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- CAR BUYER'S WORKBOOK.DOC
- ------------------------
-
- Car Buyer's Workbook will operate on any I.B.M. or compatable
- computer. A printer configured either as LPT1, 2, or 3, is optional.
-
- NOTE: The sample file "SAMPLE.CBW" located on your disk contains sample
- data which may be loaded into this program for viewing. Select option 2
- from the main menu.
-
- CAR BUYER'S WORKBOOK is seperated into various sections for entering
- the pertinent data needed when transacting a sale.
-
- !!!! IMPORTANT !!!!
-
- The program can easily be run without refering to this manual, but
- you should understand the following when it is referred to in the program:
-
- !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-
- MAIN MENU
-
- After the title screen and copyright notices are displayed, you
- are presented with a menu with two options.
-
- Option one is used for entering all the information regarding a new
- sales quotation. Select this option if this is the first time that you are
- using the program, or if you have not saved any of your previous data. This
- option is the one that you will use most of the time.
-
- Option two is you when you want to recall a transaction file that you
- have previously saved.
-
- GENERAL INFORMATION
-
- This section allows the user to enter information for inventory
- controll numbers, purchaser reference, order, and delivery dates and
- salesman's name.
-
- PURCHASER INFORMATION
-
- This section is for entering the personnal information of the
- purchaser. Entries for name, address, home & business telephone
- numbers are provided.
-
- VEHICLE INFORMATION
-
- This section is for entering the description of the vehicle being
- purchased, and its base price. Keep the answers to the prompts brief,
- as this will enhance the printed display.
- The section is also where you would enter the base price and
- optional equipment and their cost. There is a help screen preceding
- this section, but to summarize, you would enter the name of the
- option, press the ENTER key and then enter the cost. When you have
- entered all of the options or if there are no options, then enter
- either EXIT or exit at the next available option name prompt.
- Next you are to enter the preparation and destination charges,
- registration fees and document (title etc.) fees. Enter zero (0) where
- there is no charge for these fees.
- You are then given the option of having the registration and
- document fees calculated into the loan analysis.
-
- TRADE-IN INFORMATION
-
- This section is for the entering of the information on the vehicle
- being traded in. If there is no trade-in vehicle to be considered then
- answer N to the prompt and this section will be skipped over and will
- not be printed. As with the purchased vehicle, answer the prompts
- briefly. If there is a balance owed on the vehicle enter the amount
- when asked or enter zero (0). The Added Value prompt could be used to
- enter the fact that a new exhaust system or brakes etc. have been
- installed.
- Enter either Y or N for each of the prompts under the Power
- Equipment section.
- The next section allows you to enter up to five (5) miscellanious
- items of equipment that the trade-in may have. Items such as special
- wheels, theft devices etc. If there are less then five items, then
- enter either EXIT or exit at the next available Item prompt.
-
- FINANCIAL INFORMATION
-
- This section is for entering the state sales tax rate, the
- interest rate on the automobile loan and the shortest and longest
- period that you want the loan to be analyzed for ( maximum 5 years ).
- You are also asked if you want the sales tax figured in to the
- loan calculation. If the buyer is not financing the vehicle then enter
- a zero for the interest rate, and loan term prompts. This section will
- then not be printed.
-
- You will now be presented with a screen display containing a
- summary of the financial part of the data that you entered. When you
- are ready, press the ENTER key to bring you to a menu containing four
- selections.
-
-
- SECONDARY MENU
- --------------
-
- SEND ANALYSIS to SREEN or PRINTER
- ---------------------------------
-
- The first selection will allow you to print out the entire
- transaction that you have just entered or recalled to either the
- screen or to your printer.
-
-
- SEND to PRINTER
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-
- If you choose to have the analysis sent to your printer, by
- entering either 'P' or 'p' at the prompt, you will be asked to enter
- which printer that you want the data to go to.
-
- For most people with one printer you would enter 1 at the prompt,
- unless you have it configured to another printer port. Note: This
- program does not work with serial printers.
-
- You may have the data sent to any of three (3) printers (not
- serial). Ex: You have 2 printers, an Epson, and a Hewett Pachard Laser
- printer. You have the laser set up as printer number 2 and you want
- the print out to go to that printer. In this case you would enter 2 at
- the printer number prompt in the program.
-
- You will be prompted to turn on your printer and press the ENTER
- key. If you are using letter head paper, then try positioning the
- print head on the printer just under the letter head on the paper. All
- of the information that you entered will be printed out along with
- subtotals and balances.
-
- In addition, a loan analysis will also be printed, along with a
- separate entry for any fees and tax that you elected not to have
- calculated into the loan itself.
-
- You may print out as many copies as you need to, and then you will
- be returned to the menu again; where you may either save the data in a
- file for future recall, reset the program to accept a new transaction,
- or exit the program.
-
- PRINT to SCREEN
- ---------------
-
- The complete analysis can also be sent to the screen, by entering
- either 'S' or 's' at the prompt. The display will be paused after each
- section inorder to avoid having the data scroll off of the screen.
- Press the ENTER key to continue the display. In a window at the top of
- the screen, will be displayed the customer's name. If you have
- recalled the file from disk, then the file name will be displayed in a
- window at the top right of the screen.
-
-
- SAVING the FILE
- ---------------
-
- The second selection on the secondary menu, allows the user to
- save the information that was entered for the customer, to a file for
- later recall. You will be prompted to enter a name for the file and
- for the drive and path to which to store the data.
-
- FILENAME
- --------
-
- FILENAME: Can be no longer then 8 characters followed by a period and
- then 3 more characters. EX: MYFILE12.DAT
-
-
-
- DRIVE & PATH NAME:
- ENTERING DRIVE and PATH NAMES
- -----------------------------
-
- If you are using a floppy disk to store your data, you would enter the
- letter of the drive followed by a semi-colon (EX: A: or B:). If you
- have your data in a directory on the floppy, other than the one that
- the CAR BUYER'S WORKBOOK program is in then enter the sub-directory name
- followed by a back slash. (Example: B:\DIRNAME\). If you are using a hard
- drive, and your data file is in the same directory as the AUTO LOAN
- ANALYSIS program, then enter only the drive letter and a semi-colon
- (Example: C:). If your data is in a different directory other then the one
- that the program is in, then enter the drive and path name followed by a
- back slash (Example: C:\DIRNAME\).
-
- Example: You want to save or recall the data for John Smith.
- The program will first prompt you for the file name:
-
- Enter: JOHNSMTH.DAT
-
- The program will next prompt you for the Drive & Path name:
- (NOTE: The directory must already exist on your drive).
-
- Lets say that you want to save or recall the file to/from
- drive C and that it is in a subdiectory called CLIENTS.
-
- Enter: C:\CLIENTS\
-
-
- ANOTHER ANALYSIS
- ----------------
-
- The third selection will bring you back to the MAIN MENU, where
- you can either recall a previously save file, or enter new data for
- another customer.
-
- If you choose to recall a file then follow the procedure for
- entering the file name and drive and path, that was explained under
- the section for saving a file.
-
- EXITING the PROGRAM
- -------------------
-
- The fourth and final selection under the secondary menu, will
- allow the user to exit the program and return to DOS.
-