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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 company
name.  CONTACT allows  you  to  enter  the  first  few
characters  that  make  that   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 con-
tacts.  CONTACT allows you  to  interface  with  ASCII
text  files and has a mail/merge feature. You can cus-
tomize forms  using  an  ASCII  text  editor  such  as
Wordstar  or  Sidekick.  You can create rolodex cards,
mailing labels, personalized form letters, custom  re-
ports in formats of your choosing!

Each contact can be  placed  in  up  to  15  different
categories.   Categories  are  useful  for  seperating
contacts.

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.

Separate file systems are available.  Vendor  contacts 
can be kept 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  informa-
tive  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 
record your incoming calls.  Simply press F9 from  the
CONTACT menu and the call will be timestamped.

CONTACT will also keep track of correspondence.   Both
received and sent correspondence will be tracked.

CONTACT  keeps  track  of  important  dates  such   as 
birthdates anniversary dates, meeting dates, etc.

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  re-
ports   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  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 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 F9 Key (FUNCTION 9) will record an  incoming  call
while in the CONTACT MENU for the displayed contact.

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 char-
acters per line. It's enough room for a practical 
amount of information.

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  sys-
tem 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  al-
ready exist.  Use up to 8 characters.

Example:

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

    The following data files will be created:
    CUST.hdr, CUST.dt, CUST.nx0, CUST.nx1 and
    CUST.nx2  (these files comprise a file system)

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  da-
tabase.  "GER", "Ger" and "ger" are identical.
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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  - contact.1
       Form 2  - contact.2
       Form 3  - contact.3
       Form 4  - contact.4
       Form 5  - contact.5
       Mailing Label - contact.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  con-
tact  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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CONTACT MEMO DATE
F - first        N - next     L - last date

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


Press the down/up arrow  to  view  next  and  previous 
contacts, or enter a key.  Press ENTER to  change  the
dates displayed.

This 1 month calendar displays reminder memos as  well
as the same codes on the 3 month calendar.
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CONTACT MEMO DATE
F - first        N - next     L - last date

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


Press the down/up arrow  to  view  next  and  previous 
contacts, or enter a key.  Press ENTER to  change  the
dates displayed.
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15  different  reminder  dates  are kept track of from
this page.

In typing the reminder, 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 CONTACT automatically sorts the  reminders  with  
the earliest  dates  at  the  top when  you  save  the 
changes.

The reminder memo will appear in the 1 month calendar 
page, and the date in the 3 month calendar will blink.
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This page is a log of the last 15 phone calls made  to
this  contact.   By pressing ENTER, the only field al-
lowed to change is the MEMO field of the  most  recent
call.

The fifteenth call will drop off  the  list.   If  you
want to save this information, use the F2 (save screen
key).

Even if you aren't using a modem, you  can  still  use
phone  call logging.  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 will be allowed to enter a short comment  next  to
the call.

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

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

Enter the first few letters of the  key  of  which  to
search.
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Enter a short comment next to the  most  recent  call.
You can only change the memo of the most recent call.
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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.  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

Make sure the comment doesn't contain an 'X', as  CON-
TACT ignores all digits after an 'X' or 'x'.

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

    HOME PHONE : 255-4433 x444

CONTACT will dial "2554433" for you and it  is  up  to
you to ask for the extension.

CONTACT normally 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  mo-
ment.   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 simply enter:

    WORK PHONE :  Claim 444-2321

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

CONTACT 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.  CONTACT will ignore all digits
appearing after the 'X'.  For example:

    WORK PHONE : 2554433x444

You may have to compress the number if it  is  a  long
distance call. (by eliminating spaces and dashes)

CONTACT will dial "2554433" for you and it  is  up  to
you to ask for the extension.

A comma "," will cause the modem to pause  for  a  mo-
ment.   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.  If  you  wish  to
search  for  a  particular contact by company, you can
simply change the index to COMPANY.  Typing  in  the
first  few  characters that distinguish the company at
the prompt will bring the contact to the screen.

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
an asterisk '*'.

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",
birthdates, anniversary dates, etc.

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
to the top left corner of the box desired  then  press 
the LEFT arrow.

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

Press the LEFT or RIGHT arrow  to  view  the HEADER or 
PHONE LOG page.

Enter the first few letters of the  key  of  which  to
search.
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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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This page records the last 15  letters/memos  sent  or
received from this  contact.   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 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
    F9 - log an incoming call
    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  or 
PHONE LOG 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",  as  "True" 
appears alphabetically before "Trujillo".   Press  the 
DOWN arrow key to the next record: "Ed Trujillo"

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 differ-
ence 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 con-
tacts  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 listings of contacts from this
menu.  There are a total of 12 different reports, 6 of
which can  be  customized  by  you  as  form  letters, 
rolodex cards or mailing labels.  This  makes  CONTACT 
applicable to your specific needs.

For custom printouts see the files:

  contact.lbl  contact.1  contact.2  
  contact.3    contact.4  contact.5

They must all be ASCII files and live in  the  current
directory.
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Edit Codes - You can edit all codes  from  this  menu.
Choose from 15 different codes. 
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Enter the selection code letter(s).  For  example,  if
Code A is the Bowling Team, Code  B  is  the  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 one
of two reports that don't give you a select option.

If there are zero contacts to meet with  today, none
will be printed.
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Contact's with a NEXT contact date  of  today  thru  7
days from today will be printed.

Contacts are sorted in key alpha order.  This is one
report that doesn't give you a select option.

The output is similar to the TODAY'S  APPOINTMENT  re-
port  except  that  the NEXT contact date is shown in-
stead of the Home and Work numbers.
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Each contact name is printed along with his  home  and
work phone number(s).

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Each contact name is printed along with the NEXT  con-
tact date.

Select contacts  for  appointments  next  month,  next
week, or tomorrow.  You have many different choices.
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Each contact 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 contact 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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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:
   (if "CONTACT" is the current file system)
        contact.lbl   
        contact.1
        contact.2
        contact.3
        contact.4
        contact.5

If the current file system is business associates 
"BUSINESS", then the following
files should be in the current directory:
        business.lbl   
        business.1
        business.2
        business.3
        business.4
        business.5

These files correspond  to  their  menu selection.

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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Modify system parameters from this menu:

    Open an existing file system
    Create a new  file  system
    Delete an old file system
    Copy records from one file system to another 
    Change printer parameters
    Change modem line parameters
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Open an existing file system.  The file system  speci-
fied  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 set-
tings.

Use your printer manual to change some of  these  set-
tings.
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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 informa-
tion in the Programming Section of your printer  manu-
al.

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 "contact.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 sys-
tem.   Both file systems must have been created previ-
ously 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 creat-
ed.   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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Enter "m" if you have  a  monochrome  screen  and  the 
shades that CONTACT is using are not acceptable.

Enter "c" if you have a color screen.
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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 en-
tries 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  au-
tomatically  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 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 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:7eportsmar.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  every time  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.
@@             
Press "y" and CONTACT will pause between each form al-
lowing 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 rolo-
dex cards.
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Feed in a new form then press ENTER to print the  next
form.  ESC aborts the printout.
@@            
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 accord-
ing to the sort selection.
@@       
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.
@@       
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 Fri-
day or next month.  Or we may want to select those in-
dividuals that we first contacted two months ago.
@@           
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.
@@      
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.
@@        
Enter "t" if your telephone is equipped  with  a  tone
dial  phone.   Enter  "p"  if  it is a pulse or rotary
phone.
@@          
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.
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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.
@@       
Enter a short note describing this letter.

Examples:
    Thank you note
    Notice of deposition
    Bill payment
@@           
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

You are limited to scrolling through  10  years.   The
bell will beep when the limit is reached.
@@       
Enter a reminder date :  anniversary  date,  birthdate,
meeting date, etc.

@@       
Enter a short memo (10 chars) which will appear in the
1 month calendar page.
@@       
Enter "n" for no answer, "b" for busy, "o" for ok" and
"i" for incoming call.

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Enter "h" for home phone or "w" for work phone.
