TIPS FOR QUICK STARTUP Download the ProgTran install .exe file. Double-click on it to install the program. Follow the on-screen instructions. You will now see three windows, the Natal Input Data window, the Names window and the Diurnal Input Data window. Click on a name in the Names window. The birth data for that person appears in the Natal Input Data window. You may change this data or enter data for a different person. The Diurnal Input Data window is for entering the date for transits or the birth data for another person or event. If the 2nd Person box is checked on the Diurnal Input Data window, then clicking on a name in the Names window will make that person's or event's birth data appear in the Diurnal Input Data window. Data entered into the Natal Input Data window can be saved to file by clicking on the 'Save to Disk' command button. You will be given a choice as to which data file you want the data saved. When you are satisfied with your data entry, click on the OK command button to start the calculations. Shortly, the summary data for the diurnal data entered in the Diurnal Input Data window for the person whose data is entered into the Natal Input Data window appears in the Data window. All data and help information will appear in this window. Whatever appears in this window or has appeared in this window since the buffer was last cleared can be printed to your printer or saved to a disk file. Next you will be asked the number of days for which to calculate transits and progressions. Enter a number and click on OK. Once calculations are completed there will be 16 new data files in the REPORTS sub-directory of the main ProgTran directory. The files are named with the first 5 letters of the person's name plus either a _TN (transit to natal), _TP (transit to progressed), _PN (progressed to natal), _PP (progressed to progressed), _SN (solar arc to natal), and _EX (exact aspects) suffix. Different file extensions are then used to denote sorting by date (.ASC), sorting by planet (.TXT) and listing by day (.DOC). Print or edit these data files using whatever tools you normally use for such procedures. Other data may be displayed in the Data window by clicking on the DATA menu item in the ProgTran window. Select the data you want displayed from amongst the menu item choices. Go through each menu item and see what data that menu item presents. You can always click on HELP for more information. Change program parameters by selecting the OPTIONS menu item in the ProgTran window. Edit the options text box as you would if you were in Notepad or any other Windows text editing application. Click on SAVE to save your changes. Click on QUIT to exit the options window. I suggest you immediately change options #18 - #24 to fit your locale. Help is available at any time by clicking on the HELP menu item in the ProgTran window, then clicking on the topic of interest. I suggest you at least look at HINTS under HELP. Experiment with ProgTran. It will not take long for you to become an expert user. If you need help, feel free to e-mail me. Thank you.