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- CONTENTS
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- Chapter 1: Getting Started
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- Welcome! 1-1
- Summary of Disks 1-1
- Running FREE & EASY from a Hard Disk 1-2
- Running FREE & EASY from Two Floppy Drives 1-3
- Running FREE & EASY from One Floppy Drive 1-3
- FREE & EASY Helps and Prompts 1-3
- A View of FREE & EASY 1-3
- Learning FREE & EASY 1-4
- Bypassing Opening Screen 1-4
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- Chapter 2: Introduction
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- What is FREE & EASY ? 2-1
- The FREE & EASY Screen 2-1
- Moving Around the Sheet 2-2
- Menus 2-2
- Entering Data 2-3
- Cells 2-4
- Variables 2-4
- Evaluation of Cells 2-5
- Helps 2-6
- Using Files 2-7
- Exiting FREE & EASY 2-7
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- Chapter 3: Cells, Variables and Functions
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- How Calculations are Done 3-1
- Adding and Removing Cell(s) to the Sheet 3-2
- Cell Contents 3-2
- Variables 3-4
- Cell Name 3-5
- Format 3-5
- Default Cell 3-6
- Table of Cells 3-6
- Table of Data 3-7
- Sheet Locations in Cell Contents 3-7
- Removing All Cells 3-8
- Formatting a Highlighted Area 3-8
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- Chapter 4: Editing
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- Edit Defaults 4-1
- Highlighting 4-1
- The Clipboard 4-1
- Delete 4-2
- Copying to the Clipboard 4-2
- Cutting to the Clipboard 4-2
- Copying from the Clipboard 4-3
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- Clearing the Clipboard 4-3
- Clearing All Text 4-4
- Clearing All Text, Cells and Ranges 4-4
- Inserting or Deleting Rows or Columns 4-4
- Cursor Control Keys 4-5
- Find 4-6
- Find Next 4-7
- Replace 4-7
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- Chapter 5: Files
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- FREE & EASY Files 5-1
- Memory Management 5-1
- Adding (Starting) New Sheets 5-1
- Moving Around a Sheet and From Sheet to Sheet 5-2
- Disk Errors 5-3
- Saving Sheets (Files) 5-3
- Save As 5-3
- Save as Text File 5-4
- Save as Make File 5-4
- Saving All Sheets Loaded 5-5
- Managing Files 5-6
- Loading a File (Sheet) from Disk 5-6
- Loading a File (Sheet) as a Text File 5-7
- Loading a Make File 5-7
- Unloading Sheets 5-8
- Deleting Files from the Disk 5-8
- Directory 5-8
- Default File 5-9
- Unloading a Make File 5-9
- Unloading All Files Loaded 5-9
- Renaming and Resizing Sheets (Files) 5-9
- Printing a Sheet 5-10
- Printer Defaults 5-11
- DOS Shell 5-11
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- Chapter 6: Evaluation of Cells
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- When is a Cell Evaluated ? 6-1
- Elementary Cell Evaluation 6-1
- Evaluation Order of Cells 6-2
- Referencing Other Cells by Location 6-3
- Referencing Values in the Sheet by Location 6-3
- Refer a Cell Value by Name or a Variable by Name 6-3
- Redefining Variables 6-4
- Referring to Variable Name or Sheet Location ? 6-4
- Referring to a Cell Value by Cell Name or Location 6-5
- Functions 6-5
- Mathematical Functions 6-5
- Range Functions 6-6
- Financial Functions 6-7
- Methods to Evaluate Cells 6-7
- Evaluation Errors 6-8
- Calculation Order of Sheets 6-9
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- Evaluation Defaults 6-9
- Ranges 6-10
- Adding Ranges 6-11
- Range Address in Cell Contents 6-11
- Contents of a Range (What Can be in a Range ?) 6-11
- The Range Menu 6-12
- Deleting Ranges 6-12
- Resizing and Moving Ranges 6-12
- Renaming Ranges 6-12
- Showing Ranges on the Sheet 6-13
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- Chapter 7: Using Multiple Windows
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- Why Use Multiple Windows 7-1
- Changing a Window Size 7-1
- Moving a Window 7-2
- Opening a New Window 7-2
- Closing a Window 7-2
- Maximizing or Minimizing a Window's Size 7-2
- Short Cuts to Opening 1, 2, 3 or 4 Windows 7-3
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- Chapter 8: Tips on Using FREE & EASY
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- Tips on Sheet Setup 8-1
- Tips on Editing 8-2
- Tips on Cell Evaluation 8-2
- Tips on Ranges 8-3
- Tips on File Management 8-4
- Tips on Using Multiple Windows 8-4
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- Appendix A: Functions
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- Math Functions A-1
- ABS (absolute value) A-1
- ACS (arc cosine) A-2
- ASN (arc sine) A-2
- ATN (arc tangent) A-2
- COS (cosine) A-2
- CSH (hyperbolic cosine) A-3
- EXP (natural exponential) A-3
- LNN (natural logarithm) A-3
- LOG (common logarithm) A-3
- SIN (sine) A-4
- SNH (hyperbolic sine) A-4
- SQR (square root) A-4
- TAN (tangent) A-4
- TNH (hyperbolic tangent) A-5
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- Range Functions A-5
- AVR (average) A-5
- CNT (count) A-5
- MAX (maximum value) A-6
- MIN (minimum value) A-6
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- STD (standard deviation) A-6
- SUM (sum) A-6
- VAR (variance) A-6
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- Financial Functions A-6
- DDB (Double Declining Balance Depreciation) A-7
- FVA (future value) A-7
- MTG (mortgage) A-7
- PVA (present value) A-7
- SLN (Straight Line Depreciation) A-8
- SYD (Sum of the Years Digits Depreciation) A-8
- TDP (Term Deposit) A-8
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- Appendix B: Error Messages
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- Syntax Errors B-1
- . By Itself B-1
- Brackets do not Balance B-1
- Cell Contents too Big B-2
- Cell Location Corruption B-2
- Function End B-2
- Function Start B-3
- Invalid Number B-3
- Invalid Range Address B-3
- No Room for Cell Address B-3
- Not a valid function B-4
- Nothing Inputed B-4
- Number Too Long B-4
- Number Too Large or Too Small B-4
- Range Name Too Long B-4
- Two Operators in a Row B-5
- Variable Name Too Long B-5
- Wrong Number of Commas B-5
- Wrong Range Character B-5
- Wrong Starting Character B-5
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- Evaluation Errors B-5
- Cannot Find Variable B-6
- Division by Zero B-6
- Domain Error B-6
- Evaluation Cancelled B-6
- File Not Loaded B-6
- File Out of Order B-6
- Invalid Number in Range B-7
- Loss of Accuracy B-7
- No Cell at Address B-7
- No Numbers in Range B-7
- No Range B-8
- Out of Evaluation Order B-8
- Overflow at Function B-8
- Overflow at Operator B-8
- Overflow at Range B-8
- Range Address off Sheet B-9
- Range Has One Value B-9
- Reference to Location off Sheet B-9
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- Too Complicated B-9
- Variable Defined with Invalid Number B-9
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- File, Windows and Printer Errors B-10
- Cannot Find COMMAND.COM B-10
- Cannot Find EXE File B-10
- Cannot Find FREE0.HLP or FREE1.HLP B-10
- Cannot Open File B-10
- Cannot Save File B-10
- Drive is not Ready B-11
- File by this Name is Already Loaded B-11
- File Name Does Not Conform to DOS Rules B-11
- Maximum Number of Files is Already Open B-11
- Maximum Number of Windows is Already Open B-11
- Not Enough Room on Screen to Open Window B-11
- Not FRE File B-11
- Printer is not Responding B-12
- The Help File(s) Have Become Corrupted B-12
- The UNTITLED file will not be Saved B-12
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- Editing Errors B-12
- Clipboard is Empty B-12
- No Search Expression Found B-12
- No Search Expression Inputed B-13
- No Text Highlighted. B-13
- Text Cannot Fit B-13
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- Cell Errors B-13
- No Cell Present at this Location B-13
- The Cell Overlaps Another Cell B-13
- The Cells will be Off the Sheet B-13
- The Cell Contents are too Big, Cannot Add More B-13
- The Maximum Number of Cells will be Exceeded B-14
- There are No More Cells B-14
- There is not Enough Room Left to add Cell Address B-14
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- Miscellaneous Errors B-14
- No More Helps B-14
- Out of RAM Memory B-14
- Overflow When Making a Table of Values B-14
- The Range Name Entered is Already Used B-15
- There Must Be a Range Name Entered B-15
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- Appendix C: Warnings
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- Are You Sure You Want to Quit C-1
- Cell on this Sheet Out of Evaluation Order C-1
- Cell Referred to is Out of Evaluation Order C-1
- Data Will Be Lost C-2
- Data Will Be Lost at the Bottom of the Sheet C-2
- Data Will Be Lost at the Right of the Sheet C-2
- Data Will Be Lost on Replacing Expression C-2
- Delete all Cells in this File C-2
- Delete all Text in this File C-3
- Delete all Text, Cells and Ranges in this File C-3
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- Delete all Ranges in this File C-3
- Disk Drive Not Ready C-3
- Disk Not Formatted for DOS C-3
- Error With Disk C-3
- No Cell or Valid Number at this Location C-3
- Overwrite Existing File C-4
- Write Protected Disk C-4
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- Index
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