DESCRIPTION OF THE CURRENT DATA UPDATE SCREEN     RELEASE 3.11      PAGE 1 OF 4

The line items on this screen are automatically sorted by type, exchange and
name.  This is to facilitate entry of current prices from a newspaper.  It will
not affect the "importing" of data from an external ASCII file.

This screen is to update CURRENT volume and prices for MANY SECURITIES, but for
just ONE DATE.  It is not intended for entry of historical data.  To enter or
import HISTORICAL data for MANY DATES for just ONE SECURITY, first go to the
Stock Select Screen.  Then press E to go to the data Entry screen.

WARNING: EXIT back to the Master Menu before turning your computer off or re-
setting it.  Failure to heed this admonition may cause you to lose your data!
WARNING: On the top line of the screen there should be a reverse video bar over
the word DAILY or WEEKLY.  Make sure you are updating the correct data!

Another reverse video bar (the selector block) should be visible on the left
side of the screen.  You can move this up and down with the up-arrow, down-
arrow, PgUp, PgDn, Home and End keys.  This is how you select an individual
security to begin entering data or to make a correction.  Use the left-arrow
and right-arrow keys to select an individual data item for making a correction.
Other menu functions are described in the next screen pages.

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C = CORRECT the individual data item indicated by the selector block.  Use this
    only to change a single data item, not to enter volume and high-low-close.

E = ENTER current volume and price data, beginning on the line indicated by the
    selector block.  You will be prompted to enter volume, high, low, close and
    previous close.  Unwanted data items can be bypassed by pressing the Enter
    key by itself.  After finishing one line, the program automatically advan-
    ces to the next line, and so on until the end is reached.  You can skip a
    line by pressing the Enter key three times, or you can terminate the pro-
    cess by pressing the Esc key.

    To enter just the net asset value (NAV) for a mutual fund, bypass entry of
    the volume and high by pressing the Enter key twice.  Then enter the NAV.
    The program will automatically set the high and low equal to NAV.

    If you don't enter the previous closing prices, the program should fill
    that data in for you if it is available, at the time of the actual update.

    WARNING: Entering or importing data DOES NOT actually update the files -
    the U function, described later, does that.

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I = IMPORT volume and price data from an external ASCII file.  This file must
    be created by a communications, spreadsheet or database program which is
    external to, and not a part of, the Stock Charting System.  It can be on a
    separate diskette or in a different directory from your data files.
    It can also have a different name than any of the other data files.

    The term ASCII refers to a standard bit pattern for each individual charac-
    ter.  ASCII files can be displayed directly on the screen and read by a hu-
    man, as opposed to most other files which look like gibberish.

    Most all popular communications, spreadsheet, word processor and database
    programs have functions that can produce data in ASCII format.  If you are
    using a popular spreadsheet program, print the file to disk using the
    "print to disk" command.  Most communications programs and some word
    processing programs can store information directly in ASCII format.

    After invoking the IMPORT function, there will be another menu at the bot-
    tom of the screen, asking you to specify the data input format.  This menu
    has its own HELP function; press H again there for more information.


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U = UPDATE all of the daily or weekly price history files. This function is not
    automatic, so as to give you an opportunity to visually scan the "imported"
    data and make sure it is correct.

    Invocation of this function will update each price history file individual-
    ly.  There will be a lot of disk activity, and a status line will show the
    progress.  Price history files (and therefore the stock charts) are updated
    in the same order as they appear in the Current Data Update Screen.

    The Update process will also automatically update current prices in the
    Personal Portfolio Analyzer, if you have that program and its data files
    are in your Stock Charting System data directory.

S = STOCK Select screen - this function takes you directly there (bypassing the
    Master Menu).
X or Esc = EXIT back to the Master Menu screen.

If you have entered or imported data, but have not updated the price history
files, the program will warn you before exiting and give you a chance to do it.
