


                                                             page I-1

                                 INDEX


        -A-

Absolute value                          A-1, 6-5
ABS function                            A-1, 6-5
ACS function                            A-2, 6-5
Add a cell                              2-4, 3-2, 6-1
Algebraic operators                     6-1, 6-2
Annuity                                 6-7, A-7
Arc cosine                              A-2, 6-5
Arc sine                                A-1, A-2, 6-5, B-6
Arc tangent                             A-2, 6-5
Argument of a function                  3-3, 6-5, 6-6, 6-7
ASN function                            A-2, 6-5
ATN function                            A-2, 6-5
Average function                        A-5
AVR function                            A-5


        -B-

Base 10 logarithm                       6-5
Batch file to start FREE & EASY         1-2, 2-6


        -C-

Calculation order of sheets             6-2, 6-9
Calculation of cells                    3-1, 3-3
Cell contents                           2-4, 3-2, 4-3, 6-1, 6-10, B-13,
                                        B-14
Cell errors                             B-13
Cell menu                               2-3
Cell name                               2-4, 3-5, 6-5
Cells                                   2-1, 2-4, 2-5
Clipboard                               4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 8-2, B-12, B-13,
                                        C-2
CNT function                            A-5
Common logarithm                        A-3
Contents (help topic)                   2-6
Control-C (short cut key)               2-5
Control-P (short cut key)               3-4
Control-R (short cut key)               2-5
Control-S (short cut key)               5-3
COS function                            A-2
Cosine                                  A-2
Count function                          A-5
Critical errors                         5-3
CSH function                            A-3
Cursor control keys                     4-5, 4-6












                                                             I-2

-D-

DDB function                            A-6
Default cell                            2-4, 3-2, 3-6
Deleting                                4-2, 4-4, 4-5, 5-8, 6-12
Default file                            5-9
Deposit, term                           A-8
Depreciation, double declining balance  6-7, A-7
Depreciation, straight line             6-7, A-8
Depreciation, sum of the year's digit   6-7, A-8
"Direction" menu item                   4-6
Directories to use for FREE & EASY      1-2
DOS (operating system)                  1-1, 8-4
DOS Shell                               5-11
Dynamic allocation of memory            5-1, 5-6, B-14


        -E-

Edit menu                               2-3
Editing                                 2-3, 4-1, 8-2
Editing errors                          B-12
Entering cells                          2-4
Error messages                          2-3, 2-4, 2-5, 2-6, 3-2, 3-3,
                                        3-4, 4-2, 4-3, 5-1, 5-3, 5-6,
                                        5-7, 5-10, 5-11, 6-6, 6-7, 6-8,
                                        6-9 (see also Appendix B)
Evaluation defaults                     6-9
Evaluation menu                         2-3, 2-5, 6-7, 6-9
Evaluation of cells                     2-5, 3-1, 3-2, 5-2, 6-1, 6-2,
                                        6-3, 6-8, 6-9, 8-2, 8-3
Evaluation errors                       6-8, B-6, C-1
Exit from FREE & EASY                   2-7, C-1
EXP function                            A-3
Exponential function                    6-5, A-3


        -F-

File extensions used by FREE & EASY     2-7, 5-1, 5-2, 5-6, 5-7, 5-9,
                                        5-10, 8-4
File errors                             B-10
File management                         5-6, 8-3, 8-4
File menu                               2-3, 2-7, 5-1
"File name" menu item                   5-1, 5-10
Financial functions                     6-7, A-6
"Find" menu item                        4-6, B-13
"find Next" menu item                   4-7, B-13
Floppy disk usage                       1-3, 8, 5-3
Format of cell display                  3-5, 3-7 ,3-8
*.FRE file                              2-7, 5-1, 5-7, 5-9, 5-10, 8-4,
                                        B-11
F.EXE (FREE & EASY program)             1-1, 8-4
FREE0.HLP (FREE & EASY help file)       1-1, 2-6, 8-4, B-10, B-12
FREE1.HLP (FREE & EASY help file)       1-1, 2-6, 8-4, B-10, B-12









                                                             I-3

Functions (math, range, financial)      3-3, 6-5, 6-6, 6-7, A-1, (see
                                        also Appendix A)
Future value function                   6-7, A-7
FVA function                            6-7, A-7


        -G-

"Go" menu item                          4-6


        -H-

Hard disk usage                         1-2
Help menu                               2-3
Helps available in FREE & EASY          1-3, 2-6, 2-7, B-10, B-12
Highlighting Features                   3-7, 4-1, 4-2, 4-4, 4-6, 6-11,
                                        B-13
Hyperbolic cosine                       6-5, A-3
Hyperbolic sine                         6-5, A-4
Hyperbolic tangent                      6-5, A-5


        -I-

Index of help topics available          2-6
Insert mode                             2-2, 2-3
Inserting text, cells and/or ranges     4-4
INSTR.EXE                               1-1, B-10
Integers                                3-6
Inverse trig functions                  6-5, 6-9


        -J-

Justify of cell display                 3-6


        -K-

"Keep line length" menu option          4-7


        -L-

LCD monitors                            1-4
Leading zeros in cell display           3-6
LNN function                            A-3
"Load file" menu item                   5-6
"load MAK" menu item                    5-7
LOG function                            6-5, A-3
Logarithms                              6-5, A-3












                                                             I-4

-M-

*.MAK file                              5-7, 8-4
Make file                               5-4, 5-7,8-1, 8-2, 8-4
"Manage" menu item                      5-6
Management of files                     See File management
"Match upper/lower" menu item           4-6
Math functions                          A-1
MAX function                            A-6
Maximum size of files                   5-10
Maximum value                           A-6
Memory management                       5-1
Memory, dynamic allocation of           5-1, 5-6, B-14
Menu bar                                2-1, 2-2
Menus                                   2-2, 2-3 (See also specific
                                        menu)
MIN function                            A-6
Minimum value                           A-6
Modify a cell                           2-4, 3-2, 6-1
Monochrome monitors                     1-4
Mortgage function                       6-7, A-7
MTG function                            6-7, A-7


        -N-

Natural exponential                     A-3
Natural logarithm                       A-3
"New file" menu item                    5-1, 5-2, 5-9
"Next file" menu item                   5-10


        -O-

On-screen helps                         1-3
Overstrike mode                         2-2, 2-3
Operators, algebraic                    6-1, 6-2


        -P-

"Page length" menu item                 5-11
"Path" menu item                        5-8
PI                                      3-4
Plus sign                               3-6
Present value function                  A-7
"Print" menu item                       5-10
"print dEfaults" menu item              5-11
Printer Errors                          B-10
Prompt bar                              1-3, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3
PVA function                            6-7, A-7


        -R-

Ranges                                  2-3, 6-6, 6-10, 6-11, 6-12,








                                                             I-5

                                        6-13, 8-3, A-5, B-15
Range address in cell contents          6-10
README.EXE                              1-1
Removing cells                          3-2, 3-8, B-13
Renaming cells                          5-9
Resizing cells                          5-9


        -S-

"saVe all" menu item                    5-5, C-1
"Save as" menu item                     5-3
"save as maKe file" menu item           5-4, 5-7
"save as Text file" menu item           5-4
"Save" menu item                        2-2, 2-7, 5-3, C-4
"Scope" menu item                       4-6
STD function                            A-6
Search & replace                        4-1, 4-6, 4-7, B-12
Set-up tips for FREE & EASY             8-1
SETUP.EXE                               1-1, 1-2
SFE.BAT                                 1-1, 1-2, 2-6
Short-Cut Keys                          2-6
SIN function                            6-5, A-1, A-4
Sine function                           6-5, A-1, A-4
Size of files, maximum                  5-10
SLN function                            A-8
SNH function                            A-4
SQR function                            6-5, A-4
Square root function                    6-5, A-4
Standard deviation function             6-5, A-6
"Start new file" menu item              5-1
"Stop between pages" menu item          5-11
SUM function                            A-6
Summary of disks in FREE & EASY package 1-1
Syntax errors                           B-1
SYD function                            6-7, A-8
System requirements to run FREE & EASY  1-1


        -T-

Table of cells                          3-6
Table of data                           3-7
TAN function                            A-4
Tangent function                        A-4
TDP function                            6-7, A-8
Term deposit function                   6-7, A-8
Text files                              8-4
TNH function                            6-5, A-5
Trig functions                          6-5, 6-9
*.TXT files                             8-4


        -U-

"unload All" menu item                  5-9








                                                             I-6

"uNload MAK" menu item                  5-9
"Unload" menu item                      5-8


        -V-

Value, future                           A-7
Value, maximum                          A-6
Value, minimum                          A-6
Value, present                          6-7, A-7
VAR function                            A-6
Variables                               2-4, 3-4, 3-7, 6-4, 8-3
Variance function                       A-6
"Verify" menu item                      4-7
VIEW.EXE                                1-1, 1-3, B-10
View menu                               2-3, 7-1


        -W-

Warning messages                        2-6, 3-2, 3-3, 3-7, 3-8, 5-3,
                                        5-10 (see also Appendix C
                                        specifics)
"Whole word" menu item                  4-6
Window errors                           B-10
Windows                                 7-1, 8-4


        -Z-

Zeros, leading in cells                 3-6

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