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-> This file introduces EASI-PLAN, explains how to get started 
   etc. It should be read by all first-time users.

-> The file has been supplied as an integral part of the shareware
   version of EASI-PLAN, a financial planner for new/small businesses, 
   specially developed for use on a 'try-before-you-buy' basis 
   by Invest-Tech Limited. For contact details, see end of this file.

-> This file is approximately 11 x A4 pages long.

-> To quit this file and return to DOS at any stage, press CTRL+BREAK. 

-> To return to EASI-PLAN's introductory menus, type "GO" at the 
   DOS prompt.

-> To print this file, type "PRINT README.TXT" at the DOS prompt.

-> To scroll through this file screen-by-screen, press any key.
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                            CONTENTS
                            ========

This file (README.TXT) covers the following topics in separate
sections below:

        1.  WELCOME

        2.  SUPPLIED FILES

        3.  GENERAL INTRODUCTION

            3.1  System requirements & set up
            3.2  Features - EASI-PLAN Lite
            3.3  Features - EASI-PLAN Pro
            3.4  Features - EASI-PLAN Micro
            3.5  Help system
            3.6  System requirements
            3.7  Registration
            3.8  Invest-Tech

        4.  HOW TO RUN EASI-PLAN

        5.  WHAT IS SHAREWARE ?

        6.  USER LICENCE AGREEMENT
        
        7.  REVISIONS TO EASI-PLAN LITE

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1.  WELCOME
===========

EASI-PLAN Lite is an easy-to-use software package for preparing 
comprehensive and fully integrated financial projections, 
budgets, business plans etc. for three years ahead. It can also be 
used for strategic planning, financial appraisals etc. It is ideal for 
businesses with annual sales from 100,000 to 1 million pounds/dollars 
engaged in manufacturing, distribution or services. 

A more powerful version for larger businesses, EASI-PLAN Pro, 
contains additional facilities and accommodates a much more 
extensive range of variables. A simpler version, called EASI-PLAN
Micro, is aimed at very small businesses.

This version of EASI-PLAN Lite is shareware and is an operational and 
useful package. It has been developed to encourage users to use
EASI-PLAN on a 'try-before-you-buy' basis and, if found useful, to 
acquire a complete version of EASI-PLAN or one of our other 
packages for preparing financial projections. 

EASI-PLAN is NOT free software. If you continue to use it after
a 30-day trial period, you must register with the author, 
Invest-Tech. 

In return for registering, you will receive a copy of the latest 
full release of EASI-PLAN, a spiral-bound 150-page manual 
incorporating tutorial exercises etc. and access to full support.
Registration details are contained in Section 3.7 below and in
the REGISTER.TXT file.

EASI-PLAN is fully protected by copyright. However, it may be
copied in its entirety and without modification for FREE
distribution to friends and, subject to the conditions set out
in the VENDOR.TXT file, by shareware libraries etc.

We hope that you find EASI-PLAN useful and up to expectations. 
Please register so as to encourage us to develop other shareware
products.

             Good luck with EASI-PLAN.

                  Brian Flanagan, Invest-Tech Limited 

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2.  SUPPLIED FILES
==================

It is a breach of copyright to change, break-up or interfere
with any of the files contained in the achive file being used to 
distribute EASI-PLAN, that is, EASIPLAN.ZIP (or EASIPLAN.* if 
a different archiving system has been used). 

If you wish to give a copy of this shareware version of EASI-PLAN 
to friends etc., you should copy the following files in their 
entirety:

            EASIPLAN.ZIP   or    EASIPLAN.* 

For further information about distributing EASI-PLAN, please
refer to the Distributor Agreement and Form contained in the 
VENDOR.TXT file.  

The following files are contained within EASIPLAN.ZIP: 

     ep.bat        plan.ovr      master.ass      easi.hlp     
     easi.exe      go.bat        vendor.txt      readme.txt    
     manual.txt    register.txt  easiplan.ico    mmb.exe       
     read-1st.txt  read-1st.com  file_id.diz

If you have obtained a copy of EASI-PLAN from an unknown source, 
take care that you have not also secured a virus !  Either, run 
a virus check or secure a copy directly from a reputable source.

Before starting to use EASI-PLAN, we recommend that you review
this README.TXT file either on-screen or, preferably, after printing
it. It includes instructions for loading EASI-PLAN which will 
enable you to start using the package. 

Another supplied text file (MANUAL.TXT), explains, in much more 
detail, how to load and use EASI-PLAN. Because EASI-PLAN is
very intuitive and contains very extensive 'on-line' help, you
may only need to refer to this file on an occasional basis.
However, you may wish to print it at this stage in order to
have it readily accessible for future reference, or if you get
"stuck", or need detailed guidance on a specific issue.
NOTE: To conserve disk space, some copies of EASI-PLAN may exclude
the MANUAL.TXT file. Contact Invest-Tech to secure a copy.

To print a text file:

 1.  Exit this file. 
 2.  Make sure your printer is 'on-line' and has ample paper. 
 3.  Type "PRINT *.TXT" at the drive/directory prompt 
     (e.g C:\EASILITE>) to which you have installed EASI-PLAN and 
     press the RETURN key in respond to a query about the name of 
     devices etc.

        For example, type "PRINT REGISTER.TXT" to print the 
        supplied file containing the Registration Form.

To read a text file on screen:

  1. Exit this file. 
  2. Type "TYPE *.TXT|MORE" at the drive/directory prompt 
     (e.g. C:\EASILITE>) to which you have installed EASI-PLAN. The 
     "|" refers to the vertical bar/pipe symbol on your keyboard 
     (look for it in the lower left corner).

       For example, type "TYPE REGISTER.TXT|MORE" to display
       the supplied file containing the Registration Form. 

If you are using Windows, you can print or view the text files
using the Notepad accessory.

If you are using DOS 5 or 6, you can use EDIT to read or print the 
text files.

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3.  GENERAL INTRODUCTION
========================

EASI-PLAN is a powerful, easy-to-use software package specifically 
developed by Invest-Tech Limited to help new, small and medium-sized 
businesses to prepare comprehensive financial projections for three 
years ahead.   

EASI-PLAN can also be used by professional advisers, consultants, 
training organisations and financial institutions. It is suitable 
for businesses engaged in manufacturing, distribution or services.

EASI-PLAN is available in three versions - Micro, Lite & Pro - to
suit businesses of different sizes and complexities. The supplied 
shareware version is Lite.

Based on your forecasts and assumptions, EASI-PLAN compiles 
integrated financial projections (P&Ls, cashflows, balance sheets 
& ratios) for one year ahead on a monthly basis and, in less detail, 
for a further two years on a quarterly basis. It produces numerous 
management and financial reports together with graphs for many key 
variables which can be displayed on the screen or printed. It 
also produces reports detailing all the underlying assumptions. 

EASI-PLAN incorporates facilities for graphing key results; for
undertaking 'what-if' analysis; for 'rolling-forward' assumptions 
and projections one month at a time; for preparing 'first-cut' 
three-year projections; for generating a textual summary report; 
exporting assumptions and projections to spreadsheets; automatic 
linking into spreadsheet data etc.

EASI-PLAN is very suitable for users with limited or no prior 
experience of computers or financial planning as well as for 
more experienced users who do not wish to go to the very considerable
trouble, or waste valuable time, developing their own planning 
system on a spreadsheet. Bear in mind that EASI-PLAN involved
thousands of hours of development and years of "know-how".

EASI-PLAN Lite is primarily aimed at smaller businesses (typically 
with annual sales in the range of 100,000 to 1,000,000 
pounds/dollars). The more powerful version, EASI-PLAN Pro, is most 
suitable for larger businesses and their subsidiaries. Instead of 
registering EASI-PLAN Lite, you can opt to register for EASI-PLAN 
Pro. Alternatively, you can decide to register for EASI-PLAN Micro 
which has been developed specifically for use by very small 
businesses (annual sales from 50,000 up to 250,000 pounds/dollars).
See below for further infomation.


3.1  System Requirements and Set Up
-----------------------------------

To run EASI-PLAN you need the following system:
 
 * Industry-standard PC with DOS 3.30 or higher and a hard disk.
 * The "Lite" and "Micro" versions of EASI-PLAN needs conventional 
   memory of 640k. "Pro" also requires 384k of expanded memory (if 
   not being run from within Windows). 
 * VGA, GCA, mono, Hercules or LCD display (or equivalent).  

A printer (dot-matrix, ink-jet or laser) is desirable. If you wish, 
you can run EASI-PLAN as a DOS program within Windows (an icon, 
EASIPLAN.ICO has been supplied).

EASI-PLAN Lite or Micro needs 560k, or more, of 'free' conventional memory.  
This should not present any problem as it is well within the 
capacity of most PCs with 640k of RAM. If, for any reason, 
EASI-PLAN runs short of memory, it will use any expanded memory 
which might be available or it will create some 'virtual' memory on 
the hard disk. For further information on memory requirements and 
how to secure more memory, please check the READ-1ST.TXT file.

If you are using a PC with a Hercules display, you will not be able
to view EASI-PLAN's graphs unless you run the supplied MSHERC.COM 
before you load EASI-PLAN.

If you are running EASI-PLAN on a portable PC with a LCD display, 
you will probably need to change EASI-PLAN's video setting once it 
has loaded in order to clearly distinguish the rectangular cursor 
which appears when you are viewing reports on the screen. To do this, 
press I (for Initialise) at the Main Menu, V (for Video) and L (for 
LCD/B&W). The Manual accompanying the full version of EASI-PLAN 
explains how to make these changes permanent.

If, when using EASI-PLAN, the  pound symbol (L) fails to print, i.e.  
(000) appears instead of (L000), or is replaced by another character 
e.g. #, you can make it appear by changing the character or 
symbol set being used by your printer to an IBM Extended Character 
Set. If the pound sign is missing, you may notice that some rows get 
slightly knocked out of vertical alignment. If using a HP LaserJet or 
compatible laser printer, the default symbol set (e.g. HP Roman-8) 
may not print the pound sign. Check the printer manual and use the 
control panel to switch to another symbol set, for example, HP IBM-US 
or PCMultilingual. If using a dot-matrix printer, check the manual 
for guidance and use the control panel or dip switches to alter the 
character set being used. If you change the symbol or character set 
you may be able to keep the new settings as your permanent or default 
settings without upsetting any of your other software.

3.2   Features - EASI-PLAN Lite
-------------------------------

EASI-PLAN Lite is primarily aimed at businesses with annual sales in 
the range of 100,000 to 1,000,000 pounds/dollars. It can handle a very 
wide variety of variables and financial functions. These include the 
following: 

  - Sales forecasts for up to ten product/market subgroups within two 
    main groups which can be defined by the user.  Different VAT rates 
    can be set for each main group. 

  - Provisions for specifying the cost of materials/goods as percentages 
    of sales and for indicating stock targets for each main group.

  - Direct labour inputs and four other user-definable direct/variable 
    cost categories.

  - Nineteen user-definable categories of overhead expense.

  - Fixed assets with provision for handling depreciation, finance 
    leases and additions or disposals.

  - Facilities for setting different VAT rates for inputs & capex, 
    for specifying VAT payment months and for handling VAT on a
    cash-received or invoice basis.

  - Separate interest rates for cash balances, overdraft and long-term 
    debt and for increasing and decreasing long-term debt.

  - Share issues, dividends, corporation tax and subsidies/grants.

  - Facilities for phasing out opening balance sheet values and for 
    setting different payment terms (ranging from cash sales to 
    four+ months credit) for four groups of current-year trade 
    creditors and debtors. 

  - Preformatted account layouts for either a limited company or a
    sole trader (or partnership).

By altering or disregarding certain variables, EASI-PLAN can handle 
most types of manufacturing, distribution and service businesses as 
explained in its User Manual.

EASI-PLAN incorporates several special facilities including the 
following:

 - QUIK-PLAN to enable a user produce first-cut projections for three 
   years quickly (i.e. within about 15 minutes).

 - Fast-entry function keys for inserting constant values, 
   incrementing assumptions etc.

 - Six-page textual summary report to compliment graphs and tabular 
   reports. This can be printed directly or exported as an ASCII file 
   for inclusion in other documents.

 - An advance facility to enable rolling 12-month projections to be 
   maintained without having to re-enter assumptions.

 - Set-ups for laser and dot-matrix printers. 

 - Assumptions and projections can be exported to Lotus 1-2-3 and 
   many other spreadsheets for editing, desktop publishing, 
   consolidation etc. 

 - Global, as well as selective, "what-if" or sensitivity analysis 
   covering months and/or quarters for the three years. 

 - Facility to suppress the printing of rows which contain zero 
   values.

3.3  Features - EASI-PLAN Pro
-----------------------------

EASI-PLAN Pro is a more powerful version of Lite, suitable for 
larger businesses, professional advisers etc. It is mainly aimed 
at businesses with annual sales of between 1 million and 99 million 
pounds/dollars. 

Pro handles many more variables than Lite - it contains 10,500 
built-in formulae (vs. 6,500) and can accommodate up to 3,000 
assumption values (vs. 2,000).   

Pro has additional facilities including:

 - Projections for five years instead of three.

 - Special graph printing utility which gives users a higher degree 
   of control over the appearance of graphs than is possible by 
   using Lite in conjunction with DOS's Graphics program.

 - Facility for comparing monthly actuals and projections with 
   additional reports and related graphs. 

 - Special function key for entering assumptions based on a 
   seasonal pattern etc. specified by the user.

 - Facilities to defer the actual cash payments relating to 
   certain categories of expenses, capital expenditure, grant 
   receipts, dividends etc. in some of the Monthly Assumption 
   Reports.

 - Automatic importation of data from spreadsheets using a
   a file linking technique.

Pro uses more memory than Lite. In addition to the 640k of 
conventional memory used by Lite, it requires 384k or more of 
expanded memory (EMS) or needs to be run as a DOS program from 
within Windows.

Users can register to acquire Pro instead of Lite. Alternatively, 
they can upgrade, at a discount to its normal price, to Pro when 
they outgrow Lite. 

3.4  Features - EASI-PLAN Micro
-------------------------------

EASI-PLAN Micro is a simplified verion of Lite aimed at very small
companies and sole traders. It handles fewer financial variables
and excludes some of Lite's more advanced facilities. It is most 
suitable for companies, or sole traders, with annual sales in the 
range of 50,000 to 250,000 pounds/dollars. It handles values
as single units instead of as thousands ($s instead of $000s) as
in EASI-PLAN Lite and Pro.

Micro does not contain the same level of detail in the Monthly and 
Quarterly Assumption Reports and excludes the following facilities 
provided in EASI-PLAN Lite:

                - Drilldown cells              
                - Global sensitivity analysis
                - Roll forward/advance         
                - Extract to spreadsheet
                - Some function key facilities
                - ASCII version of the Textual Summary Report

Users can register to acquire Micro instead of Lite. Alternatively, 
they can upgrade, at a discount to normal prices, to Lite or Pro 
when they outgrow Micro. 


3.5  Help system
----------------

EASI-PLAN is entirely menu-driven and incorporates very 
comprehensive context-sensitive help facilities. These include 
extensive menu prompts, error trapping, on-line Help Pages, pop-up 
Hint & Guidance Windows and annotated variable descriptions. 


3.6  Specification   
------------------
  
  =================================================================
                                     Micro     Lite     Pro
  -----------------------------------------------------------------
   Number of reports                 29        30       31  
   Number of graphs                  13        14       20  
   Approximate maximum number 
   of user assumptions               1,200     2,000    3,000 
   Approximate total number of 
   built-in formulae                 4,000     6,500    10,500 
  ==================================================================
        

3.7  Registration                     
-----------------

EASI-PLAN is not FREE software. If you decide that you would like 
to retain and continue to use EASI-PLAN after a 30-day trial 
period, you must register with Invest-Tech, the author and 
copyright holder. 

In return for registering, you will automatically receive the 
latest fully-operational release of EASI-PLAN with its 150-page 
spiral-bound printed manual (incorporating tutorial exercises etc.) 
and gain access to full support.

The Registration Fees for EASI-PLAN are given below. See REGISTER.TXT 
for further details.

    ===========================================================      
                             Fee (IR)    Fee (stg)    Fee (US$)
                               Pounds       Pounds         See
                            See Notes    See Notes       Notes
    ----------------------------------------------------------
    EASI-PLAN Micro                45           45          70
    EASI-PLAN Lite                 75           75         120
    EASI-PLAN Pro                 145          145         230

    Switch from Micro to Lite      40           40          60
    Switch from Lite to Pro        70           70         110
    Switch from Micro to Pro      100          100         160
    ----------------------------------------------------------
    Note 1  Plus VAT at 21% for Irish customers and for purchasers 
            in other EU States who are NOT registered for VAT.

    Note 2  No VAT applies to customers in EU States (other than
            Ireland) who are registered for VAT and who quote their 
            VAT number at time of ordering.            
        
    Note 3  No VAT applies to purchasers outside the EU.    
    
    Note 4  Users outside the UK and Ireland should add 10% to
            cover additional post and packing.
===============================================================


3.8  Invest-Tech Limited
------------------------

We are management consultants specialising in financial and 
business planning software. Formed in 1983, Invest-Tech is a 
Registered Practice within the Institute of Management Consultants 
in Ireland. Our banker is Bank of Ireland, Dublin, and our auditors 
are Deloitte & Touche, Dublin.

In addition to EASI-PLAN Micro, Lite and Pro, our range of financial 
planning software includes the following commercial products:

PERS-PLAN: A personal or household cashflow and financial 
           planner which can be used to plan 12 months ahead. It 
           accommodates a very wide range of income and expenditure 
           variables and can handle income tax, interest, credit 
           card calculations etc. Supplied with a 90-page manual. 
           Price: 35 pounds (sterling or Irish) including VAT.

YOUR-PLAN: Shareware version of PERS-PLAN available from good 
           libraries in the UK, US etc. Only covers a six month 
           period and handles fewer variables than PERS-PLAN.
           Look for a compressed file called YOURPLAN.*

BANK-PLAN: Specialist cashflow planner for small businesses covering
           12-months ahead. Runs 'stand-alone' with similar general
           structure to EASI-PLAN. Compliments EASI-PLAN. Price: 60
           pounds (sterling or Irish) including VAT.
           
           Shareware version is available - look for a compressed file
           called BANKPLAN.*

CASH-PLAN: More powerful and advanced version of BANK-PLAN aimed at
           larger businesses. Price: 115 pounds (sterling or Irish)             
           including VAT.

FIN-PLAN:  Wide range of comprehensive and fully-integrated
           financial planners (P&Ls, cashflows, balance sheets,
           ratios etc.) covering 12-months plus 8/16 quarters. 
           Versions are available to run on Lotus 1-2-3 (any
           release for DOS or Windows), Symphony & SuperCalc. 
           Extensive menus with numerous features and facilities. 
           Easily expanded by user. Price: 234 pounds (sterling 
           or Irish) including VAT.

Comprehensive descriptions, specifications and 'demos' are
available for each of the foregoing products.

Intending purchasers of these products who are registered for
VAT in any country (other than Ireland) within the European
Union can deduct VAT at 21% from the above prices PROVIDED
that they quote their VAT number at the time of ordering.

All purchasers from outside the European Union can also 
deduct the 21% VAT from the above prices but they must add 10%
to cover shipping by airmail etc.

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                            SPECIAL OFFER

If you would like to secure copies of our other shareware planners 
and a 36-booklet containing detailed descriptions as well as extensive 
easy-to-follow tutorial exercises for all these products, please send 
a cheque or draft for five pounds (sterling or Irish pounds) to 
Invest-Tech.

** Please note that these planners are only available on 3.5" disks.

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4.  HOW TO RUN EASI-PLAN 
========================

Note that you can run EASI-PLAN as a DOS program within Windows.

Before exploring EASI-PLAN, you need to know that:

        All commands are executable from a Main Menu, sub-menus
        or function key menus. At any stage, the Main Menu can be
        retrieved by pressing the F10 function key once. You can
        access context-sensitive Help Pages by pressing F1 at any
        time.

        Whenever a report is being displayed on the screen, you can
        use certain function keys to perform the actions explained 
        in the menu strip displayed at the bottom of the screen.
        Additional function key commands can be used to navigate
        around reports and call up special facilities for entering            
        data etc. These can be accessed by holding down the CTRL or           
        ALT key on the keyboard while tapping one of the indicated            
        function keys (press CTRL+F1 or ALT+F1 for help).

If you get lost at any stage, try pressing the function key F10 
to return to the Main Menu. If a system error is encountered, 
press the RETURN key (or CTRL+BREAK) and then F10. If a 'secured 
cell' message is encountered, press RETURN to clear it.

The following guidelines assume that you have already installed
(i.e. copied, unzipped, unarchived, uncompressed etc.) the
complete set of EASI-PLAN files onto a hard disk.
  
 a) Get into the sub-directory on your hard disk where you have 
    copied/installed all EASI-PLAN's files (for example if the 
    sub-directory EASILITE was used, type "CD EASILITE" and press         
    RETURN at the DOS prompt).        
    
 b) If it exists, read the READ-1ST.TXT file by typing 
    "TYPE READ-1ST.TXT|MORE" where "|" is the vertical pipe symbol 
    (look for it in the left-hand lower corner of the keyboard).
 
 c) Run an introductory program called GO.BAT by typing "GO". If your
    PC uses a very old display, do not select this option - choose
    d) or e) below.
 
 *or*
 d) For guidance about the syntax for loading EASI-PLAN
    etc. type "EP". 
 
 *or*
 e) Type "EP MASTER" to load EASI-PLAN along with a set of
    specimen assumptions in a file called MASTER.ASS.

    Next, move through the introductory screens, by pressing any 
    key, to reach EASI-PLAN's Main Menu.

    Then, make a "working" copy of MASTER. From the Main Menu, 
    press F (for File), N (for New) and enter a file name (WORKING 
    is the recommended name).
 
    By following the on-screen Hints and Guidance Notes and by 
    accessing Help Notes and Help Pages, have a go at building your       
    first set of projections by using QUIK-PLAN. Print the results        
    for the three years and print the Textual Summary Report. Review      
    the individual reports on screen, make additional assumptions,        
    recalculate, view the graphs etc. 

                                        Good luck !

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5.  WHAT IS SHAREWARE ?
=======================

"Shareware" is a method of software distribution designed to
give users a chance to test a package before purchase at a very
competitive price. Copyright rules apply to shareware and the
authors retain all the rights except as indicated in their 
licence agreements. As you will see from EASI-PLAN, shareware does 
not signify cheap (in the nasty sense) or poor quality software.

Subject to the terms and conditions of our User Licence Agreement
(see below) and Distributor Agreement (see VENDOR.TXT), you are 
free to copy EASI-PLAN for friends etc. provided that no charge 
is made and recipients are made aware of the need to register 
as users if they wish to retain the package. As all the supplied 
files must be copied in their entirety and without modification, 
we suggest that you only copy the archived files, EASIPLAN.EXE 
(with START.BAT) or EASIPLAN.ZIP for this purpose.

Shareware distributors, bulletin board and commercial on-line 
system operators are invited to become distributors of EASI-PLAN 
and to list it for supply or downloading to their customers or 
users. See the VENDOR.TXT file for further information.

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6.  USER LICENCE AGREEMENT
==========================

EASI-PLAN is a "shareware" program. IT IS NOT "freeware", 
"public domain" software etc. You are granted a licence to use 
EASI-PLAN only under the terms and conditions specified in this 
Agreement.

EASI-PLAN is owned at all times by Invest-Tech and is fully 
protected by copyright throughout the world.

After a free initial 30-day trial period, every user who wishes
to continue using EASI-PLAN must make a registration payment to 
the author, Invest-Tech. If you do not register, you must stop 
using EASI-PLAN after the trial period. This restriction does 
not extend to "bona fide" public-funded second and third-level 
educational establishments which are permitted to continue using
the shareware version for so long as it is only being used by 
students for strictly educational purposes AND provided the 
establishment registers for one copy of the full version of 
EASI-PLAN for use on a single PC located within the establishment.

Once registered, you will receive a copy of the latest fully-
operational release of EASI-PLAN with its printed manual. In 
addition, you gain access to support for EASI-PLAN by mail, 
phone or fax for three calendar months following confirmation 
of registration by Invest-Tech. After this period, the provision 
of support will be at Invest-Tech's discretion. Unregistered 
copies of EASI-PLAN are unsupported. 

EASI-PLAN has been supplied strictly on the understanding that
the software and all its associated files and documentation
will not be translated, repackaged, replicated, dismantled, 
reverse-engineered or modified in any way. It must not be copied,
sold, transferred, lent, rented or leased to any user or third 
party except under the terms and conditions set out in the 
accompanying VENDOR.TXT file. If you copy EASI-PLAN for friends 
to try, you must include all the files contained in EASIPLAN.ZIP
or EASIPLAN.EXE.

EASI-PLAN must not be sold as "rackware" or used as a promotion or 
enticement for any commercial venture (including use as a "cover"
disk for a periodical) unless prior written approval has been 
secured from Invest-Tech.

EASI-PLAN is supplied strictly on an "as is" basis and without
any warranty either expressed or implied as to merchantability,
performance, or fitness for any purpose.  The user must assume
the entire risk of using the program. Every user is advised to 
always test and check the output thoroughly before relying on 
its results or contents.  Invest-Tech accepts no responsibility 
and no liability whatsoever for any defects, errors or incidental
or consequential losses or damages associated either directly
or indirectly with its usage. 

Distribution and/or use of EASI-PLAN signifies acceptance of
these terms and conditions. Violators of the copyright terms of
this agreement may be prosecuted.

Details of volume discounts, site licences and bundling prices 
for EASI-PLAN can be obtained by contacting Invest-Tech.

To register, use the Registration Form contained in the supplied
file (REGISTER.TXT) or the copy built into EASI-PLAN (press "X"
from its Main Menu).

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7.  REVISIONS TO EASI-PLAN Lite
===============================

r2.0   27th March 1994
----------------------
First shareware release of EASI-PLAN Lite.   

r3.0   23rd February 1995
-------------------------
A major upgrade. Improvements include:
 
 - Range of financial variables has been extended.
 - Now handles VAT on cash-received as well as invoice basis. 
 - Textual Summary Report includes more ratios.
 - User can opt to use account formats for sole trader as an alternative
   to those for a limited company. 
 - The printing of unused rows in reports can be suppressed.
 - Many minor changes to Help Notes, menu prompts, Help Pages
   and text files.

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EASI-PLAN (c) Copyright Invest-Tech Limited 1992-95   
All Rights Reserved     

    Invest-Tech Limited  
    27 Ardmeen Park, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Ireland
    
    Irish Tel: 01-283 4083      UK Tel: 01232-315454
      (Call 9 to 9 weekdays and 10 to 6 weekends - GMT/BST)  
    Fax: 278 2391 
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