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- Wildfire Technology Inc.
- 712 Kearns Building
- Salt Lake City
- Utah 84101
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- POWER-WORKSHEETS FOR 1-2-3
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- This is the Wildfire Evaluation and Distribution disk for
- Volume 1A of POWER-WORKSHEETS FOR 1-2-3.
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- OUR MARKETING APPROACH
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- In developing applications software for the 1-2-3 market, we
- had four specific goals:
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- 1. To provide useful, high quality software that is
- easy to use,
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- 2. To supply detailed documentation,
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- 3. To provide ongoing support to our customers, and
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- 4. To deliver our products at reasonable cost (less
- than $5 per worksheet).
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- Initially, we intended to market these worksheets through
- established channels. But we quickly discovered that the software
- distribution industry is oriented toward the high priced end of
- the software market and, frankly, is not geared to deliver
- economically priced software to retailers and users. Rather than
- foregoing a reasonable reward for our efforts, or restricting the
- sale of our products by allowing them to be overpriced, we are
- distributing them directly using this Wildfire Evaluation and
- Distribution disk.
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- If you use 1-2-3, give Volume 1A a trial. Note, this disk
- represents only one-half of Volume 1. If you find it useful and
- wish to purchase it, send us $49 and we'll send you the second
- disk. Use the order form at the end of this documentation.
- Corporate users may buy in bulk by paying $49 for each separate
- location (building) where one or more copies of Power-Worksheets
- for 1-2-3 will be used. When we receive your payment, we will
- send you a notice of ownership and a disk containing Volume 1B of
- Power-Worksheets for 1-2-3.
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- MAKING COPIES
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- Before using Power-Worksheets for 1-2-3, we recommend that
- you make a copy of this disk using the DOS DISKCOPY command or the
- COPY *.* command. The disk is formatted for use with either DOS 1
- or DOS 2. Power-Worksheets for 1-2-3 should work on any machine
- which runs Lotus 1-2-3 (Version 1A) and reads IBM-PC double-sided
- disks.
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- Please feel free to make as many copies of this Wildfire
- Evaluation and Distribution disk as you wish. Give them to your
- friends, associates and clients for evaluation. Just remember the
- contents belong to us. If you charge more than the price of a
- blank disk you will violate our copyright and destroy our
- incentive to produce affordable software.
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- We want every 1-2-3 user to "test drive" our product before
- making a purchase decision.
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- WHO BENEFITS?
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- 1-2-3 Users
- -Provides useful, affordable applications software
- -Try before you buy
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- Dealers
- -An excellent reason to call 1-2-3 users
- -Use to sell 1-2-3 and microcomputers
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- WHAT YOU GET FOR $49
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- Volume 1 consists of two disks, each containing six POWER
- WORKSHEETS FOR 1-2-3. This disk (Volume 1A) represents only the
- first half of Volume 1. When we receive your payment we will:
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- (a) send you the second disk (Volume 1B),
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- (b) register you as a user eligible for ongoing support,
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- (c) at your request (see form below), place your name on our
- mailing list so we can directly notify you of new
- products.
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- WHAT ARE POWER-WORKSHEETS?
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- Power-Worksheets relieve you of the need to set up (or
- program) and test 1-2-3 worksheets to solve standard problems.
- The worksheets are fully automatic from the moment 1-2-3 is
- loaded. They are completely menu-driven and do not require
- extensive user training. Both first-time and experienced users
- can immediately enter data and generate useful results including
- graphs.
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- NOTE: POWER-WORKSHEETS FOR 1-2-3 ARE INTERDEPENDENT.
- DO NOT ERASE INDIVIDUAL WORKSHEETS.
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- CONTENTS OF VOLUME 1A
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- AGENDA
- AGENDA allows you to go from one worksheet to another while
- remaining entirely under menu control.
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- BSTAT
- BSTAT accepts from one to six sets of data and performs two
- major analytical tasks. First, BSTAT provides a basic
- statistical summary for each data set. Second, it allows
- visual comparison of the data with over 40 graphs.
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- DEPREC
- Loaded with graph options, DEPREC is a comprehensive
- worksheet which performs straight line, sum-of-years-digits,
- declining balance and ACRS depreciation calculations. Also
- provided is a crossover depreciation schedule which
- automatically converts from declining balance to straight
- line depreciation when appropriate.
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- NPV
- Calculates the Net Present Value of a cash flow at a number
- of discount rates, and plots Net Present Value against the
- discount rates.
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- PROFIT
- A comprehensive profitability and breakeven analysis
- worksheet. PROFIT can produce a wide variety of graphs
- showing the sensitivity of one factor against another.
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- ROR
- Calculates the Rate of Return of a cash flow using three
- methods, (1) the Internal Rate of Return, (2) the Modified
- Internal Rate of Return and (3) the Financial Management Rate
- of Return.
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- SREGR
- SREGR (for Simple Linear Regression) provides both tabular
- and graphical linear regression analysis. In addition to
- calculating intercept and slope, this Power-Worksheet also
- calculates the correlation coefficient and the value of
- Student's t.
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- CONTENTS OF VOLUME 1B
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- In addition to utility transfer worksheets and comprehensive
- documentation, Volume 1B of Power-Worksheets for 1-2-3 contains
- the following worksheets:
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- ANALYZER
- ANALYZER is a powerful planning tool. You can enter data for
- up to six factors (such as revenue, costs, profits and cash
- flow; or grain prices, rainfall and sales of farm equipment).
- You can define relationships between the factors. Then you
- can examine raw data and results using a variety of graphs.
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- BTIMES
- BTIMES (Basic Timeseries) is a forecasting tool. It accepts
- a raw timeseries (e.g. stock prices) and calculates 5 linear
- moving averages. By plotting the raw data against different
- moving averages you may be able to anticipate changes in
- trend in the original timeseries. Over 40 graphs are
- available.
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- CORREL
- CORREL calculates the serial correlation coefficients of a
- timeseries. Serial correlation coefficients are useful for
- identifying periodic or seasonal data and for estimating
- parameters of forecasting equations (e.g. of sales).
- Graphics include a plot of the correlation coefficients
- against the lags (i.e. the correlogram).
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- ESMOOTH
- This worksheet is particularly useful for analyzing stock and
- commodity prices. It calculates the exponential moving
- average of a timeseries, (e.g. gold prices). The smoothing
- factor is user defined and the average can be made extremely
- sensitive to changes in trend. Graphs are available to
- display the raw data and the moving average, and a "Detrend"
- option highlights cycles in the data.
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- LREGR
- LREGR is a more sophisticated Linear Regression package than
- SREGR. In addition to the schedules provided by SREGR, LREGR
- calculates confidence intervals on the regression line and
- estimates made from it. It also calculates the significance
- level of the regression equation.
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- PAYOUT
- Provides a comprehensive payout analysis for a project or
- investment, given its cash flow and the borrowing and
- reinvestment rates. A 'goal-seeking' option is available to
- calculate the breakeven borrowing rate.
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- DOCUMENTATION
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- Comprehensive documentation is provided in text files with a
- ".DOC" filename extension. Initially, see files README.1ST and
- INTRO.DOC. To print all documentation (note, this is over 70
- pages) insert disk into default drive and type PRINTDOC and press
- the enter key.
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- ONGOING SUPPORT
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- We intend to support registered users of our products, and to
- continue to provide low cost applications worksheets.
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- If you have any questions or need assistance please write to
- us describing the specifics of your question or problem. We will
- deal with your request without delay and respond either by return
- mail, courier, or by telephone.
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- LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
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- While we have taken great care in designing and producing
- Power-Worksheets for 1-2-3, we are providing them only on an "as
- is" basis without warranty of any kind, either expressed or
- implied. Wildfire Technology Inc. makes no representation or
- warranty respecting the contents of these disks, their
- merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose.
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- Since these worksheets can be used in a wide variety of
- situations, including but not limited to investment and financial
- evaluations, of which we have no direct knowledge or control,
- Wildfire Technology Inc. will not accept liability for any direct,
- implied, or consequential damages resulting from the use of these
- worksheets.
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- Some states do not allow the exclusion of implied or
- consequential damages, so the above limitation may not apply to
- you. Where not prohibited by state law, the liability of Wildfire
- Technology Inc., its agents or employees, shall in no case exceed
- the purchase price of the software.
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- 1-2-3 and Symphony are registered
- trademarks of Lotus Development
- Corporation.
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- Wildfire Technology Inc. has trademark
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- INVOICE / ORDER FORM
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- Send to: Form 1A
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- Wildfire Technology Inc Canadian Residents send to:
- 712 Kearns Building Wildfire Technology Inc.
- Salt Lake City Suite 3020, Box 4082
- Utah 84101 Bow Valley Square 3
- 255 5th Ave S.W.
- Calgary Alberta T2P 3G6
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