|AÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ»ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» |Aº |6Helpware |AºÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ ^1Net Worth |AÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͺ |6Helpware |Aº |AÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ ^Cby ^CMark McCrocklin and Daniel Tobias Have you ever wondered what you are worth financially? If you have, ^1Net ^1Worth^0 is just what you need. Enter your assets and liabilities and print out a detailed report. Check out the "quick ratio" to see how well you can handle unexpected expenses. Project your future standing based on your current net worth. All these features, and many more, are at your fingertips with ^1Net Worth^0. To use ^1Net Worth^0, enter all your assets and liabilities into the categories as required. This is accomplished by selecting the Edit Assets and Edit Liabilities functions of the program, then entering the data as requested by the program. When entering the monetary information you may enter commas and should enter one decimal point. If the program beeps while you are entering the information, you have either entered to many numeric digits or you hit a text key (i.e. abc...). After you have completed entering an asset or liability, press ENTER or the UP/DOWN arrow keys to record the data. If at this point the program beeps then the value entered is to large. Just re-enter a smaller value and continue. While entering data, if you do not wish to save the data then press the ESC key. This will reset the data to its previously recorded value and return you to the previous menu. If at any point you are in doubt as to what to enter for the data, there is a description provided for each of the data fields located below the edit portion of the screen. This should clear up most of the questions you have. If you are still having problems there is more extensive help provided on line by pressing the F1 key. Exit the Help screen by pressing the ESC key. To examine your current financial position select "See How You Stand" from the Main Menu. The first screen shows your total assets and liabilities as well as your net worth. This should provide you with a feel for your current financial standing. The second screen displays your quick ratio. The quick ratio represents the ratio of your cash reserves to your short term debts. A quick ratio of 1.0 or better indicates that you currently have enough cash on hand to pay off all your short term debts. For those with a positive net worth, the next screen contains a table of "projected" net worth values based on various interest rates over different periods of time. The final screen is your fixed assets ratio. Fixed assets are more conservative then equity assets and as people get older, it is recommended that more of a persons savings should be put into these types of assets. The fixed assets ratio indicates what age group a person should fall into based on their fixed assets. In other words, if the fixed assets ratio is 30 then the person should be around the age of 30. When you have completed entering all the data and are ready to see a report then select the print option from the main menu. When this screen is brought up you will see three options: Printer, Screen, Disk File. To preview a report, select the Screen option. This will display the report to your screen for you to view. To get a printed copy of your report, select the Printer option, enter the value for the number of lines per page your printer is set for (the default value is 66), turn your printer on, and press the ENTER key. You can always stop printing the report by pressing the ESC key. The Disk File option is for saving the information as a text file that could be used in a word processor if you wish to customize your report. This covers all the functions of the program from a financial standpoint. The other functions allow you to save and load your net worth information for use in the program. If you encounter any problems, remember the online help facilities. To run this program outside Big Blue Disk, type ^1Networth^0. DISK FILES THIS PROGRAM USES: ^FNETWORTH.EXE ^FNETWORTH.HLP ^FWORTH.NET