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COMTRAC  is a shareware filing system that keeps track
of companies.   Phone  calls,  appointment  dates  and
correspondence are  kept.  COMTRAC is full menu driven
and has extensive on-line help.  A  phone  call  timer
is  available  for  those  that  need to keep track of
time spent on phone calls.

COMTRAC comes with predefined demo companies.  To  set
up  your  personal  system,  simply  delete  the  demo
companies by entering "d" at the COMPANY  MENU  HEADER
PAGE.   Enter you own companies by entering "a" at the
same menu/page.

COMTRAC locates companies quickly.  By  company  name,
SIC code  or  products  sold.    COMTRAC allows you to
enter the first few characters that make that  company
unique.

COMTRAC  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 company  can  be  in  up  to  12  different  user
defined categories.

A  contact  system provides the user with easy ways of
keeping  track   of   future   events,   appointments,
meetings, etc.

A  contextual  help  system  is  available  throughout
COMTRAC to aid you in using the system.  Press the  F1
key  (FUNCTION  1  KEY)  and COMTRAC 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.

COMTRAC has an AUTODIAL feature that  will  work  with
Hayes compatible  modems.    While in the company menu
press F3 to dial the phone number 1 and  press  F4  to
dial phone  number  2.  COMTRAC will start up the dial
sequence and you can simply pick  up  the  phone  when
someone answers the line.

COMTRAC will  also record your incoming calls.  Simply
press F9 from the COMTRAC menu and the  call  will  be
recorded in the PHONE LOG PAGE.

COMTRAC also  keeps  track  of  correspondence.   Both
received and sent correspondence can be tracked.

You can use your printer manual to  set  up  different
fonts:    underline,   boldface,  italics,  compressed
print for your particular printer.

The ESC key  can  be  used  to  exit  menus  and  stop
reports  at  any  time. This indicates to COMTRAC 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.   Although
not  mentioned anywhere else, you can also use the TAB
key instead of ESC.

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

The  RIGHT  ARROW  Key will move right 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 COMPANY 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 COMPANY 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  F9  Key (FUNCTION 9) will record an incoming call
while in the COMTRAC MENU for the displayed company.

The F10 Key (FUNCTION 10)  is  an  information  screen
which  displays  where you can contact the author (me)
about registering for the professional version.

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Enter the name of the  company.    This  is  an  index
field   meaning  that  the  companies  are  sorted  in
alphabetic order by company name  when  the  "company"
index is chosen.

Press ESC to exit.

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Enter the SIC  code.  This is also an index field.  If
the index is set to "SIC CODE", the companies will  be
sorted and accessed by SIC code.

Press ESC to exit.

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Enter the  product(s)  the  company sells.  This field
is an index field.  If the index is set to  "PRODUCT",
the  companies  will be sorted and accessed by PRODUCT
name.

Press the UP and DOWN arrow to view the  previous  and
next companies.

Press ESC to exit.

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Enter   the   name  of  the  contact  person  at  this
company.   Enter   the   full   name   including   the
salutation  as  this  field  may be used in the custom
forms.

Examples:

    Mr. John Davis
    Dr. Tom Surgeon

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Enter the title of the contact person.

Examples:
    Vice President
    Director of Technology
    Associate Engineer
    Marketing Rep.
    Consultant

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Enter a name appropriate for a personal letter.    The
"dear"  field  allows  a personal touch when using the
custom form letters.

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Enter a short  memo  field,  useful  info  here  could
include:

    o  spouse name
    o  birthdate
    o  salesperson handling this account
    o  account number
    o  any extra information

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Enter a  10  character  memo.  The memo will appear in
the 1 month calendar page.

Examples:

    Meeting
    Anniversry
    Lunch 11am

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This field provides more space for  details  that  the
MEMO field cannot handle with 10 characters.

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Enter  "n" for company name, "s" for SIC code, "p" for
product.

The index will be changed so that you will be able  to
recall  the  companies  by  name, SIC code and product
name.

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

To  search  for  "Joe's  Bakery", set the index to "n"
company name and enter  "joe"  at  the  prompt.    The
company name is the default index.

To  search  for  the first company selling "automotive
supplies", change the index  to  "product"  and  enter
"aut".

To  search for companies by SIC code, change the index
to "Sic code" and enter the first few  digits  of  the
SIC code.

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The  form  file  could  not  be located in the current
directory.  COMTRAC is looking for the following  file
names in the current directory:

       Form 1  - comtrac.1
       Form 2  - comtrac.2
       Form 3  - comtrac.3
       Form 4  - comtrac.4
       Form 5  - comtrac.5
       Mailing Label - comtrac.lbl

These  must  be ASCII files and must be in the current
directory.  COMTRAC verifies that each file  is  ASCII
before proceeding.

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Press  "y" if you wish to add this company permanently
to the database.  Otherwise, press "n" -  the  company
will not be added to the database.

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Press  "y"  if  you  wish  to save the changes made to
this company permanently.  Otherwise, press "n" -  the
changes will be abandoned.

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Press  "y"  if  you  wish  to  permanently DELETE this
company from the database.   Otherwise,  press  "n"  -
the company will remain in the database.

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The  code  letters  on  this  page  have the following
meanings:

 PHONE CALLS
 Bsy - busy             No - noanswer
 In  - incoming call    Ok - phone call ok

 LETTERS
 Rcv - received         Snt - sent


Press the down/up arrow  to  view  next  and  previous
company, or enter a key.

Press the ENTER key to view different months.

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The  current  month is at the lower left corner of the
screen.  On MONO display  screens,  those  dates  that
have  phone  calls  or  letters  will  be  in  INTENSE
white.  On COLOR display screens, the same  dates  are
in RED.  Contact dates will be blinking.

Press the ENTER key to view different months.

Press  the  down/up  arrow  to  view next and previous
company, or enter a key.

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The code letters  on  this  page  have  the  following
meanings:

 PHONE CALLS
 b - busy phone call          n - noanswer phone call
 i - incoming phone call      o - ok phone call

 LETTERS
 R - received letter          S - sent letter

 CONTACTS
    blinking dates

Press  the  down/up  arrow  to  view next and previous
company, or enter a key.

Press the ENTER key to view different months.

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15 different contact appointment dates are kept  track
of from this page.

In  typing  the  contact,  move  to cursor to an empty
slot or simply type over an old reminder  date.    You
must  fill  in  the  memo  field  in order to save the
reminder.

Don't worry about the order you insert  the  reminders
since  COMTRAC  automatically sorts the reminders with
the earliest dates  at  the  top  when  you  save  the
changes.

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This  page is a log of the last 15 phone calls made to
this company.  Press ENTER  to  change  the  memo  and
status of call.

The fifteenth call will drop off the list.

If  you  don't have a modem connected to a handset you
can still use phone  call  logging.    Set  the  MODEM
PARAMETER in the SYSTEM PARAMETER PAGE to "n".

Press  F3 or F4 and the call will be placed "manually"
- by you.  The call and its result (Busy, Noanswer  or
Ok)  is saved along with the current date and time. If
you wish to receive incoming calls, pressing  F9  will
log  an  incoming  call in the same manner as outgoing
calls.

You cannot make or take  a  call  while  updating  the
PHONE  MEMO  or  STATUS  fields  - COMTRAC will simply
beep at you if you try.

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

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

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Enter an short comment next to the most recent call.

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Enter the address  of  the  company.  If  the  address
spans  two  different  lines,  use  both  ADDRESS1 and
ADDRESS2.

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

Press ESC to get out of the update mode.

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Enter the company's city.  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.

Press ESC to get out of the update mode.

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Enter the  state.   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 COMTRAC.

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

Press 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.

Press ESC to get out of the update mode.

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Enter the company's phone number. There is extra  room
to add a comment next to the phone number.

    PHONE 1 :  Info Ctr 444-2321

Make sure the comment doesn't contain an 'X'.

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

Note  also that you can signify an extension by making
an 'X' in the number.  COMTRAC will ignore all  digits
appearing after the 'X'.  For example:

    PHONE 1 :  2554433x444

COMTRAC will dial "2554433" ignoring "444".

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

Press ESC to get out of the update mode.

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Enter   the   code(s)  that  are  applicable  to  this
company.  The selected codes will be  highlighted  and
marked with an asterisk '*'.

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

Enter ESC to get out of the update mode.

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This page records the last 15  letters/memos  sent  or
received from  this  company.    Press  ENTER twice to
update the top entry.  Press ENTER then enter  'a'  to
add a new entry, moving all prior entries down.

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It  is  from  this  page  that  you  can  add, delete,
change, or search for company.

Enter:
    a - add a new company
    d - delete an old company
    i - change the index
    F3 - dial phone 1
    F4 - dial phone 2
    F9 - log an incoming call
    ENTER - change/modify the company

After entering F3 or F4 if the phone is busy:    enter
"b".   If  nobody  answers  enter "n", otherwise press
the space bar.

Press the DOWN arrow or UP arrow to view the next  and
previous company.   You will notice that the companies
are sorted in alphabetical  order  according  to  what
index is  set.    Try  changing  the index to SIC then
press the DOWN arrow key to see what happens.

To change the index, enter  "i"  then  enter  "n"  for
company name, "p" for product, and "s" for SIC code.

To  search  for  a  particular company enter the first
few letters of the company name.

Example:

To find the company "John's Hotub Service"

Entering "jo" will search the database for  the  first
occurrence of  a company starting with "jo".  If there
is a "Joe's Diner"  in  the  database,  it  will  find
"Joe's  Diner"  instead  of  "John's  Hotub", as "Joe"
appears alphabetically before "John".  Press the  DOWN
arrow key to the next record:  "John's Hotub"

Note:   While  searching  for  companies, COMTRAC does
NOT make a distinction between upper  and  lower  case
names.   I.e.,  there  is  NO difference between "Joe"
and "joe" and "JOE".

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COMTRAC Menu - Add,  delete,  update  and  search  for
companies 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 company name.

Press ESC to exit COMTRAC.

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COMTRAC Reports - Print  listings  of  companies  from
this menu.     There  are  a  total  of  12  different
reports,  6  of  which  can  be  customized  as   form
letters, envelopes, rolodex cards or mailing labels.

For custom printouts see the files:

  comtrac.lbl comtrac.1 comtrac.2
  comtrac.3 comtrac.4 comtrac.5

They  must  all be ASCII files and live in the current
directory.

Press ESC to exit COMTRAC.

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Edit Codes - Edit all codes from this  menu.    Choose
from 12  different  codes.    These  are  custom codes
which can have any designation.

Use your imagination in using the code fields.

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Change COMTRAC's  idea  of  the  CURRENT  date.    The
CURRENT  date  is  displayed in the upper right corner
of the screen and is set by the DOS date initially.

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Enter the selection code letter(s).  For  example,  if
Code  A  is  the  Paper  Suppliers,  Code  B is the Ad
agencies and you wish to select all  members  of  both
Code A and Code B, type "ab".

Enter "a" for just the Paper Suppliers

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

Press ESC to quit.

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A telephone directory is printed in this report.

Each company is printed along with both phone  numbers
and a contact name.

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Those  CONTACT  DATES scheduled for today are printed.
See the CONTACT PAGE of the COMPANY MENU.

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Those CONTACT DATES scheduled  for  this  week  (today
through 7 days from today) are printed.

See the CONTACT PAGE of the COMPANY MENU.

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A standard company list is printed in this report.

Items  listed are company name, product, SIC code, and
location.

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Each company  is  printed  along  with  the  following
data:

    o Date and time of phone call
    o BUSY, OK, NOANS, or INCALL
    o a phone message as recorded on the
       PHONE LOG PAGE.

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Each  company  is  printed  along  with  the following
data:

    o Date of letter or correspondence
    o RECEIVED or SENT status
    o a short note as recorded on the LETTER PAGE.

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COMTRAC is looking for  the  following  files  in  the
current directory:
        comtrac.lbl
        comtrac.1
        comtrac.2
        comtrac.3
        comtrac.4
        comtrac.5

Note:   Do  not  use TABS in the form file, use spaces
instead.  COMTRAC version 1.0 doesn't work  well  with
TABS.

If   you   choose  option  "Form  2."  then  the  file
"comtrac.2" will be used as a form file.    This  file
must be   an  ASCII  text  file.    To  use  the  form
capabilities the following fields are defined:

   *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

   *na - company 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
   *co - contact name
   *de - dear salutation
   *ti - title of contact
   *me - memo field
   *pr - product
   *si - SIC code
   *po - phone One
   *pt - phone Two

   *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:

  *na%40 - company name right just. pad with space
  *na%-40 - company name left just. pad with space

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Press 'y'  to  finish  this session with COMTRAC.  All
files will by safely closed.

Press ESC or 'n' to continue working with COMTRAC.

DO NOT exit COMTRAC by shutting off or  resetting  the
computer!

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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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Modify system parameters from this menu:

    printer parameters
    modem line
    screen - mono or color
    error bells - on or off
    default city, state and zip

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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

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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
COMTRAC,   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 "comtrac.3" for an example.    The  printer  codes
are setup  for  the IBM printer.  You can change these
at any time.

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Enter a name for the code category listed.

Examples:
    Code A:  Suppliers
    Code B:  Vendors

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Enter "n" if you don't have a modem attached  to  your
serial port.    Enter  1,  2,  3 or 4 if your modem is
attached to COM1, 2, 3 or 4 respectively.

COMTRAC currently works with Hayes  compatible  modems
only.

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Enter  "m"  if  you  have  a monochrome screen and the
shades that COMTRAC is using are not acceptable.

Enter "c" if you have a color screen.

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Type "y" to turn on COMTRAC'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.   COMTRAC'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 COMTRAC down  when
adding many  en-  tries  to  the  system.  This may be
intolerable on a floppy based system.

When entering many companies into  the  database,  you
may wish  to  set  it  to  10.   COMTRAC automatically
sync's its files when you  exit.    Be  sure  to  exit
COMTRAC  by  pressing the ESC key and answering "y" to
the exit prompts.

DO NOT exit COMTRAC 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.   COMTRAC will 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

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  re-
port, 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 COMTRAC'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:reportsmar.87

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

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COMTRAC cannot make contact with your printer.

COMTRAC is set up to talk to an LPT:    port.    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.

Use a zero or blank space to clear out a field.    The
fields  to  the  right  of  the cleared out field will
also be cleared out.  Since COMTRAC  uses  zero  as  a
place  marker to clear out a field, you cannot enter a
zero into a print code field.

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  every  time a report is printed answer "y" to
the question.

If you answer "n", COMTRAC 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.

COMTRAC 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 COMTRAC.

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Enter  the number of columns that you want the printer
to start printing.  I.e. if you enter 5, COMTRAC  will
advance 5 spaces on each printed line.

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Press  "y"  and  COMTRAC  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,
envelopes, 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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Enter "n"  for  company  name.   Enter "p" for product
name, "s" for SIC code.

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,  "Cononotel",
enter  "n"  for  key  selection at the "Name selected"
prompt.  Then at the "From name"  and  "Thru"  prompts
enter "cono"   and   "cono".    COMTRAC  is  NOT  case
sensitive, so "CONO" will do as well.

To select all companies in the  zip  code  87100  thru
88000,  enter  "z"  at  the "Name Selected" prompt and
"87100" at "From Name" and "88000" at  the  thru  name
prompts.

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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  companies  with  SIC codes names from "10" to "11"
enter "10" in the From name field, and enter  "11"  in
the Thru name field.

If  the  zip  code field was selected, enter the first
few digits of the starting zip code.

If the product field was selected  and  we  wanted  to
select  "software",  enter "software" in both the From
and Thru fields.

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Enter the ending name in  alphabetic  order  for  this
field.

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Enter  "c"  to select a company by the contact date in
the CONTACT PAGE.   Those  companies  that  have  been
contacted  within  the  date range you specify will be
printed.

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Enter the starting date for selection.

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

Examples:

   To select companies for Nov 23, 1987
   Simply enter:  "23Nov87", or "112387".
   To select companies for the month of
   December enter:  1Dec87 and 31Dec87

Shortcut examples (using date arithmetic):

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

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

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

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Enter a new date for the  system.    COMTRAC  has  the
ability  to  process  dates  using  date arithmetic as
well as accepting dates in a variety of formats.

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

Examples:

   To select a date of Nov 23, 1989
   Simply enter:  "23Nov89", or "112389".
   If the current year is 1989, simply enter
   the month and day.  If the current month
   is November as well, only enter "23".

Shortcut examples (using date arithmetic):

   To change the date to tomorrow:  "+1"
   Last week:  "-1w"
   1st of this month:  "1"
   Last day of last month:  "1-1"
   First day of next month:  "1+1m"

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Enter the ending date.   The  companies  with  CONTACT
dates  as shown in the CONTACT PAGE will be printed if
they fall within the start and end date.

The quotes in the examples that follow are not  to  be
entered  into COMTRAC, 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 COMTRAC 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 ESC or "n" to go back to the previous menu.

Press  ENTER  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 COMTRAC.  When you type  in  "a"
at  the  COMTRAC 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 COMTRAC.  When you type in "a"
at the COMTRAC 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 COMTRAC.  When you type  in  "a"
at  the  COMTRAC  menu header page, the ZIP field will
automatically be set to the default.

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Enter "t" if your telephone is equipped  with  a  tone
dial phone.    Enter  "p"  if  it is a pulse or rotary
phone.

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Press ENTER to change the top entry or  enter  'a'  to
add a new entry.

If  you  add  new  entries  the  prior entries will be
shifted down by one.  The 15th letter  at  the  bottom
of the page will be discarded.

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Enter the date of correspondence:

Examples:

   To select correspondence 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

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Enter  an  's'  for SENT letters/correspondence and an
'r' for received letters.

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Enter a short note describing this letter.

Examples:
    Thank you note
    Notice of deposition
    Bill payment

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Enter a name for the appropriate  form.    If  a  form
name  is  entered  and you choose to print the form or
send it to a capture file,  then  this  name  will  be
automatically  recorded  on  the  LETTER PAGE with the
form name in the MEMO field.

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The following keys will scroll through the dates:

    Up Arrow - Previous year
    Down Arrow - Next year
    Left Arrow - Previous month
    Right Arrow - Next month
    Home key - This month

Press ESC or the ENTER key to exit.

You are limited to scrolling through 10  years.    The
bell will beep when the limit is reached.

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Enter a  contact  date  :    meeting  date, deposition
date, appointment, etc.  This date and its  associated
memo   will  appear  in  the  calendar  pages  and  is
integrated with  the  "TODAY'S  CONTACT"  and  "WEEK'S
CONTACT" reports.

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Enter  a  short  memo  (10 chars) which will appear in
the 1 month calendar page.

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Enter "n" for no answer, "b" for  busy,  "o"  for  ok"
and "i" for incoming call.

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Enter   "y"   if  you  have  an  IBM/EPSON  compatible
printer.  If you do, COMTRAC  will  save  the  screens
using  the  line  drawing  character  set  instead  of
dashes "-", plus symbols "+" and pipe symbols "|".

Your saved screens  may  look  more  attractive  using
this option.    If  the line drawing characters appear
as a string of MMMMMMMMMMMM's, you will want to  enter
"n" at this option.

To see if it works on your printer do the following:
    0)  Set this option to "y"
    1)  Discard previous saved screens
    2)  Call up a calendar page
    3)  Enter F2 to save the screen
    4)  Print the saved screen
    5)  Check the printed output
