JUDY'S TENKEY(tm) Judy's TenKey makes your calculations easier and more reliable. If you use the default Windows calculator, you'll find that Judy's TenKey gives you many advantages (see below). If you're still using an old-fashioned desktop calculator, you'll love the integration Judy's TenKey gives you with your other Windows applications. This document provides a brief description of program capabilities, installation instructions, author contact information, and version history. This document is also distributed in Windows Write format (read_me.wri); you may find it easier on the eyes. <> SCROLLING TAPE: Records your calculations in a scrolling list which you can save, print, and resize (a real help in keeping track of your calculations). You can also modify tape entries, causing the tape to recalculate, or reuse previous entries in new calculations (saving typing and reducing errors). SELECTABLE SYNTAX: Judy's TenKey can process numbers like a scientific calculator (RPN), an adding machine, or a normal calculator. If you are familiar with one and not another, you know how difficult and frustrating it can be to try to switch. Perfect for accountants, engineers, and you. CUSTOMIZABLE DISPLAY: You can decide how you want your TenKey to look (selecting from tape, memory, statistics, functions, trigonometry, finance, and number pad options), enabling you to optimize screen usage. Any TenKey function can always be activated via the keyboard regardless of the current display configuration. FINANCIAL CALCULATIONS: Judy's TenKey calculates monthly payments for most loans (e.g., cars, houses, etc.), expected investment growth, necessary retirement savings, inflation adjustment, and more. Its easy-to-use dialogs lead you through complex calculations, and records all responses on the tape (which you can later save, modify, etc.). STATISTICS: The scrolling tape provides a natural interface for statistical calculations, including average value, sum, or even standard deviation. Simply select the desired lines, then press the appropriate statistics button. KEEP ON TOP: You can set Judy's TenKey to stay on top of all other windows, so you quickly calculate something even when editing a document full-screen. DECIMAL SETTING: You can set Judy's TenKey to display the number of decimal positions you prefer, ranging from 0 to "as needed". In fact, you can configure Judy's TenKey to automatically insert the decimal point for you (a real favorite with professional accountants). If you frequently deal with money, you might want to set the decimals to 2 (for cents) or 0 (for dollars). INTELLIGENT COPY & PASTE: You can copy tape entries to other applications, including Microsoft Word, Excel, and Notepad. You can also paste input from these applications. If extraneous text and special formatting are mixed in with your numbers, Judy's TenKey uses heuristic reasoning to extract and interpret appropriate information. EXTRA TOUCHES: Judy's TenKey remembers your favorite screen position and displays itself there every time. It also uses thousands separators (e.g., "1,000,000" versus "1000000"), displays negative numbers in red, and allows you to use the backspace key to edit results for further calculation. Judy's TenKey provides an extensive help system, an introductory demonstration, and a "Tip of the Day" feature. BETTER PERFORMANCE: Judy's TenKey enables you to work faster and more reliably. Once you can see (and reuse!) the numbers in your calculations, you will never return to the default Windows calculator. Plus, Judy's TenKey uses a proprietary algorithm to ensure superior precision (try subtracting "750.35 - 750.30" using the Microsoft calculator: it doesn't work!). We're so sure that you'll love using Judy's TenKey that we invite you to try it for free. Simply send in the registration fee if you decide to keep it. <> REQUIREMENTS: Version 3.0 of Judy's TenKey requires Windows version 3.1 or better (a separate Windows NT version is available) and a 386 or better processor. Including the tutorial demonstration, it uses 370K of disk space. INSTRUCTIONS: To install Judy's TenKey, simply run its installation program (install.exe) from the Windows File Manager. This installation program prompts you for additional information, allows you to cancel the installation, demonstrates its main features, and even offers to uninstall the program if you decide not to keep it. REGISTRATION: Judy's TenKey is provided as copyrighted software; the registration fee is a modest $19.95. Registered user receive the latest version of the program, as well as a free copy of Judy's CountDown (TM), a fun program that helps you track important dates. <> Judy's TenKey is produced by a member of the Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP). For additional information, contact Dan Stickel at: ELECTRONIC MAIL: CompuServe 70574,2247. US MAIL: 2464 El Camino Real, Suite #125, Santa Clara, CA 95051. TELEPHONE: (408) 244-0744; Orders (800) 242-4775. <> VERSION 3.0: Tape allows users to insert and delete lines, modify numbers or operators, and automatically recalculate results. New dialog boxes for financial functions. "Tip of the Day" feature. Full support for Windows 3.1 common dialog boxes, such as File Open (including import of text files), Save, and Print (including the option to print only selected tape entries). Other improvements include right mouse button tape pop-up menu, ability to "edit" the main entry line, better keyboard shortcuts, and support for memory operations dealing with the tape. VERSION 2.1: New proprietary algorithm for more precise calculation results, support for networked installations, and compliance with international number formats. General usability improvements: automatic decimal insertion capability, tape exit behavior now applies to all methods of closing tape, "Keep on Top" capability now uses Microsoft standard "Always On Top", easier program registration. VERSION 2.0: Save, restore, and print tapes, resize tape display using the mouse, reuse tape entries, copy and paste between other Windows applications, RPN syntax, statistics, transcendental, financial functions, red negatives, and keep on top. VERSION 1.0: Configurable window display, scrolling tape, tenkey or calculator syntax, standard mathematical operations, standard functions, memory, selectable decimal display.