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--- PERSONAL GREETING CARD DESIGNING PROGRAM ---
____________________________________________________________
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| PERSONAL GREETING CARD DISIGNER |
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| USER-SUPPORTED SOFTWARE |
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| From SMITH-REED SOFTWARE |
| Post Office Box 909 |
| Minneapolis, MN 55440 |
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| If you are using this program and finding it useful |
| your contribution ($15 suggested) will be appreciated. |
| You are encouraged to copy and share this program |
| with other users on the conditions that the program |
| is not distributed in modified form, that no fee or |
| consideration is chared, that this notice is not |
| bypassed or removed from the program, and that the |
| program and documation are passed on. |
|____________________________________________________________|
--- Copyright (c) 1984 Michael D. Reed All rights reserved ---
--- SMITH-REED SOFTWARE, P. O. BOX 909, MPLS, MN, 55440 ---
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--- PERSONAL GREETING CARD DESIGNING PROGRAM ---
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION --------------------------------- 2
GETING STARTED ------------------------------- 3
ABOUT GREETING CARDS ------------------------- 4
RUNNING THE PROGRAM -------------------------- 5
EDITING THE CARD ----------------------------- 6
REGISTRATION AND COMMENT FORM ---------------- 7
--- Copyright (c) 1984 Michael D. Reed All rights reserved ---
--- SMITH-REED SOFTWARE, P. O. BOX 909, MPLS, MN, 55440 ---
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--- PERSONAL GREETING CARD DESIGNING PROGRAM ---
INTRODUCTION
CARD is a greeting card designing program. It
provides you with a way to make your own greeting cards
without any programing knowledge. With CARD you can make
Christmas cards, Valentine Day cards, invitations, etc.
CARD provides a way to draw character graphics for the
front or back of the card, and add text or graphics to the
inside of the card. The program provides a simple editor, a
printing routine, and ficilities to load or save cards.
CARD is distributed under the user-supported concept.
You are encouraged to use this program and share it with
others. If you find CARD useful a donation of $15.00 to us
will be appreciated. This software is copyrighted and all
rights are reserved. The use of this program is restricted
to personal use only. Send the donation to:
Smith Reed Software
P. O. Box 909
Mpls, MN, 55440
Fill out the form at the back of this document and send
it with your donation to become a registered user. Becoming
a registered user will entitle you to one free update and
allow us to inform you of other software aviable. Also your
comments will help us in improving and developing our
software.
CARD will work with any version of PC-DOS or MS-DOS
system which has BASICA. You will need at least one disk
drive, 32k byts of memory and a printer. CARD uses the text
mode and will work with eather the monochrome or color
monitor.
--- Copyright (c) 1984 Michael D. Reed All rights reserved ---
--- SMITH-REED SOFTWARE, P. O. BOX 909, MPLS, MN, 55440 ---
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--- PERSONAL GREETING CARD DESIGNING PROGRAM ---
GETTING STARTED
CARD is written in BASIC and you will need to copy this
disk to one with BASICA.COM on it. To make the working disk
follow these steps.
1. Insert your DOS disk in drive A and boot the
computer (see DOS manuale).
2. Format a working disk by typing FORMAT B: /S /V
and following the directions.
3. Then type COPY BASICA.COM B: to get basic on your
working disk. (If you are using DOS 1.1 and want a bootable
disk you need to copy COMAND.COM also.)
4. Replace the DOS disk with CARD disk in drive A and
type COPY A*.* B:
5. Now you have a working disk. You can run card by
typing BASICA CARD
Four will copy card to any disk. You can LOAD and RUN
CARD any time you are in BASIC.
The following files are on the disk.
CARD.BAS The basic program.
CARD.DOC This document.
CARD.NLA The news letter artical.
INVT.CRD An example of a card.
NOEL.CRD An other example.
LOVE.CRD An other example.
TEST.CRD A special test card used by
the author and can be used to
aline your printer.
READ_ME
To copy the documentation make sure your printer is on
and at the top of form then type COPY CARD.DOC LPT1:
--- Copyright (c) 1984 Michael D. Reed All rights reserved ---
--- SMITH-REED SOFTWARE, P. O. BOX 909, MPLS, MN, 55440 ---
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--- PERSONAL GREETING CARD DESIGNING PROGRAM ---
ABOUT GREETING CARDS
A typical greeting card has a front, back, inside
right, and inside left. It is printed on one side of a
piece of paper and then folded to make a card. If you unfold
a card you will notice that the front and back is upside down
and backwards when the inside is held so you can read the
text. This program will let you work on one of the four
faces and put the four faces together to be printed on a 8 x
11 sheet of paper. (see fig 1) Then by folding the sheet
into quarters you get a standard greeting card.
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fig 1
This first version of CARD has 33 lines by 40 character
per line. With the complete card having 66 lines by 80
characters. You can use any printable character to form a
design. You can also write messages. This program will
print cards on any printer which can handle 8.5 by 11 in.
paper.
To make your greeting card design and input the front
(back if you want) and inside of the card. Then print the
cards and fold the piece of paper in fourth with the front on
the outside.
--- Copyright (c) 1984 Michael D. Reed All rights reserved ---
--- SMITH-REED SOFTWARE, P. O. BOX 909, MPLS, MN, 55440 ---
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--- PERSONAL GREETING CARD DESIGNING PROGRAM ---
RUNNING THE PROGRAM
The main menu of CARD has the following:
L to load a card into the program.
S to save a card into a file.
P to print the card.
E to edit a card.
N to start a new card.
When chooseing either "load" or "save" the program will
ask for the name the file card will be or has been saved
under. If you strike enter without typing a name then the
last name you entered will be used.
"Print" will print from 1 to 9 cards. The program will
ask for the number of cards to be printed. Entering one
number from 1 to 9 will start the printing process. "Enter"
only will print only one card, giving you a way to print one
card at a time for single sheets. Entering a "Esc" will
return the program to the main menu.
The "edit" comand will set up the program to edit one of
the faces of the card. (See EDITING THE CARD)
The "new" command will erase the card and the card
name.
One final note this program is writen in BASCIA and in
some places can be slow. Be patient.
--- Copyright (c) 1984 Michael D. Reed All rights reserved ---
--- SMITH-REED SOFTWARE, P. O. BOX 909, MPLS, MN, 55440 ---
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--- PERSONAL GREETING CARD DESIGNING PROGRAM ---
EDITING THE CARD
The "edit" command brings up the second menu which has the
following:
F for the front of the card.
L for the left inside of the card.
R for the right inside of the card.
B for the back of the card.
The program processes the front and back so that you
can work on these faces as though you were looking at them
normally. Choosing one of the faces to work on will
transfer it into a work area and then you can use the editing
keys to make your card. The front and back will take a few
moments to transfer. Each face is 33 lines of 40 characters.
When editing a card face you can place any printable
character in the 33 line by 40 character area. You can use
the following keys to help you edit.
The arrow keys to move the cursor arround the work area.
The Ins key will insert a character ahead of the cursor.
The Del key will delete the character under the cursor.
The F2 key to insert a line above the cursor.
The F4 key to delete a line under the cursor.
The F6 key to insert a column to the left of the cursor.
The F8 key to delete a column under the cursor.
The PgUp key to move to the top of the work area.
The PgDw key to move to the bottom of the work area.
The Esc key to quit editing.
The F10 key to switch between text & graphise mode.
Only 24 lines can be displayed on the screen. As you
move to the bottom of the screen it will scroll up. As you
move to the top it will scroll down. Line 25 a help line
with each "F" key functions, the mode the editor is in, and
the column and row of the cursor poition in the work space.
The card program has two modes it operates in a text
and a graphice. In the graphice mode the cursor does not
move when you type a character and the enter key workes the
same as the Home key. In the text mode the cursor moves to
the right when you type a character and the enter key moves
the cursor down one line and to the extream left column.
Front and back defalt to the graphice mode while the inside
left and right defalt to the text mode.
--- Copyright (c) 1984 Michael D. Reed All rights reserved ---
--- SMITH-REED SOFTWARE, P. O. BOX 909, MPLS, MN, 55440 ---
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--- PERSONAL GREETING CARD DESIGNING PROGRAM ---
REGISTRATION AND COMMENT FORM
name__________________________________________
address_______________________________________
city_____________________st_____zip___________
amount sent $________________
primary use _____________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
Printers you would like to see supported: _______________
_________________________________________________________
Other features you would like to see: ____________________
__________________________________________________________
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Comments on the program: _________________________________
__________________________________________________________
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Comments on the documentation: ___________________________
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--- Copyright (c) 1984 Michael D. Reed All rights reserved ---
--- SMITH-REED SOFTWARE, P. O. BOX 909, MPLS, MN, 55440 ---
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