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Contents
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║ Beginning Balance   Interest Rate     Starting Date    ║  
║ Receipt             Receipt Method    Date             ║
║ Creditor            Debtor            Notes            ║
║ Current Balance     Interest          Principal        ║
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║ Using Help          Calculator        Calendar         ║
║ Reports             Table Values      Term In Years    ║
║ Database indexing   Command Buttons   Navigational Keys║
╟──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢
║ Table Values - Principal          Database Repair Utility║ 
║ Table Values - Rate              Database Packing Utility║
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Navigational Keys

The following methods will move you around the screen:

 ENTER ..........  Accept input & advance to the next field.
 
 TAB ............  Advance to the next field. When in a help
                   window, pressing TAB will jump from one
                   hyper-link to the next.
 
 SHIFT + TAB ....  Move backwards to the previous field.
          
 ALT ............  Activate the top menu.

 ALT + HOT KEY ..  Select menu item or command button. Hot 
                   keys are highlighted in white.

 ESC ............  Move towards the main screen & out of the 
                   program.
 
 NAVIGATION .....  Up or Down arrow Keys. 
      
 PAGE UP ........  When at the creditor name, page up will
                   move to the next record.
    
 PAGE DOWN ......  When at the creditor name, page down will
                   move to the previous record.
        
 MOUSE ..........  Select any field or button.    
           
 F1 .............  Context Help.

 CTRL + F4 ......  Close the active window.
 
 CTRL + F6 ......  Activate the next window.
 
 CTRL + F7 ......  Move a window, with directional keys.
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                   FROM THE MAIN SCREEN ONLY
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 CTRL + P .......  Quick access to the print report screen.
 
 CTRL + M .......  Quick access to monthly collection tables.
 
 CTRL + X .......  Exit program.
 
 CTRL + F .......  Quick access to the find record screen.
 
 CTRL + C .......  Quick access to the contents help screen. 
 
 CTRL + S .......  Quick access to the search help screen.

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Database indexing

The order in which the records are indexed are first on the 
name then address then city. 

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Beginning Balance

The amount of money that the debtor owes the creditor.

Enter the original amount that is to be collected principal 
+ any interest that has accumulated before the 
starting date. 

A decimal is required only when entering a value to the 
right of the decimal.

This will be your beginning collection balance.

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Interest Rate

Enter the interest rate % that is to be applied against the 
beginning balance.  

The rate of interest on a note is the rate charged for
the use of the principal. 

The formula for calculating interest is:

Balance  X  Interest per day  X  Number of days = Interest

A decimal is required only when entering a value to the 
right of the decimal.

If unsure on the interest rate, please contact your attorney or 
financial advisor.

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Starting Date

The first day that the interest is to be calculated.

Date format:  Month Day Year.  
      Example:  01-01-1993
   
   Date range:  Any year from 1753 to 2078. 

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Receipt

The amount collected or received from the debtor.

This will be applied against the current balance. 
The applicable interest will be subtracted first. 
The remainder will be applied towards the principal
balance. 

If no monthly Receipt was received, the interest will be 
added to the current balance.

Example: If a Receipt if due on the first of the month, 
leave the Receipt field empty. However a Date must be 
entered causing interest to accumulate to the date entered.

The maximum value that Receipt will accept is $999,999.00

A decimal is required only when entering a value to the 
right of the decimal.

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Receipt Method

A description of Receipt such as a check number, or cash. 

This field is accessable after pressing enter from the 
Receipt field. 

This field will store 10 characters. 

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Date

The date on which Receipt is satisfied, or the date you 
wish to update the account.

  Date format:  Month Day Year.  
      Example:  01-01-1993
   
   Date range:  Any year from 1753 to 2078. 

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Creditor

An individual or organization to whom a debt is owed.

Enter information about the creditor. The following is the 
maximum length per field that the database will store.
  
   Name:  = 40
Address:  = 40
   City:  = 30
  State:  =  2
    Zip:  =  5

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Debtor

An individual or organization that is obligated to pay a 
liability.

Toggle the debtor information screen on & off with the 
ALT/I hot key.

Enter information about the debtor. The following is the 
maximum length per field that the database will store.
   
   Name:  =  40
Address:  =  40
   City:  =  30
  State:  =   2
    Zip:  =   5
  Notes:  = 128

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Current Balance

The balanced based on the last Date entered.

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Interest

The interest shown on reports is the total interest paid to 
Date.

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Principal

The principal shown on reports is the total principal paid to 
Date.

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Reports

A printed verticle presentation showing all transactions that 
have taken place up to the last entry. 

Send a report to the printer or ASCII file. 
The printer Ports are LPT1 thru LPT3.

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Command Buttons

To use the command buttons either hold down the Alt key and
press the highlighted letter or click with a mouse.

New Rec ... Create a new record.

Update .... Update the current record. When a record is changed
            in any way, a message will ask if debt collector 
            can update the record for you before you exit.

Delete .... Delete the current record

Prev ...... Move to the previous record based on the current 
            index.

Next ...... Move to the next record based on the current index.

Find ...... Find a specific record. The search will take place
            on the field that is the current record.

Calc ...... Bring up a pop up calculator.

Cldr ...... Bring up a pop up calendar.

Info ...... Toggle the debtor information screen.

Exit ...... Exit the program.


            COMMAND BUTTONS MONTHLY COLLECTION CALCULATOR
            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Calculate.. Calculate a matrix report based on the beginning
            balance, interest rate & term in years. Display
            the information on the lower half of the screen.

Report .... Send the monthly payments report to the printer
            or an ASCII file.

Table value Adjust the increment values for the principal &
            interest rate.  This will be the spread that the 
            report is based on.

Exit ...... Exit the collection calculator & access the 
            main screen.


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Calendar

Display a pop up calendar.

The range of years is 1753 thru 2078. 

Use the mouse, tab key or Alt + hot key to select a control. 
The arrow keys or mouse will scroll the month or year.

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Calculator

Bring up a pop-up calculator that can add, subtract, 
multiply, divide and do percents. With the mouse you 
can move the calculator around. With the mouse cursor 
on the top of the calculator, press the left mouse 
button and drag to a new screen location.
   % - for percent.
   / - for divide.
   * - for multiply.
   - - for subtract.
   + - for addition.
   c - to clear.
  ce - clear last entry.
 
To remove the calculator press one of these listed below:

1.    Press ESC, 
2.    Click the exit button on the calculator,
3.    Click the mouse on the background screen.

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Database Packing Utility

ISAMPACK purges records marked for deletion and recovers disk
space formerly used by deleted records in 32K blocks.

Syntax     ISAMPACK  DEBTCOL.MDB

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Database Repair Utility

ISAMREPR recovers databases that become corrupted; it 
recreates them by systematically evaluating every table 
and index and using every piece of internally consistent
information in the file.

Syntax     ISAMREPR  DEBTCOL.MDB

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Using Help

Selecting a help link:
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With the keyboard - Press TAB or Shift-TAB to select a link.
                    Press ENTER to jump to that topic.

With a mouse      - click on phrases outlined by two triangles.


Scrolling the help window:
--------------------------
With the keyboard - press the cursor navigation keys.

With a mouse      - click on the horizontal or vertical scroll
                    bars.


Closing the Help window:
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With the keyboard - press Ctrl-F4.

With a mouse      - double click on the window's control box icon.


Command Buttons:
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Applications may use one or more of the following command
buttons.  Use a mouse to click a button or press the letter
mentioned below.

Contents - displays a table of contents for the application's
           Help.  Press C to select Contents.

Search   - opens a dialog box that lists all available Help
           topics.  Select a topic from the list box and press 
           ENTER. Press S to select Search.

Back     - Jumps to the last Help topic viewed. Press B to 
           select Back.

History  - lists the last 20 Help topics viewed.  Jump to a
           topic by selecting from the list box and pressing 
           ENTER. Press T to select History.

Copy     - Copies the contents of the current Help topic into
           an edit area.  Select the text you want copied to 
           the Clipboard and choose Copy.  Choosing Copy 
           without selecting any text in the edit area copies 
           the entire Help topic to the Clipboard. Press P to 
           select Copy.

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Comments

Enter any special information or instructions that could be
used for future reference. This will NOT print on reports.

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Term In Years

Used with the Collection calculator in projecting a collection 
schedule. 

The value of Term in years can be changed by:
1. Typing in a new value.
2. Scroll with the arrow keys.
3. Click the arrow on the right to drop down the list.

To enter a term with a year and months enter the value listed 
below to the right of the decimal. 
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 ║ 1 Month  = .083    5 Months = .416     9 Months = .750 ║
 ║ 2 Months = .166    6 Months = .500    10 Months = .833 ║
 ║ 3 Months = .250    7 Months = .583    11 Months = .916 ║
 ║ 4 Months = .333    8 Months = .666    12 Months = 1.00 ║
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 For Example if we want to calculate a Receipt schedule  
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 ║ 1½ years  =  1.5             2 years  5 months = 2.416 ║
 ║ 1¼ years  =  1.25            3 years 11 months = 3.916 ║
 ║ 3  Months =   .25                    10 Months =  .833 ║
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.TOPIC:
Table Values

From the monthly collection calculator, press table values 
to adjust the spread of values on the collection calculator 
report.

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Notes

The notes field is for undisclosed information, and will not 
print on any report.  This box will hold up to 128 characters.

When you are in the notes field the arrow keys are used for 
navigating within the box and will not move the cursor to 
another field.  

To exit the notes field you have three options.

1. Press ENTER to bring you to the beginning balance .
2. Press any ALT/HOT key combination to move to another field.
3. Click the mouse on another field.



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Table Values - Principal
                             
The value of the principal increment will determine tha array
spread on the collection table report.  Use the arrow keys to 
adjust the principal increment value from $10 to $100,000

Press the TAB key to jump from one button to the next.
Press ENTER to calculate & display the monthly collection table.

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Table Values - Rate

The value of the rate increment will determine tha array spread 
on the collection table report.  Use the arrow keys to adjust 
the rate increment value from 0.125% to 2%

Press the TAB key to jump from one button to the next.
Press ENTER to calculate & display the monthly collection table.


