Welcome to Sales Forecast Pro v2.0 !!

Version 2.0 brings the following enhancements ...

1. Custom Horizons for viewing your forecast summary.

   In addition to the standard (1, 2, 3, 6 and all months) horizons,
   you can specify your own custom horizon.  In addition to a date
   range, you can specify a list of Sales Opportunities and/or Products
   that will be used to filter your forecast records for display.

2. Graphical (stacked bar chart) views of your forecast records.

   Sales Forecast Pro presents your records by product by month.
   You can also choose between viewing total forecasted dollars or
   forecast probability dollar amounts.

3. Forecast items can now be classified as "Closed"; thus allowing
   you to track records after you close the sale.  These items can
   be viewed using the Custom Horizon feature.

4. Export/Import capability.

   You can now export your forecast records for use by management
   in preparing consolidated forecast.  There is also an import
   feature that merges forecast records into your existing database.

   
   
We hope you enjoy these new features ... don't hesitate to let us
know about additional features you need to make the most out of
using Sales Forecast Pro.

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Sales Forecast Pro.

We beleive that today's sales professional deserves an MS Windows 
based program that is fun to use when providing forecast data 
to management.  

We have thus developed the intuitive, fun-to-use, 'Sales Forecast Pro'
program for creating and maintaining one's sales forecast. 

Sales Forecast Pro allows you to create and maintain forecast records
so that you can produce forecast summaries in various formats.  You can
view your forecasted opportunitites in sorted tabular summaries, in
stacked bar charts formats and on printed reports.

Sales opportunity records store ...

    The opportunity description,
    The opportunity's sales cycle status,
    The product being forecasted,
    The planned closure date for the opportunity,
    The dollar amount for the opportunity, and
    The success probability percentage for the opportunity.

Each record can be classified as an "Actual Forecast" item, a "What If"
item or a "Closed" item.  These classifications allow you to filter 
the content of your forecast summaries.

Time horizons also allow you to filter the content of your forecast
summaries.  Standard horizons of 1, 2, 3, 6 and all months allow you
to filter your summaries for various views into the future.  

Combining the time horizons with the record classifications provides
robust filtering combinations.

Now in Version 2.0, you can also define custom horizons combining record 
classifications with a date range and a list of opportunities and/or
products to be used as filters.

You and your manager can combine your usage of Sales Forecast Pro by
taking advantage of its Export/Import features.  You can easily pass
your forecast to your manager electronically.  Your manager can then
combine your forecast with the forecast of other sales professionals
to produce a consolidated forecast for the entire group.


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Installing Sales Forecast Pro.

Sales Forecast Pro is a Microsoft Windows application and thus should
be installed from either the program manager or file manager.  Simply
placed the Sales Forecast Pro diskette into the appropriate drive and
type [drive]:\INSTALL.EXE from the Run command under the File Menu.

Follow the directions on the screen and Sales Forecast Pro will install
itself and build your program manager ICONS for you.