+----------------------------------------------------+ | This VENDINFO Product Information File contains both readable text | | and tools-accessible data about a product. See the last text | | section, below, for more information about VENDINFO and its tools. | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ VENDINFO standard v1.04, produced by VendEdit v1.30, 21-Jul-1996 ===== Product Information ============================== Product: Strategies to Reduce College Costs--BOOK How to Maximize College Financial Aid Version: 2.50 Version Date: 20-Jul-1996 Product Type: Book, as in shareware book distributed electronically Basic Distribution Policy (see License, below, for details): Shareware, freely distributable by all channels Product Description: Strategies to Reduce College Costs v2.5 con- tains concise $ saving financial aid facts. Learn how to: Est. and increase aid, play "What IF?" to test aid-increasing scenarios, answer aid form questions--a Think Ahead must read self-help electronic book for parents and students. Strategies...covers aid info for both Public and Private colleges. Also, included: My_Plan -- your own interactive college planner. Reason for version: NEW: Windows version + My_Plan--NEW Interactive College Planner Category: Education; High school Keywords: college financial aid high school guidance planning Required Packages: STRATS25 This Package: STRATS25 Registration Fee: 4.95 (U.S. Dollars) Required Configuration Processor Family: Intel 80x86 (minimum 80286 (AT)) Minimum OS: MS-DOS 3.3 Standard RAM: 640K Hard Drive Space: 200K Required: Floppy only Monochrome monitor Keyboard Orders: Address: College Aid Calculator (tm) --companion product: $49.95 --New: Windows version 9/96 Think Ahead, Inc. PO Box 5A Dresden, ME 04342 Toll-Free Phone: 1-800-780-0513 X145 Phone: 1-207-737-2802 FAX: 1-800-780-0515 Internet: CollegeAid@maine.com Other E-mail: http://www.maine.com/collegeaid Support: Address: Think Ahead, Inc. P.O. Box 5A Dresden, Maine 04342 Phone: 1-207-737-2802 FAX: 1-207-737-2802 Internet: CollegeAid@maine.com Other E-mail: http://www.maine.com/collegeaid ===== Information for Users ("READ-ME") ================ Welcome to "Strategies to Reduce College Costs." Strategies... provides $ saving financial aid facts. Learn how to: estimate and increase your aid, play "What IF ?" to test your aid-increasing scenarios, and answer aid form questions. Strategies... is a Think Ahead, must-read self-help electronic book for parents and students. Strategies to Reduce College Costs covers aid information for both Public and Private colleges. This new Windows version of Strategies ... comes with My_Plan -- your own interactive college planner. My_Plan will automaticall load when you install Strategies ... and you will be off and running, learning how to maximize you family's financial aid, in a matter of minutes. Price $4.95. Think Ahead, Inc., PO Box 5A, Dresden, ME Maine 04572. Tel: 1-207-737-2802 Orders only: 1-800-780-0513 ext. 145 ===== Packing List ===================================== As released by the author or publisher, this package contained the following files in addition to this VENDINFO.DIZ: Filename Size Date Time CRC32 READ_ME.1ST 171 20-Jul-1996 02:50a F9D97F00 FILE_ID.DIZ 429 20-Jul-1996 02:50a 207D92AC LZPUNZ.DLL 19984 5-Sep-1995 11:24a 92F6C22D VENDOR.DOC 216 20-Jul-1996 02:50a 13796CEE SETUP.EXE 35344 3-Nov-1995 02:55a F4B31B31 CACDEMO.EX_ 168912 21-Jul-1996 10:27p 2CA2A65B FIMAIN.EX_ 102332 6-Jul-1996 10:16p E59387E8 SETUP.HL_ 6818 6-Jul-1996 01:52p 9EBD863D SETUP.IN_ 787 21-Jul-1996 10:31p 6D00E30E MAC_IB~1.RTF 10825 22-Jun-1996 02:40a 79BF7AC3 MY_PLAN.RTF 6674 21-Jul-1996 07:42p 249288D3 STRATS25.RTF 124614 21-Jul-1996 07:40p B4E0588A MY_PLAN.TXT 3724 21-Jul-1996 07:23p 492FAE99 README.TXT 106 6-Jul-1996 12:43p BB93FCC3 STRATS25.TXT 111671 21-Jul-1996 05:27p 9AC1B4EB VENDOR.TXT 216 20-Jul-1996 02:50a 13796CEE MY_PLAN.WRI 6016 21-Jul-1996 07:11p F24751AC STRATS25.WRI 123392 21-Jul-1996 05:29p E5AC0A11 ===== Installation ===================================== INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR "STRATEGIES TO REDUCE COLLEGE COSTS" and My_Plan: Quick Windows installation: A:setup or C:\TEMP\setup Details: Use your unzip utility to unpack the .ZIP file. or: Double click the STRATS25.EXE file. or: Place your installation disk in drive A:\ Win3.1, click File, Run, type C:\TEMP\SETUP, press Enter; or A:\SETUP, press Enter Win95, click START, Run, type C:\TEMP\SETUP, pres  MF@d 3^ËFP u3^Ë( ˵u3^Ë( Pc F @ u9XuȋO  'Rj R,t}R,3  A 9x u9Xuȋuɋ$ t$QXT$Q@V^ jc HB\QR FVtD$^D3  ̋T$Au t$ VR  UPW t73l$vEPj   @ ‰L$L$+@9t$v9>}!^+;};~;|+KÃ ;|;H 9t$w]_^[̃SVt$$WUu]_^[33fFL$(l$ $~~9},tj  uSc 37GGG 9E,t4F u.WESPS D$ D$L$, ===== Warranty ========================================= Unconditional 30-day money-back guarantee. ===== License for Use and Distribution ================= This book and My_Plan may be distributed, copied, and reproduced in any medium, but only in its entirety, including all pages and the copyright notices. The news media may quote limited portions of them. Users are encouraged to load My_Plan into their word processor and to use it as a basis for their research on college financial aid, editing it and adding to it as necessary for their own personal use, so long as it is not distributed in modified form. For your convenience, the STRATS25.EXE file has been provided for you to give to friends. It contains both Strategies ... and My_Plan and all of the windows installation files. The attached VENDINFO data record is hereby incorporated by reference. Any distribution satisfying all the distribution requirements expressed in that data record is hereby authorized. ===== About VENDINFO Files ============================= Each VENDINFO.DIZ file contains extensive information about a product. This "human-readable" section is followed by a compressed data record useable by automated tools. 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