Financial Calculations

The Professional Edition of DreamCalc offers an extensive range of financial functions, including:

• Compound Interest Calculations
• Discounted Cashflow Calculations
• Amortizing Loan Payments
• Bond Calculations
• Depreciation
• Effective Annual Rates

Financial Keypad Section

DreamCalc Profession Edition provides an additional set of financial keys, below. If these keys are not visible, select:

View->Financial Scientific from the main menu.

Financial Keys

Cashflow Charts & Input

If you work with cashflow data, you will find that the DreamCalc Graphing & List Window allows you to quickly enter cashflows and integrates with your spreadsheet application. It will also give you instant cashflow and cumulative cashflow charts.

To show the Graphing & List Window, press F12 at any time.

DreamCalc Cashflow Chart

To display the Cashflow Chart, click: Chart->Cashflow.

A cumulative variation may be shown by selecting: Axes->Cumulative.

Entering Cashflows in the List Window

The most convenient method of data input to use the cashflow list in the Graphing & List Window. The main calculator interface is instantly aware of any modifactions you make here.

Using the Keypad

Alternatively, you may enter cashflows using the main keypad.

The [CF0] button clears the data in the cashflow list and enters the current value as the first amount. Use [CFj] to add consecutive values. The [Nj] button can be used to add multiple entries of the same value.

Example: Key in the following:

-1000 [CF0]
800 [CFj]
500 [CFj]
3 [Nj]

The cashflow list will now contain the amounts: -1000, 800, 500, 500, 500.