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Cong_II Manual.
General.
Cong-II is a congressional database and automatic
correspondence generator. It is ShareWare. The registration fee is
$25.00. Ths latest version and data may be downloaded from the ICS BBS
(Long Island, NY) (516) 226-3727 (9600+) or 226-3989 (2400). You
may also register via ICS.
Cong-II allows you to locate Senate and House members by name,
state, district, party, body, age, gender, birthdate (month and
day), committee, subcommittee, etc. Once a member has been located,
telephone, contact and other information is available.
You may tag members to receive correspondence at most any
screen. To create letters, you may utilize the built-in editor,
which includes a spell checker. You may then generate properly
addressed, personalized correspondence to each tagged member, with
or without a FAX cover sheet, by pressing Alt-P. The letters may be
formatted for windowed envelopes, if desired. Letters may be
printed to a file for import into your preferred word processor, if
desired.
Ease of Use.
Cong-II has more than enough help built into the program, thus
you need not study this document with diligence to be able to use
Cong-II. Three lines at the bottom of each screen are devoted to
help information. In cases where more room is needed, the F1 key
pops up an additional help screen. There is also a key-line on each
screen to remind you of often used keys. F1 provides a list of
active cmmand keys anytime.
Installation.
Simply place the Cong-II files in the same sub-directory and
decompress them. Then type "COii" to begin.
General Operation.
Use the arrow keys to highlight a menu choice and to move
highlight bars. Press <Enter> to accept the highlighted item as
your choice.
Read the bottom three lines on each screen if you have
questions. They will probably have your answer or will tell you
how to proceed. Press F1 for a list of command keys.
When you are shown a list of members on the screen, you will
normally see a locator field at the top of the screen. Enter the
first few characters of the name you are looking for. This will
position the list at a name beginning with those letters.
At the top of the screen(s) are data, such as the date, the
time, memory remaining, etc. Watch your memory. When it gets low
(e.g. 10,000 bytes left), best to escape back to the main menu
and start over.
Members.
The following keys apply to most member lists: (You need not try
to remember these keys. All are identified on the screens to which
they apply.)
Alt-D Show democrats only
Alt-R Show republicans only
Alt-A Show both (Parties)
Alt-S Show Senate only
Alt-H Show House only
Alt-B Show both again
Alt-C Shows committees.
Ctrl-W Show women only
Ctrl-M Show men onnly.
Ctrl-A Show all.
Ctrl-B Show by birth month and day.
Ctrl-O Show by age, oldest first.
Ctrl-Y Show by age, youngest first.
Alt-T Show all by State. Escape to return to by name.
Gray + Key Tag/Untaggs the highlighted member
Alt-G Show only the tagged members. Alt-G again shows all.
Alt-U Un-tag all members
Alt-L Select the letter to print.
Alt-F Toggles the FAX cover sheet On/Off.
Alt-P Prints the selected letter for all tagged members. You
may choose to view the letters on the screen or to print them to a
file or to your printer. Alt-W prints in "window" format. Windowed
envelopes are available from RSC or your local "Office Warehouse"
type store.
Esc Returns
Pup/PgDn Moves forward or backward one screen full.
Pressing <Enter> while a member is highlighted will show
details about the member. When the member's details are shown,
Alt-C will show a list of the committees that the member is
assigned to. Pressing <Enter> on a member's committee will show its
members (just as it does under Committees). Pressing <Enter> on a
Committee member will show details on the member, etc., etc.
Committees.
This main menu choice allows you to view a list of committees.
This is the same as Alt-C from the member listing. The following
keys apply:
Alt-M shows only Main committees
Alt-A shows all again (both main and subcommittees)
Alt-H shows House committees only
Alt-S shows Senate committees only
Alt-J shows Joint committees only
(The party, body and gender keys also apply where members are
listed.)
Pressing <Enter> while a main (or sub-) committee is
highlighted will show the members of that committee. Members may be
tagged (and un-tagged) for letters using the Grey "+" key. Pressing
<Enter> on a highlighted member is the same as under Members (member
details are shown and Alt-C, from the detail screen, lists the
members committees).
Edit Letters.
Press <Alt-E> from most screens will take you to the Cong-II
editor. Pick a letter, press enter and edit, or press Ins to begin
a new letter. Note that Alt-C duplicates the highlighted letter,
which then may be renamed and edited as a new letter. Each letter
has a single letter code and a description field for your use.
Duplicate letter codes are not allowed. Press <Enter> to get to the
edit screen. When in the text edit screen area, press F1 for help.
There are a number of keys available, such as F4 for spelling
checks, F5 for searches and F7 for Cutting and Pasting (within and
among letters). Use Crtl-Enter to save and exit.
You do not print letters from letter edit area. You only create
and edit letters there. You select the members to receive letters by
"Tagging" them under Members or Committees. You then press Alt-L to
select the letter text (by letter code) to print. Alt-P then causes
the letters to be printed to a buffer, where you may view them
before sending them on to the printer or to a file. A letter is
printed for each tagged member. If none are tagged, none will print.
Alt-F toggles the FAX cover sheet on/off. Labels may also be
printed.
Defaults.
This is where you enter you stationery letter head data and
other personal data. Alt-D from the members list will also take you
to this screen.
Register.
This is where you may print registration form. Registered
users receive technical support and updated data.
Technical Support.
Technical support is available to registered users by
calling (703) 463-7986. You may order and register by calling this
number.
(The Editor will be available in April, 1993. It also will be
shareware and its registration fee will also be $25.00. Call if you
would like to have a copy sent directly to you .)
Ths latest version and data may be downloaded from the ICS BBS
(Long Island, NY) (516) 226-3727 (9600+) or 226-3989 (2400). You
may also register via ICS.
Enjoy.
Don Richards
(4/23/93)