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CHALK
AN ELECTRONIC SPREAD SHEET
BY PAUL M WILSON
EXAMPLES
1. CHKPHONE NAMES, BIRTHDATES AND PHONES................................ 1
2. CHKCASH IT MIGHT HELP YOUR CASHFLOW................................. 2
3. CHKCHECK TRY IT IF YOU REALLY WANT TO MAINTAIN CHECKS ON A COMPUTER.. 3
4. CHKCLASS USEFUL FOR TEACHERS TRACKING STUDENT SCORES................. 4
5. CHKMETER WHATS HAPPENING TO THE UTILITY BILL......................... 5
6. CHKSALES SALES MANAGERS WILL LOVE THIS............................... 7
7. CHKSIMP HARDLY SIMPLE BUT AN EXAMPLE OF JUST ABOUT EVERY FORMULA.... 8
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1. CHKPHONE NAMES, BIRTHDATES AND PHONES.
THIS IS A PRETTY STRAIGHT FORWARD EXAMPLE.
TRY SORTING THIS A FEW TIMES BY NAME, BIRTHDATE OR PHONE.
NOTICE HOW THE DATA IS ARRANGED TO FACILITATE EASE OF SORTING.
2. CHKCASH IT MIGHT HELP YOUR CASHFLOW.
THIS IS THE LARGEST EXAMPLE. LOOK AT HOW '&' WAS USED TO FIGURE QUARTER
AMOUNTS AND THEN '+' TO FIGURE HALF YEAR AMOUNTS.
NOTICE HOW THE BEGINNING BALANCE IS CARRIED FORWARD FROM THE END BALANCE.
CAN YOU SEE HOW USING A '%' STATE SALES FIGURE ENABLES THIS TO BECOME A
USEFUL TOOL FOR FORECASTING?
WILSON PAYS TITHING ON HIS TITH SO THAT GETS FIGURED IN AFTER THE NET
PERIOD.
NOTICE HOW THE REVENUE '&' REFERENCES THE BLANK ROW PRIOR TO THE ACTUAL
DATA. THIS ALLOWS FOR THE INSERTION OF ADDITIONAL LINES AT THE BEGINNING OF
THIS SECTION. EXPENSE WORKS THE SAME WAY.
3. CHKCHECK TRY IT IF YOU REALLY WANT TO MAINTAIN CHECKS ON A COMPUTER.
IT MIGHT HELP YOUR BUDGET. YOU COULD MAKE UP ONE OF THESE FOR EACH OF THE 12
MONTHS OF THE YEAR AND ALSO MAKE UP ONE FOR YEAR TO DATE WHICH HAS ONLY ONE
LINE ON IT FOR EACH MONTH. THEN AFTER EACH MONTH IS COMPLETE. LOAD THE YEAR
TO DATE AND ADD BOARD THE TOTAL LINE OF THE LAST MONTH TO THE SAME MONTH
THUS GIVING YOU A CUMULATIVE SET OF COSTS.
4. CHKCLASS USEFUL FOR TEACHERS TRACKING STUDENT SCORES.
THIS ONE GETS PRETTY FANCY. NOTICE HOW THE FORMULA FOR POSSIBLE POINTS HAD
TO BE OVERRIDDEN FOR GEORGE GRICE AND NEW STUDENT BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T TAKE
ALL TESTS. IT ALSO NECESSARY TO INPUT THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS TAKING ANY
TEST. SINCE THERE IS A MAXIMUM OF 99 ROWS ON CHALK, YOU SHOULD PROBABLY SET
UP A SEPARATE SHEET FOR EACH CLASS SECTION.
5. CHKMETER WHATS HAPPENING TO THE UTILITY BILL.
TOO BAD MOST UTILITIES NOW HAVE GRADUATED RATES. STILL YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO
ADAPT THIS TO GASOLINE OR SOMETHING?
6. CHKSALES SALES MANAGERS WILL LOVE THIS.
FOR EACH SALESMAN IT SHOWS THE NAME, PHONE NUMBER, 12 MONTH HISTORY AND
CURRENT MONTH HISTORY.
THIS BOARD WOULD BE MAINTAINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. MAKE A MASTER WITH NAMES, PHONES AND MONTHLY HISTORY THRU LAST MONTH.
LEAVE THE CURRENT MONTH AND ALL 31 DAYS AS ZERO.
2. SAVE THE MASTER.
3. SAVE A WORK COPY FOR THE CURRENT MONTH.
4. DAILY POST SALES TO THE WORK COPY.
5. AT THE END OF THE MONTH ADD BOARD THE MONTHLY TOTAL COLUMN OF THE WORK
COPY TO THE CURRENT MONTH OF THE MASTER. BE SURE YOU DON'T DO THIS
BACKWARDS. BE ABSOLUTELY SURE THAT BOTH BOARDS HAVE THE SAME NAMES IN THE
SAME ROWS!
6. GO TO STEP 3.
7. CHKSIMP HARDLY SIMPLE BUT AN EXAMPLE OF JUST ABOUT EVERY FORMULA.
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