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- ECHO INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE
- ECHO IBM DISK 12
- ECHO PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT/FINANCIAL PLANNING
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- ECHO This disk contains Lotus 1-2-3 worksheets produced at AAII or
- ECHO published in Computerized Investing. Although every program has
- ECHO been tested and is believed to work properly, we make no guarantees
- ECHO as to the quality or suitability of any of them.
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- ECHO Before you use this disk, we suggest you do the following: First,
- ECHO following the procedure outlined in your computer's DOS manual (see
- ECHO the FORMAT command), format a disk (using the /S format option, if you
- ECHO wish to make a "boot disk"). Second copy the files from this
- ECHO original disk to the disk you have just formatted (using COPY *.*).
- ECHO Use the new disk as your working disk. This original program disk
- ECHO should be kept in a safe place and used only to make working copies.
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- ECHO The following is the directory listing for IBM Disk 12:
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- ECHO IBM12 BAT 3414 The file you are reading
- ECHO AVGCSTMF DOC 18697 Documentation for AVGCSTMF.WKS
- ECHO AVGCSTMF WKS 26751 Determine cost basis for mutual funds
- ECHO BUDGET DOC 4404 Documentation for BUDGET.WKS
- ECHO BUDGET WKS 74627 Track expenses & examine spending habits
- ECHO CASHFLCI DOC 4014 Documentation for CASHFL.WKS
- ECHO CASHFLCI WKS 9375 Project cash flows for retirement spending
- ECHO PORTMGMT DOC 35418 Documentation for PORTMGMT.WKS
- ECHO PORTMGMT WKS 27596 Manage T-bills, bonds and stocks
- ECHO RETIRECI DOC 15252 Documentation for RETIRECI.WKS
- ECHO RETIRECI WKS 2215 Estimate funds available after retirement
- ECHO RRR DOC 13247 Documentation for RRR.WKS
- ECHO RRR MOD 4786 As below but for Multiplan
- ECHO RRR WKS 4096 Compute realized rate of return (IRR)
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- ECHO Files ending with WKS extension run all versions of 1-2-3, while those
- ECHO ending in WK1 require release 2.0 or higher. These worksheets, of
- ECHO course, can be used with other spreadsheet programs that are 1-2-3
- ECHO compatible such as Quattro, Twin, VP-Planner Plus.
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- ECHO Note that you cannot run files with the .DOC extension in DOS. These
- ECHO are ASCII text files of the articles that presented the programs. To
- ECHO view these documentation files, at the DOS command prompt ("A>"),
- ECHO enter
- ECHO .
- ECHO TYPE filename.DOC
- ECHO .
- ECHO to output them to the screen. As the text scrolls up the screen, you
- ECHO can "freeze" the display by holding down the Ctrl key then pressing
- ECHO the Num Lock key. Following that, you can "unfreeze" the display by
- ECHO pressing any key.
- ECHO .
- ECHO To output the documentation files to the printer: First, make sure
- ECHO your printer is on; second, position the paper correctly at the top of
- ECHO the form; finally, at the DOS prompt, enter:
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- ECHO COPY filename.DOC PRN
- ECHO .
- ECHO You can print out this directions file (IBM12.BAT) using a similar
- ECHO procedure.
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- ECHO Good luck!