ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ W h a t c a n t h i s s y s t e m d o f o r y o u ? ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ Welcome to the Personal Contacts Manager. It is designed to help make life easier and to save time throughout one's working day. Here are some of its features: People and contacts data bank ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You can store particulars of all your business contacts, clients, associates and friends. The program is meant for business executives, busy managers, sales professionals, accountants, computer enthusiasts, secretaries - in short those who specifically deal with people and keep in contact with them, whether social, professional or both. Not only will your computer remember your deadlines, outstanding matters, birthdays and Christmas cards, but you can also store thousands of lines of personal comments and information for each individual. On a hard disk computer you can track tens of thousands of organisations and persons. The software's theoretical limit is 1 000 000 000 persons. Up to 400 records fit onto a 360K floppy diskette. Speedy telephone numbers ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you talk to many people on the phone, this program quickly retrieves that phone number you were looking for. Simply type the beginning letters of anything which comes to mind, e.g. first or company name. You can also call speed-searches from DOS. This is quicker still because you bypass all the menus. While you have the person on the line, make your notes straight into the data bank. Your outstanding matters listings will adjust themselves and special dates are recognised for the system's future memory. Personal organiser ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you lead a hectic life with too many things demanding your attention every day, here are two special tools: PRIORITY RANKER Your computer now offers you a self-adjusting "things-to-do" list. This ranks itself by order of priority so that you always know what is most and least important, especially if your priorities change frequently. OUTSTANDING MATTERS MANAGER If you are too busy to remember everything, this system offers neatly categorised listings on keywords which you specify. In other words, from of maze of hundreds of different things to do, your computer shows you an organised list of relevant matters only. This means that individual tasks can ticked off readily and quickly. Computerised calendar advisor ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This system can advise you of important dates all by itself without you asking it to. This may be useful for business deadlines, share option expiry dates, family anniversaries and so on. Not only are you first advised in due time, but you can set subsequent reminder and second reminder deadlines for each person individually as and when they arise. This program forgets nobody. Its semi-artificial intelligence memory works in the background. For this reason it does not have to check everybody when you use the system. This means that you are not kept waiting and your program's speed is virtually the same. Your computer will also identify special notes you once made and report them back to you. Christmas card mailings ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Christmas cards can be an annual problem, especially if one has hundreds of business associates or friends who want one. Sorting out who should get one and who shouldn't can be a time-consuming exercise. At long last, this task is now computerised. Decide once and your instruction is faithfully obeyed year after year, until you change your mind. Mail-merge word processor ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Now you can merge details from your address book data bank into letters. This may be particularly useful for mass-mailings and business circulars. The basic mail-merge word processor includes date and time stamping, right hand justification, block movement, margin settings and text enhancements. You can also export your information to any of the more sophisticated word processing packages. The merge fields are selected from a simple pop-up menu and selections are displayed in a browsing list. This allows you to make double sure that the selected names are actually the ones you had in mind. Advanced Interrogator ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You can find information even if you forgot almost all the details. Give only a few letters of what you think you are looking for. The interrogator does the rest. Mailing labels & envelope printing ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Look at a person in the data bank, insert your envelope into the printer and the address will print without you having to retype the lines. Mailing labels can be produced in a variety of sizes. Select only the names you need by specifying search criteria. Personal Preferences ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You can choose your favourite screen colours for this program. You can also turn your name off if you prefer a "cooler" interface, toggle the help displays and set defaults for the calendar memory. Special Utilities ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Backing up data is fully menu driven. This program will not crash if invalid paths are specified, nor will your keyboard freeze when, before printing, you forget to switch your printer on. Also provided on your distribution disk are various *.BAT files for simplified hard disk installation, copying your system onto floppies and printing the system manual.