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____________________________________________________________________
PC Personal Resume Kit (TM)
PREFACE
Job Hunting? As you solicit employment, one of the
hurdles you must overcome is obtaining an interview with a
prospective employer. A necessary tool to facilitate this
job hunt is your personal resume. Originality is the key
to a good resume, and Nyeware can enable you to make
yourself unique.
As the number of personal computers used by businesses
increases, the chance of your prospective employer having
access to such a computer is improved. Through sending a
diskette containing a program that will allow the
prospective employer to view your resume, complete with a
digitized image of yourself, you will be individualizing
your qualifications with originality. The PC Personal
Resume Kit (TM) allows you to build this type of
"electronic" resume. Your PC Personal Resume (TM) will
personify you in an original manner with details to
enhance your personal assets.
ASP Approved Member
NYEWARE is an approved vendor and associate member of the
Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP). ASP wants
to make sure that the shareware principle works for you.
If you are unable to resolve a shareware-related problem
with an ASP member by contacting the member directly, ASP
may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can help you
resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member, but does
not provide technical support for members' products.
Please write to the ASP Ombudsman at 545 Grover Road,
Muskegon, MI 49442 or send a Compuserve message via
CompuServe Mail to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536.
Customer Policy
We try our best to have satisfied customers. If you have
any questions, problems, or ideas on how we can improve
our products, please contact Nyeware Software Support in
writing or by phone:
Nyeware
5665 W. 95th
Suite 218
Overland Park, Kansas 66207-2966
(913) 642-6178
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PC Personal Resume Kit User's Manual V1.1 Page: 1
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1
1.0 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.1 Copyright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.2 Disclaimer of Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.3 Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.4 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.5 Executing the programs . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Chapter 2 - PC Personal Resume
2.0 PC Personal Resume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Chapter 3 - PC Personal Resume Manager
3.0 PC Personal Resume Manager . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.1 Main Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.2 PC Personal Resume Editor . . . . . . . . . . 9
3.3 Create a New resume . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3.4 Delete an existing resume . . . . . . . . . . 9
3.5 Build a PC Personal Resume diskette . . . . . 10
3.6 Exit - PC Personal Resume Manager . . . . . . 10
Chapter 4 - PC Personal Resume Editor
4.0 PC Personal Resume Editor . . . . . . . . . . 11
4.1 "Edit Window" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
4.2 Options/Information Message Window . . . . . . 11
4.3 Editor Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
4.4 "SECTION" options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
4.4.1 Proceed to SECTION . . . . . . . . . . . 13
4.4.2 Modify SECTION name . . . . . . . . . . 13
4.4.3 Add a new SECTION . . . . . . . . . . . 14
4.4.4 Delete a SECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
4.4.5 Reorder SECTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . 14
4.5 "PAGE" options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
4.5.1 Add a new PAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
4.5.2 Delete current PAGE . . . . . . . . . . 15
4.6 Save edits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
4.7 Exit editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
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Chapter 1
1.0 INTRODUCTION
The PC Personal Resume Kit (TM) is a software package that
allows you to create and manage your IBM PC compatible ex-
ecutable resumes. As your PC Personal Resume is executed,
a digitized image of yourself and the contents of your re-
sume can be viewed by the person of which you are seeking
an interview. This is a tool that can be used instead of
or with your paper resume!
This package allows you to update, create and delete many
separate resumes. With a few simple selections, this
package will build a diskette containing all necessary
files needed for the prospective employer to execute your
PC Personal Resume. If your computer has a mouse, you may
use it to interface with these programs.
This package contains two executable programs:
1) RESUME - This is the PC Personal Resume program you
will send to the prospective employer as to allow
them to view the contents of your resume along with
a digitized image of yourself.
2) MANAGER - This is the PC Personal Resume Manager
program that allows you to manage all of your re-
sumes and build diskettes containing all files nec-
essary for your prospective employer to execute
your PC Personal Resume.
1.1 Copyright
PC Personal Resume Kit (TM) is Copyrighted (C) 1991, 1992,
1993 by Nyeware. The PC Personal Resume Kit (TM) software
and manual are proprietary, copyrighted material, and no
part of either may be translated into any other computer
or foreign language without the express written permission
of Nyeware. Feel free to share the PC Personal Resume Kit
(TM) with your friends, but please do not give it away
altered or as part of another system.
1.2 Disclaimer of Warranty
The PC Personal Resume Kit (TM) is supplied "as is". The
author disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied,
including without limitation, the warranties of
merchantability and of fitness for any purpose. The
author assumes no liability for damages, direct or
consequential, which may result from the use of the PC
Personal Resume Kit (TM), even if Nyeware has been advised
of the possibility of such damages.
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Chapter 1
1.3 Requirements
The PC Personal Resume program requires that the monitor
supports a minimum configuration of:
1) EGA graphics (640 X 350 pixels)
2) 16 colors
3) 2 Video Pages
The PC Personal Resume Manager program requires that the
monitor supports a minimum configuration of:
1) 25 character rows X 80 character columns
2) Color - recommended
1.4 Installation
Before you begin working with PC Personal Resume Kit (TM),
make a working copy of your original PC Personal Resume
Kit (TM) diskette, then put the original in a safe place.
We recommend using the working copy from this point on
instead of using the original diskette (and possibly
damaging it).
The PC Personal Resume Kit (TM) distribution diskette
contains the following files:
a. RESUME.EXE - Program "PC Personal Resume" you will
send to the prospective employer
allowing them to view the contents of
your resume complete with a digitized
image of yourself.
b. RESUME.PIC - Digitized image used by RESUME.EXE
c. RESUME.DAT - Resume data used by RESUME.EXE
d. RESUME.RES - Sample resume
e. MANAGER.EXE - Program that allows you to modify /
delete existing resumes, create new
resumes or build a diskette
containing the customized PC Personal
Resume you will be sending to your
prospective employer.
f. MANUAL.DOC - On line User's Manual
g. REGISTER.DOC- On line registration form
h. README.DOC - Text file containing an overview of
the PC Personal Resume Kit (TM).
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Chapter 1
Printable documentation:
a. MANUAL.DOC
b. REGISTER.DOC
c. README.DOC
The PC Personal Resume Kit (TM) programs can be executed
from the working copy diskette, or copied to another
diskette or hard disk. The entire diskette can be copied
by using the DOS command "copy" as shown in the following
examples:
1) To copy PC Personal Resume Kit (TM) to your hard
disk, place the working diskette in "Drive A" and
enter the following DOS commands:
MKDIR C:\PCRESUME
COPY A:*.* C:\PCRESUME\*.*
2) To copy PC Personal Resume Kit (TM) to a formatted
diskette located in "Drive B", place the working dis-
kette in "Drive A" and enter the following DOS
commands:
MKDIR B:\PCRESUME
COPY A:*.* B:\PCRESUME\*.*
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Chapter 1
1.5 Executing the Programs
This package contains two executable programs:
1) RESUME - This is the PC Personal Resume program you
will send to the prospective employer as to allow
them to view the contents of your resume along with
a digitized image of yourself.
2) MANAGER - This is the PC Personal Resume Manager
program that allows you to manage all of your re-
sumes and build diskettes containing all files nec-
essary for your prospective employer to execute
your PC Personal Resume.
If the DOS PATH variable has been updated as to the loca-
tion of the PC Personal Resume Kit (TM) programs, you may
enter the following commands to execute your PC Personal
Resume or the PC Personal Resume Manager:
1) To execute your PC Personal Resume, change your
working directory to the one containing your resume
data (RESUME.DAT) and digitized image (RESUME.PIC).
At the DOS prompt enter: RESUME
2) To execute the PC Personal Resume Manager, change
your working directory to the directory in which
your resumes reside. At the DOS prompt enter:
MANAGER
If the DOS PATH variable has not been updated as to the
location of the PC Personal Resume Kit (TM) programs, you
may execute the programs by either of the following ways:
1) To execute your PC Personal Resume, change your
working directory to the one containing your resume
data (RESUME.DAT) and digitized image (RESUME.PIC).
At the DOS prompt, enter the absolute path name of
the command (e.g. C:\PCRESUME\RESUME).
2) To execute the PC Personal Resume Manager, change
your working directory to the directory in which
your resumes reside. At this point you can, at the
DOS prompt, enter the absolute path name of the
command:
CD C:\PCRESUME
C:\PCRESUME\MANAGER
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Chapter 2 - PC Personal Resume
2.0 PC Personal Resume
As the number of personal computers used by businesses in-
creases, the chances of your prospective employer having
access to a personal computer is better. One way to stand
out from the rest is to send a diskette containing a pro-
gram that will allow them to view your resume, complete
with a digitized image of yourself, on the screen of their
personal computer!
The PC Personal Resume program is an IBM PC compatible
program that will display the contents of your resume,
along with a digitized image of yourself. A diskette con-
taining your PC Personal Resume can be sent with, or in-
stead of your paper resume. This is a unique tool you can
use to stand out from all the rest!
The PC Personal Resume Manager is an IBM PC compatible
program used to manage all of your PC Personal Resumes and
build a diskette containing all of the files necessary for
your prospective employer to execute your PC Personal
Resume.
Along with the diskette, you should send instructions de-
scribing the minimum hardware requirements along with how
to execute your PC Personal Resume. The instructions may
be as follows:
I would like to invite you to execute an IBM PC com-
patible program (residing on the enclosed diskette)
that will display the contents of my resume along
with a digitized image of myself.
My PC Personal Resume program requires that your
monitor supports a minimum configuration of:
1) EGA graphics (640 X 350 pixels)
2) 16 colors
3) 2 Video Pages
To execute my PC Personal Resume, at the DOS prompt
enter: RESUME
Thank you for your consideration.
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Chapter 3 - PC Personal Resume Manager
3.0 PC Personal Resume Manager
The PC Personal Resume Manager is an IBM PC compatible
program used to manage all of your PC Personal Resumes and
build a diskette containing all of the files necessary for
your prospective employer to execute your PC Personal
Resume. To execute the PC Personal Resume Manager pro-
gram, enter "MANAGER" (See section 1.5). The first thing
displayed is the "Main Screen".
3.1 PC Personal Resume Manager "Main Screen"
The main screen of the PC Personal Resume Manager displays
all existing resumes in alphabetical order. Use the arrow
keys to highlight the resume you wish to work with prior
to selecting one of the options displayed at the bottom of
the screen. The other keys you may use at the main screen
are:
"Home" This key will highlight the first resume dis-
played on the main screen
"End" This key will highlight the last resume displayed
on the main screen
"F1" Upon selecting this key, a window will appear on
the screen containing information as to what your
options are.
"F2" Selecting this key will invoke the PC Personal
Resume Editor allowing you to modify the contents
of the resume that was currently highlighted.
(See section: 4.0 PC Personal Resume Editor)
"F3" This key allows you to create a new resume. You
have the option of creating a new resume from
scratch, or by making a copy of the resume you
had highlighted. (See section: 3.3 Create a New
Resume)
"F4" Pressing this key allows you to delete the resume
that is currently highlighted. You will be
prompted for a response to verify your request
for deletion. (See section: 3.4 Delete an Exist-
ing Resume)
"F5" This selection allows you to build a diskette
containing the PC Personal Resume you be sending
to the party in which you are seeking an inter-
view. (See section: 3.5 Build a PC Personal Re-
sume Diskette)
"F9" This selection allows you to terminate the PC
Personal Resume Manager program.
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3.2 PC Personal Resume Editor
The PC Personal Resume Editor allows you to modify the
contents of your resume. You can manipulate the different
"SECTIONS" (e.g. Introduction, References) and "Pages"
(each SECTION can have several pages). Before depressing
"F2" at the PC Personal Resume Manager main screen, high-
light the resume you wish to modify. Once you have high-
lighted the desired resume, press key "F2". The selected
resume is now ready for you to update. (See section 4.0)
3.3 Create A New Resume
Depressing "F3" at the PC Personal Resume Manager main
screen allows you to create a new resume from scratch or
by copying the resume that is currently highlighted. A
window will appear displaying the following options:
F1 - Create a new resume using existing resume: xx
F2 - Create a resume from scratch
F9 - Exit
Descriptions of the options are as follows:
"F1" - Create a new resume using existing resume: xx.
You will be prompted for the name of the new re-
sume. If at this point you do not wish to create
a new resume, simply press "Enter" to exit this
option. If a name is entered, the new resume
will be an exact copy of the resume that
was originally highlighted.
"F2" - Create a resume from scratch. You will be
prompted for the name of the new resume. If
at this point you do not wish to create a new
resume, simply press "Enter" to exit this op-
tion. If a name is entered, the new resume
will contain the standard SECTIONS:
1) Opening 5) Education
2) Introduction 6) Personal
3) Position Objective 7) References
4) Experience 8) Closing
"F9" - Exit. This selection will return you to the
PC Personal Resume Manager main screen.
3.4 Delete An Existing Resume
Depressing "F4" at the PC Personal Resume Manager main
screen allows you to delete the resume that is currently
highlighted on the main PC Personal Resume Manager screen.
If this option is selected, you will be asked if you wish
to delete the highlighted resume. If you wish to do so,
press "Y" and it will be deleted.
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3.5 Build A PC Personal Resume Diskette
Depressing "F5" at the main PC Personal Resume Manager
screen allows you to build a diskette containing the PC
Personal Resume you will be sending to the party in which
you are seeking an interview. If selected, this option
will copy the following files to the diskette specified:
1) RESUME.EXE - PC Personal Resume executable pro-
gram
2) RESUME.DAT - The contents of the resume that is
currently highlighted
3) RESUME.PIC - A file containing your digitized
image
The following will be displayed on the screen:
You have selected to build a diskette containing all
necessary files needed to execute your PC PERSONAL
RESUME. You have selected to use resume named:
RESUME . The disk drive you selected must already
be formatted.
Enter desired disk drive [A-Z]: _
Enter the desired disk drive or a "carriage return" to
abort this option. After the build is complete, the
selected diskette will contain all the necessary files
needed to execute your PC Personal Resume. This diskette
is ready to send to whom ever you wish.
3.6 Exit - PC Personal Resume Manager
Depressing "F9" at the PC Personal Resume Manager main
screen allows you to exit the PC Personal Resume Manager.
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Chapter 4 - PC Personal Resume Editor
4.0 PC Personal Resume Editor
The PC Personal Resume Editor allows you to modify the
contents of your resume. You can manipulate the different
"SECTIONS" (e.g. Introduction, References) and "PAGES"
(each SECTION can have several pages). Before depressing
"F2" at the PC Personal Resume Manager main screen, high-
light the resume you wish to modify. Press key "F2" and
the selected resume is now ready for you to update.
The main editor screen has two sections. The top section
is the edit window. The bottom portion of the screen will
display either the options that are currently available or
informational messages directing you as to the next step.
4.1 PC Personal Resume Editor "Edit Window"
The edit window is the upper portion of the screen that
will contain the resume data. The upper left corner
will display the resume and current SECTION names. The
upper right will keep you informed as to the current
PAGE number along with the total number of PAGES. The
lower left corner will display the message "Changes not
saved" if any of your resume modifications are not
saved to disk. Displayed in the lower middle section
is the "row" and "column" position of the cursor. The
lower right corner displays the current "INSERT" sta-
tus. If the INSERT status is "on" (cursor will be an
"underline"), any character entered will be inserted in
front of the character in the cursor position. If the
INSERT status is "off" (cursor will be a "block"), the
current character in the cursor position will be re-
placed with the character entered on the keyboard.
4.2 Options / Information Message Window
Throughout the PC Personal Resume Editor, the bottom
two lines of the screen will be used to inform you of
your current options or display informational messages.
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4.3 PC Personal Resume Editor Options
The main screen of the PC Personal Resume Editor dis-
plays the current resume you are modifying. At this
point, you can modify the resume by entering new infor-
mation or modifying existing information. You can use
the arrow keys to position the cursor anywhere within
the edit window. The other keys you may use at the
main edit screen are as follows:
"HOME" - This key will position the cursor to the
first character in the edit window.
"End" - This key will position the cursor to the
last character in the edit window.
"Page Up" - This key allows you to display the PAGE
located before the current PAGE.
"Page Down" - This key allows you to display the
next PAGE.
"Insert" - This key allows you to toggle the insert
mode between insert and replace.
"Delete" - Depressing this key will delete the char-
acter at the current cursor position.
"Enter" - Depressing this key will place the charac-
ters after the current cursor position on the
next line.
"Backspace" - This key allows you to move the cursor
to the character immediately before the cur-
rent cursor position.
"F1" - Upon selecting this key, a window will ap-
pear on the screen containing information as
to what your options are.
"F2" - Depressing this key causes a window to ap-
pear displaying the "SECTION" options (See
section: 4.4).
"F3" - Depressing this key causes a window to ap-
pear displaying the "PAGE" options (See sec-
tion: 4.5).
"F4" - This key will allow you the option of saving
the resume, as it currently is, to disk. It
is recommended that you save your changes pe-
riodically (See section: 4.6).
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"F9" - This key allows you to exit the PC Personal
Resume Editor. If any of your current changes
have not been saved to disk, you will be given
the chance to do so.
4.4 PC Personal Resume Editor "SECTION OPTIONS"
By depressing key "F2" at the PC Personal Resume Editor
main screen, a window will be displayed allowing you
the following options:
Key Description
F1 Proceed to SECTION
F2 Modify SECTION Name
F3 Add New SECTION
F4 Delete SECTION
F5 Reorder SECTIONS
F9 Exit "SECTION OPTIONS" screen
The SECTION OPTIONS are described as follows:
4.4.1 "F1" - Proceed to SECTION
Use the "Up Arrow" and "Down Arrow" keys to high-
light the section you wish to proceed to. Upon
highlighting the desired SECTION, press "F1" to se-
lect or "F9" to exit this option. The first PAGE of
the selected SECTION will appear on the screen.
4.4.2 "F2" - Modify SECTION Name
Use the "Up Arrow" and "Down Arrow" keys to high-
light the SECTION name you wish to modify. Upon
highlighting the desired SECTION, press "F1" to se-
lect or "F9" to exit this option. Upon selecting a
SECTION to rename, the current name is displayed on
the screen and you are prompted to enter the new
name. If you do not wish to modify the SECTION
name, press "F9" and you will exit this option with-
out modifying the SECTION name.
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4.4.3 "F3" - Add New SECTION
Use the "Up Arrow" and "Down Arrow" keys to high-
light the SECTION you wish to place your "new" SEC-
TION after. Upon highlighting the desired SECTION,
press "F1" to select or "F9" to exit this option.
The selected SECTION name will appear on the screen
and you will be prompted for your new SECTION name.
If you do not wish to create a new SECTION, press
"F9" and you will exit this option without creating
a new SECTION.
4.4.4 "F4" - Delete a SECTION
Use the "Up Arrow" and "Down Arrow" keys to high-
light the SECTION you wish to delete. Upon high-
lighting the desired SECTION, press "F1" to select
or "F9" to exit this option. The selected SECTION
name will appear on the screen and you will be
prompted for verification to delete the selected
SECTION.
4.4.5 "F5" - Reorder SECTIONS
The first thing you will be prompted for is the SEC-
TION you wish to move. You will make this selection
by using the "Up Arrow" and "Down Arrow" keys to
highlight the desired SECTION to move. At this
point you can press "F1" to make the selection or
"F9" to exit this option. After selecting the
"move" SECTION, you are asked for the SECTION you
will place the "move" SECTION after. You will make
this selection by using the "Up Arrow" and "Down Ar-
row" keys to highlight the desired SECTION. Once
the selection is made, you are asked if the previous
selections are correct. If you answer "Y" to this
prompt, the "move" SECTION will be moved to the
specified location.
4.5 PC Personal Resume Editor "PAGE OPTIONS"
By depressing key "F3" at the PC Personal Resume Editor
main screen, a window will be displayed allowing you
the following options:
Key Description
F1 Add a New PAGE
F2 Delete the Current PAGE
F9 Exit "PAGE OPTIONS" screen
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The PAGE OPTIONS are described as follows:
4.5.1 "F1" - Add a New PAGE
This selection allows you to add a new PAGE to the
current SECTION after the PAGE that is currently
displayed.
4.5.2 "F2" - Delete the Current PAGE
This selection allows you to delete the current PAGE
displayed on the screen. If the current PAGE is the
only PAGE in the current SECTION, a prompt will ap-
pear on the screen notifying you that the current
SECTION will be deleted. If you answer "Y" to the
"Delete the current SECTION?" prompt, the current
PAGE and SECTION will be deleted.
4.6 PC Personal Resume Editor "Save"
Depressing the "F4" key at the PC Personal Resume
Editor main screen allows you to save your resume as it
currently exists. If the resume contains changes that
have not been saved, your resume will be saved to disk.
If there are no outstanding changes that have not been
saved to disk, the following message will appear:
Your resume has already been saved...
4.7 PC Personal Resume Editor "Exit"
Depressing key "F9" at the PC Personal Resume Editor
main screen allows you terminate the edit session.
If there are no outstanding changes that have not
been saved to disk, you will exit the PC Personal
Resume Editor and return to the PC Personal Resume
Manager screen.
If there are outstanding changes that have not been
saved to disk, you will be asked if you wish to save
these changes before exiting the PC Personal Resume
Editor.
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