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┌────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ I N S T R U C T I O N S F O R │
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│ U S I N G T H E │
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│ S M A L L B U S I N E S S A D V I S O R│
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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: This program is designed to
operate on IBM-compatible personal computer systems
(other than the PCjr.) using DOS 3.1 or higher. A
minimum of 512K RAM is recommended. A hard (fixed) disk
is required.
If your computer has only floppy disk drives and
you do not have a hard disk, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO RUN
THIS PROGRAM ON YOUR SYSTEM.
The program is text-based, so it should run properly on
almost all monitors, whether or not you have a graphics
adapter. If you have a color, the program will take ad-
vantage of the color capability, but it will also run on
most monochrome or black-and-white monitors. We have at-
tempted to make the program functional for virtually any
IBM PC-compatible, DOS-based platform. (However, it will
not run on an IBM PCjr.)
I. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR USING THE PROGRAM:
There are several general pointers that it may
be helpful for you to remember, when you are using the
Small Business Advisor program:
1. Remember that "HELP" is always at your
fingertips when you are at any of the menus in the
program. Before you press <ENTER> to select a command
from any of the menus, press the "F1" key if you see
"F1-HELP" at the bottom left hand corner of the screen,
and a help screen will appear in the Dialog Box,
describing the use of the selection highlighted on the
menu.
2. Remember that when you want to get out of a
text file you are viewing or from any other operation,
and to return to the last menu you were in, just press
the <ESCAPE> key. Or, in other words, when in doubt,
press <ESCAPE> to stop what you are doing.
3. You can print out any text file or checklist
that appears on the screen in the large "TEXT VIEWING
WINDOW." Simply press <ESCAPE> (once) and a small box
will appear in the middle of the screen offering you 4
choices: (a) Press <ENTER> to continue viewing the
current text file; (b) Press <ESCAPE> again to exit to
the menu; (c) Press "P" to print the document; or (d)
Press "S" to save the text file to disk as an ASCII file.
4. F5 Function Key --Press the F5 key to toggle
color ON of OFF. The first time you run the program, it
will come on in monochrome display format. This is be-
cause some computer systems "lie" to the software by pre-
tending that a color monitor is present, when it is not.
In such cases, the program might attempt to display text
in color, but what would show up if you are actually run-
ning certain monochrome monitors with a color card would
be a blank screen. So, the program assumes NO color, un-
til you press the F5 key to turn on COLOR. (If the screen
goes blank when you press F5, don't panic. Just press F5
again to return to monochrome display mode, and the menu
screen should reappear.)
5. F6 Function Key -- Press the F6 key to exit
from the program (temporarily) to DOS, if you wish to use
any DOS functions for any reason, locate files, format
diskettes, etc., or even to briefly run another program,
if your system has sufficient memory to do so while hold-
Small Business Advisor in RAM. Once you are ready to re-
turn to Small Business Advisor, type the command "EXIT"
at the DOS prompt and press <Enter>, and you will be back
in Small Business Advisor, right where you left off.
6. F10 Function Key -- Press the F10 key to exit
from the program, whenever you see "F10 - Quit" as the
bottom of the screen. Any information you have entered
about your business by using the "DATA" command has al-
ready been saved on disk and will automatically be loaded
into memory the next time you run the program, so there's
no need to save anything before pressing F10 to exit from
the program.
PART II. SUMMARY OF FEATURES OF THE
"SMALL BUSINESS ADVISOR" PROGRAM:
The following is a brief overview of the various
commands and functions in the ADVISOR program. For a more
complete description of any menu command when running the
program, go to the menu where that command appears, use
the cursor keys or space bar to move the highlighted menu
bar to that command on the menu, and then press the F1
key (Function Key 1). If you are in the TAXES Submenu
(where you can do income and estate tax calculations and
projections), you can also select the HELP command on
that menu for a more detailed description of the tax
calculation commands.
M A I N M E N U
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┌───────── MAIN MENU ────────┐
▄▄│NEW Latest laws, developments│
██│DATA Enter data about company │
██│INDX Quick scan of topic index│
██│KEY Search for key words │
██│TAXES Tax Calculations Submenu │
██│TEST Entrepreneurs' self-test │
██│SCRN Screen colors and texture│
██│USER User manual, general help│
██│XPERT Consult EXPERT for advice│
██└───────────────────────────────┘
█████████████████████████████████
NEW command. This menu selection will give you
a quick overview of recent tax, legal, and other changes
that have been made in the program since most previous
quarterly edition of the program was released. It will
give all users an idea of recent developments and, for a
user who owned a copy of a prior release, a quick thumb-
nail sketch of new features that have been added to the
program in the last 3 months. This text file also gives
you a preview of new features that are currently in pro-
cess, and that will be added in forthcoming quarterly up-
dates of Small Business Advisor.
DATA command. Use this command at any time to
change or enter information about the business you oper-
ate (or plan to start). When you select this command, the
program will proceed to ask you the name of your firm and
a number of other questions about your business. Most of
the questions require simple "Yes" or "No" responses (by
entering "Y" or "N").
When it finishes asking you all the necessary questions,
a detailed checklis