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*1*
General Information
You may use either the keyboard or the mouse to operate most
features. After initial setup, the mouse may be used for
nearly 95% of all operations.
Use the TAB key to shift the focus from field to field on the
screen. Use the space bar to toggle check boxes on and off.
Use the Alt+Down to open and close combination ("window-shade")
boxes or just use the arrows to scroll the contents in the single
line window. Use Up, Down (arrows), PgUp, PgDn, Home and End
to move thru list boxes. The ESCape key will perform the same
action as the Finished or Cancel button on most screens. The
button which is highlighted will always be chosen when the ENTER
key is pressed. If a command button has a letter underlined,
you may select it by using the ALT key plus that letter, i.e.
Alt+C for Change.
File Menu
There are no file load or save commands on the File menu.
Window Shopper's files are loaded automatically when the program
loads and are automatically saved upon exiting.
The Print choice displays a secondary menu allowing you to print
your shopping list, the "fridge" list, a worksheet for mapping
the stores, or your master item list.
The two regularly used choices have shortcut function keys to
invoke them. You may press F3 to print your shopping list, or
F4 to print the "fridge" list.
The Windows default printer is used exclusively. If you have
multiple printers, make the correct one the default before you
start Window Shopper. The default or hardware set font of the
printer is used, with no special formatting, so virtually any
printer should work.
You may exit from Window Shopper by picking the File/Exit option
with mouse or keyboard, by using the Ctl+X key as a shortcut, or
by using the normal Windows control box, either as a menu or by
double-clicking it.
Item Menu
This is the heart of normal Window Shopper operation. It is here
that you maintain your list of items, select the ones to buy, and
review your choices. After the initial setup, this is where you
will spend most of your time.
Clear Selections will remove all previously entered buy quantities
and coupon information. This clears the list for a new week of
shopping. You will be asked to confirm that you really want to
clear selections to prevent accidental erasure.
Select Items allows you to mark those items you want to buy each
week. Full details on this screen later.
Review List scrolls an abbreviated list for you to examine. It
contains all the items that will print when you press F3 or select
from the print menu. Use the keyboard or mouse to scroll the list.
Press or click on the Finished button or press ESCape or ENTER
when done.
Maintain Items lets you add, change or delete the items in your
file. Select this option and press F1 again for help on that
topic.
Map Menu
Maintain Map allows you to add, change or delete item categories
and indicate the relative position of that class of merchandise
in each of the five stores.
Re-Map Stores will automatically adjust the location fields in
each item record to agree with new locations you may have entered
in Map Maintenance. There is no need to treat each item individ-
ually.
Other Menu
This is where infrequently used commands are located. It is
usually only during initial set-up that you will need to change
the names of the stores or their tax rates.
Similarly, it is usually only necessary to enter your registration
serial number (to remove the "begging" messages) once during setup
or when you receive your serial number from the author.
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Selecting Items
The heart of the item selection process is the list of
items on the right side of the window. Use the mouse
or the cursor arrows to find the item you want. Click
mouse on the item and the complete information for that
item will show on the remainder of the screen. The
store with the lowest price for the item is pre-selected.
You may change that choice if you wish to buy elsewhere.
Enter the desired quantity in the Quantity box, press
Tab or click with the mouse to select a store, then press
the OK button. It you have a coupon for the item, you
should enter the amount in the Coupon box before clicking
OK.
Shortcut: If you are buying only ONE of an item and
want to buy from the default (lowest price) store, you
may double-click the entry in the item list. Sorry,
there is no keyboard equivalent to this Windows trick!
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*3*
Maintaining the Item List
To add a new item, just enter the information and select
the Add button. The record is added and the screen is
cleared for another transaction.
Notice that the Change and Delete buttons are not active
until an item has been chosen from the scrolling list.
This is to keep you from accidentally deleting the wrong
record.
At the heart of Window Shopper's operation is the item
category. This, along with the store Map, allows Window
Shopper to sort your list in the correct sequence for
the way you like to shop in each store. Select the
appropriate category for each item from the pull-down
list.
Each item has five prices, one for each of the five
stores that Window Shopper recognizes. If you do not
wish to buy an item at a particular store, merely leave
the price blank or zero. Shopper will never select that
store as the default. At least one store must have a
price lower than the rest for the default store selection
to operate.
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*4*
Maintaining the Store Map
Use this function to enter the product categories you
will be buying. The more detailed you make these, the
more useful the list sorting feature of Window Shopper
will be.
Do not try to enter the locations for these product
categories initially. Just enter the categories and
print the store map. Use this as a worksheet and take
a stroll thru each store in the order you like to shop.
Note the sequence in which you pass each category and
jot down the relative order on your map. TIP: Number
in increments of 5 or 10 to make it easier to make
changes or correct errors and omissions. Now you can
use the worksheet and fill in the locations on the Map
Maintenance function.
Select a category by clicking on the entry in the
list box. The details of that category will display
and the Change/Delete buttons will become active.
Make your changes and press the Change button. The
screen will clear and the Change/Delete buttons will
be dim once again. Repeat this cycle until all store
locations have been entered.
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Store Names
For Window Shopper to be useful, you must tell it the
names of the five stores you wish to shop in. If you
do not want to use all five stores, you may leave the
unused entries either blank or with the default of
"Store N".
Enter the sales tax rate for each store. This will be
used to calculate tax on those items you indicate as
being taxable.
When all data has been entered, press or click "Done".
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