide
  • CMD 2019.1 New Features Guide
  • CMD 2018.2 New Features Guid
  • CMD 2018.1 New Features Guide
  • CMD 2017.3 New Features Guide
  • CMD 2017.2 New Features Guide
  • CMD 2017.1 New Features Guide
  • CMD 2016.3 New Features Guide
  • CMD 2016.2 New Features Guide
  • CMD 2016.1 New Features Guide
  • CMD 2015.5 New Features Guide
  • CMD 2015.4 New Features Guide
  • CMD 2015.1 New Features
  •  CMD 2014.2a New Features
  •  CMD 2014.2 New Features
  •  CMD 2014.1 New Features
  •  CMD 2013.2 New Features
  •  CMD 2013.1 New Features
  •  CMD 2012.2 New Features
  •  CMD 2012.1 New Features
  •  CMD 2011.3 New Features
  •  CMD 2011.2 New Features
  •  CMD 2011.1 New Features
  •  CMD 2010.3 New Features
  •  CMD 2010.2 New Features
  •  CMD 2010.1 New Features
  •  CMD 2009 New Features
  •  CMD 2008 New Features