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^Cby
^CBob Napp

    ^1Credit Master^0 is a program that will help you approximate your Credit Card 
 finance charges and forecast a payment schedule.  Once you have entered your 
 account information and chosen the best course for payment, you can save the 
 data for future reference.  While using this program, keep in mind that the 
 calculation for finance charges on your various Credit Card accounts may 
 differ.  Though the technique employed in this program is a good one, it may 
 produce a result that will differ a little from the actual amount.  Should 
 you need any help while running Credit Master, press the <F1> key. 

 ^1Credit Master Screen^0
 
    The Credit Master screen is broken into three distinct areas.  The top 
 boxed area contains title information as well as values for Interest Rate 
 (Annual), cumulative Finance Charges, Purchases to Date, and Payments to 
 Date (for more detail about this region see Data Entry section below).  The 
 next "open" region, called the Payment Detail Area, will contain up to 14 
 lines of Credit Card payment information.  The bottom boxed area will contain 
 both menuing and help information depending on the activity currently being 
 performed. 

 ^1Starting Credit Master^0

    Once the program has started, you will be presented with a title screen.  
 Press any key to continue beyond this point.  The Credit Master screen will be 
 displayed with a menu in the bottom boxed region.   Use the Left and Right 
 cursor keys to highlight a menu option and then press the <ENTER> key to 
 activate it.  You may also press the first highlighted character of a menu 
 option to execute that function directly.  Once an option has been selected, 
 the menu contained in the bottom boxed region may be replaced with help 
 information relative to the function being performed.  

 
    The following menu functions are provided: 

^C^1L^0oad       - Select and Load Credit Card information from files that^N
^C             you have created.                                      ^N

^C^1D^0ata Entry - Browse and Enter Credit Card payment information.      ^N

^C^1P^0rint      - Print the current Credit Card payment information.     ^N

^C^1S^0ave       - Save the current Credit Card payment information.      ^N

^C^1H^0elp       - Display Help information about the Main Menu.          ^N

^C^1A^0bout      - Display information about Credit Master.               ^N

^C^1E^0xit       - Exit Credit Master.                                    ^N

 ^1Load^0

    A box will appear in the center of the screen with a list of Credit Master 
 files (Credit Master files end with the extension of ".CMS").  Use your Up, 
 Down, Left, or Right cursor keys to highlight the file you wish to Load and 
 press the <ENTER> key to load that file.  Once the file is Loaded you will be 
 returned to the menu.  
    If you wish to cancel this option without Loading a file, press the <ESC> 
 key.  Remember, the bottom region of the screen contains help information for 
 this option. 

 ^1Data Entry^0

    If the Payment Detail Area is empty, a box will appear in the center of 
 the screen and you will be prompted for Interest Rate (Annual), Purchase, and 
 Payment information.  You may use the Up/Down cursor keys to select a data 
 entry field.  Once all information has been entered, press the <F4> key to 
 Post the Transaction. You may cancel Transaction Entry any time by pressing 
 the <ESC> key.  Before the Payment Detail Area will be activated, you MUST 
 enter a Purchase and Post the Transaction. 
    Once the Payment information is displayed, a highlight bar that extends 
 from the left to the right side of the screen will be displayed on the first 
 line of information.  You can move this "Scroll Bar" by pressing the  Up 
 arrow, Down arrow, PgUp, PgDn, Home, or End keys.  As the Scroll Bar moves 
 from one payment line to another the information contained in the top boxed 
 region will change to reflect the state of Interest Rate and cumulative totals 
 relative to the current Scroll Bar line. 
    You may select to input additional information at any point on which the 
 Scroll Bar is located by pressing the <ENTER> key.  You will again be prompted 
 for the same data as before.  If you wish to return to the Main Menu, press 
 the <ESC> key.  Remember, the bottom region of the screen contains help 
 information. 

 ^1Print^0
 
    A box will appear in the center of the screen listing the number of pages 
 needed for the report and prompting you to set up your printer.  Once you have 
 loaded enough paper to Print the report and positioned the page at the top of 
 form press the <SPACEBAR> to start printing.  You may cancel printing the 
 report at anytime by pressing the <ESC> key. 

 ^1Save^0

    A box centered on screen will appear containing a list of Credit Master 
 files.  Use your Up, Down, Left, and Right cursor keys to highlight the file 
 under which you wish to Save the Credit Card information.  If you wish to 
 store the data under a new filename, select the New File option and press the 
 <ENTER> key.  Type in the new filename and press the <ENTER> key.  You may 
 press the <ESC> key to exit the Save menu option without selecting a file. 
 Remember, the bottom region of the screen contains help information.

 ^1Help^0

    This option provides help for the Main Menu.  Once the information is 
 displayed on screen, just press any key to return to the Main Menu.

 ^1About^0
   
    This option displays information about Credit Master.

 ^1Exit^0

    A box centered on screen will appear asking you if you wish to exit.  You 
 must respond with either a "Y" or "N". 

 ^1Options for Running Credit Master^0

    Credit Master can be run from the DOS prompt with the following options:

       M   -   Starts the program in monochrome mode.  Use the option if you
               are using a composite monitor.

       C   -   Starts the program in color mode.  Use this option if you have
               a color graphics adapter.  (This is the default setting for the
               program.)

       F   -   Try this option if you are using a CGA.  This will allow Credit
               Master to update the screen as FAST as possible.  If you see 
               "snow" when the screen is updated, restart Credit Master without 
               the "F" option.

    Examples:

       >CM M
       >CM C F
       >CM F            <---- if you are working on a CGA system only.

  
    To run this program outside ^1Big Blue Disk^0, type ^1CM^0.

 DISK FILES THIS PROGRAM USES:
^FCM.EXE
