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^C^1Find It
^Cby David Leithauser

   If you're like most people, you probably have trouble remembering where you
keep things.  Perhaps you've tried to get organized and create "a place for
everything, and everything in its place."  But this does little good if you
can't remember where that place is.  You had such a brilliant idea of where to
keep your car keys, that you can't for the life of you reproduce that thought in
order to locate that place again.  Well, this program is for you.  It will help
you keep track of where those elusive locations are.

   Its user interface is very simple.  It asks for the name of an object (car
keys, blender, diskettes, Bruce Springsteen concert tickets, you name it). 
Then, it looks to see if it's got something on file by that name.  If so, it
gives the location and asks if you wish to change it.  If you were just looking,
follow Nancy Reagan's advice and "just say NO".  You now know where your item
is, and the datum is intact in the file for the next time you need it.

   If the item is not already on file, the program will presume it's a new item
you're storing.  If so, input its location ("The second drawer from the top on
the left side of the desk", "Under the bed in the master bedroom", "Lent out to
Uncle Charlie", etc.)  It is now on file for your future reference.

   On the other hand, perhaps the program says something's "not found" when
you're sure you already entered something like it.  Maybe you didn't get the
spelling quite right.  Never fear.  Just press ENTER without inputting anything
for the location, and FIND IT will go into its more sophisticated search mode. 
It will scan the data file first for any item containing what you typed as a
substring; if you typed "KEYS", "CAR KEYS" will be found.  If this search fails
to yield anything constructive, it does some more complex pattern matching to
find the most similar-looking items, and outputs their name and location.

   Of course, you can also see a list of everything by typing ALL.  Type END to
get out of the program.

   When you run FIND IT from our menu, it will go into a sample data file
(FINDDATA.SAM) containing various items.  Use it to try out the search
capabilities.  When you're ready to run it for real with your own data, run it
from DOS by typing ^1FINDIT^0, and it will use the file FINDDATA (its default),
which is empty to begin with.  Perhaps you should keep a backup of the FINDDATA
file in its original empty state so you can use it to create new files.  Copy it
to any name you like; you can run FINDIT with a different file by typing FINDIT
followed by the filename, like ^1FINDIT NEWDATA^0.

   A final note:  If you're going to make extensive use of this program, copy 
it to your own disk; there's not much room on BIG BLUE DISK for your data.

DISK FILES THIS PROGRAM USES:
^FFINDIT.EXE
^FBRUN30.EXE
^FRETURN30.EXE
^FFINDDATA (The initially-empty data file)
^FFINDDATA.SAM (A sample data file)