Atari 800

ft6 Budget sc -ecasrer
The d irec ti on sfo r enteringthe dat a to o btai nfo recasts by the AVE RAG ING
Met ho d, TRE ND M et hod, and SE ASONA LMethod are the same . Please fo llo w
the steps be low :
1. From the SystemMenu. typ e the keyword a nd press ';iiiij.jJi. The Forecast
M ethodMenu (Figure 8-1) wi ll appea r on thescreen.
2. Type the m ethod o ffo recasti ng yo u w ant (AV ERAGE, TREND. SEASON)
and press ' -!iiiii-pH, The D at a Selection Scree n (Figure 8-2) wi ll appe ar.
Figu re 8-2 Data Selection Screen
3. Typ e t he star ting mon t h, in t he MM /y Y for mal. co ntain ingthe i nfo rma tio n
you wa nt f orecasted . Press iiii"i;iti.
4. T ype theending mon th, in t he MM /YY fo rmat. Press 'hill -P'.
5. Enter the to ta l number o fmo nth s you wa nt t he fo recast to cov er [re fer to
the note below) and press '·iiiii ·pi.
Note: Thesyste m canh andl e up to 30 mo nt hsofdat a. From 3D, thesyste m
dedu ct s th e numb er of mon th s used as th e basi s fo r fo recast ing (Steps 3
and4). The r emaind er is th e m a ximu m nu mb er of m onth s possibl e to
fo recast. This numb er w il l be d ispl ayed o n thescree n.
6. The CATEGO RY SE LE CTIO N fo rma twill appea r o n thescr een. Type the
category you want foreca sted and press i ·liiii-jl'. A prom pt will tell youto
IN SERTTH E XXXX DAT A D ISKETTE and press i;ijiii;k' to co ntinue. (T he
Current Dat a Diske tt e must beinthedisk dri ve.)
If yout yp e ALL asthe catego ry nam e, you w ill be give n th echo ice o f
review ing: In com e, Fixed Expense s, V ariabl e Expense s, To ta lExpenses, or
N et In com e.
7. Ty pe in thesubcategory yo uwant forecastedandpress ' .Ijil i- Vi . (If yo u
pref er, yo u ca n press EIm!II until you see th esu bcate go ry yo u w ant
fo reca sted.) You w ill beasked to insert the Dat a D isket te cont aining th e
mo nth shown on the screen. Press iiiiiii;iti to continue .
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