Easy Money for Windows
                      Address Book and Financial Manager


Disclaimers
===========

   Easy Money is SHAREWARE. The Demo version may be freely exchanged with
other users as long as all original unmodified files are included. The
Registered version is available for $ 15.00 (US Funds Only) from:

                           Mountain Software
                           6911 NE Livingston Road
                           Camas, Washington  98607

   Easy Money is Copyright 1995 by Anthony Watson, all rights reserved. Any
unauthorized duplication or modification of the programs or documentation is a
violation of federal copyright laws!


System Recommendations
======================

- Windows 3.1, Windows for Workgroups, or Windows 95.
- 486 with 8 Meg of RAM
- VGA Graphics Mode (640x480x256 color)


Introduction
============

  Easy Money is a relational database with facilities for multiple accounts
and multiple transactions for each account. Various searching and linking
features are available to quickly analyze your records. While Easy Money was
originally designed for small business use, it can easily handle your personal
addresses and finances.

Accounts
========

  The main menu is the account menu. This is where the names, addresses, phone
numbers, etc. are kept on your individual accounts.

  Accounts are added by clicking on the "Add" button and entering the desired
information. Existing accounts can be edited or deleted by RIGHT clicking on
the desired Account.

Records
=======

  The records section of Easy Money is where transaction prices and
descriptions are stored. The records section may be accessed by two different
methods.

  The primary way of entering the records section is to LEFT click on an
account to highlight it, then LEFT click the account again to access the
records for that account. Click the "Add" button to add new records, or RIGHT
click a record to edit or delete that record.

  The second way to enter the records section is to click the "Records" button
at the main menu. This will take you to the records section for a listing of
ALL records. You can edit or delete records here, but you cannot add new
records in the ALL records listing.


Analysis
========

  Once you have accounts and records entered into Easy Money, you will most
likely want to search through them in some manner. The simplest form of this
would be to click the "Find" button at the main menu, and enter a search
string. You may want to find all accounts in Washington, for instance. Note
that you can expand on a previous search by clicking the "Widen" button, or
you can reduce the results of a previous search by clicking the "Narrow"
button.

  The procedure is identical whether you are searching through accounts or
transaction records. However, if you are viewing records for an individual
account, the search features will only find records matching the search FOR
THAT ACCOUNT.

  Individual records may also be marked/unmarked manually, by clicking to the
immediate left of each account/record. The "Select" buttons allow you to
toggle between ALL accounts/records or just those that have been marked
(either manually or with the FIND feature).

  Once you have located the accounts or records you were interested in, you
can perform a link. For instance, you may click the "Find" button at the
account menu and enter WASHINGTON to find all accounts in Washington. You may
even do another find, and NARROW the search down to only those records in
Seattle. Once that is done, you may click the "Records" button and then click
the "Link" button in the Records section. This will locate all of the records
for the selected accounts.

  Note that you can also search through the records first, and then go back to
the accounts menu and link from there. This will find all of the accounts for
the selected records.


Printing
========

Once you have located the accounts or records you were interested in, you can
print out the displayed accounts/records by clicking the "Print" button. Note
that the print functions print all DISPLAYED records, not just those that are
marked.


Invoices
========

  When you are viewing records for an individual account, there is a special
button labeled "Invoice". Clicking this button will print out an invoice for
the MARKED records for the selected account. Note that when new records are
added, they are automatically set to marked status, easing the preparation of
an invoice.

  When the "Invoice" button is clicked, a dialog box will appear so that you
may enter any comments you wish on the invoice. These comments appear only on
the invoice, and ARE NOT saved in the database.


Appreciation
============

  As always, I would like to thank my wife Peggy for her love, support and
patience, and my Lord Jesus Christ for my salvation.


About Easy Money
================

  Easy Money was originally written by Anthony Watson on an Atari MegaSTE
using GFA BASIC 3.5 as a replacement for an older database we wrote titled
"Easy-Base".

  The Windows version of Easy Money was a complete rewrite using GFA BASIC for
Windows version 4.36.

  The Easy Money manual was written in Pen Pal, a shareware text editor for
the Atari ST from Mountain Software.

History
========

Version 1.0         - First Release
October 20, 1995