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- A Financial Tool
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- Copyright 1993 Insight Software Solutions
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- LOAN CHIEF LITE
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- TABLE OF CONTENTS
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- General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
- Disclaimer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
- About Insight Software Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
- Contents of Distribution Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
- Program Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
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- Getting Started With The Loan Chief . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
- System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
- Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
- Running the Loan Chief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
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- Screen Layout In The Loan Chief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
- Common Screen Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
- Menu Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
- Data Input Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
- Data View Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
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- Moving Around In The Loan Chief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
- Menu System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
- Moving Field to Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
- Editing Within a Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
- Special Fixed Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
- Special Function Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
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- Loan Schedules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
- Schedule Inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
- Loan Schedule Function Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
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- Loan Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
- Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
- Chart Inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
- Loan Chart Function Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
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- Schedule Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
- Inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
- Function Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
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- Solve For Calculator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
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- On-line User Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
- Color Attribute Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
- Printer Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
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- Answers To Common Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
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- General Information
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- Disclaimer
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- Insight Software Solutions makes no warranties or representations
- of any kind, expressed or implied, including any implied
- warranties of merchantability and fitness for any particular
- purpose. Insight Software Solutions shall not be liable for any
- errors contained herein or for any loss of profit or for
- incidental or consequential damages or for any other damages.
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- About Insight Software Solutions
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- Insight Software Solutions is located in Bountiful Utah. Please
- send any inquiries, questions, suggestions or comments to the
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- INSIGHT SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS Tel: (801) 295-1890
- P.O. BOX 354 Fax: (801) 299-1781
- BOUNTIFUL, UT 84011-0354 BBS: (801) 963-8721
- CIS: [71672,3464]
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- Contents of Distribution Disk
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- The Loan Chief diskette contains several files which are needed
- for optimal performance. Their name and function are listed
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- LOAN.EXE This is the main executable program.
- LOAN.CFG This contains program configuration information
- such as screen color and printer selections. This
- file is automatically created if not found.
- LOAN.PTR This contains printer definitions for a variety of
- printers.
- LOAN.DOC This is the User Manual for the Loan Chief.
- LOAN.BAT This is a start up batch file for hard disks.
- INSTALL.EXE This copies the program to a hard disk.
- LOAN.INF This contains saved information.
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- Program Support
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- Once registered, you will receive notification of major updates
- and new products. Registration includes a 90 day support policy
- where free updates will be provided for major problems. If a
- problem cannot be resolved, then a refund of money will be made.
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- Insight Software Solutions offers support through the mail,
- phone, fax, BBS and CIS. Please refer to the address and phone
- numbers on the previous page. Our official support BBS is the
- Rocky Mountain Software BBS (RMS). RMS can be reached 24 hours a
- day at (801) 963-8721 where a conference dedicated to us can be
- found. Our latest software products and versions, bulletins, news
- and message system are located on RMS under conference #4. RMS
- accepts modem baud rates of 1200 to 38400.
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- Insight Software Solutions is a member of
- the Association of Shareware Professionals
- (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the
- shareware principal works for you. If you
- are unable to resolve a shareware related
- problem with an ASP member by contacting
- the member directly, ASP may be able to
- help. The ASP Ombudsman can help you
- resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP
- member, but does not provide technical
- support for members' products. Please write
- to the ASP Ombudsman at 545 Grover Road,
- Muskegon, MI 49442 or send a CompuServe
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- Getting Started With The Loan Chief
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- System Requirements
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- The Loan Chief is almost hardware independent. It will run on
- most PC systems. The minimum requirements are as follows:
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- IBM type PC, XT, AT or PS/2 (or compatible)
- 512K Ram
- Dos 2.0 or higher
- any monochrome, color, or composite monitor
- virtually any printer that supports condensed printing
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- Installation
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- The Loan Chief may be run from either a floppy or hard disk. An
- installation program called INSTALL.EXE is provided to assist you
- in the installation of the program on a hard drive. From the A>
- prompt, simply type in "INSTALL". This will prompt you through
- the installation process. Alternatively, you may simply copy the
- contents of the floppy diskette onto the hard disk. We recommend
- that it be placed into its own subdirectory.
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- Running the Loan Chief
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- To run the Loan Chief, simply type "LOAN". This can be done from
- the floppy disk or from a hard drive if you used the provided
- installation procedure.
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- Screen Layout In The Loan Chief
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- Common Screen Lines
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- There are several common screen lines found in the Loan Chief.
- This includes the first, second, twenty third, twenty fourth, and
- twenty fifth lines. The first line contains the current date and
- time as specified by DOS. It also contains the name of the
- program. The second line is part of the box surrounding the user
- work area. It generally contains a centered title describing the
- function of the current screen. The twenty third line is the
- status line. It shows the status of the Help, Caps, Scroll Lock,
- Num Lock, and Insert keys. The twenty fourth line is the prompt
- line. It indicates what you are supposed to do for a given input
- field. The twenty fifth line is the Function Keys Status line. It
- shows what Function Keys (F1, F2, ...) are available for use and
- what their particular functions are.
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- Menu Screens
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- Menu Screens appear as a list of numbered items. There is also a
- movable highlight bar indicating the current menu selection.
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- Data Input Screens
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- Data Input Screens contain fields or areas which can be changed
- by you. These fields are generally preceded by a label indicating
- what type of value is desired for the field.
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- Data View Screens
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- Data View Screens contain scrollable text for your viewing.
- Generally, the text can be scrolled up and down and left and
- right. Indications of the current location in the text are given
- on the left side of the status line.
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- Moving Around In The Loan Chief
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- Menu System
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- Menus appear as a list of numbered options. To select the option
- desired, you may press the associated number. An alternate method
- is to use the arrow keys along with the <Enter> key. One option
- is always highlighted and indicates the current option. To change
- the current option, you may press the UP and DOWN arrow keys to
- move the highlight bar. Once the desired option is highlighted,
- pressing the <Enter> key selects it.
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- Moving Field to Field
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- Moving from one field to another field can be accomplished by
- many different keystrokes. Listed below is a summary of the
- keystrokes available and the function they perform.
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- ENTER KEY: Moves you to the next logical field.
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- RIGHT ARROW KEY: If the cursor is on the last editing character
- of the field, this key moves the cursor to the right of the
- current field.
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- LEFT ARROW KEY: If the cursor is on the first character of the
- field, this key moves the cursor to the field to the left of the
- current field.
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- DOWN ARROW KEY: Moves the cursor to the field below the current
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- UP ARROW KEY: Moves the cursor to the field above the current
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- PAGE DOWN KEY: Moves the cursor to the last field on the screen.
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- PAGE UP KEY: Moves the cursor to the first field on the screen.
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- TAB KEY: Moves the cursor to the next logical field.
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- TAB LEFT KEY: Moves the cursor to the previous logical field.
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- <CTRL> RIGHT ARROW KEY: Moves the cursor to the field to the
- right of the current field.
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- <CTRL> LEFT ARROW KEY: Moves the cursor to the field to the left
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- Editing Within a Field
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- Editing within a field can be accomplished with many different
- keystrokes. Listed below is a summary of the keystrokes available
- and the functions they perform.
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- RIGHT ARROW KEY: Moves the cursor one character to the right.
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- LEFT ARROW KEY: Moves the cursor one character to the left.
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- HOME KEY: Moves the cursor to the beginning of the field.
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- END KEY: Moves the cursor to the last character in the field.
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- BACKSPACE KEY: Moves the cursor to the left one character and
- erases that character and shifts all trailing characters to the
- left one space.
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- INSERT KEY: Toggles between insert mode and typeover mode.
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- DELETE KEY: Erases the character under the cursor and shifts all
- trailing characters to the left one space.
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- ALPHA/NUMERIC KEY: Outputs the character where the cursor is and
- moves the cursor over to the right, one space. If insert mode is
- on, then all trailing characters are moved to the right, one
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- Special Fixed Fields
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- There are certain fields which have fixed values. When the cursor
- is moved to these fields, a window of choices appears. Each
- choice has either an associated number or letter next to it.
- Pressing the associated number or letter automatically makes the
- desired selection and moves the choice into the input field.
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- Special Function Keys
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- There are a number of special function keys which perform a
- variety of tasks. These keys are as follows.
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- <ESC> KEY: This key always takes you back one level from where
- ever you are. For example: if you enter a screen from a menu,
- then the <Esc> key will take you back to that menu.
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- <F1> KEY: This key is the help key. It toggles off and on
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- whether help messages should be shown with each input.
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- <F2>..<F10> KEYS: These other function keys may or may not be
- active and have different functions in different parts of the
- program. Brief explanations of what these keys do are displayed
- on the screen in the Function Key line. Detailed information is
- given under the documentation of each particular screen as to
- which Function Keys are active and what their function is.
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- Loan Schedules
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- Schedule Inputs
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- Loan Values
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- PAYMENT MODE: This is the frequency of payments to be made. This
- may be on a weekly, bi-weekly, semi-monthly, monthly, quarterly,
- semi-annual or annual basis.
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- COMPOUND METHOD: This is the frequency at which the interest
- rate is compounded. This may be on a daily (360 or 365 days),
- monthly, quarterly, semi-annual or annual basis. Generally, a
- mortgage is compounded on a monthly basis.
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- ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL: This is the original principal of the amount
- to amortize.
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- MONTHS IN LOAN: This is the number of months over which to
- amortize the original principal. This can be up to 360 months
- allowing for a 30 year loan amortization. This field becomes
- "WEEKS IN LOAN" if the payment frequency is either weekly or bi-
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- INTEREST RATE: This is the rate at which to amortize. Three
- decimal places are allowed. Variable interest rates are made
- possible through the F3 (INTEREST) function key. Variable
- interest rates are only available for monthly through annual
- payment methods.
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- ORIGINATION DATE: This is the date at which the loan
- amortization starts. The printed schedule keeps track of every
- month and year based upon the origination date.
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- Special Features
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- OPTION: This consists of seven choices which are as follows:
- None, Recurring Extra Payment, Variable Extra Payment, Double
- Principal Payment, Balloon Payment, 13 Monthly Payments Per Year
- and Variable Payment.
- None is for doing basic amortization schedules.
- Recurring Extra Payment adds the ability to specify a constant
- extra amount payable towards the principal each month. This
- allows you to see how a little more of a payment reduces the
- length of a loan by a great deal. This option is available only
- when the payment mode is monthly through annual.
- Variable Extra Payment works just like the "Recurring Extra
- Payment" except that a different extra amount can be specified
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- for any month or period of the loan. This option is available
- only when the payment mode is monthly through annual.
- Double Principal Payment displays what doubling the principal
- payment each month does to the loan. It cuts the loan period
- almost in half. This option is available only when the payment
- mode is monthly through annual.
- Balloon Payment adds the ability to show the loan for a short
- period of time and then what one final payment would be to pay
- off the loan. This option is available only when the payment
- mode is monthly.
- 13 Monthly Payments Per Year allows you to specify a month where
- two normal payments will be made. This typically reduces a 30
- year mortgage to 21 years. This closely simulates a bi-weekly
- payoff schedule. This option is available only when the payment
- mode is monthly.
- Variable Payment adds the flexibility to specify whatever
- payments you would like for every month of the loan. You can
- specify exactly how you plan to pay your loan and see the
- effect it has. This option is available only when the payment
- mode is monthly through annual.
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- COMPARE: This field appears only when one of the following
- special options have been selected: Recurring Extra Payment,
- Variable Extra Payment, Variable Payment, Double Principal
- Payment or 13 Monthly Payments. By selecting "Y" for Compare, two
- schedules will be generated side by side. The first will be the
- basic loan schedule and the second will be a loan schedule which
- conforms to the special option selected. You will be able to
- compare the two at any point in time.
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- PAYMENT: This field appears only with the special option of
- "Recurring Extra Principal", "Variable Extra Payment" or
- "Variable Payment". For the Recurring Extra and Variable Extra,
- it is an additional amount of money which is to be applied to the
- loan each and every period. This amount of money pays towards the
- principal of the loan and accelerates the amortization and pays
- it off early. Variable Extra Payments are made possible through
- the F2 (PAYMENTS) function key. For the Variable Payment, you
- are allowed to override the periodic payment amount. You can
- specify whatever amount you want to pay towards the loan. This
- allows total flexibility in the amounts you wish to pay towards
- your loan. Variable Payments are made possible through the F2
- (PAYMENTS) function key.
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- MONTHS: This field appears only with the special option of
- "Balloon Payment". It allows the number of months to be specified
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- TAX ANALYSIS: This field appears only if the payment mode is
- monthly. It is intended to be used for mortgages only. The tax
- savings option adds several elements to the Basic Schedule.
- Property taxes and insurance amounts are added to give a fuller
- picture of your total payment. Tax savings (based on itemized
- deductions) are also computed with a given tax bracket. Tax
- analysis may be used in conjunction with any of the special
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- TAX BRACKET: This field appears only if the tax savings feature
- has been selected. This is the estimated tax bracket in a
- percentage form of the person for whom the schedule is for. This
- allows an estimated savings in taxes that a person can realize
- from a mortgage based on itemized deductions.
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- PROPERTY TAX: This field appears only if the tax savings feature
- has been selected. This is the amount of property tax paid per
- month for a mortgage. This allows a for a better picture of
- actual tax savings as property taxes are a deductible item.
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- Other Inputs
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- TITLE: A title line printed on the top of the report. This uses
- a line on the report only if something is entered; therefore, you
- can fit more of the report on a page if the title is left blank.
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- Loan Schedule Function Keys
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- F2 KEY (PAYMENTS): This function key is available only if one of
- the following special options has been selected: Variable Extra
- Payment or Variable Payments. This pops up another screen which
- allows up to 100 payment inputs. Each payment is numbered. New
- function keys appear indicating how to change payments above 100.
- There will be enough inputs and function keys to cover the
- duration specified for the schedule. By this fashion you may
- enter in different payments for the entire span of the schedule.
- The new F2 key (DUP) will duplicate the previous value and
- advance the cursor. This allows easy duplication of payments
- without having to rekey them all in.
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- F3 KEY (INTEREST): This pops up another screen which allows up
- to 120 interest rate inputs. Each interest rate is numbered. By
- this fashion you may enter in different interest rates for each
- period of the schedule and produce a stepped rate or variable
- rate loan schedule. The new F2 key (DUP) will duplicate the
- previous value and advance the cursor. This allows easy
- duplication of interest rates without having to rekey them all
- in. The variable interest rates are only available if the payment
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- F4 KEY (VIEW/PRINT): Pops up another screen containing all the
- Schedule Printing options. Please refer to the section on
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- Overview
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- Loan Charts is a novel concept which allows you to create a table
- of any type loan values that you may be in need of. You select
- the type of loan values you need--whether it be loan payments,
- loan principal amounts, months in a loan or the interest rate,
- you can now compute them. Once you choose what you want to solve
- for, you enter one of the remaining loan values as a constant and
- the other two as a range of values. Bingo! A chart is produced
- solving for all loan values specified in the ranges.
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- Let's look at an example. You want to purchase a car. You want
- to know what your payments will be. So you select "Solve For
- Loan Payments". You have determined that you can get a 9%
- interest rate, so you select "Interest Rate" for your constant
- and enter 9%. You are interested in payments for 3, 4 and 5 year
- loans, so you enter 36 months for the first term with a 12 month
- increment and 3 increments. You hope you can afford a vehicle in
- the $10,000 to $15,000 range, so you enter the first loan amount
- as $10,000 with an increment of $500 with 10 increments. You
- press the "view" key and a chart is produced that shows what the
- loan payments would be for a $10,000, $10,500 ... $15,000 loan
- for 3, 4 and 5 years at a 9% interest rate.
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- Chart Inputs
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- Chart Type
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- CHART TYPE: This specifies the type of loan chart you want to
- produce. You may produce a chart which solves for any one of the
- four factors found in loan. You may solve for Loan Principal
- Amount, Loan Payment Amount, Loan Interest Rate or Loan Term.
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- CONSTANT: When producing a loan chart, one value remains
- constant. This allows you to select the loan factor which is to
- remain constant.
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- PMT AMOUNT: This field only appears if you have selected the Loan
- Payment as the constant loan value. The loan payment amount is
- to be entered here.
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- LOAN AMT: This field only appears if you have selected the Loan
- Amount as the constant loan value. The loan principal amount is
- to be entered here.
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- INT RATE: This field only appears if you have selected the Loan
- Interest Rate as the constant loan value. The loan interest rate
- amount is to be entered here.
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- NUM MONTHS: This field only appears if you have selected the Loan
- Term as the constant loan value. The number of months in the
- loan is to be entered here.
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- Loan Amount
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- Please note that these inputs only appear if the Loan Chart Type
- is not "Solve For Loan Amounts" and the Loan Constant is not
- "Loan Amount".
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- FIRST LOAN AMOUNT: This is the first loan principal amount in the
- chart.
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- LOAN AMT INCREMENT: This is how much you want to increment the
- loan principal amount.
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- # OF INCREMENTS: This is the number of loan principal increments
- to use in the chart.
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- Payment Amount
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- Please note that these inputs only appear if the Loan Chart Type
- is not "Solve For Payment Amounts" and the Loan Constant is not
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- FIRST PMT AMOUNT: This is the first loan payment amount in the
- chart.
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- LOAN AMT INCREMENT: This is how much you want to increment the
- loan payment amount.
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- # OF INCREMENTS: This is the number of loan payment increments to
- use in the chart.
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- Interest Rate
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- Please note that these inputs only appear if the Loan Chart Type
- is not "Solve For Interest Rates" and the Loan Constant is not
- "Interest Rate".
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- FIRST INTEREST AMOUNT: This is the first loan interest rate in
- the chart.
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- INT RATE INCREMENT: This is how much you want to increment the
- loan interest rate.
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- # OF INCREMENTS: This is the number of interest rate increments
- to use in the chart.
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- Loan Term
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- Please note that these inputs only appear if the Loan Chart Type
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- MONTHS IN LOAN: This is the first loan term (in months) in the
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- MONTH INCREMENT: This is the number of months you want to
- increment the loan term.
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- # OF INCREMENTS: This is the number of loan term increments to
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- Other Inputs
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- TITLE: A title line printed on the top of the report. This uses
- a line on the report only if something is entered; therefore, you
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- F4 KEY (VIEW/PRINT): Pops up another screen containing all the
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- Inputs
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- The Schedule Printing screen allows for a variety of options
- which affect the way the schedule is to be printed. The fields
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- PRINT DESTINATION: This function allows you to specify where the
- schedule is to be sent--it can be sent to the screen, printer or
- to a file. The schedule appears on the screen as it will appear
- when it is printed. When viewing the schedule on the screen,
- function keys are available to send the schedule directly to the
- printer without having to come back and change the print
- destination to the printer.
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- SCHEDULE DETAIL: Determines whether to print every month,
- quarter, half year or year of detail on the schedule. The
- schedule detail cannot be a smaller period than that specified in
- the deposit mode. For example, you cannot illustrate monthly
- values for an schedule which has only annual deposits. Deposit
- Methods of weekly, bi-weekly and semi-monthly are always
- illustrated on their respective periods.
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- YEARLY BASIS: Allows you to select how the cumulative totals of
- the schedule are to be displayed. They can be displayed on either
- a calendar or fiscal year basis. A fiscal year basis displays the
- totals at exact yearly intervals. For example, a loan paid
- monthly which starts in March would show totals each March. If a
- calendar basis is chosen, totals would be shown at the end of
- each calendar year. For example, a loan which starts in April
- would show totals each December or end of the year. Yearly Basis
- has no effect on weekly, bi-weekly and semi-monthly loans.
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- CUMULATIVE VALUES: Shows each line of values as cumulative
- totals from all previous years or months in the schedule.
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- CUMULATIVE TOTALS: Only applies if you are not using annual
- detail and you are not using cumulative values. Selecting "Yes"
- here will show the totals after each year as a cumulative total.
- Selecting "No" will show the totals for each individual year.
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- DOLLAR VALUES: Specifies the use of dollar values in the
- schedule. If "no" is selected, cents appear in the figures. You
- would normally use dollar values if you prefer working with whole
- numbers or if you are working with a very large mortgage where
- the numbers start to merge when showing the cents.
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- DATE FORMAT: This specifies the format in which the dates will
- appear in a report. For example, a date of October 23, 1992 would
- appear as follows:
- MM/DD/YY = 10/23/92 DD/MM/YYYY = 23/10/1992
- MM-DD-YY = 10-23-92 DD-MM-YYYY = 23-10-1992
- MM.DD.YY = 10.23.92 DD.MM.YYYY = 23.10.1992
- MM/DD/YYYY = 10/23/1992 YY-MM-DD = 92-10-23
- MM-DD-YYYY = 10-23-1992 YY.MM.DD = 92.10.23
- MM.DD.YYYY = 10.23.1992 YYYY-MM-DD = 1992-10-23
- DD/MM/YY = 23/10/92 YYYY.MM.DD = 1992.10.23
- DD-MM-YY = 23-10-92 MMM YYYY = Oct 1992
- DD.MM.YY = 23.10.92 DD MMM YY = 23 Oct 92
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- SEQUENCE COLUMN: This allows you to specify the left column of
- the schedule. The options produce the following columns:
- "Date Only" "Payment Number Only" "Date & Payment Number"
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- DATE NUM NUM DATE
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- 10/25/94 1 1 10/25/94
- 11/25/94 2 2 11/25/94
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- F4 KEY (START PRINT): This function starts the actual printing
- of the schedule or summary. Based on the print destination, it
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- The Solve For Calculator is for calculating loan values. It
- consists of four solve for values. By selecting one of these
- values to solve for, inputs appear which you must enter to solve
- for the selected value. These values and inputs are listed below.
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- PRINCIPAL: This allows you to solve for the principal amount of
- a loan given the periodic payment, duration and interest rate.
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- PAYMENT: This allows you to solve for the periodic payment of a
- loan given the principal amount, duration and interest rate.
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- DURATION: This allows you to solve for the duration of a loan
- given the principal amount, periodic payment and interest rate.
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- INTEREST RATE: This allows you to solve for the interest rate of
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- On-line User Manual
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- The Loan Chief provides the capability to review this manual on-
- line. Option number five from the main menu allows this. Once
- option five is selected, the user manual is loaded into memory
- and displayed on the screen. You can scroll through it at will by
- use of the arrow keys and PgUp and PgDn keys. The manual can be
- printed by your printer by simply pressing the F2 Key. The file
- "LOAN.DOC" contains the user manual. It is in standard ascii
- format and can be read in by virtually any editor or word
- processor. It can be printed by simply using the Dos Print
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- Configuration
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- The configuration section allows you to configure the program to
- work with the printer of your choice, to work with the colors of
- your choice, to select default schedule printing options and to
- set miscellaneous options. Option number six from the main menu
- brings up this menu. The menu contains four options. The first is
- to allow you to change the colors used in the program. The second
- is to select a printer and set up specific printer options. The
- third is for selecting Schedule Printing Defaults options. The
- fourth is for setting up miscellaneous functions and data in the
- program.
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- Color Attribute Selection
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- Selecting the color attribute option brings up a screen with a
- list of all the different areas where different colors are used
- and a displayed list of color to choose from. These are listed
- below with a brief description of what areas are effected by the
- specified color attribute names. Listed below the attribute names
- is a list of active Function Keys which can help in setting up
- your colors.
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- SCREEN ATTRIBUTE: The color that the screen uses everywhere
- except for the following special areas. This is the most common
- color.
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- FIELD ATTRIBUTE: The color that input fields appear in while
- they are not being edited. This distinguishes them from normal
- text on the screen.
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- EDIT ATTRIBUTE: The color of an input field while it is being
- edited. This helps identify where you are at on the screen.
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- FKEY ATTRIBUTE: The color that the FKey line appears in at the
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- ERROR ATTRIBUTE: The color that error messages pop up in.
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- MENU NORMAL ATTRIBUTE: The color that pop up scrollable
- selection windows appear in.
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- MENU HIGHLIGHT ATTRIBUTE: The color that the highlighted
- selection of menus and pop up scrollable selections appear in.
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- STATUS ATTRIBUTE: The color that the screen title appears in.
- Also the color of the Caps Lock, Num Lock, Insert, Scroll, and
- Help status.
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- F2 KEY (SHOW COLOR): Displays the current color specified in the
- field where the cursor is located. The color is displayed in a
- window in the bottom right corner.
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- F3 KEY (OTHER COLORS): There are 256 colors available, but only
- 128 of them are displayed on the screen at one time. The F3 Key
- toggles between displaying the different sets of 128 colors.
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- F4 KEY (DEFAULT MONO): Automatically sets all the fields to the
- default colors selected by Insight Software Solutions for a
- monochrome monitor.
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- F5 KEY (DEFAULT COLOR): Automatically sets all the fields to the
- default colors selected by Insight Software Solutions for a color
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- Printer Selection
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- The printer selection brings up a menu which has several options.
- The options are to Select A Printer, Delete A Printer, Add A
- Printer, Modify A Printer, and to adjust Miscellaneous Printer
- Options. Below the menu items is a list of the current printer
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- Selecting a printer brings up a list of printers. Simply use the
- arrow keys to highlight your printer type and press the <Enter>
- key. If your printer is not listed, you may try several of the
- printers listed to see if your printer is compatible with one of
- those listed. If it is not, then you may enter your own printer
- definition for your exact printer.
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- Deleting a printer definition should not be used very often.
- Simply use the arrow keys to select the printer definition to be
- deleted and press the <Enter> Key. You will be prompted to verify
- that you really want to delete the printer definition.
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- Adding a printer definition can be difficult if you are not
- familiar with printer control sequences. Selecting this option
- brings up a printer input screen; it asks for a printer name
- along with many different printer control sequences. The printer
- control sequences need to be entered in hexadecimal notation. If
- you are unable of performing this task, Insight Software
- Solutions is willing to set up your printer definition for free
- if you are a registered user and you send Insight Software
- Solutions a copy of the control codes out of your printer manual.
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- Modifying a printer definition brings up the same screen as
- Adding A Printer definition, you may then change any of the
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- fields desired. If the printer name is changed, the changed
- definition will not be overwritten but will appear as a new
- printer definition--this allows you to create a similar printer
- definition without rekeying all the control sequences back in.
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- Miscellaneous Printer Options allows you to specify several
- different items. These items are as follows:
- Use 8 Lines Per Inch allows for more information to be put on a
- page. The default lines per inch is 6 which allows for 60 lines
- per page. By selecting 8 lines per inch, you increase your
- lines per page to 80.
- Top Margin allows for a top margin on your reports. The reports
- normally start printing on the first line of the page. PLEASE
- NOTE that laser printers and some ink jet printers should leave
- the top margin at zero.
- Left Margin allows a larger left margin. The reports are centered
- on the page. However, if a larger left margin is desired (for
- punched holes, etc) then it can be specified.
- Pause After Each Page allows you to insert new pieces of paper if
- your printer does not have continuous form paper.
- Use IBM Graphics instructs the program to use the IBM graphic
- characters for producing solid lines and boxes. If your printer
- does not directly support these characters, then an "N" should
- be entered here.
- Printer Port allows your printed output go to either LPT1, LPT2
- or LPT3; this is helpful if you have more than one printer
- connected to your computer.
- Bypass Printer Check allows you to bypass all printer error
- checking. There are rare cases where the printer error checking
- can cause an error message to display even though there really
- is not an error. Certain hardware like an automatic printer
- switching box or some software spoolers may cause this. You may
- turn the error checking off by selecting "Y" here to avoid this
- rare problem. CAUTION: If your system works with the error
- checking on, then DO NOT turn it off. If there is a real
- printer problem, the computer could get hung and require a
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- Filing System
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- The Loan Chief provides the capability to save and retrieve all
- information that has been entered in the Loan Schedule and Loan
- Charts Input Screens. To invoke this option, select option 4 from
- the main menu--this will bring up another menu. The menu allows
- you to load the information or save it out.
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- Answers To Common Problems
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- Problem: The reports do not print out correctly on my printer.
- Solution: Make sure that the correct printer driver has been
- selected. To select a printer driver, you enter the
- configuration menu. Select "Printer Selection", then select
- "Select A New Printer Default". Choose the appropriate printer.
- If your printer is not listed, then it is more than likely
- compatible with another printer listed. Almost all printers fall
- under one of the following printers: Epson, IBM Graphics Printer
- or HP LaserJet II.
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- Problem: Every time I try to print, the program tells me that my
- printer is either off-line or out of paper.
- Solution: The program attempts to make sure the printer is okay.
- Some networks, spoolers and hardware fool the program into
- thinking that the printer is not okay. There is an option in the
- program to bypass this printer error checking. You must turn it
- on. To turn it on, do the following: Enter the configuration
- menu, Select "Printer Selection", then select "Miscellaneous
- Printer Options". This brings up an entry screen. Change the
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