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Download Kade from kadeonline.com, check your PC is ready, run the installer and start your free trial.

Set up Kade on a new PC in five steps — start, business, owner, backup and data — and land signed in on Home.

Buy the Kade license, enter the key from your email in Administration › License, and activate by file or phone code when a PC is offline.

Sign in with your PIN, read the Home screen, move between workspaces and tabs, jump anywhere with Ctrl+K, and lock the till when you step away.

Add this PC's receipt printer, cash drawer and barcode scanner in Administration › Printers & hardware, test each one and check the print templates.

Pair a second PC with a one-time code, check that your PCs sync over the shop network, and know what happens when a PC is offline.

Ring up a sale at the till in Kade, from F2 to change in the customer's hand.

Attach a customer to re-price a bill, give a discount within your role's limit, and hold a bill to serve the next person.

Take goods back at the till with Kade's four-step returns wizard, keeping stock and cash right.

End the day in Kade by counting the drawer blind, explaining any difference, and printing the Z-report.

See what is low or out of stock in Kade, open an item's settings and history, and add a new item with its cost and opening stock.

Receive a delivery in Kade with F7, let costs fill in from the supplier, and decide which selling prices change when costs move.

Record a supplier's invoice from the goods you received in Kade, then pay it and watch the bill settle.

See who owes you, check a customer's credit limit and balance, and receive a payment that Kade applies to the oldest documents first.

Build a quotation with F4, mark it as sent, convert it to an invoice, and issue it with payment while Kade watches the customer's credit limit.

Set up a price list at a percentage off retail or with fixed item prices, give it to a customer, and know which price Kade will charge.

Use the enquiry board to record what a customer wants, log the call, and set a follow-up so nobody forgets to call back.

Choose categories and a price list, check the preview, and publish a numbered catalogue with prices and stock badges.

Set up email, SMS and WhatsApp, record each customer's marketing consent, build a customer segment, and send a catalogue from Kade.

See cash in hand and the bank balance at a glance, record a shop expense, then deposit and clear a post-dated customer cheque in Kade.

See gross profit, net profit and tax payable at a glance, open the profit and loss for any period with a comparison, and check the month-by-month tax report in Kade.

Read the reports overview, chart sales by day and drill into a single day, then find any report and check debtors and creditors by age in Kade.

Add a cashier in Administration › Users & roles, give them a one-time PIN, and check the built-in roles.

Check your backups, take one on demand, review the schedule and restore points, then read the audit log in plain sentences.

Read the Roles and permissions table to see exactly what Owner, Manager and Cashier may do, including discount and cash limits, and pick the right role.

Restore this PC from a restore point or a backup file, with your owner and backup passwords, or start a new PC from your shop's backup.

Check for and install Kade updates online, from another PC or from a file, roll back if needed, and send diagnostics to Kade support.