PC-ACCOUNT
     
                                VERSION   2.05
     
          PC-ACCOUNT is a personal accounting system with data base
     retrieval capabilities.  With it, you can discard your checkbook
     ledger.  Its most unique feature is its ability to print on any
     personal check.
     
          Personal checks are usually not designed for the normal line
     spacing of 6 lines per inch.  This program utilizes the variable line
     spacing of most printers to achieve the efficiency and accuracy of
     having your computer print on your checks.  A utility lets you create
     formats for fifteen different checking accounts.  The check is
     printed as soon as the transaction is completed.  The amount is
     printed on the check in words.
     
          A directory is maintained of check payees and memo data to be
     printed on the check, such as its purpose or your account number with
     the payee.  Payees are selected by number, and the name and memo are
     automatically transferred to the check.
     
          Searches can be made for all transactions against an account,
     for a user defined code, for an amount, for a text string within the
     comment, or for a check number.  These searches can be made through
     any selected consecutive months, so a full years transactions in a
     specific category can be retrieved at tax time.
     
          Recurring transactions such as loan payments and cash
     distributions to accounts can be saved, edited and invoked on command
     for auto entry.  There is a routine that can reconcile your bank
     statement swiftly.  Another routine double checks the line by line
     totals in your checkbook.
     
          This system makes full use of the features of the IBM PC.  All
     10 function keys are used.  The display color can be changed and the
     color parameters saved.  Listings of accounts and transactions can be
     output to the screen, to the printer, to a disk text file, or to a
     file that can be imported by Lotus 1-2-3.
     
          This software works on the IBM PC/XT/AT with 256K of free
     memory and at least 1 double sided disk drive.  It runs under PC DOS
     2.0 and later versions.
     
          PC-ACCOUNT is copyrighted and distributed as SHAREWARE.  The
     conditions for distribution are:
     
               All three files must be distributed together:
                       PCACT205.TXT,
                       PCACT205.ARC, and
                       PCDOC205.ARC.
               They must not be modified in any way.
               You may not charge more than $10.
     
          The files, PCACT205.ARC and PCDOC205.ARC, must be processed with
     the ARC.EXE program, a freeware file archive utility.  Use Version
     5.1 or later.  The 35 files extracted from PCACT205.ARC use 293K of
     disk space.  The four text files extracted from PCDOC205.ARC use
     186K.  Therefore, you will need one formatted disk for the output
     from each .ARC file.  The disk with the 35 files will be referred to
     in the documentation as the DISTRIBUTION disk.
     
     
                INSTRUCTIONS TO UN-ARC THE PC-ACCOUNT .ARC FILES
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            1.  Insert the disk with the PC-ACCOUNT .ARC files into
                drive A:
     
            2.  Copy ARC.EXE to the disk in drive A:
     
            3.  Insert a blank, formatted disk in drive B:
     
            4.  Make B: the default drive.
     
            5.  Enter the command:
     
                           A:ARC  X  A:PCDOC205.ARC
     
            6.  Insert another blank, formatted disk in drive B:
     
            7.  Make B: the default drive.
     
            8.  Enter the command:
     
                           A:ARC  X  A:PCACT205.ARC
     
     
     
               For a Quick Start without printing or reading the
     documentation, make the disk with the 35 files the default disk, and
     enter the command:
     
                                   START
     
     and you will receive instructions on how to prepare the tutorial disk
     and to initialize a working disk.
     
     
                    INSTRUCTIONS TO PRINT THE DOCUMENTATION
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          Before printing the documentation, set the printer print head at
     the second or third line from the top of the page, then turn the
     printer on.  You will need 71 pages.  To print all four documentation
     files at once, use the command:
     
                             COPY  PART?  PRN
     
     To print one file at a time, substitute the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 one at
     a time for the question mark in the above command.  These four files
     are pure ASCII files with form feeds.  You may also display them with
     the TYPE command.  They are sized to print properly on the LaserJet.