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1. Make a backup copy of all xml files found in C:\APM
2. Open up the language template for the language text strings that will be modified in Notepad. Example c:\APMapmlang_english.xml.
3. Do a search within the file for <receipt>.
4. Copy the entire section from <receipt> to </receipt> by highlighting it and pressing (ctrl+c).
5. Close the language file.
6. Open the apmlang_custom.xml file in Notepad.
7. Do a search to see if there are any sections for the language that will be modified. Example: When doing a search for German, do a search for <german>.
8. If there is not a preexisting section for the language to be modified, you will need to create one. Hit enter a couple times underneath the </english> tag to create extra lines.
9. On one of the new lines create a tag with the language, Ex. <german>.
10. Hit Enter a couple times to create some space and then create a closing tag. Ex. </german>.
11. Paste (ctrl+v) the copied section where the extra spaces were just created.
12. To create a text string to be added to the receipt, the following information will need to be added within the <receipt> of the language that will show it. A string ID, an English equivalent (optional) and the text itself.
    Sample: <string id=”txtSubtotal” en=”Subtotal”>Subtotal</string>
13. Create an extra line of space somewhere between the <receipt> and the </receipt> in the apmlang_custom.xml file.
14. Create the following shell as a template in the extra space.
    <string id=”” en=””></string>
15. In the id= section, enter an identification for the text that starts with txt.
16. In the en= an English translation can be optionally added, or it can be left blank.
17. Between the >< characters, enter the text as it should be shown on the receipt.
18. Repeat steps 13-17 for each of text to be added to the receipt.

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19. Save the apmlang_custom.xml file and close.
20. Open apmconfig_receipt.xml in Notepad.
21. Locate the section of the file where the new customized text will appear on the receipt.
22. Hit enter to create a new line
23. Use the following sample as a guideline
<item name=”footer” type=”text” pts=”10” face=”times new roman” bold=”false” italic=”true” align=”center”>txtThankYouFooter</item>
24. Create an empty template using the following items:
<item name=”” type=”” pts=”” face=”” bold=”” italic=”” align=” “></item>
25. In the name= enter a new name for the text.
26. In the type= enter text.
27. In the pts= enter the size of the font.
28. In the face= enter the font to be used.
**Note: The font name has to match the font name in Windows and also has to be properly loaded into the machine.
29. In the bold= enter true or false depending on whether boldface will be used or not.
30. In the italic= enter true or false depending on whether italics will be used or not.
31. For alignment of the text enter left, center, or* right* in align=.
32. Between the > < enter the name of the txt created for the text as it was in the apmlang_custom.xml file
Example: <item name=”footer” type=”text” pts=”10” face=”times new roman” bold=”false” italic=”true” align=”center”>txtThankYouFooter</item>
33. Repeat steps 22-31 for each line of new text created in the apmlang_custom.xml file.
34. Save the file and then open it in Internet Explorer to check for errors.