As you work your way through this calculator, you may want to know:
- More about the welfare benefits being discussed
- What the question you are being asked is actually asking for
- Definitions of technical terms.
You can often obtain this information by clicking on words that are underlined and in bold (called hyperlinks). These will take you to pages that give more information.
If the question is asking you to put in an amount of money, for example 'how much is your rates bill', there should be a £ sign already in the box. You don’t need to put the £ sign in yourself.
Some of the questions will have boxes like this  If you click on the box with your mouse it will put a  into the box for you, which means that you are answering 'yes' to that question.
Some of the questions will have a range of answers, for example the different rates of Attendance Allowance. If the answer box has an arrow in it, like this
 , you can click on that arrow and a 'drop-down box' will appear giving you all the possible answers. Then move your mouse over and click on one of the options. The drop-down box will stay there until you select an answer or click somewhere else on the screen.
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