  WASHINGTON HELP

  This module will  assist you in validating a  license that may have
  been  issued by  the State  of Washington.  Enter the driver's last
  name, first initial, middle initial,  and date of birth. Then press
  <enter>.

  Last Name:
  Note that the  spelling of the last name  may influence the license
  number. Spell carefully.

  First Initial:
  The first  initial is a  mandatory input field.  You must have  the
  correct first initial to use the module.

  Middle Initial:
  Note  that  the  presence  or  absence  of  the  middle initial may
  influence  the  license  number.  Take  care  to  enter or omit the
  initial according to use by your subject.

  Date of Birth:
  Enter  the date  of birth  in  U.S.  format, i.e.  mm/dd/yy. IT  IS
  IMPORTANT that you USE TWO CHARACTERS  FOR EACH PORTION of the DOB.
  You may delimit the month, day,  and year with slashes or dashes if
  you wish, but they are not required. You may enter the data without
  delimiters  to save  time and  keystrokes. For  example, if you are
  entering  a  DOB  for  January  eighth,  1969, either '01/08/69' or
  '010869' would be valid - 1/8/69 would produce an error.

  When you press <enter>, the  program will generate a license number
  that should be identical to one Washington would issue based on the
  same information.

  You may  also type a license  number into the license  number field
  and press <enter> to obtain the date of birth of the licensee.

  You  may  access  additional  Washington  reference  information by
  invoking  the reference  file. Do  this by  accessing the  menu and
  choosing  the  More  command.  This  feature  may also be activated
  easily by pressing <Ctrl-M> for MORE.

  If you have the automatic print feature activated, the program will
  direct  a report  to the  default printer  concurrently with screen
  output  each time  you press   <enter>. Likewise,  if you  have the
  automatic  file  output  feature  enabled,  your  disk file will be
  appended (or created) concurrently with  the screen output. You may
  enable both of these options at the same time if you like.

  If you choose to leave the automatic print output disabled, you may
  still  generate a  print of  the report  showing on  the screen  by
  accessing  the  menu  and  choosing  the  RapidPrint  command. This
  feature may be  activated more easily by pressing  <Ctrl-P>. A copy
  of the report  showing will be immediately directed  to the default
  printer.

  When you  have finished performing inquiries  for Washington, press
  the escape key  to return to the main  program selection screen. To
  exit the program quickly, you should press <Ctrl-X>.

  When you have finished reading this help file, press the escape key
  to return to the Washington module.


  END WASHINGTON HELP
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