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FORM 3 OMB Approval
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION --------------------------
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 OMB Number 3235-0104
Expires: September 30, 1998
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Estimated average burden
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Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
(Print or Type Responses)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting | 2. Date of Event Re- | 4. Issuer Name AND Ticker or Trading Symbol
Person* | quiring Statement | FORTE COMPUTER EASY, INC. "CEAS"
AAP HOLDINGS, INC. | (Month/Day/Year) |------------------------------------------------------------------
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(Last) (First) (Middle) | 12/18/96 | Person(s) to Issuer | Original (Month/Day/Year)
|-------------------------| (Check all applicable) | 11-05-96
100 S. Broadway Ave. | 3. IRS or Social | ___ Director __X__ 10% Owner|-------------------------------
- ---------------------------------------| Security Number | ___ Officer _____ Other | 7. Ind.or Joint/Group Filing
(Street) | of Reporting | (give title (specify | (Check Applicable Line)
| Person (Voluntary) | below) below) | _X_ Form filed by One
| | | Reporting Person
Salem, Ohio 44460 | 34-1835731 | -------------------------- | --- Form filed by More than
| | | One Reporting Person
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(City) (State) (Zip) | TABLE I - NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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1. Title of Security | 2. Amount of Securities | 3. Ownership | 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial
(Instr. 4) | Beneficially Owned | Form: Direct | Ownership (Instr. 5)
| (Instr. 4) | (D) or Indirect |
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Common Stock, $.01 par value | None (A) | n/a (A) | n/a (A)
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Preferred Stock, par value $.01 | 1,000,000 | (D) |
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(A) See Amendment No. 1 to Schedule | | |
13D dated 12/23/96. | | |
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. (Over)
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v) SEC 1473 (7-96)
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TABLE II - DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED (E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)
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1.Title of Derivative Security | 2.Date Exer- | 3.Title and Amount of Securities | 4.Conver- | 5. Owner- | 6. Nature of Indirect
(Instr. 4) | cisable and | Underlying Derivative Security | sion or | ship | Beneficial
| Expiration | (Instr. 4) | Exercise | Form of | Ownership
| Date | | Price of | Deriv- | (Instr. 5)
| (Month/Day/ | | Deriv- | ative |
| Year) | | ative | Security:|
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|Date | Expir-| | Amount | | (D) or |
|Exer- | ation | Title | of | | Indirect |
|cisable| Date | | Number | | (I) |
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Explanation of Responses:
See Amendment No. 1 to Schedule 13D dated 12/23/96. AAP HOLDINGS, INC.
By: Joseph Dominijanni 12/23/96
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*Signature of Reporting Person Date
Title: Vice-President - Finance
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** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations.
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient,
See Instruction 6 for procedure.
Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not
required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number.
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SEC 1473 (7-96)
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