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│ While we have endeavored to make the RMS Catalog program as intuitive as   │
│ possible, we have included an online Help facility here to assist the      │
│ user who might have any questions on its basic usage.                      │
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│ Below we have listed the Basic Function keys that the program uses and     │
│ a short description of that function and what it does. They are presented  │
│ here in an conceptual logic sequence.                                      │
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│ F10    - This is the online Help Facility. You are in it right now.        │
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│ ESC    - This key will back you out of the current function or window      │
│          that your are current in. Hitting ESC on the Library Window       │
│          (Main Menu option #2) will back you out to the Main Menu,         │
│          for example. And hitting ESC on the small Files Directory window  │
│          backs you up to the Library Window. ESC on the Main Menu quits    │
│          the program.                                                      │
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│ Scroll   These are the scrolling keys. In the program screens you will     │
│ Keys     see a Function keys legend at the top of many of these windows.   │
│          These keys control the scrolling features on the active window    │
│          at the time. The cursor line on the active window is the line     │
│          that is highlighted.                                              │
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│ Home   - This positions you to the top of the scrolling list or directory  │
│ End    - This positions you to the bottom of the scroll list or directory  │
│ PgUp   - This shifts your position in the scroll list or directory by      │
│          one screenful up higher in the list towards the top of the list.  │
│ PgDn   - This shifts your position in the scroll list or directory by      │
│          one screenful up lower in the list towards the bottom.            │
│ Arrows - The Up and Down arrow keys scroll the list/directory 1 line at    │
│          a time either up or down.                                         │
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│ F9     - This is how you select a BBS File Directory to view.              │
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│          When you hit the F9 key, a small window will pop up on the        │
│          right side of the Library options screen. It will display a       │
│          list of file directories and descriptions that are available      │
│          for browse.                                                       │
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│          Using the scrolling functions, highlight the desired file         │
│          directory and hit the Enter key. The system will load the         │
│          highlighted file directory.                                       │
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│          If you wish to back out and not select a file directory, then     │
│          simply hit the ESC key to return back to where you were.          │
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│ F3     - This is how you can print a single File Directory, as opposed     │
│          to printing the entire BBS catalog option on the Main Menu.       │
│                                                                            │
│          When you hit the F3 key, a small window will pop up on the        │
│          right side of the Library screen. It will list available file     │
│          directories in a list. Using your scrolling keys, highlight the   │
│          file directory you wish to print and hit the Enter key. Turn on   │
│          your printer and hit enter at the program prompt.                 │
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│          If you wish to back out and not select a file directory, then     │
│          simply hit the ESC key to return back to where you were.          │
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│          To print pretty box characters, you printer will need to be in    │
│          IBM printer emulation mode on many printer brands.                │
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│          To print the entire catalog, use the Main Menu option instead.    │
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│ F1     - This is the Search Function. Press this key and the scroll        │
│          area will be cleared and a prompt for a Search String will        │
│          appear. You can enter any alphanumberic (A-Z, 0-9) character,     │
│          combination of characters, word, or phrase up to a length of      │
│          25 characters. The RMS catalog program will then prompt you       │
│          for Starting and Ending File Directory #s to search. The          │
│          program will then search that directory range for any matches     │
│          in either upper or lower case, then load all files/file           │
│          descriptions and allow you to scroll through them.                │
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│          If you wish to search only 1 File Directory, then use that        │
│          File Directory # for both the Starting and Ending # prompts.      │
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│          Searches will be quicker if you limit them to applicable ranges.  │
│          Searches are currently limited to 500 matches.                    │
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│ F5     - This is neat little feature! When you are browsing and scrolling  │
│          through various File Directories, if you hit the F5 key the       │
│          RMS Catalog program will store a copy of the file name and        │
│          any lines of file descriptions in a separate online PICKLIST.     │
│          It does not matter what line of that file description you are     │
│          on when you hit the F5 key -- it will get everything for that     │
│          file name that is in that section of the screen.                  │
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│          If you are trying to build a list of Files to tag for possible    │
│          downloading, then this is your ticket to a quick list build!      │
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│          The internal PICKLIST can contain up to 500 lines currently.      │
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│ F6     - This prints any items that you have tagged into the internal      │
│          picklist. This list is printed to your printer.                   │
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│          The program will first prompt you to Turn On Your Printer.        │
│          Do so, and then hit the Enter key. The print will then start.     │
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│          To backout and NOT print the list, simply hit the ESC key.        │
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│          The Picklist print does not utilize any special box characters    │
│          as of this time, so the print should look very clean and          │
│          and straight-forward on even the oldest of dot matrix             │
│          printers.                                                         │
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│ F7     - This writes any items that you have tagged into the internal      │
│          picklist to a text file in the current subdirectory called        │
│          PICKLIST.                                                         │
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│          If the file does not exist, it will be created.                   │
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│          If it already exists, the picklist output will be appended        │
│          on the end of the existing file.                                  │
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│          If you wish to start a new file, simply delete or rename the      │
│          old file and the RMS Catalog program will take care of the rest.  │
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│          You can use any text editor or word processor capable of          │
│          handling text files on PICKLIST. No special codes or characters   │
│          are imbedded in the file.                                         │
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