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                       THE 1996 OFFICE FOOTBALL POOL
                               Ver 2.05

The 1996 Office Football Pool is designed to easily manage an office
pool while at the same time allowing pool players the fun of handicapping
their selections. Many improvements over the 1995 version were made.


  *********************  NEW FOR 1996  ************************


1)  ONLINE HELP:  The 1996 version now contains Online help 
                  screens so help is available at the touch of
                  a key. In addition, the administrator can
                  customize these screens for his particular
                  pool.


2)  REMOVE GAMES
      FROM POOL:  You can now exclude Thursday and Saturday
                  games from pool with one keystroke. Player
                  Selection Sheets will only show games you
                  wish to include in pool, and excluded games
                  are not made available to players when they
                  input selections.

3) IMPROVED DATA
          ENTRY:  The 1996 version corrects the many
                  deficiencies of last years program.
                  You don't need to enter the NFL game
                  scores all at once. Players also do not
                  need to enter selections all at once.
                  There is improved data security with
                  the Player.exe file. Players can no
                  longer enter or edit picks for games that
                  have already been played.

4) NEW DISPLAYS:  Eight new handicapping displays have been
                  added, so you and your players have the
                  ULTIMATE in handicapping the weekly 
                  selections. Some of the additions:

                  A) NFL favorites vs the point 
                     spread. (By Divisions)
                                          
                  B) NFL underdogs vs. the point 
                     spread. (By Divisions) 

                  C) NFL at Home & Away vs. the point
                     spread. (Complete Standings).
                  
                  D) NFL favorites at home & away vs.
                     the point spread. (By Conference).

                  E) NFL underdogs at home & away vs.
                     the point spread. (By Conference).

                  F) Who's Hot, Who's Not Categories:
                       A) NFL Standings.
                       B) NFL Point Spread Standings.
                       C) NFL Favorites & Underdogs.
                       D) NFL Home & Away (Divisions)
                  
                  G) Point Spread and Regular Standings
                     now contain complete Conf/Div/Inter
                     Conf standings.

                  H) "This Weeks Matchups" now contains 
                      FOURTEEN handicapping categories.  
                      
5) LOCAL TIMES:   Program allows you to set game times to
                  your time zone. Player selection sheets now
                  show the local time that game is played,
                  in addition to the day.

6) MULTIPLE
   PLAYER SHEETS: Choose a player selection sheet that contains
                  the administrators name and a footer message 
                  that you can customize, or choose a selection
                  sheet that contains a tear-off section for 
                  players to take home (a great way to save
                  paper). Both selection sheets are also 
                  available as text files.

7) VIEW PLAYER
        TRENDS:   Now contains "Who's Hot, Who's Not" Display
                  for Pool standings. View which players are
                  heating up, which players are cooling down.

8) MORE TEXT
      FILES:      Practically all of the NFL Handicapping data
                  and standings are now available as text files
                  with one touch of a key.

9) 1995 SEASON
     INCLUDED:    View the completed 1995 season to study how
                  to get the most out of the Statistical
                  Display handicapping screens.

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