Contents

General

Getting started

Entries

Username and password

Saving your diary

Registration benefits and rights

Free offer

Other AyeCor Software products

Support

Commands

Moving commands

Printing pages

Preferences


Calendar

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This method of moving through your diary creates an accurate calendar, right from the first month in which you made an entry in Global Diary the current month.  Page through the months and select the dates which are in red, dates with entries on them, and the memo for that day appears in the memo box as an easy reference for that date.  Double-click the date with the left mouse button to go to that date.


Entries

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An entry, entered on a given day, will be saved as a separate page in your diary.  The "day" begins at midnight and ends at midnight.  For each day you should enter a memo for later reference.  Then you are free to enter as much as 64K of information for that day. This is roughly comparable to 5 pages of information.


Moving around within your diary

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There are 7 ways which you may use to move around within your diary.  All are accessible with the click of the right mouse button on the map, and all are at the top of the pop-up menu that this brings up.

Go to first entry - This will bring you to the first entry of your diary.

Page backward - This will bring you to the page before the one which you are on.

Page forward - Forward by one page

Go to date

Calendar - This will bring up a calendar of all of your entries, see the calendar help.

Memo list - This will give you a form with all of your memo entries and their corresponding dates.  Double-click on any one to go there.

Go to last entry - Brings you back to today's entry.

Search - You may enter any word or string and you will be shown a list of memos/dates for the entries which contain that keyword in either the memo or the entry for that day.  Double-click on your choice or close the box that appears to continue.


Free offer

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AyeCor software is author of Cookie Cutter PC, which has been reviewed highly on-line and off.  With registration of Global Diary, or any of the qualifying titles from AyeCor Software, you will receive a copy of Cookie Cutter PC, free, gratis and for no charge, as our gift to you.

Please make sure that you mention it when ordering via mail, or send an e-mail message to GlobalDiary@AyeCor.Com when you have completed you on-line order.  Just mention this offer.


Opening your diary

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If you have chosen to store your diary database in multiple paths, perhaps including the floppy drive (only available in the registered version), the program will look in locations for your diary in this order:

1. Program path

2. Optional "other path"

3. Floppy drive, if selected

However it will only look in these directories if they are selected as save to option in the preferences.


Preferences

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This journal belongs to: - The first preference option is a space for your name.  This, for security reasons, isn't displayed anywhere else in the program or in the diary's database file.  It is saved however, of course, but it is encrypted.

Save at regular intervals? - The default for this is 0, no saving at regular intervals, however, it is a good idea to set it to every 10 minutes or so.  It is a well known fact that machines are more likely to break when you least want them to, ie., when you have spent half an hour making an entry of your deepest thoughts.

Encrypt? - The default for this is yes.  You may wish to save non-encrypted for speed's sake, on saving your diary when closing.  However, with the registered version, this is not a real issue, as the 32-bit registered version uses a DLL for this encryption, and it is very fast.

Save to: - This set of preference option gives you flexibility on where you wish to save your diary.  See saving your diary for some ideas on this.  The default is to save in the program's directory only.

Change password - By pressing this button you may change you password at any time.  You will be asked to enter your username, your current password, and then to enter your new password twice.  Please don't lose this (or your username) as you will no longer have access to your diary if you do!

Empty box - Below the "Change password" button is a text box which will hold your optional path if you selected one.

Font - With this button you may customize the appearance of your displayed diary page.  You may select a large font for ease of reading, a smaller font (for those of you with 27 inch monitors!) to fit more on the viewed page, and the font style with which you are most comfortable.

Cancel - This button will return all preferences to what they were before you changed them most recently.

OK - This, of course, will make the changes to your preferences final, though you can always change them back.


Print pages

One interesting use of a diary is as a way to understand personal situations.  Counselors often ask clients to bring in diary entries for given days.  Requests for this ability prompted the addition of this feature.

You may print any page with a click of the right mouse button, and by selecting "Print" from the pop-up menu.  Enter your password and the currently viewed page will be sent to your printer.

Security issues

In consideration of security, if you choose to print a page from your diary, you will be prompted for your password.  Failure to enter the correct password or hitting "Cancel", will be noted and the next time an attempt is made to print, this box will show the number of printings or attempted printings during that session.  Additionally, the program will wait one second until it returns control to the user.


Registration

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Note:  This program qualifies for a free offer.

The shareware version of Global Diary is meant to be a full, working version, without unreasonable limitations.  To this end, you could actually use this program indefinitely, without ever paying.  However, having said that, there are still benefits to registration.

Registration will:

1.  Get rid of that splash screen which comes up when the program starts.

2.  Enable you to save your diary to a floppy drive, for added security.

3.  Registered 32-bit users will have vastly increased speed of opening and closing of their diary if it encrypted.  For a diary which takes 20 seconds to decrypt (several month's worth of information), this will open the same database in less than 1 second.  The reason for this is because the registered version (32-bit) uses a DLL, which was added after the initial release of Global Diary, to decipher and encipher database information.

4.  Entitle you to free upgrades in the future.

Price:  $17.95

You can register by:

Visiting the AyeCor Software web site at:  http://www.ayecor.com.  There you will find several on-line registration methods, including credit card or 1-900 purchase, both through secure servers.

Or you may send a check or money order directly to:

AyeCor Software

2115 Pillsbury Ave. S.

Mpls., MN  55404

Please be sure to note which program you are purchasing.  If you would like your registration data sent back via e-mail, please include your e-mail address with your order.

Which ever way you choose to register, your personal registration key and username will be sent beck to you as soon as the order is processed.  For on-line registration methods, this will be only a matter of hours, for regular mail methods, this will be the amount of time to process your check.

How to register your copy of Global Diary

Once you have received your personal registration key and username you may select the option entitled "Register Now" in the pop-up menu of Global Diary.  Then press the "Next" button and enter your information exactly as it appears in the letter or e-mail you received.  Once you have done this, press OK and the program will be fully registered.


Saving your diary

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Period

This is taken care of for you, when you exit the program and optionally, in the background at set intervals.  To select this option, see "preferences".  The default is for the file to be saved on exiting the program only.

Encryption

Also within the preferences is an option to encrypt your diary when saving.  This is the default selection, should you choose to leave it the way the program shipped to you originally.  The registered version for 32-bit uses an external encryption algorithm which is more than 20 times as fast as the standard algorithm.

File location

By default, your diary is saved only in the directory where the program is located.  It is suggested, however, that you choose one other location to save your file, just in case.  You can select any directory path on your computer or network path if you wish, but it is a good idea to have a backup.  With registration you will also have the option to save to a floppy, additionally  or only, for increased security.


Other products from AyeCor Software

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Virtual Book

This innovative program gives you a comfortable method to read books and large text files which you find on the internet.  With it, you can take an entire bookshelf with you to the beach, on an airplane, or anywhere that you can bring a laptop.  Imagine reading Treasure Island on a beach in Central America, as one user does, or storing, and perusing all the books of the bible, making notes on each page, as another user does.

For each book you can build a custom index at the click of a mouse button, and search through the entire book for words or strings of interest to you.  This is perfect for students, and researchers alike.  But aren't we all in those categories??

Registration: $19.95

Cookie Cutter PC

Each time you go to a web site, your browser may be storing information on you, on your own hard drive, at the request of the web site administrator.  This information is stored in files called cookies, and can contain much information about you, when you visited, where you visited before coming there, how long you were there, what you did while there...  If you also feel that this is a threat to your privacy then you will want to cut those cookies and the Cookie Cutter PC is the perfect tool for you.

According to on-line software reviewers, it's just fun to use.

Registration: $14.95

The Cryptogram Challenge!

Do you like mental challenges?  If I were to take a sentence and switch all the letters so that, say an "E" was represented by a "Y" and did that with all of the letters... could you decipher it?  Go ahead, take The Cryptogram Challenge!

The shareware version comes with over 70 challenging puzzles.  The registered version has over 200, with your choice of themes; bible proverbs, chemistry, dictionary definitions.

Registration: $14.95


Getting Started

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First

When you run the Global Diary for the first time, you will see the box asking you for your username and password.  Once you enter this you will be asked to verify that you have entered it correctly.  This verification takes the form of a "File Missing" box.  You have three choices, based on the 3 reasons why Global Diary may not have found your diary:

1. New user.  If this is the case, then select the button which says "New" on it, and Global Diary will start a new account for you.

2.  Upgrade.  Option two is for those who have either upgraded from a previous version of Global Diary, changed platforms or have misplaced their database.  In either case, the selection of the "Upgrade/Find" button will bring up a file dialog box and allow you to search the drive and find it.  Once you have selected the directory with your file in it, the form will display a "file found" in red letters and you may hit "OK".  The diary will be moved to the correct directory and this won't happen again.

note:  Your diary database file will have the filename <username>.dry, where <username> is the name which you had previously selected for your username.

3.  Error.  Button 3 should be self-explanatory.  It reads "Oops". Click this to go back and try again.  If you get three OOPS's however, the program will be shut down.  It is guessed that someone may be trying to "crack" your password.

Then

Once the program starts for this first time you will see the preference choices.  Enter your choices and select "OK" and you will be ready to make your first entry.

From the program's interface, all commands are accessed by clicking the right mouse button on the map.


Username and password

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Your username and password are of great importance.  If you forget them, you will not have access to your diary again.  Don't forget them.  The tradeoffs for this program were weighted on the side of greatest security, which is why it has encryption as an option in saving.  You do have the option to save your diary in an unencrypted format, but even then, this program will not open it without the correct username and password.  Please don't forget your password.

You may change your password at any time by going to the preferences form and selecting a new password.  This will be verified before the actual change occurs.


Support

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Any questions, comments or suggestions concerning this program may be directed to GlobalDiary@AyeCor.Com.  Additionally, you may visit the AyeCor Software web site at http://ayecor.com at any time for the most recent version.  Your feedback is always welcome and encouraged.


Windows 95 and  Windows NT are 32-bit platforms while Windows 3.1 and Windows for Workgroups are 16-bit platforms.


10 words or less that will remind you of that date in the future.

Hint:  It is often a good idea to wait until the day's entry is complete to decide on a memo that best fits that day's entry.


The username and registration key are both case sensitive with respect to any letters they contain.


Moving around within your diary

Entries


Preferences


Entries

Preferences


Moving within your diary

Calendar


Preferences


Other software form AyeCor Software

Free offer


Registration

Other software from AyeCor Software


Registration

Free offer


Calendar


Saving your diary

Getting started

Opening your diary


Preferences


 Other software from AyeCor Software

Registration