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- LOAN TITLE FIELD
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- The Loan Title Field can be used to enter a Description for the loan that will
- appear in the heading of the Amortization Schedule. The Description can be up
- to 45 characters in length. It will be centered in the heading. All
- Alphabetic, Numeric, and Special Characters may be used. An example might be:
- "Home Mortgage Loan for John Jones".
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- DATE OF LOAN FIELD
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- The Date of Loan field initially contains the Current Date as obtained from
- your computer. This date will be printed in the Heading of the Amortization
- Schedule as the date the loan was made. It is also used to calculate the
- payment due dates on the schedule. If the loan was made on other than the
- current date, you may change the date to be the Actual Loan Date. The format
- of this field must be of the form "11/21/1990". Only Numeric Characters and
- Slashes are allowed. Invalid dates such as 02/30/1991 will not be allowed.
- However, dates entered in several other formats such as "05-06-1992",
- "05 06 1992", "5/6/1992", or "05/06/92" will be recognized and accepted
- and then redisplayed in standard format. If the format is not recognized, the
- editor will "BEEP" you, and you must rekey.
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- SUBTOTAL MONTH
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- The Subtotal Month (SUBT MO) indicates the month after which Annual Subtotals
- will be printed. It is initially set to "12" so that subtotals will appear at
- the end of each Calendar Year. If you wish Annual Subtotals to be taken after
- a different month, you may change this field to any month from "01" to "12".
- For example, if you need the subtotals at the end of your Fiscal Year which
- ends on June 30th, then enter "06".
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- PRINCIPAL AMOUNT FIELD
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- The Principal Amount field is where you will enter the Total Amount of the
- Loan. This will be the Original Balance before the first payment is made.
- The field must be numeric. Commas are optional. A decimal point may be used.
- After the program edits your entry, it will be redisplayed in a standard
- format. Up to 13 numeric digits (including both dollars and cents) may be
- entered.
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- INTEREST RATE FIELD
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- The Interest Rate Field is used to enter the Annual Interest Rate to be paid
- by the borrower to the lender for use of the money. The program will use this
- annual rate to compute the actual rate to be applied to each payment period.
- The field must be numeric with a decimal point allowed. Up to 8 numeric
- digits may be entered (including 3 digits to the left and 5 to the right of
- the decimal point).
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- FREQUENCY OF PAYMENTS FIELD
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- The Frequency of Payments Field allows you to enter the Payment Schedule
- Option, that is whether the payments will be made Monthly, Quarterly,
- Semiannually, or Annually. Enter "M" for Monthly, "Q" for Quarterly, "S" for
- Semiannual, or "A" for Annual Payments.
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