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CONTACT is an interactive filing system that keeps 
track of your important business and casual contacts.

CONTACT locates your important contacts quickly.  By
first name, key (last name + first name), or by
company name.  CONTACT allows you to enter the
first few characters that make the contact unique
when searching for an important contact, thus saving
many keystrokes.

CONTACT is handy for salesmen, managers, retailers, or
anyone with a need to keep track of important contacts.
CONTACT allows you to interface with ASCII text files
and has a mail/merge feature. You can customize forms 
using an ASCII text editor such as Wordstar or 
Sidekick.  You can create rolodex cards, mailing 
labels, personalized form letters, custom reports in 
formats of your choosing!

Each contact can be in up to 12 different categories.
Three date fields are attached to each contact,
first contact date, last contact date and next 
contact date.  You are able to select contacts by
category for a range of dates and print these out.
Seperate file systems are available.  You can keep 
vendor contacts in one file system and client 
contacts in another.  The possibilities are solely
up to you and limited only by disk space.

A contextual  help  system  is  available  throughout
CONTACT  to  aid you in using the system.  Press the
F1 key (FUNCTION 1 KEY) and  CONTACT  will  place  a
help  window  upon  the screen similar to the one you
are viewing now. It will give you brief and informative
messages  about  the  screen  currently  being viewed.

Contact has an AUTODIAL feature that will work with
Hayes compatible modems.  While in the contact menu
press F3 to dial the home phone number and press
F4 to dial the work phone number.  CONTACT will start
up the dial sequence and you can simply pick up the
phone when someone answers the line.  

CONTACT will also keep a log of the calls you have 
initiated.  Simply set up an environment variable 
called "PLOG" before starting CONTACT and each call
will be recorded in a file.  CONTACT will record the
current file system, current date and time, phone
number and name of the person you are calling.

You can insert custom escape sequences into your forms.
By inserting "*p0" into your form as a signal, CONTACT
will send the appropriate escape sequence to your 
printer.  You will need your printer specification 
manual to set this up correctly.  The ESC key can be 
used to exit menus  and  stop   reports  at  any time.
This indicates to CONTACT that you are finished looking
at the display on the screen.  This key is used 
GLOBALLY through the system as an escape hatch. It is 
ALWAYS available.

The LEFT ARROW Key will move left one field while you
are updating a record.

The RIGHT ARROW Key will move left one field while 
you are updating a record.

The UP ARROW Key is used to move up one field if you
are in an update mode or the menu options are showing.
If you are in the contact menu it will move to the 
prior record.

The DOWN ARROW Key is used to move down one field 
if you are in an update mode or the menu options are
showing.  If you are in the contact menu it will
move  to  the next record.

The F2 Key (function 2) is used to make a copy of 
the screen. Each time F2 is pressed, the current 
screen is appended to the file "screen.sav" in the 
current directory.  This has the advantage over 
pressing SHIFT PRTSCRN, in that screens are paginated 
correctly.

The F10 Key (function 10) is an information screen
which displays where you can contact the author 
(me) about enhancements or updates.
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Enter 'y' to save the changed information on this
page.  Enter 'n' to discard changes.
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You can edit the memo fields using CONTACTS built-in
editor.  The editor is limited to 4 lines of 50 
characters per line.   Enough room for a practical 
amount of information - if it is necessary to keep 
a large amount of information per contact, paper 
files would be appropriate.

To edit the DATE field, press HOME to position the
cursor in the top right corner of the box then
press the LEFT arrow.

The following keys are available in the mini editor:
ESC         - exit the editor 

LEFT-ARROW  - move cursor one position left
              if cursor is in top left corner,
              move to Date field.

RIGHT-ARROW - move cursor one position right

DOWN-ARROW  - move cursor down

UP-ARROW    - move cursor up

CTRL-LEFT   - move left to previous word.

CTRL-RIGHT  - move right to next word.

HOME        - goto top left corner

PAGEDOWN    - switch to screen below.

PAGEUP      - switch to screen above.

CTRL-END    - Delete from cursor to end of line.

INSERT      - switch from insert mode to type over
              mode.
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Press ENTER to update the memo screens.  Press "c"
to quickly copy the information in the NEXT memo 
screen to the LAST memo screen.

The fast copy will overwrite the information in the 
LAST memo field with the NEXT memo field allowing new
changes to the NEXT memo field.
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Use the arrow keys to select a pre-existing file 
system in the current directory.

The old file system will be flushed and the new
file system will become active.
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Enter the name of a new file system.  It must not
already exist.  Use up to 8 characters.

Example:

    To create a customer file system, call it
    "CUST".

    The following files will be created:
    cust.hdr, cust.dt, cust.nx0, cust.nx1 and
    cust.nx2

This option must be run before trying to copy 
records from one file system to another file system.
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The filesystem you specified could not be open.
Try using a backup copy of the file system.
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Enter "f" for first name, "k" for key value (last 
name + first name), or "c" for company name.

The index will be changed so that you will be able 
to recall your contacts by last name + first name, 
first name, or company name.

You are able to abbreviate the name when searching 
for a contact ---

To search for "Joe's Bakery", set the index to "c" 
company and enter "joe" at the prompt.

To search for "Gerald ???", set the index to "f" 
(first name) and enter "Ger" at the prompt. CONTACT 
will place you at the first match of "Ger" in the 
database.  "GER", "Ger" and "ger" are identical.

Once the index has been set, it is in effect for the 
reports too.  If the index is set to "Company", then
the reports/forms will be printed in alphabetical 
order by company name.  If it is set to first name,
the reports/forms will be printed in first name alpha 
order.
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The form file could not be located in the current
directory.  CONTACT is looking for the following
file names in the current directory:

       Form 1  - form.1
       Form 2  - form.2
       Form 3  - form.3
       Mailing Label - mail.lbl

These must be ASCII files and must be in the
current directory.  CONTACT verifies that the
file is ASCII before proceeding.
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Press "y" if you wish to add this contact permanently
to the database.  Otherwise press "n" - the contact
will not be added to the database.
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Press "y" if you wish to save the changes made to
this contact permanently.  Otherwise press "n" -
the changes will be abandoned.
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Press "y" if you wish to permanently DELETE this
contact from the database.  Otherwise press "n" -
the contact will remain in the database.
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Enter the salutation.  

Examples :
     Mr.
     Mrs.
     Dr.
     Mr & Mrs

Enter ESC, to get out of the update mode.

Press the space bar then ENTER to erase the field.
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Enter the contact's last name.

The key is composed of the first name appended to 
the last name.

Enter ESC, to get out of the update mode.
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Enter the contact's first name.

This is an INDEX field.  Meaning that if you wish to 
search for a particular contact by first name, 
simply change the index to FNAME, and type in the 
first few characters that distinguish the contact 
name at the prompt.  

Enter ESC, to get out of the update mode.
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Enter the address of the contact. If the address 
spans two different lines, use both ADDRESS1 and 
ADDRESS2.

Example:    
         ADDRESS 1:   1580 Main Avenue
         ADDRESS 2:   Suite 120

Enter ESC, to get out of the update mode.
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Enter the contact's city of residence.  If you
are entering the same city repeatedly for new
entries, enter the city name in the DEFAULT
CITY field under the SYSTEM PARAMETER MENU.

Enter ESC, to get out of the update mode.
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Enter the contact's state of residence. If you
are entering the same state repeatedly for new
entries, enter the city name in the DEFAULT
STATE field under the SYSTEM PARAMETER MENU.

Enter a two letter code, this will be expanded to
a full name by CONTACT.

I.e.  nm - New Mexico
      fl - Florida
      ca - California
      dc - Dist of Columbia

Enter ESC, to get out of the update mode.
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Enter the zip code.  If you are entering the same 
zip code repeatedly for new entries, enter the 
zip code in the DEFAULT ZIP field under the 
SYSTEM PARAMETER MENU.

Enter ESC, to get out of the update mode.
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Enter the contact's home phone number.  There
is extra room to add a comment next to the
phone number.  For example, if your insurance
agent had a number for claims and you wanted that 
in place of the home phone number field, you could
simple enter:

    HOME PHONE :  Claim 444-2321

Note:  CONTACT ignores all non-numeric chars when 
autodialing for you, except for the ",".  Thus this 
number would be correctly dialed when F3 is pressed.

A comma "," will cause the modem to pause for a 
moment.  This would be used in places where there 
is a need to dial 9 to get an outside line.

Enter ESC, to get out of the update mode.
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Enter the contact's work phone number. There
is extra room to add a comment next to the
phone number.  For example, if your insurance
agent had a number for claims and you wanted that 
in place of the work phone number field, you could
simple enter:

    WORK PHONE :  Claim 444-2321

Note:  CONTACT ignores all non-numeric chars when 
autodialing for you.  Thus this number would be 
correctly dialed when F4 is pressed.

A comma "," will cause the modem to pause for
a moment.  This would be used in places where
there is a need to dial 9 to get an outside line.

Enter ESC, to get out of the update mode.
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Enter the name of the contact's company.

This is a INDEX field.  Meaning that if you wish to 
search for a particular contact by company, you 
can simply change the index to COMPANY.  And type 
in the first few characters that distinguish 
the company at the prompt.

Enter ESC, to get out of the update mode.
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Enter the code(s) that are applicable to this 
contact.  The selected codes will be highlighted
and marked with a '*'.

A contact may belong to up to twelve different 
codes or categories.

Enter ESC, to get out of the update mode.
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You can change any of the memo fields attached to
the First, Next, and Last contact date from this 
page.  Useful information here would be "spouse's 
name", birthdate's, anniversary dates ...

Press ENTER to change one of the fields.

To quickly copy information from the NEXT memo
field to the LAST memo field, press "c" after 
pressing ENTER.

To change one of the contact dates, move the cursor
the top left corner of the box desired then press 
the LEFT arrow.

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Enter the date of the contact memo field.

Examples:

   To select contacts for Nov 23, 1987
   Simply enter: "23Nov87", or "112387".
   other examples:
   "11JAN87"
   "11 Jan 87"
   "11 jan 87"
   "011187"

SHORTCUT FORMAT EXAMPLES
    "." - today
    "+1" - tomorrow
    "-1" - yesterday
    "+1w" - one week from today
    "-1w" - today last week
    "+1m" - this day next month
    "1+1m" - first day of next month
    "+thu" - next thursday from today
    "-wed" - last wednesday
    "+1w" - next week
    "-1w" - last week
    "+2m" - 2 months from today
    "1+1m+fri" - 1st friday of next month
    "+wed" - next wednesday
    "-tue" - last tuesday

All date arithmetic expressions are relative to 
today, unless the date expression starts with a 
number (i.e. 5) which stands for the fifth of this 
month.  So 5+2w is equivalent to 2 weeks from the 
5th day of the current  month.
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It is from this page that you can add, delete, 
change, or search for contacts.

Enter: 
    a - add a new contact
    d - delete an old contact
    i - change the index
    F3 - dial the home number
    F4 - dial the work number
    ENTER - change/modify the contact


If the phone is busy: enter "b".  If nobody answers
enter "n", otherwise press any key.

Press the DOWN arrow or UP arrow to view the next and 
previous contacts.  

Press the LEFT or RIGHT arrow to view the MEMO
page.

Enter the first few letters of the key of which
to search.  Example:

To find the contact "Ed Trujillo":

Entering "tru" will search the database for the
first occurrence of a key field starting with "tru".
If there is a "Sam True" in the database, it will 
find "Sam True" instead of "Ed Trujillo".  This is ok,
since all you do now is press the DOWN arrow for the 
next record.

The key field is composed of the first 16 nonblank 
characters of the last name appended with the first 
16 nonblank characters of the first name.

For example:

       FIRST NAME: Ed 
       LAST  NAME: Trujillo

Would produce the KEY

       KEY: TrujilloEd

Note: CONTACT does NOT make a distinction between 
upper and lower case names.  I.e., there is NO
difference between Trujillo and TRUJILLO and
trujillo

The other indexes (First name, and Company name)
operate similarly.

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CONTACT Menu - Add, delete, update and search for 
contacts from this menu.  Use the UP and DOWN arrow
keys to change the selection bar or enter an option 
number.

Also, you can change the index from this menu.  The 
default index is the key field of (last name + first 
name).
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CONTACT Reports - Print custom listings of contacts 
from this menu.   See the files: "mail.lbl", 
"form.1", "form.2" and "form.3" included with 
CONTACT for examples.

Also print listings of the contacts to meet today.

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Edit Codes - You can edit all codes from this menu.
There are 12 codes to choose from.
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Enter the selection code letter(s).  For example,
if Code A - Bowling Team, Code B - Baseball Team
and you wish to select all members of both
Code A and Code B, type "ab".

Enter "a" for just Bowling Team.

Enter ".", to select ALL contacts in ALL
categories.

Press ESC to quit.
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Contact's with a NEXT contact date of TODAY will
be printed along with the home, and work phone
number and the lines in the NEXT CONTACT MEMO fields.

Contacts are sorted in key alpha order and this
is the only report that doesn't give you a select
option.

If there are no contacts to meet with today, 
nothing will be printed.
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Each contact name is printed along with his home
and work phone number(s).

Select contacts by a multitude of choices.
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Each contact name is printed along with the NEXT
contact date.

Select contacts for appointments next month, next
week, or tomorrow.  You have many different choices.
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Each contact name is printed according to the ASCII
file in the current directory.  CONTACT is looking
for the following files in the current directory:
        mail.lbl
        form.1
        form.2 
        form.3
These files correspond to their menu selection.

You have a multitude of sort/selection criteria
available.

Field definitions are as follows:
   *d1 - current date (format - 31 Oct 87)
   *d2 - current date (format - October 31, 1987)
   *d3 - current date (format - 11/31/87)
   *t1 - current time (format - 15:23:43) military 
   *t2 - current time (format - 15:23) military 
   *t3 - current time (format - 03:23:43) standard
   *t4 - current time (format - 03:23) standard
   *sa - salutation
   *fn - first name
   *ln - last name
   *a1 - address line 1
   *a2 - address line 2
   *st - two letter abbrev for state
   *ST - spelled out state
   *ci - city name
   *zi - zip code
   *hp - home phone
   *wp - work phone
   *co - company name

   *fc - first memo date
   *nc - next memo date
   *lc - last memo date

   *f1 - first line of first memo field
   *f2 - second line of first memo field
   *f3 - third line of first memo field
   *f4 - fourth line of first memo field

   *l1 - first line of last memo field
   *l2 - second line of last memo field
   *l3 - third line of last memo field
   *l4 - fourth line of last memo field

   *n1 - first line of next memo field
   *n2 - second line of next memo field
   *n3 - third line of next memo field
   *n4 - fourth line of next memo field

   *p0 - printer code 0
   *p1 - printer code 1
    .      ...   ...
   *p7 - printer code 7

To pad with blanks and right or left justify a 
field enter a width specification like:

  *hp%20  - home phone right just. pad with space
  *wp%-20 - work phone left just. pad with space

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Press 'y' to finish this session with CONTACT. All
files will by flushed and closed.

Press ESC or 'n' to continue working with CONTACT.
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Print screens that have been saved using the F2 save 
screen function.  The screens have been saved in a 
file called "screen.sav".  Each time F2 is pressed,
the current screen is appended to this file.
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Discard screens that have been saved using  the  F2 
save screen function.  The file "screen.sav" in the
current directory will be cleared.
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Open an existing file system, create a new
file system, delete an old file system, copy records
from one file system to another file system, change 
printer parameters, modem line parameters.
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Open an existing file system.  The file system 
specified will be opened and made "current".  The 
existing file  system must be in the current 
directory.

Example:
If you are currently working on your "FRIENDS" file 
system and want to switch to the "CUST" file system,
you will use this menu.

To create a new file system, you must use the CREATE 
file system option.
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Change the printer setup string, printer codes for 
use with the custom forms, printer port and margin 
settings.

Use your printer manual to change some of these 
settings.
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Change system parameters - error bells on or off, file 
system SYNC frequency, COM port assignment, defaults
for CITY, STATE, and ZIP when adding new entries.
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Enter a description for the printer code used in 
printing the custom forms.  You can get this 
information in the Programming Section of your
printer manual.

The description is not used in any reports by 
CONTACT, it is simply information for your reference.

Examples:
printer code 0:  Bold on
printer code 1:  Bold off

Each printer code is used in the ASCII form files
of your choice by specifying:

    *p0 - printer code 0
    *p1 - printer code 1
    ...
    *p7 - printer code 7

See "form.3" for an example.  The printer codes
are setup for the Toshiba P321SL printer.  You
can change these at any time.
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Allows the deletion of old file systems in the
current directory.  The file system to be deleted
must not be the current open file system.
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Copy records from one file system to another file 
system.  Both file systems must have been created
previously using the CREATE file system option.

Press ESC while copying and the remaining records
will NOT be copied.

Another way to copy records from one file system
to another would be from DOS:

    > copy contac20.* newsys.*

The COPY MENU option is different from using the
DOS command to copy the file system since the
COPY MENU option has the side effect of compacting
all deleted records of the old file system.  Thus
the new file system may actually use a little 
less disk space.
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Open an existing file system; one that has been 
created.  For example, if you are currently working
with "FRIENDS" and you desire to work with "CUST" 
use this menu.

The old file system will be written to disk and 
the new file system will be made current.
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Create a new file system from here.  CONTACT
makes sure the system doesn't already exist.

Example:  If we wanted to create a new list
of "CUST" (customers) the following files 
would be created:

    cust.dt   - data file 
    cust.hdr  - parameters file 
    cust.nx0  - index file on key
    cust.nx1  - index file on firstname
    cust.nx2  - index file on company
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Enter a name for the code category listed.  

Examples:
    Code A:  Friends
    Code B:  Bowling
    Code C:  Xmas List
    Code D:  Vendors
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Enter "n" if you don't have a modem attached to your
serial port.  Enter "1" if your modem is attached to 
COM1, enter "2" if its attached to COM2.

CONTACT currently works with Hayes compatible modems
only.
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Type "y" to turn on CONTACTS's error bell - it will
beep at you if you make an input error.

Type "n" to turn off this bell.
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This field allows you to specify how often you desire
to "sync" the file system.  CONTACT's internal file 
structure needs to be physically updated occasionally.
The smaller this number is, the more often the file
system will be SYNCED.  Of course, small values
for the sync will slow CONTACT down when adding 
many entries to the system.   This may be intolerable
on a floppy based system.

When entering many contacts into the database, you
may wish to set it to 10.  After entering the contacts,
for maximum file integrity, set it to 1. CONTACT 
automatically sync's its files when you exit.  Be sure 
to exit CONTACT by pressing the ESC key and answering 
"y" to the exit prompts.

DO NOT exit CONTACT by turning off the computer or 
pressing CTRL-ALT-DELETE.  This may destroy the index
files in which case you would have to reload all your 
data from scratch.

It is advisable to make backups of the system after
making significant changes.
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If you experience a snow effect on the screen.  Enter
"y" to this question.  CONTACT try to draw the screen 
to limit the snow effect.

This may occur on some CGA monitors.

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The "printer end-of-line"  is  used  to  control  the
printer output at the end of the printed line.  There
are 4 options to set  depending  upon  your  printer.
You  may  have  to do a little bit of experimentation
with this to get it right.  Once it is set correctly,
it will not have to be changed (as long as the switch
settings on the printer do not change).







Option
1       newline  character
2       carriage return character
3       newline then carriage-return character
4       carriage-return then newline  character





Symptom and corrective action:

1) Output is double spaced - try setting option to
"cr".

2) Output is overprinting or printing on one  line  -
try  setting  the  option  first  to "nl" and if that
doesn't work, try out the options "nl/cr" or "cr/nl".






3) Output is jagged like:
This is
       an example  of
                     a jagged line.

Try changing option to "nl/cr" or "cr/nl".

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Press any key to continue to the next page of 
the  report, press ESC to stop the listing.

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Press ENTER to see all reports on the screen.

Select the "printer" to send the reports to a 
printer - directly.

Select "capturefile" to send the output to an 
ASCII file.  The output will be appended to 
an existing file.

While the report/form is printing you may press
SPACE which will pause the printer, or ESC which
will abort the printout.  
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Enter "y" to change the information on this page.

Press ESC, press ENTER, or enter "n" to return to the
"MISCELLANEOUS MENU".

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Type "y" and the changes made to the  parameter  page
will be saved into CONTACT's data files.

Type "n" and the changes will be discarded and the 
old values will be retained.

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Enter the full name of the file you want to save the
output of the report to.

Examples:    report1.out
             a:\reports\mar.87

If the file exists and is ASCII, CONTACT will APPEND
to it.  If it isn't ASCII, you must make another
selection.

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CONTACT cannot make contact with your printer.  

CONTACT is set up to talk to LPT1:.  Check and make 
sure that the printer is online and has paper.

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The output file "screen.sav" has been printed.
Press any key to continue.

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The output file "screen.sav" has been cleared.
Press any key to continue.

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Enter "y" to delete the screens previously saved
in the file "screen.sav".  Otherwise, enter "n".

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Enter the sequence of decimal codes that will place 
the printer into the mode desired (e.g. 16 pitch 
or "NLQ" - Near Letter Quality)  See your printer
manual for ASCII control codes.

For example: sending 'ESC F' to the IBM Proprinter 
will turn EMPHASIZED PRINT ON.  This would correspond
to entering decimal 27 then 70 into the printer
setup string.

  printer setup  : [ 27] [ 70]  [  ]  [  ]

What follows is a short, incomplete list of common 
ASCII decimal codes.  

COMMON DECIMAL ASCII CODES:
 27 - ESC        32 - SPACE      8 - BACKSPACE
  9 - HORZ TAB   10 - LN FEED   12 - FORMFEED
 13 - CAR RET    14 - SO        15 - SI
 33 - '!'        34 - '"'       35 - '#'
 36 - '$'        37 - '%'       38 - '&'
 40 - '('        41 - ')'       42 - '*'       
 43 - '+'        44 - ','       45 - '-'
 46 - '.'        47 - '/'       60 - '<'
 61 - '='        62 - '>'       63 - '?'

 1  - 'CTRL-A'   65 - 'A'    97 - 'a'   48 - '0'
 2  - 'CTRL-B'   66 - 'B'    98 - 'b'   49 - '1'
 3  - 'CTRL-C'   67 - 'C'    99 - 'c'   50 - '2'
 4  - 'CTRL-D'   68 - 'D'   100 - 'd'   51 - '3'
     ...           ...         ...        ...
25  - 'CTRL-Y'   89 - 'Y'   121 - 'y'   56 - '8'
26  - 'CTRL-Z'   90 - 'Z'   122 - 'z'   57 - '9'

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If you wish to send an initialization string to 
the printer everytime a report is printed answer
"y" to the question.

If you answer "n", CONTACT will not send a
printer string.

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Enter "1" - for LPT1:, "2" for LPT2: or "3" for
LPT3 as a printer port. 

CONTACT doesn't currently support a serial printer 
port, however, you can direct the output of the 
report using the "capturefile" option and print 
the report from DOS upon exiting CONTACT.

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Enter the number of columns that you want the 
printer to start printing.  I.e. if you enter 5,
CONTACT will advance 5 spaces on each printed line.
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Press "y" and CONTACT will pause between each
form allowing you to change sheets of paper 
without having to press the off-line key on your
printer.

This is handy when printing individual sheets
or rolodex cards.
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Feed in a new form then press ENTER to print the 
next form.  ESC aborts the printout.
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The end of the report/form has been reached.

Press any key to continue.
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Use the arrow keys to select the file system to
delete. Press ENTER when the highlight bar is over 
your choice.

The file system will be permanently deleted.
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Use the arrow keys to select the SOURCE file system.
Press ENTER when the highlight bar is over your
choice.

The data records will be copied from this file
system.
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Enter 'Y' to delete this file system permanently.
Otherwise press ESC or enter 'N'.
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Use the arrow keys to select the TARGET file system.
Press ENTER when the highlight bar is over your
choice.

Data records from the SOURCE file system will be 
copied to this file system. Once the copy is started 
you may press ESC which will stop the copy operation.
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Enter "k" for key (last name + first name). Enter 
"f" for first name and enter "c" for company name.

The records will be sorted in alphabetic order 
according to the sort selection.
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Enter a code or codes in which to select the records.

For example: 

   To select: "a,d and c", enter: "adc"

   To select all records, enter: "."
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Enter "k" for key, "z" for zip code, "c" for company 
name and "n" if you do NOT want to select records.

The "From name" and "Thru" fields will specify 
the range of selection.

Example:

If you want to select a single record, "SmithJoe",
enter "K" for key selection at the "Name selected"
prompt.  Then at the "From name" and "Thru" prompts
enter "SmithJoe" and "SmithJoe".  CONTACT is NOT
case sensitive, so "smithjoe" will do as well.

To select all contacts with last name starting 
with "r", enter "r" at "From name" and "r" at the
"Thru" prompts.

To select all contacts within certain zip code
areas, enter "z" for zip code and enter "87" 
thru "88" at the range fields.

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Enter the starting name of the field you want to
select.  For example, if we want to print out a
list of contacts with last names from "a" to "g"
enter "a" in the From name field, and enter "g"
in the Thru name field.

If the zip code field was selected, enter the first
few digits of the starting zip code.
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Enter the ending name in alphabetic order for this
field.
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Enter "f", "l", or "n" for first, last and next dates 
respectively.  Enter "o" for no selection.  CONTACT 
will print those contacts which first, last or next 
contact dates fall within a certain range.

For example, we might wish to select those individuals
we need to contact tomorrow, or next week or next 
Friday or next month.  Or we may want to select those
individuals that we first contacted two months ago.
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Enter the starting date for selection.

The quotes in the examples that follow are not to be 
entered into CONTACT, they are there to highlight the 
proper response.

Examples:

   To select contacts for Nov 23, 1987
   Simply enter: "23Nov87", or "112387".

   To select contacts for the month of
   December enter: 1Dec87 and 31Dec87

Shortcut examples (using date arithmetic):  

   To select contacts for today's date:
   enter ".", which is a shortcut for
   today.

   To select contacts for today thru next 
   week: enter "." and "+1w", which means select
   dates from today to 1 week from today.

   To select contacts for tomorrow:
   enter "+1", which stands for 1 day 
   from today.  Similarly, yesterday would
   be entered as "-1"

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Enter the ending date for selection.  

The quotes in the examples that follow are not 
to be entered into CONTACT, they are there to
highlight the proper response.

Examples:

   To select contacts for Nov 23, 1987
   Simply enter: "23Nov87", or "112387".

   To select contacts for the month of
   December enter: 1Dec87 and 31Dec87

Shortcut examples (using date arithmetic):  

   To select contacts for today's date:
   enter ".", which is a shortcut for
   today.

   To select contacts for today thru next 
   week: enter "." and "+1w", which means select
   dates from today to 1 week from today.

   To select contacts for tomorrow:
   enter "+1", which stands for 1 day 
   from today.  Similarly, yesterday would
   be entered as "-1"

   Today's date is always measured from the
   date CONTACT thinks it is.  You should
   set the date when booting the system
   up.

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Enter "y" if you have finished choosing the sort
and selection criteria.  The reports will now be
sent to the screen or printer.

Enter "n" to go back to the previous menu.  

Enter ESC to continue editing the sort/select 
fields.

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Set this field if you want to speed up the process 
of adding new entries to CONTACT.  When you type 
in "a" at the CONTACT menu header page, the CITY
field will automatically be set to the default.

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Set this field if you want to speed up the process 
of adding new entries to CONTACT.  When you type 
in "a" at the CONTACT menu header page, the STATE
field will automatically be set to the default.

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Set this field if you want to speed up the process 
of adding new entries to CONTACT.  When you type 
in "a" at the CONTACT menu header page, the ZIP
field will automatically be set to the default.
