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<HLP_GRP00001>
General Help Page 1 of 7
This program contains functions for displaying yearly and monthly
calendars, editing and printing monthly calendars and daily appoint-
ments, and setting alarms to remind yourself of important events.
Throughout the help text in this program the convention used to denote
when 2 keys must be pressed at the same time is to combine them with
a plus (+) sign. For example, Alt+D indicates to press and hold down
the Alt key and then press the D key. Then release both. The arrow
keys are denoted by Right, Left, Up and Down.
PULL-DOWN MENU
--------------
The pull-down menu at the top of the screen has several options which
can be used throughout the program. To activate this menu press the
Alt key. This will highlight the "File" field. The right and left
arrow keys can be used to move from one field to another. To pull
down the sub-menu for a field press the Enter key. Pressing one of
the bold characters on the top line of the pull-down will move
to the field and pull down its sub-menu. If a sub-menu is already
pulled down, then the bold characters on the top line are no
<HLP_GRP00002>
General Help Page 2 of 7
longer active. The up and down arrow keys can be used to move from
one sub-menu field to another. Pressing Enter, selects the currently
highlighted sub-menu field. Pressing the bold character of one
of the sub-menu fields automatically selects it. Pressing Esc, exits
the pull-down without making a selection. Once a selection is made,
or Esc pressed, the appropriate action is taken and control is
returned to the main menu below.
When a field in the pull-down menu is not currently active it is dis-
played in a different color (usually dark grey on most color monitors
and totally blacked out on monochrome monitors). Selecting one of
these fields does nothing.
The following sections describe the main menu fields of the pull-down
menu. The "Edit" section is different depending on what section of
the program you are in. It is described in the help for each section.
Some of the pull-down options can be executed directly, without going
through the pull-down, these options list the appropriate key(s) (to
the right in parenthesis) to type to execute the command directly.
<HLP_GRP00003>
General Help Page 3 of 7
Files
-----
The files section of the main pull-down has the following options:
Save - Saves the currently displayed appointment, monthly calendar or
alarm file.
Delete - Deletes the currently displayed appointment, monthly calendar
or alarm file.
Print - Prints the currently displayed appointment or monthly calendar
file.
Dos Shell - Temporarily brings up the DOS command line. It is import-
ant to remember to type "exit" when you are done, to return to the
program, since it is still taking up memory. If you wish to perma-
nently leave the program use the "Exit" selection below.
Go Resident - Exits the program, but leaves it resident in memory, so
that it can be activated with the hot-key.
Unload - Exits the program and removes it from memory. The program
must have previously been loaded resident.
Exit - Exits the program.
<HLP_GRP00004>
General Help Page 4 of 7
Options
-------
The options section of the main pull-down has the following options:
Appointments (F2), Alarm (F3), Month Calendar (F4), Year Calendar
(F5) and Month/Appt. (F6).
Appointments - switches to the appointment edit screen. The appoint-
ment file for the currently selected date is displayed.
Alarm - switches to the alarm edit screen. The alarms, if any, for
the currently selected date are displayed.
Month Calendar - switches to the monthly calendar edit screen. The
monthly calendar for the currently selected date is displayed.
Year Calendar - switches to the yearly calendar display.
Month/Appt. - switches to the split screen month/appointment display.
<HLP_GRP00005>
General Help Page 5 of 7
Search
------
The search section of the main pull-down has the following options:
Forward (F7) and Backward (Shift+F7). This pull-down sub-menu is only
active when the split screen month/appointment display is active.
Forward - search for the given text in appointment files after the
current date.
Backward - search for the given text in appointment files before the
current date.
<HLP_GRP00006>
General Help Page 6 of 7
Program Config.
---------------
The configuration section of the main pull-down has the following
options: Color, Appointment Template, Printer, Holidays, Start Screen,
Alarm, TSR, Time and Auto Save.
Color - configures the program colors.
Appointment Template - configures the default appointment screen.
Printer - configures printer parameters.
Holidays - configures the holidays which are automatically built into
the monthly calendars when the are first created.
Start Screen - configures the first screen which appears when the
program is loaded.
Alarm - configures the alarm parameters.
Tsr - configures the parameters associated with loading the program
as a TSR.
Time - configures how times and dates are displayed.
Auto Save - turns the auto save feature on and off.
<HLP_GRP00007>
General Help Page 7 of 7
EXECUTING APCAL
---------------
The syntax for the APCAL command is:
APCAL [/L] [/M]
where: /L Loads the program as a TSR (Terminate and Stay Resident).
/M Forces the program to use the monochrome display attributes.
If the /L switch is not used, then APCAL can be loaded resident by
selecting "Go Resident" from the "File" menu. When the program is
resident it can be activated, at any time, with the hot-key and exited
by selecting "Exit" from the "File" menu. To completely remove the
program from memory, select "Unload" from the "File" menu. This option
has no effect if the program is not loaded resident.
APCAL does not have to be run as a TSR. You can execute it without the
/L switch and exit by selecting the "Exit" option on the "File" menu.
The program will be loaded and completely removed from memory each time
you run it in this way. The program cannot be popped up from within
other programs, via the hot-key, when run in this way. Also, alarms
will not sound unless you are in APCAL at the time of the alarm.
<HLP_GRP00201>
Appointment Help Page 1 of 5
For help on other topics, exit this screen by pressing the Tab key
until the END field is highlighted and press Enter. Then press Alt+H
(press ALT and the H key at the same time) to bring up the help pull
down menu. Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight the desired
topic and press Enter. If this is your first time in APCAL then you
should probably select the "General" topic.
The appointment edit screen is used to enter your schedule for the
currently selected date. If a previous schedule was saved for this
date then it will appear. If not, then the appointment template will
be displayed (see "Configuration" help).
The arrow keys are used to move around the screen. Appointment text
can be typed into each appointment slot. The options on the "File"
pull down menu can be used to save, print and delete the appointment
file.
<HLP_GRP00202>
Appointment Help Page 2 of 5
The following keys can be used in the appointment edit screen. Some
of these can also be selected from the pull-down menu.
Insert toggles insert mode on and off.
Delete deletes the character at the current cursor position.
Home moves to the beginning of the appointment line.
End moves to the end of the appointment line.
Backspace moves the cursor left and deletes the character at that
position.
Enter moves to the beginning of the next line.
F1 brings up this help screen.
F3 switches to the alarm screen.
F4 switches to the monthly calendar screen.
F5 switches to the yearly calendar screen.
F6,TAB switches to the split screen month/appointment display.
F9 is used to toggle editing of the time fields.
<HLP_GRP00203>
Appointment Help Page 3 of 5
Alt activates the pull-down menu. Pressing Alt plus one of the
bold characters in the top pull-down line activates that
pull-down menu.
Alt+C copies the current line to a scratch buffer.
Alt+M copies the current line to scratch and then erases it.
Alt+I overwrites the current line with the contents of the
scratch buffer created by the last Alt+C or Alt+M.
Alt+D erases the characters from the cursor position to the end
of the line.
Alt+L erases the current line.
Alt+A brings up the alarm parameter menu for the appointment at
the current cursor position.
<HLP_GRP00204>
Appointment Help Page 4 of 5
To set/remove an alarm for the appointment at the current cursor posi-
tion press Alt+A. This brings up the appointment alarm menu. The
first field in the alarm menu toggles the alarm ON and OFF. Press the
space bar to toggle between the 2 values. Tab moves to the next field
and Shift+Tab moves to the previous. The next field sets the number
of minutes before the appointment the alarm will sound. Entering any-
thing other than an integer number of minutes causes a beep and the
field cannot be exited until an integer is entered. The duration
field sets the number of minutes the alarm will continue to sound if
it is snoozed. It must also be an integer.
For example, if the current appointment time is 2:00 pm and the
"Number Of Minutes Before" is set to 15, the alarm will sound at
1:45 pm. If "Snooze" is selected when the alarm sounds, then the
alarm will snooze for the time period set in the alarm configuration.
If this value is set to 5, then the alarm will sound again 5 minutes
from the time at which "Snooze" was selected. This continues until
"End" is selected. The alarm will also end if the "Duration" time is
exceeded. For example, if the duration is set to 15 minutes then the
alarm will not sound after 2:00 pm, even if it is snoozed.
<HLP_GRP00205>
Appointment Help Page 5 of 5
Pressing Enter on the OK field sets the alarm using the entered para-
meters and ends the alarm menu. Pressing Enter on the CANCEL field
ends the alarm menu and discards any changes made to the parameters.
Pressing Esc on any field has the same effect.
Appointments with alarms have a check in the alarm column. Up to 10
alarms can be set for any day. This includes any alarms set in the
regular alarm menu.
<HLP_GRP00301>
Regular Alarm Help Page 1 of 4
For help on other topics, exit this screen by pressing the Tab key
until the END field is highlighted and press Enter. Then press Alt+H
(press ALT and the H key at the same time) to bring up the help pull
down menu. Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight the desired
topic and press Enter. If this is your first time in APCAL then you
should probably select the "General" topic.
There are 2 types of alarms which can be set in this program: Appoint-
ment alarms and Regular alarms. The appointment alarms are assoc-
iated with an appointment and are set in the appointment edit screen.
Regular and Boot alarms are set in the alarm menu and are not
associated with an appointment.
The top portion of the regular alarm screen consists of the message
text for each alarm set for the current date. The arrow (->), at the
left, points to the selected alarm. The parameters associated with
this alarm are displayed in the box in the bottom portion of the
screen. The up and down arrow keys can be used to select other alarms
in the list. The "File" options on the pull-down menu can be used to
save and delete the alarm file for the currently selected date.
<HLP_GRP00302>
Regular Alarm Help Page 2 of 4
The following keys can be used in the alarm screen. Some of these
can also be selected from the pull-down menu.
F1 brings up this help screen.
F2 switches to the appointment screen.
F4 switches to the monthly calendar screen.
F5 switches to the yearly calendar screen.
F6 switches to the split screen month/appointment display.
Alt activates the pull-down menu. Pressing Alt plus one of the
bold characters in the top pull-down line activates that
pull-down menu.
Alt+A adds another alarm.
Alt+D deletes the currently selected alarm.
Alt+M modifies the currently selected alarm.
When Alt+A or Alt+M is pressed, the parameter menu at the bottom of
the screen is activated. These parameters can then be edited. Alt+A
adds a new alarm and Alt+M allows the modification of the parameters
for the currently selected alarm. Tab moves to the next field and
Shift+Tab moves to the previous field in this menu.
<HLP_GRP00303>
Regular Alarm Help Page 3 of 4
The first field in the alarm parameter menu determines whether the
alarm is a REGULAR or BOOT alarm. The space bar toggles between the
2 values. Regular alarms occur for the time interval given in the
start and end time fields. Boot alarms occur when the computer is
first booted and continue until midnight unless terminated.
The start time fields set the time when the alarm will first sound,
if it is a REGULAR alarm. The hours field must be an integer between
1 and 12 (24 in 24 hour mode) and the minutes field must be an integer
between 0 and 59. Entering anything else causes a beep and the field
cannot be exited until a valid integer is entered. The last field on
the start time line indicates whether the time is am or pm (not
present in 24 hour mode). The space bar toggles between am and pm.
The end time sets the end of a REGULAR alarm. The fields have the
same restrictions as the start time fields.
The start and end time are not set for BOOT alarms.
<HLP_GRP00304>
Regular Alarm Help Page 4 of 4
For example, if a regular alarm is set to start at 1:45 pm and end at
2:00 pm then the alarm will first sound at 1:45 pm. If "Snooze" is
selected when the alarm sounds, then the alarm will snooze for the time
period set in the alarm configuration. If this value is 5, then the
alarm will sound again 5 minutes from the time at which "Snooze" was
selected. This continues until "End" is selected or the time is later
than 2:00 pm.
The message field sets the text which will be displayed when the alarm
sounds.
Pressing Enter on the OK field sets the alarm using the entered para-
meters and ends the alarm parameter menu. Pressing Enter on the
CANCEL field ends the alarm parameter menu and discards any changes
made to the parameters. Pressing Esc on any field has the same effect.
Up to 10 alarms can be set for any day. This includes any alarms set
in the appointment menu.
<HLP_GRP00401>
Monthly Calendar Help Page 1 of 3
For help on other topics, exit this screen by pressing the Tab key
until the END field is highlighted and press Enter. Then press Alt+H
(press ALT and the H key at the same time) to bring up the help pull
down menu. Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight the desired
topic and press Enter. If this is your first time in APCAL then you
should probably select the "General" topic.
The monthly calendar screen can be used just like a wall calendar.
If a previous calendar was saved for this date then it will appear.
Otherwise, a new calendar is built and any configured holidays which
occur within the month are added (see "Configuration" help). The
arrow keys are used to move around within a day block. Any text can
be typed into a day block. The "File" options on the pull-down menu
can be used to save, print and delete the calendar.
<HLP_GRP00402>
Monthly Calendar Help Page 2 of 3
The following keys can be used in the calendar edit screen. Some of
these can also be selected from the pull-down menu.
Insert toggles insert mode on and off.
Delete deletes the character at the current cursor position.
Home moves to the beginning of the current day block line.
End moves to the end of the current day block line.
Backspace moves the cursor left and deletes the character at that
position.
Enter moves to the beginning of the next line in the day block.
Tab to highlight the next day in the calendar.
Shift+Tab to highlight the previous day in the calendar.
F1 brings up this help screen.
F2 switches to the appointment screen.
F3 switches to the alarm screen.
F5 switches to the yearly calendar screen.
F6 switches to the split screen month/appointment display.
Alt activates the pull-down menu. Pressing Alt plus one of the
bold characters in the top pull-down line activates that
pull-down menu.
<HLP_GRP00403>
Monthly Calendar Help Page 3 of 3
Ctrl+Right is used to pull up the next monthly calendar.
Ctrl+Left is used to pull up the previous monthly calendar.
Ctrl+Home returns to the actual date.
<HLP_GRP00501>
Yearly Calendar Help Page 1 of 2
For help on other topics, exit this screen by pressing the Tab key
until the END field is highlighted and press Enter. Then press Alt+H
(press ALT and the H key at the same time) to bring up the help pull
down menu. Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight the desired
topic and press Enter. If this is your first time in APCAL then you
should probably select the "General" topic.
The yearly calendar screen displays 9 months on the screen and allows
you to scroll through them using the arrow keys or Tab and Shift+Tab.
This screen sets the month and year used when other options are
selected. For example, highlighting May 1995 and pressing F4 will
bring up the monthly calendar for May 1995.
<HLP_GRP00502>
Yearly Calendar Help Page 2 of 2
The following keys can be used in the yearly calendar screen. Some of
these can also be selected from the pull-down menu.
Tab to highlight the next monthly calendar.
Shift+Tab to highlight the previous monthly calendar.
F1 brings up this help screen.
F2 switches to the appointment screen.
F3 switches to the alarm screen.
F4 switches to the monthly calendar screen.
F6 switches to the split screen month/appointment display.
Alt activates the pull-down menu. Pressing Alt plus one of the
bold characters in the top pull-down line activates that
pull-down menu.
Ctrl+Home to return to the actual date.
<HLP_GRP00601>
Month/Appt Screen Help Page 1 of 2
For help on other topics, exit this screen by pressing the Tab key
until the END field is highlighted and press Enter. Then press Alt+H
(press ALT and the H key at the same time) to bring up the help pull
down menu. Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight the desired
topic and press Enter. If this is your first time in APCAL then you
should probably select the "General" topic.
The split screen month/appointment display is used to quickly scan
your appointments for the coming days. The arrow keys can be used to
highlight different days in the month. The appointment file for that
date is displayed on the right. You may also locate a specific
appointment by searching forward or backward, from the currently
highlighted date, for a specified text string. This screen also sets
the date used if another option is selected. For example, pressing
TAB will bring up the appointment edit screen for the appointment
file displayed on the right in the month/appointment screen.
<HLP_GRP00602>
Month/Appt Screen Help Page 2 of 2
The following keys can be used in the month/appt screen. Some of
these can also be selected from the pull-down menu.
arrow keys used to highlight different days in the monthly calendars.
F1 brings up this help screen.
F2,TAB,CR switches to the appointment screen.
F3 switches to the alarm screen.
F4 switches to the monthly calendar screen.
F5 switches to the yearly calendar screen.
F7 search for the given text in the appointment files after
the currently highlighted date.
Shift+F7 search for the given text in the appointment files before
the currently highlighted date.
Alt activates the pull-down menu. Pressing Alt plus one of the
bold characters in the top pull-down line activates that
pull-down menu.
Ctrl+Right scrolls the month display one month ahead.
Ctrl+Left scrolls the month display one month back.
Ctrl+Home return to current date.
<HLP_GRP01001>
Color Configuration Help Page 1 of 2
This screen allows the configuration of the colors used by the pro-
gram.
To make a selection from the pop-up menu, highlight it using the up
and down arrow keys and press Enter or just type the field's bold
character. The following options are available on the pop-up menu.
Normal Text - Sets the normal text color. For example, the color this
text is in.
Highlighted Text - Sets the color of highlighted normal text. For ex-
ample the color of the current day selected in the split screen
month/appt display and the color of the current month selected in
the yearly calendar display.
Lowlight Text - Sets the color of lowlight text. For example, the
color of the appointment section of the split screen month/appt
display.
Pop-up Normal - Sets the color of pop-up menus.
Pop-up Highlighted - Sets the color of the selected field in pop-up
menus.
<HLP_GRP01002>
Color Configuration Help Page 2 of 2
Save - Saves the current color selection to the configuration file.
If this is not done, then any changes made to the color selection
will remain in affect for this session only.
Restore Defaults - Reads the values set in the configuration file and
sets the colors to those values.
Help - Brings up this help screen.
Quit - Exits the color configuration.
<HLP_GRP01101>
Appointment Template Help Page 1 of 1
This screen allows the appointment screen template to be edited. This
is the initial screen displayed if no appointment file for the
currently selected date is found. You may configure the times to
match your typical schedule and set any text you always want to appear
in a particular appointment slot. For example, you may want to block
out the 12:00 to 1:00 pm slots for lunch. You can change the appoint-
ment schedule times and appointment slots in the appointment edit menu
to allow for daily variations to your schedule. The appointment
template is just a starting point for each day.
To make a selection from the pop-up menu, highlight it using the up
and down arrow keys and press Enter or just type the field's bold
character. The following options are available on the pop-up menu.
Edit - Allows the editing of the appointment template. Press Esc to
end editing and return to the pop-up menu. Most of the available
keys in appointment editing (see "Appointment" help) are valid here.
Save - Saves the appointment template.
Help - Brings up this help screen.
Quit - Exits appointment template configuration.
<HLP_GRP01201>
Printer Configuration Help Page 1 of 3
This screen allows you to select the printer to which all print opera-
tions will send their output. It also allows you to configure new
printers and modify the parameters of existing ones.
The up and down arrow keys can be used to move the arrow (->) on the
left through the list of printers. The parameters for the printer to
the right of the arrow are displayed in the right portion of the
screen. The currently selected printer (the one print output will be
sent to) is highlighted.
The following keys can be used in this configuration menu.
F1 brings up this help screen.
F2 selects the default printer. Move the arrow (->) on the
left to the desired print device using the up and down
arrow keys and press F2. That printer will then be high-
lighted and all print output will go to it.
F3 toggles the device the print will be sent to. Pressing
F3, cycles through the list of valid options.
<HLP_GRP01202>
Printer Configuration Help Page 2 of 3
F4 toggles the mode between GRAPHIC and NON-GRAPHIC. In
GRAPHIC mode, IBM graphic line characters are output. In
NON-GRAPHIC mode, these characters are converted to normal
ASCII characters.
F5 allows the editing of the name of the selection currently
pointed to. Control is passed to the Printer Name field on
the right. Change the name and press Enter to accept it or
press Esc to cancel the changes. Control is then returned
to the printer list on the left.
F6 allows the editing of the first escape sequence of the sel-
ection currently pointed to. Control is passed to the
"Escape Sequence Before Printing" field on the right. This
sequence is output, exactly as it appears in the menu, to
the printer before any other output to the printer. To
input values which are not ordinary ASCII characters, press
and hold down the Alt key and type the decimal value for the
character on the numeric key pad (e.g. Alt+2+7 produces the
escape character). Press Enter to accept or Esc to cancel
the changes and return control to the printer list on the
left. If the desired sequence is too long for the input
<HLP_GRP01203>
Printer Configuration Help Page 3 of 3
field, then the text "FILE:" followed by the name of a file
containing the escape sequence can be entered.
F7 allows the editing of the second escape sequence of the
selection currently pointed to. This sequence is the last
thing output to the printer for each print job. Editing
this field is exactly like the first escape sequence above.
F8 adds a new printer to the list. When F8 is pressed the
program prompts for each of the parameters on the right and
then returns control to the printer list. The new printer
is added at the end of the list.
F9 deletes the printer currently pointed to.
F10 saves the printer configuration.
ESC exits the printer configuration.
<HLP_GRP01301>
Holiday Configuration Help Page 1 of 3
This screen allows you to add, modify and delete the holidays which
are automatically placed into the monthly calendars when they are
first generated.
The up and down arrow keys can be used to move the arrow (->) on the
left through the list of holidays. The parameters for the one cur-
rently pointed to are displayed to the right.
The following keys can be used in this configuration menu.
F1 brings up this help screen.
F2 allows the editing of the holiday parameters. The first
field sets the type of holiday. Use the space bar to cycle
through the possible selections. Press Enter when the
desired one appears. The program will then prompt you for
the remaining parameters required for the selected holiday
type. Press Esc in any field to cancel the edit and dis-
card any changes. Pressing Enter on the last field accepts
the changes.
<HLP_GRP01302>
Holiday Configuration Help Page 2 of 3
F3 adds a new holiday at the end of the list. The procedure
is the same as for F2, above. The initial values for the
fields are set to those of the holiday currently pointed to.
F4 deletes the holiday currently pointed to.
F5 saves the configuration to a file.
Page Up brings up the previous page, if any.
Page Down brings up the next page, if any.
ESC exits the configuration.
There are 3 types of holidays which may be set:
Month/Day Every Year - these occur on a specific month and day
every year (e.g. December 25 for Christmas).
Month And Nth Day Of Week - these occur on a specific day of the
week in a month (e.g. 4th Thursday in November for Thanks-
giving).
Month/Day/Year - these only occur on one specific date (e.g. April
19, 1992 for Easter).
The "Name Line 1:" and "Name Line 2:" parameters set the text which
will appear in the calendar on the date for the holiday. The year
field gives the year minus 1900 (e.g. 92 for 1992). The month field
<HLP_GRP01303>
Holiday Configuration Help Page 3 of 3
can be toggled through the months using the space bar. The day field
toggles from 1 through the number of days in the month. The day of
week field toggles through the days of the week.
NOTE - changes to the holiday configuration will not be reflected in
monthly calendars which have already been saved. This infor-
mation is only used when the calendar is first built.
<HLP_GRP01401>
Start Screen Configuration Help Page 1 of 1
This screen allows you to select the first screen displayed when the
program is loaded.
The up and down arrow keys can be used to move the arrow (->) on the
left through the list of screens. The currently selected screen is
highlighted.
The following keys can be used in this configuration menu.
F1 brings up this help screen.
F2 selects the initial screen. Move the arrow (->) on the
left to the desired screen using the up and down arrow keys
and press F2. That screen will then be highlighted.
F3 saves the current selection to the configuration file.
ESC exits the screen configuration.
<HLP_GRP01501>
Alarm Configuration Help Page 1 of 3
This screen allows the configuration of the pop-up alarm.
To make a selection from the pop-up menu highlight it using the up
and down arrow keys and press Enter or just type the field's bold
character. The following options are available on the pop-up menu.
Edit - Allows the editing of the alarm parameters. Press Tab to move
to the next field in the parameter menu and Shift+Tab to move to
the previous field. Press Esc to end editing and return to the
pop-up menu. If you move into a field and change it and then press
Esc the changes will be discarded. To process the changes press
Tab and then press Esc.
Play Alarm - plays the alarm as it will sound using the current alarm
parameters. The alarm sounds for the given duration. It can be
terminated before the end by pressing any key.
Save - Saves the alarm parameters.
Help - Brings up this help screen.
Quit - Exits alarm configuration.
<HLP_GRP01502>
Alarm Configuration Help Page 2 of 3
The alarm consists of 2 tones with an intervening pause. The frequen-
cy values (1st and 4th fields in the parameter menu) can have values
from 20 to 20000 Hertz. Lower numbers produce a lower pitched sound.
The duration of the tones (2nd and 5th fields) and intervening pause
(3rd field) are input in tenths of seconds. For example, a value of
10 represents 10 tenths of a second or 1 second. The durations can
vary from 0 to 100 (0 to 10 seconds). A value of zero for a tone
means the tone will not play. A zero pause produces no pause.
From 0 to 99 of the tone 1/pause/tone 2 sequences can be sounded for
the alarm. A zero value produces no sound.
The snooze duration field sets the number of minutes between when
"Snooze" is selected to snooze an alarm and when the alarm will
resound. This value can range from 1 to 99 minutes.
The color bar sets the color of the pop-up alarm message. Use the
left/right arrow keys to change the color selection and the up/down
keys to switch between configuring the foreground and background
color.
<HLP_GRP01503>
Alarm Configuration Help Page 3 of 3
The appointment alarm parameters set the initial values displayed in
the "Number of minutes before:" and "Duration (minutes):" fields when
an appointment alarm is set (see "Appointment" help).
NOTE - Entering an invalid value in a field produces a beep and the
field cannot be exited until a valid value is entered.
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TSR Configuration Help Page 1 of 2
This screen allows the configuration of the TSR parameters.
To make a selection from the pop-up menu, highlight it using the up
and down arrow keys and press Enter or just type the field's bold
character. The following options are available on the pop-up menu.
Edit - Allows the editing of the TSR parameters. Press Tab to move
to the next field in the parameter menu and Shift+Tab to move to
the previous field. Press Esc to end editing and return to the
pop-up menu. If you move into a field and change it and then press
Esc the changes will be discarded. To process the changes press
Tab and then press Esc.
Save - Saves the TSR parameters.
Help - Brings up this help screen.
Quit - Exits TSR configuration.
The "Hot-key" field sets the key(s) that must be pressed to pop up
program when it is loaded as a TSR. Press the key or keys you want
to use and they will be displayed in the field. Press Tab when you
have set the desired key sequence.
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The "Swap order:" fields determine how the program swaps conventional
memory in and out when the program is popped up. The space bar is
used to toggle the selection between XMS, EMS and DISK. The program
will attempt to use the values in the order specified. In other
words, if the program cannot use the first swap method it will try the
second and then third. If a field is set to NONE, then it is skipped.
XMS version 2.0 or higher and EMS version 3.2 or higher is required.
The "Swap Path" field sets where the program will swap to, if the disk
is used.
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Time / Date Configuration Help Page 1 of 2
This screen allows the configuration of time / date parameters.
To make a selection from the pop-up menu, highlight it using the up
and down arrow keys and press Enter or just type the field's bold
character. The following options are available on the pop-up menu.
Edit - Allows the editing of the parameters. Press Tab to move
to the next field in the parameter menu and Shift+Tab to move to
the previous field. Press Esc to end editing and return to the
pop-up menu. If you move into a field and change it and then press
Esc the changes will be discarded. To process the changes press
Tab and then press Esc.
Save - Saves the parameters.
Help - Brings up this help screen.
Quit - Exits this configuration.
Times can be displayed in 12 hour or 24 hour (military) format.
Press the space bar in the "Format:" field to toggle between the
two. The text used for "AM" and "PM" (when in 12 hour mode) can be
set in the next two fields. Simply type in the desired text. The
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Time / Date Configuration Help Page 2 of 2
separator between the hours and minutes can also be set. Type in
the desired separator. The time/date clock, in the upper right of
the display, is updated as the parameters are changed. This
allows you to see the effect of the changes.
The order of the day, month and year, in dates, can also be
configured. Press the space bar in one of the date order fields to
toggle between month, day and year. The day, month and year are
displayed in the order you select. For example, if the following
order is selected:
Order: Day Month Year
the dates will display as "day/month/year".
The separator between the day, month and year can also be set. Simply
type in the desired separator in the date separator field.
IMPORTANT: Changes to the time format will not be reflected in
appointment files which have already been saved.
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Auto Save Configuration Help Page 1 of 1
This screen allows the configuration of the auto save feature.
Pressing the space bar toggles the selection between ON and OFF.
Pressing Enter saves the selection. Pressing Escape cancels any
changes made to the selection.
When the auto save feature is on, the appointment, alarm and monthly
calendar screens are automatically saved when you exit the program or
move to another screen. When auto save is off, the program will
prompt you to determine if you want to save the changes, if any, you
have made.