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- README
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- BEFORE USING
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-
- Before using PlanFlow for the first time, you should...
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- 1 ) Read the README file completely.
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- 2) Make a printout of the User's Manual.
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- COPY MANUAL.DOC PRN
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- MANUAL.DOC is a plain ASCII text file formatted for a 8.5"x11"
- fanfold paper, 80 columns and 66 lines to the page.
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- INSTALLATION
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- Installing PlanFlow is now simpler. You can ignore the section in
- the manual on installation.
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- If you have the shareware distribution file, such as PF61D.EXE, copy
- it to a directory where you want the program files to reside. Then run
- PF61D to decompress the program files.
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- If you have a registered version of the program, copy the files on
- the diskette you received to the directory of your choice.
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- To run PlanFlow, type 'PFLOW'.
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- CHANGES NOT IN MANUAL.DOC
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- Defining Print Codes
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- The size of the print codes for setting expanded, compressed, and
- normal printing has been increased from 4 to 78 characters.
-
- In printing reports, the compressed code is sent first to the printer.
- Use it for initializing your printer for the report as well as setting
- the format for the body of the report. The code should set a font
- and size that is small enough to prevent lines from wrapping.
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- The expanded code sets the format for the 2 title lines near the
- top of each page.
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- The normal code returns your printer to your default status. In
- addition, the normal code is used for the format of single item
- printouts.
-
- The method for defining print codes has also changed. You can now
- enter either the ASCII letter or the numeric equivalent of the
- ASCII letter. You enter the numeric equivalent by typing a '\'
- followed by the numeric value of the ASCII letter. For example,
- you enter Escape-P by typing '\27P'.
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- The print codes and page length are initially set for printing on
- a Hewlett Packard LaserJet 4L printer.
-
- Report Menu's Page and Line Commands
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- The sections in the manual discussing the Report menu's Page and
- Line commands are no longer valid, as these two commands have
- been removed from the program.
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- The commands were removed since they do not apply to network
- printers, laser printers, or to dot matrix printers that have
- their own page alignment features.
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- ABOUT PLANFLOW
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- With capital projects, such as a new office building or industrial
- facility, it's often difficult to accurately forecast the cash flow
- requirements. Developing the cost estimate is easy, but
- distributing that estimate over time can be a tedious, time-
- consuming, error-prone process.
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- PlanFlow makes forecasting and updating cash flow estimates of
- capital projects quick and easy. It has a number of unique
- features:
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- * Up to 40 curve shapes can be defined for distributing costs
- over time.
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- * A project can contain up to 600 cost items, each with up to
- a 10 year monthly cash flow.
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- * Costs can be subject to escalation or firm priced.
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- * Escalation can be calculated by month for each cost item.
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- * Forecasted costs can be updated with actuals, with the
- difference distributed over the remaining cash flow.
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- Menu-driven with on-line help for each function, PlanFlow is very
- easy to use. Data can exported to spreadsheet programs, such as
- Lotus 1-2-3.
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- LIMITED LICENSE
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- The copy of PlanFlow that you have is a "shareware" product.
- PlanFlow is a copyrighted, proprietary program offered to you for
- your personal testing and use.
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- You are free to use, copy and distribute PlanFlow for NONCOMMERCIAL
- purposes so long as no fee is charged for use, copying or
- distribution, and it is not modified in any way.
-
- The $85 FULL REGISTRATION includes a diskette and preprinted manual
- of the current version, as well as discounts for future versions
- of the software when they become available.
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- To register, print out a copy of the file ORDER.DOC
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- FILES PROVIDED
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- PlanFlow comes with the following files...
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- README This file
- PFLOW.EXE The PlanFlow program
- PFHELP.DAT The PlanFlow help file
- PFCODE.DAT PlanFlow configuration codes
- PFCURV.DAT PlanFlow generic curve definitions
- MANUAL.DOC A plain ASCII text version of the User's
- Manual. A printed version with illustrations
- is available when you register.
- ORDER.DOC An order form for registering your copy of
- PlanFlow.
-