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USER'S MANUAL

Leo '99

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Future Point (P) Ltd.

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1. Introduction 5

2. Packing/System Requirements 7

3. Features of Leo '99 9

4. Installation

(i) Brief instructions for installation 13

(ii) Detailed instructions for installation 15

5. Your First Session 23

(i) Entry of basic data 25

(ii) Selection of appropriate options 29

(iii) Show/Print horoscope 32

(iv) Saving/Retrival of horoscope 34

(v) Print/Display of Selective Pages 36

6. Setting-up Printing 39

7. Inside Leo '99

(i) Notepad (Adding User Predictions) 45

(ii) Worksheet (Viewing Basic Data) 47

(iii) Accounting 49

(iv) Transit 55

(v) Panchang 57

(vi) Saving Data as Default Data 60

(vii) Saving New Cities 62

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8. Customising your Software 65

(i) Customising End Page (Astrologer's Master) 66

(ii) Customising Model (Model Master) 71

(iii) Customising Category (Category Master) 73

(iv) Customising Ayanamasa (Ayanamasa Master) 75

(v) Customising Questions (Question Master) 77

9. Error Messages and Recovery 79

10. Frequently Asked Questions 83

11. Warnings and Suggestions 85

12. Appendix 87

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INTRODUCTION

Leo '99 is an astrological software which is developed to run un-der Windows 95/98 and Windows NT environment. The softwareis developed by Future Point, the famous concern in the field ofastrology which promotes the research work in various fields likeAstrology, Palmistry, Numerology, Signology, Occult Sciences,Tantra, Mantra, Yantra etc. and exposes them to the world. Thesoftware contains modules on Astrology, Varshphal, Matching,Horary, Muhurtha, Palmistry, Numerology & Panchang. It gives ex-haustive calculations & predictions and supports variousAyanamsas. It contains almost everything in astrology and givesa very friendly environment to the user. The User can have full con-trol on almost everything in Leo '99. User can customize the wholesoftware according to his/her own need. The user can print thehoroscopes in a very attractive way now. Horoscope can now beprinted in any size, i.e. user can now use any kind and size ofstationary to print the horoscope. The user can use so many otherfeatures of the software such as Defining and using own charts inthe horoscope, similarly defining and using own predictions inthe horoscope etc. It contains computations for various systemsof astrology such as Parashar, Jaimini, Bhrigu, KP, Lal Kitab etc.It is designed to provide the user the facility to go deep into thestudy of astrology. For commercials, it provides printing, account-ing and protection features. Moreover it's a multilingual software.Horoscopes can be prepared in different languages making thesoftware more useful for astrologers now.

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PACKING/ SYSTEMREQUIREMENTS

PACKING

Leo '99 comes in a very attractive leather bag alongwith thefollowing items :

• Leo '99 CD,

• Leo Key,

• User Manual,

• License and Password Information.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

The Software can be run on an IBM compatible Pentium Class

100 Mhz PC with 16 MB Ram. The Software requires

100-120 MB harddisk space. Therefore, it is the bare minimum

requirement to run Leo '99. However, to have a good

configuration system these days, one can opt for a P-II

400-500 Mhz Celeron System with 64 MB Ram and 4 GB

harddisk which is available these days at very attractive prices.

For High-End Users, we recommand a P-III 450 Mhz System

with 64 MB Ram and 8 GB hard disk capacity. The following

table describes the system configuration one should have:

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A. Minimum Requirement Configuration:• An IBM compatible Pentium PC preferrably 100 Mhz running

WINDOWS 9X OR WINDOWS NT.• 16 MB of memory• 100-120 MB of free hard disk space.• A CD-ROM Drive.• Deskjet Printer

B. Good Configuration System:• P-II 400/433/466/500 Mhz PC running WINDOWS 9X OR

WINDOWS NT.• 64 MB of memory• 4.3 GB Harddisk.• Multimedia Kit• Laser Printer

C. High-End User's System Configuration:• P-III 450Mhz PC running WINDOWS 9X OR WINDOWS NT.• 64 MB of memory• 8 GB Harddisk.• Multimedia Kit• Laser & Deskjet Printer.

IMPORTANTLeo-Key must be kept safe.

If Lost, it will not be replaced.

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FEATURES OF LEO '99

Leo '99 has been developed by Future Point (P) Ltd. which isdevoted for the computerisation of astrology for the last 15 years.The Software has the following major features :

ASTROLOGICAL FEATURES

• Supports all Astrological Systems.

• Exhaustive Computations of Horoscope, Varshphal, Matching,Horary analysis, Lal Kitab and remedies.

• Special package on Lal Kitab and KP System.

• Thousands of yoga with facility for user to define his yogas.

• Supports various Ayanamsa with a facility to add user definedAyanamsa.

• Can run Leo-1 : the DOS based astrological program samewindow.

CHARTING

• Create your own chart & use them into LEO.

• Full Control of planet names, font size, color alignment etc.

• Superimpose “chart in a chart” to any level and then furtherconfigure each of these charts.

• User defined support for dynamically configuring the astrologicalchart type, language for printing planet names, back color, etc.

RESEARCH SUPPORT

• View all astrological outputs in the research window.

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• Research window features fully functional dynamically interac-tive objects (dashas, charts, predictions etc.) which give youtremendous power for adding your research requirements.

• Place any number of horoscopes in any Ayanamsa or chartstyle in the research window for comparative analysis.

• Complete translingual reporting.

• Language selection for each object (dasha, chart, prediction,etc.) dynamically configurable.

• Supports multiple language data entry for even the same horo-scope.

• Facility to add a new language in the hands of the user.

• Inbuilt interlanguage font translation support.

• On-line context sensitive help in language of choice.

GRAPHS

• Bar, line, X-Y, pie and area charts in 2D & 3D dimensions avail-able.

• Select with complete flexibility the astrological parameters youwant to graph/plot.

• Graph styles in the hands of the users and dynamicallyreconfigured.

• Print you graphs at any size or embed them in any page ofany model.

PRINTING

• Print on any paper size.

• Print 1, 2, 4 or 8 pages per leaf on single or both sides.

• Dynamically place objects to match your pre printed stationery.

• Support features for both side printing, printing for centre sta-pling, printing for spiral binding, etc.

• Total print logging and reporting.

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USER CUSTOMISATION

• Can configure screen parameters like fonts, color, size, labelsetc.

• User can create custom page layouts.

• User can create custom modules.

• User can create custom chart templates.

• User can create custom predictions.

• User can create various colour and font scheme.

• User can define his own paper sizes and printer settings.

PREDICTIONS

• Add your own predictions.

• Create your own astrological rules/conditions using the friendlyLEO scripting language.

• Predictions can be translingual i.e. on the same page print thesame prediction in any number of languages.

• Dynamically readjust color, font, size, alignment, etc.

• Insert pictures of your choice, too, into your predictions for bet-ter illustration.

ACCOUNTING

• Comprehensive reporting on horoscopes printed/Processed.

• Selective reporting based on astrologer, language, model, etc.to get better planning.

• Permanent backup support for all transactions.

• Categorize your horoscopes based on research, trends, sportpersons, politicians etc. for better planning.

• Device month wise report of sales figures.

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INSTALLATION

4.1 Brief InstructionsFor Installation

• Attach Leo Key on the parallel port of the computer.

• Insert the CD in the drive. The setup will automatically run. Youcan also Install Leo '99 by opening windows explorer and doubleclicking Setup.exe .

• Now follow instructions as visible on screen for the setup ofLeo '99.

• Run the setup program again incase you are unable to install itproperly or any error occurs like 'Leo Key not found'.

• On successful installation of the software icons will be createdon your desktop automatically.

• Double click Leo '99 icon on your desktop to run the softwareLeo '99.

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4.2 Detailed Instructionsfor Installation

• Before you begin the installation, first of all, attach the ‘LEOKEY’ provided with the software on the parallel port of yourcomputer as shown in the figure given below.

Without “Leo Key” you won’t be able to install the soft-ware. If you have a Printer, then attach its Data Cable on theback side of the ‘Leo Key’.

• Insert the Leo CD in the CD ROM drive. Start Windows Ex-plorer and double click setup.exe to launch the installationprocedure, incase if AUTORUN facility is not enabled in yourcomputer. If AUTORUN facility is enabled then it will automati-cally launch the installation and Welcome Screen (given Be-low) will flash.

Figure : 4.2.1. Attach Leo Key on the parallel port

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To install Leo ’99 software properly on your system, it isstrongly recommended that you close all your programsbefore installing it. Now Press < Next > button to begin theinstallation of the Leo ’99. You can press <Cancel> buttonanywhere during installation procedure to exit.

• Pressing <Next> button shows the Software License Agree-

Figure : 4.2.2. Welcome dialog box

Figure : 4.2.3. License Agreement dialog box

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ment of the Leo ’99 software (given below). Press <Yes> but-ton to accept the License Agreement of Leo ’99 software andpress <No> to reject it and exit from setup. However, It is nec-essary to accept terms and conditions of the agreement men-tioned to launch the software.

• The Next step of the installation is to enter user informationi.e. your name and company name (as shown below).

• Pressing <Next> button again will display the Password andSerial Number information screen (given below). Serial Num-ber and Password of the software are provided to youalongwith Leo Software. Now enter the password given withthe software and press <Next> to proceed. You are allowed3 chances to enter the valid password. Press <Exit > tocancel the installation process

Make sure you have entered the correct password. Setup pro-gram terminates at this stage if you enter invalid password inthree chances.

Figure : 4.2.4. User Information dialog box

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You are not allowed to move further if any of the fields is blankor the Serial Number and Password are not valid. You maycontact Future Point for the valid Serial Number and Pass-word of the software.

• Pressing <Next> button shows the Choose Destination Lo-cation Screen (given below). If you want to install the soft-ware in the default directory which is Leo '99, then press

Figure : 4.2.5. Password Information dialog box

Figure : 4.2.6. Choose Destination Location dialog box

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<Next>. Press <Browse> button, if you want to change thedestination directory, i.e. the directory where in the softwarewill be installed. If the destination directory specified by youdoes not exist then the installation program will automati-cally create it.

• Installation process allows the user to install Leo '99 as wellas the old Dos based software Leo-1. The next step of theinstallation procedure is to select any one setup type out ofthese three setup types. They are:

(a) Install Leo 1 (Dos based)(b) Install Leo ‘99(c) Install Leo ’99 with Leo 1

You can install Leo ’99, Leo ’99 with Leo 1 or only Leo 1software according to your need. Highlight the setup typeoption (as shown above) you want and press <Next> buttonto install the selected software(s).

• Pressing <Next> button lets you specify the Program FolderName from where you will run the software under Windows 9x

Figure : 4.2.7. Setup Type dialog box

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or Windows NT. By default folder name is ‘FUTURE POINT’.You can change this or specify an existing folder.

• Now Press <Next> button. This will copy all the necessary filesto run Leo ’99 and/or Leo 1 software on your system and willdisplay a progress indicator which will inform you the statusof the file copying process. You can press <Cancel> button toterminate the installation process at this stage.

Figure : 4.2.8. Select Program Folder dialog box

Figure : 4.2.9. File Copy Progress Indicator

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Make Sure you have sufficient free space on hard disk as the setupprogram terminates, if the available space is less then the mini-mum required at this stage.

Note :

1. If an error "Cannot access HASPVB32.DLL", then rebootyour computer and reinstall the software (Refer Error Mes-sages and Recovery Section).

2. In case if the message ‘LEO KEY NOT FOUND’ appearsafter this stage, it means the attached key is not yet in-stalled properly on your system. Reboot the system andrun the setup program again. (Refer Error Messages andRecovery Section).

• After the file copy process, setup program displays the setupcomplete Screen. Press <Finish> button to complete the in-stallation.

Figure : 4.2.10. Setup Complete Dialog Box

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Installation creates two icons on your desktop (One of Leo'99 and One of Leo-1), if you select to install both Leo-1 andLeo '99.

• After rebooting the system double click Leo '99 icon onyou desktop to run Leo '99.

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YOUR FIRST SESSION

After you have properly installed Leo '99 software, the Leo '99 iconis created on the desktop of your computer. Now, double click onLeo '99 icon.

As soon as you click on the icon to run Leo '99 a splash screen asshown below appears. This screen contains license, CompanyDetails and version information of your software. (In case if the

Leo Key is not properly attached to your computer, a dialog boxwith the message “Leo Key not found” appears instead of thisscreen. So, make sure you have properly attached Leo Key onthe parallel port of your computer.)

Figure : 5.1. Splash Screen

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Leo ‘99 comes with various packages such as ‘Accounting’,‘Astrology’, ‘Matching’, ‘Muhurth’, ‘Varshphal’, ‘Horary’, ‘KP’, ‘LalKitab’, ‘Numerology’ etc. The user can display/print Results ofdifferent types of horoscopes prepared from ‘Astrology’ package.The user can display/print results of Kundli Milan etc. from the‘Matching’ package. Similarly, the user can use other packagesfor respective use.

In Leo '99, there are a number of models defined for the users totake out calculations and predictions etc. of a person. The onlyrequirement is to supply basic details i.e. Name, Date of Birth,Time of Birth, Place of Birth etc. and pressing Print or show Buttonafter selecting the type of paper you want to use.

After this the main screen of the software (figure 5.2) givenbelow appears.

Figure : 5.2. Main Input Screen

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5.1 Entry of Basic Data

In the main input screen of Leo '99 current date and current timecomes by default. If you have specified some details as default(Saving of default data is covered in chapter 6) such as city, state,country, latitude, longitude, Zone, Time Correction etc., they appearas default values for every horoscope in the main input screen.However, the user can specify different date, time, latitude,longitude and other details for a particular horoscope.

When you specify the date in the date field, a calendar appears(figure 5.1.1) in the Message Window of the main input screen.You can either type in or select the date from the calender itself.As soon as you move on to another field by clicking the mouse onanother field or pressing 'Tab' key, the date converts in theDD/MM/YYYY format (being a Y2K ready software all year2000 problems are considered in Leo '99) . If you want to entertime, you may specify hours and minutes together i.e. if you enter'1530' and move on to another field then it will automatically convert

Figure : 5.1.1. Calander Appearing in the Message Window

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In the main input screen when you select a Country from Countrylist box by clicking it, only those State and Cities belonging to theselected Country are listed in the State list box and City list boxrespectively. If you want to see the list of all the cities irrespective ofthe Country then double click on Country list box (which will becomeempty). Now select the City by clicking City list box.

When you select a City it will automatically change the Latitude andLongitude value accordingly in the Messages Window of the mainscreen and Latitude & Longitude fields. You don’t even have tospecify Latitude & Longitude of the selected City as it comesautomatically from the database. The Time Correction is alsoautomatically reflected based on the date of birth and the place ofbirth selected by you. You can also manually change Time Correction.

From this screen itself the user has now got the facility to see'Lagna Chart'. As soon as the user changes any value i.e. Date,Time, Latitude, Longitude etc., Lagna Chart changes accordinglyas shown in figure 5.1.3.

Figure : 5.1.2. Time in Ghati

it into the correct time and will convert the time to '15:30:00'.

You can also provide time in 'Ghati' in the main input screen byclicking on 'Hours' given along with Time field as shown in figure5.1.2. You can press the same 'Ghati' button to enter time in 'Hours'i.e. HH:MM:SS format.

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You can also provide some optional details to be displayed/printedin the horoscope such as father’s name, mother’s name, caste,gotra, address details etc. For this, you can press 'Heritage' buttonand provide the heritage details (figure 5.1.4).

Figure : 5.1.3. Lagna Chart

Figure : 5.1.4. Heritage Details Screen

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Since heritage and address details doesn’t affect calculations andpredictions of the horoscopes, you may skip these details.

In this way you can feed your Birth details in Leo '99 Software in avery comfortable manner.

Figure : 5.1.5. Address Details Screen

In the same way you can press 'Address' button to supply addressdetails as shown in the figure 5.1.5.

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5.2 Selection of

Appropriate Options

After supplying data in the main input screen, the next step is toselect appropriate End page, Language, Paper Type, Model, FontScheme, Colour Scheme and Ayanamsa.

In the figure 5.2.1 there are seven list box available. The first listbox contains the list of all the End Pages. This End Page appears

Figure : 5.2.2. End Page

Figure : 5.2.1 Figure Showing Seven List Boxes

at the end of every page of the horoscope which contains theinformation about the Astrologer and/or Centre Name alongwithits address details etc., as shown in the figure 5.2.2. This EndPage can be displayed/printed in any of the languages availablein your software.

The user can select the appropriate End Page to be displayed orprinted in the horoscope.

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The second list box consists of all the languages available in thesoftware. The availability of the languages varies from system tosystem according to user requirements. Only those languageswill appear in this list box for which the software is purchased. Forexample, if you have purchased the software for let's say, twolanguages, English & Hindi. Then only these two languages willbe available in this list box. The user can now, select the languagein which the model has to be printed or displayed.

The Third List Box contains the list of avilable Paper Types in thesoftware. By default, three main paper types are defined whichare 'Pocket Size', 'Book Size' and 'File Size'. The user can selectany paper size according to the stationary he/she is using to printthe horoscope from the available list of paper types.

The Forth List Box contains the list of all the models available.This Model List depends on the language and the package youhave selected i.e. only those models will appear in the list whichcorresponds to the language and package you have selected.Since the model is associated with a particular paper type, i.e.,every model is having a particular paper type specified, it willautomatically change the paper type to the paper type specifiedalong with the model.

Model List can contain more than one model, so that you can printmore than one model for the same horoscope simultaneously. Bydefault it displays only a single model or the model(s) you havemade as default. If you want to have more models to be displayedor shown then click down arrow button of the model list box andselect the model of your choice from the list. The next model willautomatically gets appended in the list. However, if you only wantto change the model then double click in the model list input box.The List box will become blank and then you can select the model(s) of your choice.

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In the same way you can select font and colour schemes from thefont and colour scheme list boxes.

The next list box consists of all the Ayanamsa types available. Youcan select any one from KP, Lahiri, Manu, Raman or SayanAyanamsa System according to your choice.

Once you have selected all the appropriate options, you cannow press show or print button for the horoscope to bedisplayed or printed.

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5.3 Show/Print horoscope

Show : Pressing show button will display all the information of theparticular model page by page as shown in the figure 5.3.1.

Figure : 5.3.1. Show Screen

The screen that appears given above consists of various options.It consists of a navigation tool bar to move in between pages.Press > button to go to the next page, similarly < to go to the pre-vious page. Pressing >> button will display the last page and press-ing << will display the First Page of the model. You can directlymove onto a particular page either by selecting the page name

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from the Page List Box or by Specifying the page number in thePage Number Input Box and pressing <TAB>. By default the pageappears in its normal form. You can display the complete page bypressing [Fit To Size] button. This screen also consists of somemore features for example, You can move to Print options fromthe same screen itself. You can Print a page, print the whole modeletc. You can also see total number of pages in this screen.

Print : Pressing [Print] button will print the model in the de-sired paper size.

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At the bottom of the main screen there exists a button bar thatcontains the information of category, serial number, version num-ber, submit date & submit time. You can save the horoscope inany category such as politicians, sport persons, friends, film starsetc. You can also have your own category wherein you can savethe horoscope. To move onto the first record press <<< button,similarly, press >>> button to move onto the last record. By

Figure : 5.4.1. Records Retrival Button Bar

5.4 Saving/Retrieval ofhoroscopes

Saving of data is an important factor for retrieving the informationback after any period of time. In this Software each horoscopeeither it is printed or shown on the screen is being saved in thedata base with a unique property of Serial No. and Version No.Whenever we press show or print button from the main screen aunique combination of (Serial No. and Version Number) is beingsaved in the data base along with other information like (Horo-scope Creation Date, Name, Gender, Date of Birth, Time of birth,City, District, State, Country, Latitude, Longitude, Zone, Correc-tion, Astrologer Name, Language, Model Name, Paper type,Ayanamsa, Font Scheme Name, Colour scheme Name with theother options like Astro options. Heritage, Address, Feedback andpackage Name (Astrology, Varshphal, Matching, Muhurth, Horary,Numerology, KP, Lal Kitab, Palmistry).

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pressing << button you can move onto the current serialnumber’s first version, similarly, by pressing >> button you canmove onto the current serial number’s last version. You canpress > or < button to move onto the next or previous version ofcurrent serial number.

You can also find a particular horoscope by name also. For this,press 'Find' button at the bottom right of the main input screen (Atoggle button which becomes 'Show' button on pressing 'Find').Suppose you want to search the record of 'Devanand' in thecategory 'Film Star'. Change the category to 'Film Star' and press'Find' button. Now type 'D' in the name input box of the main inputscreen. Now press the same button (which is now 'Show' button)to show the record where the name starts from 'D'. It will displaythe record of Devanand. You can press the same button (whichhas now become 'Quit') to quit from the find mode.

The record of a person is saved in Leo '99 when you press 'Show'or 'Print' button. However you can also save a record in the database if you dont want to show/print the horoscope by pressing'Save' button given alongwith find button. You may move on to thissaved record and later you can print or display it.

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Figure : 5.5.1. Selective Pages Printing Screen

5.5 Print/Display

of Selective Pages

In Leo '99 software you can also print/display selected pages bysimply right clicking print button of the main screen (as shown inthe figure given below).

The screen given in the figure 5.5.1 shows you the details of yourdefault printer, i.e. it will show the name of the printer, port on whichthis printer is connected and currently selected paper type. Fromhere you can also change the paper type and printer settings. Click

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on 'Properties' button. This will open the print option screen fromwhere you can change the paper settings like paper height, width,left margin, top margin, right and bottom margins. Now press 'Exit'button to return to the same screen. There is an option here toprint all pages of the specified model or selective pages of themodel. If you want to print all pages then click on [All] button, oth-erwise click on [Pages] button and specify the page numbers ofthe model separated by “,” (comma) for example if you want toprint first, forth and seventh page of the specified model then type‘1, 4, 7’ in the text box. You can also specify range in the pagesinput box. For example, if you want to print first to forth page andninth page then type ‘1-4, 9’. You can now press print button toprint selected pages respectively.

From this point you can not only print selective page of the speci-fied model but also you can show selective pages of the specifiedmodel by simply click on [Show] button of. If you select all thenall pages of the specified model can be shown and if pages arespecified then only selected pages of the specified model arebeing shown.

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Print Options

In Leo ‘99, the user can print horoscopes in different sizes such as‘Pocket Size’, ‘Book Size’ and ‘File Size’ or any other user de-fined size on different printers in different printing modes, orienta-tion along with the facility of center staple etc. The user can defineown paper type by specifying orientation, paper height, paper widthand its left, top, bottom & right margins depending on the type ofstationary he/she is using. The user can also specify total numberof pages per paper, horoscope to printed on single side or bothside etc. The user can save the paper layout in the database bypressing Save Button.

In Leo ‘99 there are printer settings already defined for so manyprinters for basic paper sizes (Pocket, Book and File). However,if your printer is not present in the list of printer type, it is requiredto define the printer and specify the dimensions and adjustmentsof different paper sizes.

Suppose you have a printer named HP Deskjet 610C printer atyour place from which you want to print horoscope and the printerlet’s say is not present in the list of printers. Let us now add a newprinter ‘HP Deskjet 610 C Printer’ and define ‘Pocket Size’ papertype. Press ‘Add’ button in the ‘Print Options Screen’ as shown inthe figure 6.1.1 ‘Printer Type’ and ‘Paper type fields will becomeblank. Now specify Printer Type as ‘HP Deskjet 610C’ and Papertype as ‘Pocket’. Now specify the paper width, paper height ac-cording to the stationary you are using. Here we have taken thepaper height to be 180mm and paper width to be 130 mm (as

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Figure : 6.1.1. Print Option Screen

Figure : 6.1.2. Paper height/width, margins & orientation options

shown in the figure 6.1.2). Now you have to specify left, right, topand bottom margins for the pocket size paper type. For defining

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pocket size paper type for HP Deskjet 610C printer we have takenleft as 8 mm right as 2 mm, top as 8 mm and bottom as 1 mm. Wehave also defined two pages per paper for pocket size paper type.As soon as you change these values, the printing area is auto-matically calculated by the program.

You can now specify the orientationof the horoscope to be printed. For'Pocket Size' horoscope we havetaken the orientation to be 'Land-scape' according to our stationarywe are using. In pocket size station-ary we can print two pages per pa-per, therefore, we have selected theprinting mode to be ‘Both Side’. Theuser has got the facility to print themodel in single side, both sides andalternative sides too (Figure 6.1.3).

Since different printers feeds thepaper in different ways, for exam-ple, Laser printer normally feeds thepaper from Center and Deskjet/Inkjet printer feeds that paper fromextreme right side, in case if the paper size is smaller than thenormal A-4 size paper. Since we are defining the ‘Pocket Size’paper type which is smaller than the normal A-4 size, there is aneed to specify Width & Height option from ‘Auto Adjust Width’and ‘Auto Adjust Height’ as shown in the figure 6.1.4.

Figure : 6.1.4. Auto Adjust Width/Height

Figure : 6.1.3. Orientation/Print Mode

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Since there are so many printers available in the market, it is quitepossible that these settings still doesn’t give you the exact output,you desire. Therefore, you may directly change these values in the‘Adjustment Box’ slightly to adjust these ‘Right’ or ‘Down’ settingsfor the printer till you get the exact printout of the horoscope.

If you are printing the horo-scope in both sides of thepaper then select ‘CenterStaple’ option as shown inthe figure 6.1.6.

There is also a very usefuloption called ‘Collate As-cending’ in the Print Options(Figure 6.1.6). Let us con-

Now suppose, your printer ‘HP Deskjet 610C’ feeds the paperfrom extreme right side of the printer. Click on ‘Right’ from ‘No’,‘Left’ and ‘Right’ options available and ‘Extreme’ from ‘Center’and ‘Extreme’ options as shown in the figure 7.10. Similarly, forHeight settings, click on ‘Down’ option out of ‘No’, ‘Up’ and ‘Down’and ‘Extreme’ from ‘Center’ and ‘Extreme’ options available. Whenyou select these settings ‘Left’ or ‘Right’ and ‘Up’ or Down’,Adjustments in mm are automatically calculated in the ‘Adjust-ments’ box (Figure 6.1.5.).

Figure : 6.1.5. Adjustment Box

Figure : 6.1.6. Center Staple/Collate Ascending/ Beginning

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sider an example of printing ‘Pocket Size’ horoscope in both sidesfrom a ‘Laser Printer’. In this case it will print half of the pages ofthe model and will collect the pages one by one in its upper tray. Inthis way First page will become the last page when papers arefeeded in the reverse direction. However, in case of a Deskjet,which normally keeps the printed pages in a sequence such thatthe first printed page remains in the beginning when printed inreverse direction. Therefore, In case of a Laser Printer if you se-lect (Check) collate ascending option then the sequence will begenerated in an order such that the First page which has nowbecome the last page after printing half pages of the model, willbecome the last page to be printed. Similarly if you do not select(Uncheck) Collate Ascending option then the sequence will besuch that first page printed will become the first page after print-ing half pages of the model.

Suppose your model consists of 33 pages and you want to printthe model in pocket size paper type in both sides. Suppose youhave selected two pages per paper. In this case, you will have 3blank pages at then end of the horoscope. You can Check theoption of ‘Beginning Blank’ as shown in figure 6.1.6, to have blankpages to appear in the beginning of the horoscope instead of ap-pearing at the end.

After defining paper type of your own, you can now press ‘Save’button to save the layout and other information. In the same wayyou can also edit a particular paper type. Select a paper type andsimply edit the values and press ‘Save’ button. You can delete aspecific paper type by selecting a specific paper type from thepaper type list box and pressing Delete.

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INSIDE LEO '99

7.1 Notepad

(Adding user predictions)

If a user/astrologer wants to display/print some specific informationalongwith the model, the information provided in the Notepad mayappear at the end of the model. The user has to type in the

Figure : 7.1.1. Notepad

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information in the Notepad and has to append Notepad model inthe modelist. The information contained in the Notepad then willbe displayed/printed at the end of the horoscope. This informationwill automatically get saved alongwith the record which we mayretrive later. Information typed in the remarks filled will not appearalongwith the horoscope. The user may use remarks field for hisown use for that particular horoscope.

When you press Notepad button a Notepad window opens asshown in figure 7.1.1. Any information typed in the Notepad (exceptremarks) by the user will appear in the ending pages of thehoroscope.

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7.2 Worksheet

(Viewing Basic Data)

Sometimes we need to see only the basic details of a particularhoroscope without printing or displaying the whole model. Forexample, to see the result of horoscope matching between twoperson or to see only the Lagna Chart and Vimshottary Dashaof a particular person. Leo '99 provides the facility to its usersto see only the basic information of the horoscope by pressing'Worksheet' button. If astrology package is selected, worksheetof astrology as shown in the figure 7.2.1 will be shown.

Figure : 7.2.1. Astrology Worksheet

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Similarly If Matching Package is selected then based on theinformation of two person the worksheet display the informationsuch as Manglik Dosh, compatibility, Ashtkoot Gan etc. asshown in figure 7.2.2.

In the same way the user can see the worksheet of Muhurth,Varshphal, Horary, KP and Lal Kitab etc.

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Figure : 7.2.2. Matching Worksheet

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7.3 Accounting

Viewing General Information

Leo 99 Accounting software has been added in Leo ‘99 for theusers who wants to use the software for commercial purposes.This accounting software serves a number of purposes to the user.The software stores the record of all the horoscopes printed ordisplayed. The software keeps track of the amount received fromall the horoscope models prepared from the software based onthe amount specified in the model master for specific models.

When the user presses the ‘Accounting’ button, the main screenas shown in the figure given below appears.

Figure : 7.3.1. Accounting Screen

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On the top of the screen, it displays horoscopes prepared for thecurrent date and previous date.

The software keeps track of the amount received based on de-vice i.e. it keeps separate totals for the horoscopes going on‘Printer Device’ or on ‘Screen Device’ or their ‘File’ is being gen-erated along with number of horoscope prepared. In the Top Rightcorner of the screen, it displays the sum of the total amount re-ceived from ‘Printer’, ‘Screen’ and ‘File’ devices along with totalnumber of horoscopes printed/displayed etc. For example in fig-ure 7.3.1, it displays 2 horoscopes printed (send to the ‘PrinterDevice’) on 17th Dec. 1999 along with the horoscope amountRs. 125/-, no horoscope was displayed and no ‘File’ was gener-ated for a particular horoscope. The total number of cases weretwo and total amount received was Rs. 125/-.

It also displays monthly total for the current month and previousmonth below current date totals. For example, in the figure ABC,25 horoscopes of amount Rs. 8,700/- and 545 horoscopes ofamount Rs. 1,38,750/- were prepared in the month of Nov. 1999.No file was generated for any horoscope. The total amount re-ceived from printing/display of horoscopes was Rs. 1,47,450/-.Similarly for the month of December, 2 horoscopes of amount Rs.125/- were printed and 3 horoscopes of amount Rs. 200/- weredisplayed, contributing to a total of 5 horoscopes of amount Rs.325/- for the month December till 17th December.

There are also some buttons (as shown in figure 7.3.2) providedto see the total number of amount received and total number ofhoroscopes prepared in the Previous Day/Month and Next Day/Month. Press Up Arrow button given in the left side of the currentdate and current month to see totals of Previous Day/Month andpress ‘Down Arrow’ button to see totals of Next Day/Month.

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Figure : 7.3.2. Up-Down buttons In Accounting Screen

Records Selection

The software also allows so many facilities to its users. It allowsthe user to see the totals of particular Astrologer(s). It also allowsthe user to keep track of the models prepared maximum/minimumin their centre. It also allows to see the totals number of horoscopesprepared in a specific language. One can see the totals basedonly on a specific device such as printer or totals of horoscopesprepared in a specific category etc. based on the selection madeby the user.

To see all the horoscopes prepared by the astrologer let’s say‘Divekar’, Select the astrologer ‘Divekar’ from the astrologers’ listand press ‘Selection OK’. Totals of all the horoscopes preparedby that astrologer will be shown in the Current Date, Previous Date,Current Month and Previous Month will be shown on the top of thescreen. Similarly we can see the totals based on Astrologers,Models, Languages, Categories, Devices etc.

From the main screen the user is only able to see total number ofhoroscopes prepared and total amount received. However, to beable see other details of those horoscopes the user can press‘Browse’ button in the bottom of the screen as shown in the figure7.3.3. The figure 7.3.3 shows other details of the horoscope such

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Figure : 7.3.3. Other details of horoscopes prepared

as Serial Number, Version, Date of preparation, Name of astrolo-ger, Client, Model Name, Language in which the horoscope wasprinted/displayed, Category Name, No of Pages Printed, AmountPayable, Amount Received and Discount etc. User can also seethe results in a particular duration for example to see the recordsof last two days, enter previous date in ‘From Date’ fields andcurrent date in the ‘To Date’ fields and press ‘Browse’ button tosee records of last two days.

The user can press ‘Back’ button given on the top right side of thescreen to return to the main accounting screen.

Printing/Display of various Reports

Leo ‘99 Accounting allows the user to take out various kinds ofreports such as ‘Daily Sales Report’, ‘Monthly Sales Report’,

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‘Monthly Sales Totals’, ‘Astrologer Wise Sales Report’, ‘Statisticsfor Astrologer’, ‘Brief Statistics for Astrologer’, ‘Model Wise SalesReport’, ‘’Statistics for Model’, ‘Brief Statistics for Model’, ‘Lan-guage Wise Sales Report’, ‘’Statistics for Language’, ‘Brief Sta-tistics for Language’ etc.

On Pressing ‘Printer Icon’ given on the right side of the ReportsList Box, the user can take out and analyse any report from the listof reports available.

To see daily sales report of horoscope, the user can select 'DailySales Report' from the Reports List Box and press printer button.The Daily Sales Report as shown in figure 7.3.4 appears.

This Report gives sub totals of the horoscope printed/displayedon daily basis along with details of Category, Serial Number of the

Figure : 7.3.4. Daily Sales Report

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Report, Version Number, Astrologer, Client, Model Name, Lan-guage etc. At the bottom of the window, it displays total number ofpages, Arrows to move back and forward, Report Zoom button,Print, Export and close button etc. You can press print button toprint the report from here. You can also save the report for laterreferences in a .doc or .rtf file or any other format supported in thereport. To save this report in a disk file, press 'Export' button. Nowselect Destination as 'Disk File' and specify the format in whichyou want to save the report. There are a number of formats avail-able in the Report to save it such as 'Character Separated Val-ues', 'Comma Separated Values', 'Excel', 'HTML', 'Record Style','Rich Text Format', 'Text', 'Word for Windows' etc. If you have MS-Word installed on your system then you can select Rich Text For-mat (RTF) or 'Word for Windows' format and can save the file bypressing Ok and specifying a file name. Later on, you can openthe saved file in MS-Word. You can press close button to return tothe accounting window.

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By default transit starts the movement based on the date of birth,time of birth, latitude and longitude etc. specified in the main input

7.4 Transit

One of the main utilities in Leo ‘99 is Transit. Transit allows theuser to graphically see and analyse the planets and their posi-tions. User can also control the direction and speed of movementetc. User can analyse the planet movement minute by minute,hourly, daily, weekly, monthly and yearly as shown in the figure 7.4.1.Planet Movement can also be seen in manual mode.

Figure : 7.4.1. Transit Screen

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screen. However, user can also change the time in the Transitscreen. It also allows the user to analyse the effect of planet move-ment on Dasha, Prediction and charts etc. It provides a lot of flex-ibility to the user such as to drop Chart, Graph, Dasha or Predic-tion etc. in Two areas viz. Area1 and Area2. The inner chart re-sembles the birth chart in the Transit Screen and Outer Chart rep-resents the chart changing according to specified speed.

The User can drop any control such as ‘Chart’, ‘Dasha’, ‘Predic-tion’, ‘Table’ etc. in the Transit Chart in Area 1 or Area 2. The usercan set the controls ‘Set’ property to 0 (Zero) in order to make thecontrol reflecting changes along with planet movement. For ex-ample, to see daily changes in ‘Dasha’, drop ‘Dasha’ control inArea 2. Now, press button ‘Daily’ to change the speed of move-ment to Daily. Now set the ‘Set’ Property of the control ‘Dasha’ to0. The control will start reflecting the changes as the planets movesin the Transit Screen. Similarly you can do the same with othercontrols also.

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Basic data comes from the main input screen and accordinglythe degrees are calculated. The user, however, can change this

7.5 Panchang

On pressing ‘Panchang’ button a screen as shown below ap-pears. This screen displays Planet Degrees of all 12 planetsalong with Aynamsa, SidTime, Ten House, Ascendant Degree,SunRise, Sun Set etc. based on the Date, Time, Latitude, Longi-tude and Time Zone provided in the basic data box. By default

Figure : 7.5.1. Panchang Screen

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basic data and can calculate Planet Degrees on that basis. Theuser can calculate any number of records for Panchang andEphemeris. On pressing ‘Start’ button of ‘Panchang’ or‘Ephemeris’ the program starts calculating degree. You can pressthe same toggle button to stop the calculation.

This utility also allows the user to print ‘Ephemeris’ and ‘Panchang’reports by pressing ‘Print Ephemeris’ or ‘Print Panchang’ buttons.When you press 'Print Ephemeris' button, a window as shown infigure 7.5.2 appears.

Similarly, on pressing the 'Print Panchang' button a screen asshown in figure 7.5.3 appears.

Figure : 7.5.2. Ephemeris Report

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As shown in figure 7.5.3, panchang shows Sun Rise time, SunSet Time, Paksha, Tithi, Tithi Nakshatra, Yoga, Karan, Rashi andtheir endings.

Figure : 7.5.3. Panchang Report

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7.6 Saving Data as

'Default Data'

In Leo 99 the user can keep some settings in the main input screenas Default i.e. all those settings will be available next time youprint/display horoscope or do any other operation. The user canset specific ‘End Page’, ‘Language’, ‘Paper Type’, ‘Model’, ‘FontScheme’, ‘Colour Scheme’, ‘Ayanamsa Type’ etc. as default bypressing the ‘Save Data as Default Data’ button as shown in thefigure given below.

Figure : 7.6.1. Saving Data as Default Data

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Along with this information, the information related with ‘City’, ‘Dis-trict’, ‘Latitude’, ‘Longitude’, ‘State’, ‘Zone’, ‘Country’, ‘Correction’and other Astrologers options are also saved.

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7.7 Saving New Cities in

Database

In Leo 99, if a particular city is not available in the database, theuser has got the facility to add a new city by pressing ‘Saving ofCity’ button given on the right most side of the main input screenas shown in the figure given below.

To add a new city, Simply enter the name of the city in the City field

Figure : 7.7.1. Saving Data as Default Data

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and provide State, Latitude, Longitude, Country, Zone, Correctionetc. and press ‘Saving of City’ button as shown in the figure above.A new city along with an asterisk sign (*) will be appended in thedatabase. Any city appended by the user will have an asterisk (*)sign as suffix.

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CUSTOMISING YOURSOFTWARE

Leo 99 allows you to customise the software according to yourneeds. For example, You can customise the software to display/print your name and / or your centre name and address detailsetc. at the bottom of every page, you can customise the softwaresuch that the horoscope to be prepared under your centre’s cat-egory, you can customise the software so that you can print themodels having your own specified pages, you can customise thesoftware so that all the options once specified by you are avail-able in the next horoscope etc.

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8.1 Customising End Page

(Astrologer Master)

Leo '99 gives the facility to its user to add their Centre’s Name,Address, Phone No. or any other information at the bottom of everypage printed/displayed. A user can have one or more end pagesin Leo '99. The user can create, edit or delete his/her end pagefrom the Astrologer Master.

The user can open Astrologer Master from the master menu. Ascreen as shown below appears.

Figure : 8.1.1. Astrologer Master

Figure 8.1.1 shows the screen of Astrologer Master. In Astrolo-gers Master screen you have a Language List Box, Code ListBox, Discount Field, Astrologers Name List box and End Page

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RTF Text Box. You can select any end page from the Astrolo-gers Name or Code List Box and can edit text of end page ordiscount value etc. You can save this edited information bypressing ‘Update’ button.

User can also add new end pages. To add new end page, press‘Add’ button. Now select the Language from the Language ListBox let’s say ‘English’. Now specify Astrologer Code, Discount,Name and End Page RTF. When you specify end page, a tool barappears at the top of the screen. This tool bar contains the infor-mation such as font name, font size, font bold, font italic, font un-derline, text justification, left right and centre tab settings. You canselect any font and font size to define the end page. You can doany kind of formatting the text. You can adjust the end page RTFtext box by pressing 'ALT' button and simultaneously clicking themouse on the corners of the text box.

At this point you can also specify Astrologers Option. Forexample, you can set Ashtakvarga, Ayanamsa, Chart Style, Trueor Mean Rahu, Varhphal Method, Sookshma or Matching etc.Astrologer options specified at this time will become default op-tions for that astrologer.

After specifying Astrologers Option you can press ‘Update’button to add your new End Page for the ‘English Language’.

If you have created the end page only for a single language thenthe end page will appear only for that language. Otherwise theend page will remain blank. It is therefore, create end pages for allthe languages you have.

If you don't want to have an end page at the bottom of the horo-scope, you can select 'Blank' end page in the main input screen.

Astrologer's Option

Since every astrologer follows different rules related with the

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From the Astrologer’s Option screen given above, there areso many options available from where you can set Ashtakvarga,Ayanamsa, Chart Style, True or Mean Rahu, Varshphal Method,Sookshama or Matching etc. of your choice.

In Astrologer’s Option there are two types of LagnaAshtakvarga, 337 and 386 available. Similarly for planet order

Figure : 8.1.2. Astrologer’s Option Screen

astrology for calculations and predictions, Leo '99 providesthe facility to set options according to their own choice.

Whenever you add an astrologer from astrologer masterscreen, there is a option ‘Move to Astrologer’s Option’ .Either by clicking on this button or clicking ‘Astro Option’from the main screen as shown in figure 8.1.2 you can moveon to ‘Astrologer’s Option’.

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and rashi order there are two options available. For planetorder one option is ‘Heavy-Light’ and other is ‘Sun-Saturn’.Similarly for rashi order first option is ‘Planet’s Rashi’ andsecond is ‘Aries-Pisces’. You can select any of these twooptions available for Ashtakvarga. By default Lagna Ashtakvargais set to ‘386’, planets order is set to ‘Sun-Saturn’ and Rashiorder is set to ‘Aries-Pisces’ as shown in the figure 8.1.2.

You can select any ayanamsa such as ‘KP’, ‘Lahiri’, ‘Manu’,‘Raman’ and ‘Sayan’ Ayanamsa or any other ayanamsadefined by you from the Astrologer’s Option Screen. By defaultthe date for Ayanamsa comes from the date of birth input boxof the main input screen and accordingly its value is set.

You can also set a particular chart style for the horoscopedirectly from the Astrologers Option. Chart Style Selected herewill be reflected in all the models prepared thereafter i.e. ifyou select 'North Indian' chart style, then horoscope printed/displayed will have all the charts of 'North Indian' style. Theuser has given the facility to select any chart style from ‘NorthIndian’, ‘South Indian’, 'Western', 'Circular', 'Bengali' and 'Oriya'chart styles available in astrologer options. You can also specify‘Uranus, Neptune, Pluto’ to be displayed or not by selecting‘Ura/Nep/Plu’ check box. You can also display planets assymbols or names as per your selection.

You can use ‘Old Method’, ‘Sayan Solar Return’, ‘NirayanaSolar Return’ or your own custom defined Varshphal Methodfor the purpose of prediction. By default ‘Nirayana SolarReturn’ is set as default option.

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‘Astrologer’s Option screen’ according to your choice. Bydefault Rahu is set to ‘True’ and Matching is ‘North Indian’.Sookshma date is by default the current date.

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Figure : 8.2.1. Model Master Screen

8.2 Customising Model

(Model Master)

The user can customise and maintain his model by clicking Modelfrom Masters Menu from the main screen. On selecting this optionthe screen as shown in the figure 8.2.1 will appear.

This screen displays all the models according to the selected Lan-guage and Package. A particular model can be stored in a se-lected language and a selected package. For example, the model"AllHouseReadings" whose code is "P4" as shown in the figuregiven above, exists in 'English' Language under 'Astrology' Pack-age. The same model can exist in any other language or any otherpackage. You can specify or change the cost of this model in cost

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input box. You can also specify preferred paper type for which thismodel is being defined. Suppose You want to add your own modelwhose name is 'MyModel' and whose cost is 250 Rs./-. Click onAdd button. As you can see now, all the input boxes are blank.Now, Select the language of the particular model. All the pagescreated in the selected language now appears in the 'List of AllPages' List box. Now select the Package in which this modelshould exist. Suppose you have selected 'Astrology'. The modeldefined under 'Astrology' Package now, will appear in the mainmodel list only if the Selected Package is 'Astrology. This means,if you select 'VarshPhal' in the main screen then this model will notappear in the list of model. Now specify a unique name of modelin the Model Name list box and in the same way specify a unique'Model Code'. You can now specify the cost and preferred papertype also. Now, the main step of defining your model is to selectthe pages of your choice in that particular model. So, select all thepages you want to have in the defined model by selecting thepage name from the 'List of All Pages' List Box and clicking the -> (Right Arrow) button. The name of the page will now appear inthe 'Pages in This Model' list box. In the same way you can selectother pages of your choice. You may add the page 'Above' or 'Be-low' according to your choice. If you want to remove any page fromthe model list then click on that page to select it and press <- (LeftArrow) button. Now, press update button to add this model intoyour database. This model is now available in the 'English' lan-guage under 'Astrology Package'.

If you want to change the existing model then instead of pressingAdd button just make your changes and press update button. Inthis way you can define your own model.

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Figure :8.3.1. Category Master Screen

8.3 Customising Category

(Category Master)

You can have your own defined category where in you can save allthe horoscope entries. To define and use your own defined cat-egory, select category from masters menu from the main screen.

Figure 8.3.1 shows the category master screen. You can press

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data base. When you press update, it asks to make the categoryas default or not? You can make the category as default at thisstage. This is how you can define and set your own defined cat-egory as default. All the horoscope prepared thereafter will besaved in this category if you set it as the default category.

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8.4 Customising Ayanamsa

(Ayanamsa Master)

Ayanamsa is value of the rotation of the solar system around thecenter of the galaxy. Leo ‘99 provides the facility to define unlim-ited kinds of ayanamsa. The user can define his/her own ayanamsaby defining the value of ayanamsa on a given date and specifyingthe speed or variation per day. There are few common ayanamsaalready defined in Leo ‘99. They are:

Since some astrologers believes in one Ayanamsa System andsome believes in other, Leo ‘99 allows the user to use anyayanamsa system.

Figure 8.4.1 shows the screen of Ayanamsa master. In this screenthe user can change the values of the offset and speed as per his/her need by simply changing the values and pressing ‘Update’button. To add a new ayanamsa, press ‘Add’ button and specifythe name given to that ayanamsa along with offset and speed of

Ayanamsa Ayanamsa On Variation Per DayDate 01/01/2000

Lahiri 23.85289388 0.00003822153777

KP 23.76247624 0.00003820735228

Manu 23.75282174 0.00003802651744

Raman 22.41068853 0.00003827921

Sayan 0 0

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Figure : 8.4.1. Ayanamsa Master

that ayanamsa on a specific date. Now you can press ‘Update’ tosave this information. The user can also delete a particularayanamsa by clicking ‘Delete’ button. In this way user can man-age ayanamsa system in Leo ‘99 in a very simple way.

In Leo ‘99, in case of Lahiri Ayanamsa an asterisk (*) is given inthe field of ayanamsa code which represents that the calculationof offset and speed per day in Lahiri System is done by an internalformula. Any other ayanamsa should not contain an asterisk (*)sign in the field of Ayanamsa Code.

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8.5 Customising Question

(Question Master)

In Leo ‘99 there is another program ‘Question Master’ provided.This program is basically to be used by well-experienced astrolo-gers. Every question to be defined is based on the Houses andPlanets related with the question in a specific sequence. In ‘Ques-tion Master’ the user can select a specific category and define aquestion. Then he/she can specify the houses and planets in aspecific sequence and save it in the database by pressing ‘Up-date’ as shown in the figure 8.5.1.

Figure : 8.5.1. Question Master Screen

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For example, you want to add a question ‘Will I be promoted?’.Now this question is related to Profession and fulfillment ofdesire, so the house signifying the question as per rules are 10and 11 in order of preference. Similarly planet related to thequestion is ‘Sun’ which signifies power and respect. Let us takeanother example of defining question ‘Will I go abroad?’ inquestion master. The houses related with this question are 12, 9and 7 and related planet is Rahu. To define this question, Press‘Add’ button in the question master ( Figure 8.5.1) and select thespecific category of the question. Now type in the question ‘WillI go abroad?’ in the question field and select House no. 12, 9, 7in the same sequence and select ‘Rahu’ as the related planet.Now press ‘Update’ button to save this question in the questionmaster database.

If you have entered some wrong information in a specific questionsuch as wrong sequence of houses then simply select that ques-tion and make changes. Now press ‘Update’ button to savechanges for that question. In the same way you can delete a spe-cific question by selecting a question and pressing ‘Delete’.

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ERROR MESSAGESAND RECOVERY

1. Access Denied During File Copy Haspvb32.Dll.

The following errors occurs when you are installing the softwareon a previous version of Leo '99. Make sure you haven't run thesoftware before beginnings installation process, as the specifiedDLL is still loaded into the memory. If this error occurs then cancelthe installation and reboot the system and install Leo '99 again.

2. "Leo-Key not found."

At the time of installation, it is necessary to attach Leo Key toinstall the software properly. If you don't attach it on the parallelport of the computer then this message appears at the time ofinstallation.

This message also appears at the time of running the software.

Attach the key on the parallel port properly and Press 'Retry'.

3. "Leo '99 displays all the pages but does not print."

This problem occurs when your system's resources are occupiedby other start-up or memory resident programs such as MicrosoftFindfast etc. Try removing unnecessary memory resident and start-up programs and free some resources to print the horoscope.

4. "Horoscope displays and print Junk Characters."

This problem occurs when some of the necessary fonts thatcomes with the software are copied on your system but are not

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installed properly. Go to control panels and double click on fontsto open fonts folder. Now, double click on All fonts of Leo '99 asspecified in the list of fonts. The system will automatically regis-ter those fonts.

5. "My mouse doesn't work properly after the message 'LeoKey Not Found'."

This problem occurs when you have not attached Leo Key whileyou are running the software or its installation. Open any dos pro-gram and close the program from the windows. The mouse thenwill work properly. If the problem still persists then reboot the sys-tem and run the software again.

6. "Printer Error."

This problem occurs when you are running the software at the timewhen you haven't installed the printer on your computer. Leo '99does not work when there is no printer installed on the system.Install a printer first to run the software.

7. "Invalid Property Value. Error Number 380."

This message appears when you are using date format instead ofEnglish (United States). You must set the date format to US En-glish and the date separator must be "/" in order to avoid the error.

To set the date format go to Control Panel and Double Click 'Re-gional Settings' to open Its properties. In Regional Settings tabScroll down to locate English (United States). Now Confirm thedate separator by clicking Date Tab and Press OK.

8. "Designated text area is too small for the new format set-tings." & "Pressing show button displays very large fonts."

This problem occurs when you have selected any other font and

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colour scheme instead of windows standard which shows largefonts. Select any other scheme that uses smaller fonts as com-pared to the current scheme.

9. "Everything is printed in the Horoscope except circularcharts."

This problem normally occurs when proper driver of the printer isnot installed. For example, incase if you have installed an HPLaserjet 6L PCL Printer driver for printing the horoscope, whichuses less printer drivers then this problem may occur. Since, thesoftware requires complete printer drivers. You have to Install HPLaserjet 6L Printer instead of Laserjet PCL printer.

This problem may also appear with other printers also. SinceWindows automatically recognises printers and sometimesinstalls the drivers for some printers, it is therefore, recommendedto not to use drivers set supplied by windows by deleting thatprinter from the printers folder. Always install proper driverprovided along with printer.

10. "My parallel CD-ROM doesn't work when I attachLeo-Key.

or

"I am unable to print after attaching the Leo-Key."

This happens when Leo-Key drivers conficts with drivers runningthe printer/CD-ROM because of improper installation of the keyfrom the installation program. In this case you are supposed toinstall the driver for the Leo-Key properly by running Hdd32.exefrom the '\LeoKey' directory of the directory in which you haveinstalled the software. You can run the specified file and followinstructions of the setup to complete the installtion.

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11. "Device conflict error. Both programs cann't run. Only oneprogram can run at a time. "

If you run Leo-1, then at the time of printing this problem mayoccur. To solve this problem go to printers folder and open yourprinters properties. Now click on 'Details' tab and press 'PortSettings' button. 'Configure LPT Port' box will appear. Uncheck'Spool MS-Dos print jobs' and 'check port state before printing'and press OK button.

12. "Active-X component can't create objects. "

This problem occurs when a particular active-x components is notproperly registered in windows. Restart Windows and run thesoftware again. If the problem still persists, try reinstalling thesoftware.

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FREQUENTLY ASKEDQUESTIONS

1. What is the minimum requirement for running Leo '99?

Ans. Leo '99 requires any Pentium class computer with minimum of16MB Ram and 100-120MB free hard disk space on Windows95/98 or Windows NT operating system. An IBM PC with233 MHZ or faster, 32MB or more Ram is recommended.

2. Is the software Y2K compliant?

Ans. All Y2K problems are considered in accounting, calcula-tions, etc. in Leo '99. Therefore Leo '99 is a Y2K compliantsoftware.

3. How Leo '99 is different from Leo-1.

Ans. Leo-1 is a Dos based program and Leo '99 is Windowsbased. Leo '99 provides more features and gives very userfriendly environment. The user can print horoscopes in hisown defined paper size as compared to old A4 size print-ing of Leo-1, He can use different fonts and colour schemesto print the horoscope etc.

4. Can I purchase Leo99 in one language or it parts?

Ans. Yes. There is a facility of Leo99 that either you can purchaseLeo99 in one or in multi language or you can take this inparts i.e. calculations with/without predictions.

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WARNINGS ANDSUGGESTIONS

1. Do not disturb 'Leo Key'. It should be attached always withparallel port on computer.

2. Do not copy any file's on Leo '99 folder.

3. Do not delete any file from the folder where Leo '99 is in-stalled.

4. Remove CD from CD Rom and keep it safe. You may makea copy of CD on floppies or hard disk to be safe if CDgoes bad.

5. Do not remove Leo Key. This is required to run the pro-gram.

6. You may put more such keys one after another, if you haveany other software that uses the same kind of key.

7. You can also install the program on different computers.However, program will work only where the key is. For in-stallation at multiple places you can keep the software in-stalled at all places and carry the Leo Key with you to runthe program.

8. Keep the Leo Key in safe custody. If it is lost, it will not bereplaced.

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APPENDIX

Various models available in Leo '99Pocket Size Models

Model Name : S1Suggested Price : Rs. 50/-.This model consists of 16 pages which includes birth details,Ghatak Chakra, Avakhada Chakra, Planetary Degres, LagnaChart, Chalit Table, Chalit Chart, Moon Chart, Navamasa Chart,Shadbala table, Ashtakvarga table, Vimshottari Maha Dasa,Vimshottari Dasa Sub-Periods and favourable points.

Model Name : S1AGSuggested Price : Rs. 50/-.This model is S1 plus Astrograph for Health & Finance for threemonths. Its also consists of 16 pages and does not include GhatakChakra, Avakhada Chakra, Chalit Table, Chalit Chart, Moon Chart,Navamasa Chart, Shadbala table and Ashtakvarga table.

Model Name : S1HKSuggested Price : Rs. 50/-.This model is S1 plus Introduction Page. Its also consists of 16pages.

Model Name : S1KPSuggested Price : Rs. 50/-.This model is similar to S1 model which consists of 16 pages and

CHAP

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includes birth details, Planetary Degres, Lagna Chart, PlanetsTable, Nirayana Bhava Chalit Chart (KP Chart), Nirayana BhavaTable, Ruling Planets, Significator of houses, Significator ofPlanets, Moon Chart, Navamasa Chart, Vimshottari Maha Dasa,Vimshottari Dasa Sub-Periods and Favourable Points.

Model Name : S2Suggested Price : Rs. 100/-.This model consists of 40 pages which includes Birth Details,Family Introduction, Panchang, Ghatak Chakra, Avakhada Chakra,Planetary Degres, Lagna Chart, Chalit Table, Chalit Chart, MoonChart, Hora Chart, Dreshkana Chart, Chaturthamsa Chart,Saptamsa Chart, Navamsa Chart, Dasamsa Chart, DwadasamsaChart, Shodasamsa Chart, Trimsamsa Chart, Shadbala Table,Shadbala Graph, Bhavabala Table, Kashta/Ishta Phal, AshtakvargaTable, Sarvashtakvarga Bindu Graph, Friendship Table, Five FoldFriendship Table, Karaka Table, Vimshottari Maha Dasa,Vimshottari Dasa Sub-Periods and Favourable Points.

Model Name : S2HKSuggested Price : Rs. 100/-.This model is S2 plus Introduction. It consists of 40 pages.

Model Name : S2KPSuggested Price : Rs. 100/-.This model is similar to S2. It also consists of 40 pages and includesBirth Details, Panchang, Avakhada Chakra, Planetary Degres,Lagna Chart, Chalit Table, Chalit Chart, Planets Table, NirayanaBhava Chalit Chart (KP Chart), Nirayana Bhava Table, Ruling

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Planets, Significator of Houses, Significator of Planets, MoonChart, Hora Chart, Dreshkana Chart, Chaturthamsa Chart,Saptamsa Chart, Dasamsa Chart, Dwadasamsa Chart,Shodasamsa Chart, Trimsamsa Chart, Shadabala Table,Bhavabala Table, Ashtakvarga Table, Friendship Table, Five FoldFriendship Table, Vimshottari Maha Dasa, Vimshottari Dasa Sub-Periods and Favourable Points.

Model Name : S3Suggested Price : Rs. 100/-.This model consists of 33 pages and includes Birth Details, GhatakChakra, Avakhada Chakra, Planetary Degres, Lagna Chart, ChalitTable, Chalit Chart, Moon Chart, Navamsa Chart, Shadbala Table,Ashtakvarga Table, Tara Chakra, Vimshottari Maha Dasa,Vimshottari Dasa Sub-Periods, Astrograph for Health & Financefor three months, Gems and Remedies, Stone Suggestions, Sade-Sati Considerations, Remedies of Sade-Sati and FavourablePoints.

Model Name : S4Suggested Price : Rs. 150/-.This model consists of 58 pages and includes Birth Details, FamilyIntroduction, Panchang, Ghatak Chakra, Avakhada Chakra, PlanetaryDegres, Lagna Chart, Chalit Table, Chalit Chart, Planets Table,Nirayana Bhava Chalit Chart (KP Chart), Ruling Planets, NirayanaBhava Table, Significators of Houses, Significators of Planet, MoonChart, Hora Chart, Dreshkana Chart, Chaturthamsa Chart, SaptamsaChart, Navamsa Chart, Dasamsa Chart, Dwadasamsa Chart,Shodasamsa Chart, Trimsamsa Chart, Shadbala Table, ShadbalaGraph, Bhavabala Table, Kashta/Ishta Phal, Ashtakvarga Table,Sarvashtakvarga Bindu Graph, Friendship Table, Five Fold Friendship

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Table, Karaka Table, Tara Chakra, Vimshottari Maha Dasa,Vimshottari Dasa Sub-Periods, Favourable Points, Astrograph forHealth & Finance for three months, Gems and Remedies, StoneSuggestions, Sade-Sati Considerations and Remedies of Sade-Sati.

Model Name : S5Suggested Price : Rs. 200/-.This model is S4 plus Vimshottari Dasa Sub-Sub Periods. Thismodel consists of 66 pages.

Model Name : T2Suggested Price : Rs. 25/-.This model consists of 4 to 6 pages and gives predictions for twoyears i.e. for current year and the next year.

Model Name : BL1This model is a one page model which inserts a blank page in thehoroscope.

Model Name : BL2This model inserts two blank page in the horoscope.

Model Name : NotesThis model, if appended with a particular model, adds user informationat the end of the horoscope. This user information may be prediction orany comment by the user for a particular horoscope. This information isspecified in the notepad window of the main input screen.

Model Name : RatesThis model, if appended with a particular model, adds a rate list ofall the models for customers.

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File Size Models

Model Name : C0Suggested Price : Rs. 50/-This model is a 5 pages model which includes Birth Details,Panchang, Ghatak Chakra, Avakhada Chakra, Planet Degrees,Langna Chart, Moon Chart, Navamsa Chart, Chalit Table, NirayanaBhava Chalit Table, Tara Chakra, Chalit Chart, Nirayana BhavaChalit Chart, Vimshottari Dasa Sub Periods and Vimshottari DasaSub-Sub Periods.

Model Name : C1Suggested Price : Rs. 100/-This model is a 10 pages model which includes Birth Details,Panchang, Ghatak Chakra, Avakhada Chakra, Planet Degrees,Langna Chart, Moon Chart, Navamsa Chart, Chalit Table, NirayanaBhava Chalit Table, Tara Chakra, Chalit Chart, Nirayana BhavaChalit Chart, Planets Table, Nirayana Bhava Table, Nirayana BhavaChalit (Cuspal) Chart, KP Lagna Chart, Significator of Houses,Planets Signification, Ruling Planets, Vimsopak Strength Table,Shadbala and Bhavabala Table, Ashtakvarga Table BeforeReduction, Ashtakvarga Table After Trikona Reduction, SodyaPindas Table, Vimshottari Dasa Sub Periods and VimshottariDasa Sub-Sub Periods.

Model Name : C2Suggested Price : Rs. 200/-This model is a 19 pages model which includes Birth Details,Panchang, Ghatak Chakra, Avakhada Chakra, Planet Degrees,Langna Chart, Moon Chart, Navamsa Chart, Chalit Table, Nirayana

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Bhava Chalit Table, Tara Chakra, Chalit Chart, Planets Table, NirayanaBhava Table, KP Lagna Chart, Nirayana Bhava Chalit (Cuspal) Chart,Significator of Houses, Planets Signification, Ruling Planets, SunChart, Moon Chart, Langna Chart, Hora Chart, Dreshkana Chart,Chaturthamsa Chart, Panchamsa Chart, Shashtamsa Chart,Saptamsa Chart, Ashtamsa Chart, Navamsa Chart, Dasamsa Chart,Ekadasamsa Chart, Dwadasamsa Chart, Shodasamsa Chart,Vimsamsa Chart, Chaturvimsamsa Chart, Saptvimsamsa Chart,Trimsamsa Chart, Khavedamsa Chart, Akshvedamsa Chart,Shashtiamsa Chart, Shodashvarga Table, Varga Bhedas, VimsopakStrength Table, Shadbala tble, Kashta/Isht Phal, Bhava Bala, Prastha,Ashtakvarga Tables, Vimshottari Dasa Sub Periods, ShodashottariDasa, Yogini Dasha and Char Dasa.

Model Name : C3Suggested Price : Rs. 300/-This model is C2 plus Planet Aspect, House Aspect, SookshamaVimshottari Dasa, Ashtottari Dasa and Tribhagi Dasa. This modelconsists of 29 pages.

Model Name : C4Suggested Price : Rs. 400/-This model consists of 34 pages and is C3 plus ShodashottariDasa sub-sub periods, Ashtottari Dasa sub-sub periods andTribhagi Dasa sub-sub periods.

Model Name : H0Suggested Price : Rs. 25/-This model is a one page calculation model which consists of

Lagna Kundli, Vimshottari Dasa, Moon Chart, Navamsa Chart,Samudayashtakvarga Chart along with basic calculations.

Model Name : H1Suggested Price : Rs. 25/-This model is also a one page calculation model which consistsof Birth Chart, Navamsa Chart, Dasamsa Chart,Samudayashtakvarga Chart, Vimshottari Dasa, Yogini Dasa, CharDasa along with calculations.

Model Name : H3Suggested Price : Rs. 25/-This model consists of Birth Chart, Navamsa Chart, SaptamsaChart, Dasamsa Chart, Chaturvimsamsa Chart,Samudayashtakvarga Chart, Vimshottari Dasa, Yogini Dasa, CharDasa and basic calculations. This is also a one page calculationmodel.

Model Name : P1Suggested Price : Rs. 25/-This model is a prediction model which gives brief review of thehoroscope. This model consists of 1-2 pages.

Model Name : P2Suggested Price : Rs. 50/-This prediction model gives Nakshatra Reading of the horoscope.The model consists of 4-6 pages.

Model Name : P3Suggested Price : Rs. 50/-This prediction model gives reading of 1st, 4th, 5th, 7th and 10thhouse. This model consists of 5-8 pages.

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Model Name : P4Suggested Price : Rs. 100/-This prediction model gives all house readings for a particularhoroscope. The model consists of 12 to 18 pages.

Model Name : P5Suggested Price : Rs. 200/-This model is P1 plus P2 plus P4 i.e. brief review of the horoscope,Nakshatra reading and reading of all houses. This model consistsof 20-30 pages.

Model Name : R1Suggested Price : Rs. 50/-This is a remedies model. The model gives details of favourablepoints, Gems and Remedies, Stone Considetation, Sade-SatiConsideration, Sade-Sati Remedies and Manglik Vichar. Themodel consists of 6-8 pages.

Model Name : T01Suggested Price : Rs. 25/-This is a yearly prediction model which gives prediction for the currentyear for a particular horoscope. The model consists of 1-2 pages.

Model Name : T02Suggested Price : Rs. 25/-This yearly prediction model gives prediction for two years i.e. forthe current year and for the next year for a particular horoscope.

Model Name : T05Suggested Price : Rs. 50/-This yearly prediction model gives prediction for five years fromthe current years for a particular horoscope.

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Model Name : T10Suggested Price : Rs. 100/-This yearly prediction model gives prediction for ten years fromthe current years for a particular horoscope.

Model Name : T20Suggested Price : Rs. 200/-This yearly prediction model gives prediction for twenty years fromthe current years for a particular horoscope.

Model Name : T30Suggested Price : Rs. 300/-This yearly prediction model gives prediction for thirty years fromthe current years for a particular horoscope.

Model Name : M0Suggested Price : Rs. 50/-This is a matching model which gives birth details, planetary degrees,Langa Charts, Ashtakoot Guna Table, Manglik dosh Compatibilityalong with conclusion of matching for a particular horoscope.

Model Name : M1Suggested Price : Rs. 75/-This matching model is M0 plus Moon Chart and Navamsa Chartsof male and female.

Model Name : M2Suggested Price : Rs. 100/-This matching model is M1 plus predictions for male and female.

Model Name : Blank1This model inserts a blank page in the horoscope.

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Model Name : Blank2This model inserts two blank page in the horoscope.

Model Name : NotepadThis model, if appended with a particular model, adds userinformation at the end of the horoscope. This user information maybe prediction or any comment by the user for a particularhoroscope. This information is specified in the notepad windowof the main input screen.

Model Name : IntroThis model inserts introduction page in the horoscope.

Model Name : GaneshThis model inserts a Picture of Ganeshji in the horoscope. To addpicture of Ganeshji in the beginning of the horoscope, select theGaneshji model from the model list and then append any modelafter selecting this model.

Book Size Models

All models applicable to 'File Size' and 'Pocket Size' can be printedin Book Size.

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HOROSCOPE CALCULATIONS

C1 TEVA Rs.100/-This gives details about the planetarydegrees, Lagna, Moon and NavamsaCharts, Bhava degree and Chalit Chart,Ashtakvarga, K.P. System, VimsottariDasa upto the sub-sub period.

C2 KUNDLI Rs. 200/-C1 plus Shodashavarga, Ashtakvarga,Shadbala, Fr iendship Table,Upgraha, Jaimini System, Tribhagi,Ashtottari, Yogini and Kalachakradasa, Sookshama Vimsottari dasa.

C3 RASHI CHAKRA Rs. 300/-C2 plus Sudershan-Chakra, BhavaDrishti Vichar, Graha Drishti Vichar,Shadbala, Bhava bala, Prastarashtakvargatable and Sub-Sub period for completecycles of Vimsottari.

C4 JANMA-PATRIKA Rs. 400/-This is all in one. C3 plus Western Sys-tem, Aspect Table, Sub-sub period forcomplete cycles of Vimsottari, Ashtottari,Yogini and Kala-Chakra dasas.

VARSH-PHAL

Y1 VARSH-KUNDALI Rs. 100/-It contains Natal & Progressed horoscope,Harsha Bala & Panchvargeeya Bala,Varsheswar determination, Sahams, Triptaki,Mudda & Sookshma Vimsottari Dasa.

Y2 VARSH-PATRIKA Rs. 150/-S1 plus monthly calculations andShodash Yoga.

Y3 VARSH-KUNDALI-PHAL Rs. 200/-

S1 plus monthly predictions for theyear and Shodash Yoga.

Y4 VARSHA-PATRIKA-PHAL Rs. 250/-This is four in one.

HOROSCOPE PREDICTIONS

C1R1 REMEDIES Rs. 150/-C1 plus favourable points, suggestionof stones & remedies, sadesati and itspropitiation, Mangalik consideration.

C1R1P2 NAKSHATRA-PHAL Rs. 200/-P1 plus interpretation of Nakashatra,Paya effect of birth of child on parentsetc.

C1R1P3T05 TEVA-PHAL Rs. 250/-P1 plus interpretation and 5 yearpredictions.

C2R1P4T10 KUNDLI-PHAL Rs. 500/-C2 plus remedies, horoscope interpre-tation and 10 years predictions.

C3R1P4T20 RASHI-PHAL Rs. 750/-C3 plus P4 with exhaustive interpreta-tion and 20 years predictions.

C4R1P4T30 LIFE READING Rs. 1000/-This is all in one with C1 to P5 and 30years predictions.

HOROSCOPE MATCHING

M1 KUNDALI-MILAN Rs. 75/-Basic charts, planet degrees and dasaof both male and female are given withAshtakoot and Manglik Matching. It fi-nally gives the conclusion.

M2 MILAN-PHAL Rs. 100/-Kundali-Milan with interpretation for health,children, finance & relationship with in-laws.

HORARY/MUHURTHA ANALYSIS

Q1 PRASHNA-PHAL Rs. 50/-Horary chart with analysis on the ba-sis of Prashna Marg.

Q2 MUHURTHA VICHAAR Rs. 100/-Get the best Muhurtha for any occa-sion alongwith description.

All Models are also available inBook Size (8½" x 5½")

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Pocket Size

Computer Horoscopes

S1 Picket Astrochart Rs. 50/-

This gives details about the Planetary degrees, Lagna Chart, VimsottariDasa, Health and Financial Astrograph for three months.

S2 Saptvargi Kundli Rs. 100/-

S1 plus Shodashavarga, Ashtakvarga, Shadbala, Friendship Table,Vimsottari Dasa and Sub period.

S3 Astrochart Rs. 100/-

S1 plus Remedies, with stone suggestions, Sadesati, general reading& two year predictions.

S4 Saptvargi Astrochart Rs. 150/-

All in one (S1 + S2 + S3)

(3½" x 5")

Deluxe Cover Rs. 25/-

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