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                               CONTENTS


Chapter 1:  Getting Started

    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


Chapter 2: Introduction

    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


Chapter 3: Cells, Variables and Functions

    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


Chapter 4:  Editing

    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


Chapter 5:  Files

    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


Chapter 6:  Evaluation of Cells

    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


Chapter 7:  Using Multiple Windows

    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


Chapter 8:  Tips on Using FREE & EASY

    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


Appendix A:  Functions

  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

  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

  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


Appendix B:  Error Messages

  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

  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

  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

  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

  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

  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


Appendix C:  Warnings

  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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