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"KEBER'S NICE ADDRESS PROGRAM" "K.N.A.P." By: ROBERT F. KEBER JR (407) 969-3643 336 Swain Boulevard, Greenacres City, Florida 33463 COPYRIGHT (C) - All Rights Reserved DISCLAIMER Use This Software At Your Own Risk The author of this software makes or offers no warranty, either expressed or implied, regarding any of the software programs included with this package. There is no warranty for this software's usefulness, or for it's fitness for any particular purpose. The author will not be liable for any damages arising from the use of (or from the inability to use) this software. The author will not be liable for lost profits, lost savings, lost income, lost time, claims by other parties, or for other incidental or consequential damages arising from the use of (or from the inability to use) this software. Use of this software is entirely at the user's own risk. WHAT IS "K.N.A.P." We like to think that K.N.A.P. is one of the best "all-around" Address and Telephone list programs for both Business and Personal use. We believe that after you have tried it, you will agree. The following are just some of K.N.A.P.'s features... * Holds up to approximately 725,000 Addresses per address file. * Handles multiple address files. * Word Processing style Data Entry Commands. * Includes a large field for comments about each address. * Stores TWO telephone & extension numbers for each address. * "Search For" or "Find" any address by partial NAME or NUMBER. * Automatic "Sorting" of Addresses as they are entered. * Print "Index" or "Rolodex" cards. * Print addresses on envelopes or large shipping labels. * Print mailing labels in 1, 2, or 3 across formats. * Print multiple labels to the same address. * Print labels selectively with discrimination on any field. * Print a NAME & PHONE directory book. * Print a NAME & ADDRESS directory book. * Print a NAME/ADDRESS/PHONE/ID#/COMMENT directory book. * Send "printed output" to a "disk file" instead of a printer. * "LOCK" repetitious entries into any field (Zip, City, etc.). * Delete, Copy, Rename or Backup any file. * Works with files on different drives and directories. * "Menu Driven" with extensive "On Screen" help. HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS * IBM PC/XT/AT or Compatible computer. * Minimum of 300k RAM memory - 640k Recommended * At least one disk drive - Hard drive recommended * DOS or MS-DOS Versions 3.0 or higher. * Monitor - Monochrome or Color. * Printer - Parallel Dot Matrix, Epson or IBM compatible. REGISTRATION KEBER's NICE ADDRESS PROGRAM (K.N.A.P.) is marketed as Shareware. The term "Shareware" means that we provide you with a copy of the program for you to "try out" for a short evaluation time. After a few weeks of use, you are required to either dispose of the program or send us the purchase price for registration. Extended use without registration is a violation of our rights assigned by Copyright Law. WARNING: Shareware versions of all our programs are, and will remain, fully functional. But any of several safeguards "may" exist to encourage User Registration and to detect and expose the illegal sale of pirated copies which may have been "Doctored" or "Altered". User Support (both Telephone & Written) is available for anyone who needs help or information with any of our products. Because we produce and support MANY different software packages, and each package usually has several updated releases and revisions, please have the following information available whenever you contact us for any reason: - Program's Full Name, Version Number, and Serial Number (even if NOT a Registered Program) (Example: "K.N.A.P. Version 1.4 - Serial# 12151990261") (Serial Numbers are shown on the 1st & Last program screens) <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BONUS FOR REGISTERING <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> All Users who register will receive the latest updated, improved and "Debugged" version of this program. They are also kept advised of all of our new programs, and many times, Registered Users are offered special discounts toward (and free Demos of) our new programs. ANOTHER "TID-BIT" Registered Users who have "Address Controller" Address Files (from one of our other address programs) may request a support program called "AC- CNVT.EXE". This program will convert the "Address Controller" data files to "K.N.A.P." address files. As this support program is ONLY useful to those who have large Address Controller files, it is NOT routinely shipped. But it will be shipped with Registered Versions of K.N.A.P. when Registered Users request it. HOW DO I REGISTER? Print out the enclosed file named "REGISTER.DOC" with the following DOS Command.... COPY REGISTER.DOC LPT1 <...hit 'Enter'> When the printing is complete, you will have a "Form" to be filled in and mailed along with your payment. The "Form" helps to insure that all of the necessary information is included with your order. Please take the time to fill it out completely. When you have completed the Registration Form, Mail it to us with your Payment. The program price is listed on the Registration Form. All prices are subject to periodic change - call for a price update after December, 1992. Make all checks payable to "R. KEBER JR.". (Florida Residents, Add Sales Tax) (All Prices & Features Are Subject To Change Without Notice) Our normal method of shipping a pre-paid order is by regular 1st Class Mail. In such a case there are NO SHIPPING CHARGES, and delivery time is usually just a few days. Files included with "K.N.A.P." INSTALL .EXE - Prints Instructions & Installs K.N.A.P. on Hard Drive KNAP .EXE - Main Program KNAP .OVL - Display Screens (In Compressed Form) KNAP .DOC - This Instruction Manual SAMPLE .LST - Data file of sample address records REGISTER.DOC - Registration Form REG .DAT - Registration File - User's Name & Serial Number KNAPTOOL.EXE - For Merging/Extracting/Etc of K.N.A.P. Address Files. AC-CONVT.EXE - Shipped with Registered Version (upon request only) Files which are created when "K.N.A.P." is run FILENAME.LST - Assorted Address Lists Named By the User FILENAME.NAM - Index file of Address "Names" FILENAME.NUM - Index file of Address "ID Numbers" PHONE .PRN - Print to disk file - Telephone Directory LABEL .PRN - Print to disk file - Printout Of Labels ADDRESS .PRN - Print to disk file - Address Directory CARD .PRN - Print to disk file - Index/Rolodex Card printout SETTING UP YOUR DRIVES FLOPPY DISK DRIVES If you only have floppy drives, start up your computer using your normal BOOT UP disk. Once you get the screen prompt "A:>", place this program into Drive A: and enter the following..... KNAP <hit Enter> .....and K.N.A.P. will load and run. INSTALL.EXE "INSTALL.EXE" is a program for "AC" Installation. It will present you with a menu with selections for printing this instruction manual, or for installing the Address Controller files on any of your Drives. "INSTALL" will transfer the K.N.A.P. files from your default Drive & Directory to another Drive and Sub-Directory called d:\KNAP. If such a Sub-Directory already exists, you'll be given a "Quit or Continue" option. It will also create a BATCH file called "KNAP.BAT" which will be placed in the drive d:\ROOT directory. "KNAP.BAT" will allow Users who may not know their way around a Hard Drive too well, to simply BOOT-UP and then type "KNAP" to run this program. To make things a bit easier for you, we have included a "sample" Address data file called "SAMPLE.LST". This will save you the time of having to enter your own data just to "try out" this program. Feel free to play around with this sample file, and "get the hang" of how the program works. That's the easiest and fastest way to learn how the program works (most fun way too). Run through all the different Menus and features, and try everything. Find records, Add new records, Edit records and Delete records. Print Labels, Lists, Directories and Rolodex Cards. Make sure that K.N.A.P. "works" with all of your equipment. That's what "Shareware" is all about, "Try before you buy". The following page or so describes the methods used in K.N.A.P. to enter your address information into the "Fields". The term "Field" is just another word for a "blank space to be filled in with data". ( Example: NAME:____(field)_______ ) We suggest that you take the time to at least glance through this information, as most of it has been put there to make life easier for you. Some of it will describe "Short-Cut" methods of entering data, while some of the others will answer some questions before you even think to ask them. DATA ENTRY & CURSOR CONTROLS FIELD EDITING -- CURSOR MOVEMENT INSERT KEY: Toggles between "Insert" & "Overwrite" of characters. Cursor changes shape for each mode. DELETE KEY: Deletes character at cursor position. BACKSPACE.: Deletes character to left of cursor position. LEFT ARROW.: Move cursor left one space. RIGHT ARROW: Move cursor right one space. UP ARROW...: Jump to previous field. DOWN ARROW.: Jump to next field. CTRL LEFT..: Move cursor left one word. CTRL RIGHT.: Move cursor right one word. HOME KEY...: Move cursor to beginning of field. END KEY....: Move cursor to end of field entry. CTRL END...: Delete field entry from cursor position to end. PAGE UP....: Jump to top field. PAGE DOWN..: Jump to bottom field. F-1 KEY....: Exit "Current Routine" and return to the previous menu. F-2 KEY....: Varied purposes. Watch Bottom Center of Display Screens. F-10 KEY...: Exit from the "K.N.A.P." program. YES/NO QUESTIONS: In the majority of cases, when K.N.A.P. asks a question to be answered by a "Y" or "N", hitting the "Enter" key is the same as entering a "Y" (for Yes). But there are a few places where the reverse is true (Enter = "N"), and still a few other places where you MUST hit a "Y" or "N", and the "Enter" key won't be accepted. It sounds confusing, but (believe it or not) it works well and makes good sense in practice. But if in doubt, just hit the "Y or N" keys. SELECTING OR CREATING AN ADDRESS FILE --------------------------------------- The 2nd screen to appear is the "Choose a File" screen. There are several methods for choosing or creating an Address File (sometimes called a "Work File"). TO USE THE DEFAULT FILE If you just hit the "ENTER" key, a "Default File" called "ADDRESS.LST" will be selected or created. The term "Default" simply means "What the computer will do or use, unless "you" take steps to specify something else". TO SELECT AN EXISTING FILE If you wish to use a "Work File" that already exists (in your default drive and directory), just hit the "F2" function key. When "F2" is pressed, a "Window" appears on the screen which contains a sorted list of all the available address files. To choose one of the files in the window, use your Up/Down Arrow keys to move the highlighted "bar" to the file which you want to use, and then hit your "Enter" key to select that file. To exit from the window without choosing a file, press the "Escape" Key. TO CREATE A NEW FILE You may also create a NEW file, or edit any existing address file (with any name, up to eight characters in length) by simply entering the file's name in the space provided on the screen. Any file name which you type in will have an extension name of ".LST" automatically appended to it to designate it as an Address List file. You may also specify to use or create a file on a different disk drive or directory by simply adding that information to the beginning of the file name. (eg: "C:\LETTERS\LISTS\MYLIST.LST") The next screen that appears is simply to insure that you entered the correct file name on the previous screen, and to avoid creating files on the disks with names entered in error. If the file name is correct, then just hit "Y" (for Yes), or just hit "ENTER" which always (usually) means the same as "YES". If the name is not correct, then just enter "N" (for NO). The previous screen will reappear, allowing you to enter the file name once again. Once you get past the third screen, the MAIN MENU screen will appear. On the menu you will see listed all of the various choices at your disposal. If you choose to create a brand new file, at this point your new address file is empty because you haven't entered any addresses yet. As a result, if you try most of the menu selections, you will only get a message saying that your work file is empty. But after you have entered a few addresses, all of the menu choices will work just fine. ADDRESS DATA ENTRY SCREEN The address entry screen consists of nineteen separate categories, or fields, into which you may type your address information. ID NUMBER FIELD When you begin to add a new address, you will notice that the first field (ID number) is already filled in for you with a number. Each new address you enter will automatically be given a unique ID number. The ID number is called a "KEY", and it can be used as the fastest way to display, edit, delete or print any particular address. In such cases, you just enter the proper ID number, and the address that was assigned that number will be quickly found and put on the screen. The ID number is assigned in rotation on a first come, first served basis, and it is incremented by one digit with each new address entered. K.N.A.P. has a routine (Long Address Directory) for printing a list of all the the ID numbers for each address record. BUSINESS OR LAST NAME FIELD This field on the address form is for entering a company's full name, and this is why we have allowed 30 spaces in this field. Many firms or government agencies have very long names. However, in the case of entering a person's name, just enter their LAST name and any extension in this blank. The individual's first name and middle initial can be entered into another field on the form, which is reserved for first names. We should caution you about one thing, while on the subject of the NAME fields. The Last/Company Name field has 30 spaces, the First Name field has 20. If you fill up both fields with characters, the total combined length of the name will be 50 characters. While all those characters will be saved on the disk, and displayed on the screen, only the first 30 will appear on any printouts (for reasons of spacing on labels or paper). Because of this, it's best to keep your "FIRST NAME" entries as reasonably short as possible. ATTENTION FIELD This field can be used for "ATTENTION OF" information, or for the 1st line of a two line street address. The U.S. Post Office recommends that "Attention Of" information be placed as the "1st" line in an address. Because of this, all earlier versions of K.N.A.P. would place this field "First" on a printed label. But we have received so many complaints about this, that beginning with version 1.4, this field will be printed as the 2nd line on a label. If you wish to conform to the Postal Suggestion, then you can still do so. Just enter your addresses with your "Attn Of" data in the "Last Name" field, and enter the company name in the "Attn:" field. But bear in mind that your address files are sorted by the entries made in the "Last Name" fields. If the "ATTN" field is left "BLANK", then the address will be printed in only three lines instead of four. But there won't be a blank space where "ATTN" would normally fit. All information printed below "ATTN" will move up a line to fill the empty space. Sometimes lengthy addresses require abbreviation. Sensible abbreviation usually creates no problem for the Post Office as long as your Zip Codes are correct. To make this a little easier, when you are "Adding or Editing" an address, if you press the "F5" Function Key, a "Pop-Up Screen" containing the more common postal abbreviations will appear. Note: The Post Office can usually use "optical scanners" to read your addresses and automate the delivery of your mail if you use a "plain" type style (no seriffs, proportional spacing, or anything fancy). They also recommended that ALL "Capital Letters" be used, and that you keep your printer ribbon new and dark. Use a nine digit Zip whenever possible. These are just some of the tricks that "you" can use to help to speed up the delivery of your own mail. THE "TELEPHONE NUMBER" FIELDS The Telephone Number fields have a special feature in that the entries may be made as "123-4567" or as "1234567". TELEPHONE EXT FIELDS The two "Extension" fields can be used for telephone extension numbers. But, if you don't need to use telephone extension numbers, these fields can also be used to designate the category of the associated telephone number. In such cases, just make entries such as "Home", "Office", "Main", "SALES", "SERVC", "FAX", "PURCH", etc.. COMMENT FIELD The last field is the "COMMENT:" field. This can be used for such things as stating, the specialty of a doctor, account numbers, the name of your contact at this firm, names of spouses or children, birthdays, and so on. It can be a very useful field. THE PRINTING MENU PRINTING TO A DISK FILE Most of the Print Menu Selections have a special feature attached to them which gives the option of sending the output intended for the printer to a "Disk File" instead. This feature can be a real time and money saver in several ways, starting with the fact that it will only take a fraction of the normal printing time to print a disk file. The User can then use the DOS or MS-DOS file called "PRINT.COM" to print the file "in the background". Printing the file in this manner will free up the computer to do other tasks at the same time as the file is being printed. In other words, YOUR COMPUTER CAN DO TWO THINGS AT ONCE. You don't have to sit around, idly waiting until the printing is finished. See your DOS or MS-DOS manual for instructions on how to use "PRINT.COM". But even if you don't have "PRINT.COM", you (or anyone else) can still print these files with the command "COPY PHONE.PRN LPT1:". Using this method won't print "in the background" like PRINT.COM does. But it does allow "anyone" with a computer to print the file without any need for the K.N.A.P. program to be present. Another benefit is that you can run these printing routines on a computer with NO PRINTER, and then send a disk containing the output files to another computer (with a printer) for printing at a later time. Or, in the case of one printer being shared between several computers, it is usually faster to send the printer a disk file to be added to the "PRINT QUEUE" than to sit around idly waiting for "your turn up at bat". Another benefit! You can send the print files by telephone modem to other Users, or mail them a floppy disk instead of many heavy pages of printed material, saving postage, paper and printing time. They can then print the file themselves, using the commands we explained above. And finally, you can sell or share the address lists created by K.N.A.P. with other computer Users without allowing them to have access to your registered copy of this program. This is very useful for use in Clubs or Churchs, where extra copies of address and phone lists (or sets of mailing labels, Rolodex, etc.) are always in demand. In such cases, "You" can keep the master ".LST" list with K.N.A.P. for editing/updating, and give the ".PRN" file to others. They can then print as many copies of the list as they need without having access to "K.N.A.P." or your master files. PRINTING OF MAILING LABELS The size of the labels that you use is very important. This program was designed for use with 2 1/2 inch by 15/16 inch labels. We chose this size of label for our program because (in a 3 across format) they will fit in most of the smaller 80 column printers. If you use this size of label (and position them in your printer properly) you should have no problems. However, (while not recommended) it is possible to use a variety of label lengths when using the one across or two across type of labels. But the user is strictly limited to 15/16 of an inch in depth to maintain proper line spacing. But, we suggest that you use the proper size labels for the best overall performance. You will be asked if you wish to print "ALL" of the address in the current workfile. If you answer "Y", you will proceed directly to the printing part of the program, and a label will be printed for "every" address record in the file. Answering "NO" will allow you to choose to print groups of labels from whatever category you want. Example: Only print labels for records from one "State", or one "City", or for one "Zip Code" (or any range of Zip Codes), or for all "Names" starting with "A" (or A to F), and so on. Before starting to print any of the address labels, the program will ask if you want to print some TEST LABELS. The purpose of this is to help you obtain proper label alignment in your printer. You may keep printing TEST LABELS over and over, and adjusting your printer and labels both left and right, and up and down, until the printing on the labels is centered and acceptable to you. PRINT INDEX & ROLODEX CARDS This selection will print either Index or Rolodex cards. The cards must be of the "continuous form" type (attached to each other like computer paper) in a "one across" format. This program was written for specific sizes of cards. The Rolodex card size should be 2 1/6 inches by 4 inches, while the Index card size should be 3 X 5 inches. Use of any other sized cards will cause printout problems. Again, you will be presented with an opportunity to print TEST cards to line up your printed output before the printing of the file begins. IMPORTANCE OF MAKING BACKUP FILES K.N.A.P. is a very complex program. It was written using a combination of three different programming languages, and contains many very advanced programming routines (Binary Indexed Trees, etc.). As such, it performs very well, but it doesn't "take kindly" to being mistreated by operators. The worst thing an operator can do to K.N.A.P. is to take a "short-cut exit" from the program by simply turning off the computer, or by doing a "Warm Boot". During a proper exit (F-10 key) K.N.A.P. does quite a large number of tasks related to closing all files properly, restoring the RAM memory to normal, and in general, just tidying up after itself. To intentionally and repeatedly "bypass" those tasks is risking serious damage (or even a complete loss) of the data files. While we have done every thing we could think of to minimize data loss, on occasion it can still happen. This same problem can occur with most programs that access files, and it's not really a problem that's unique "only" to K.N.A.P.. But because K.N.A.P. accesses "Many Files", and those files all "Interact" with each other, we prefer to stress the importance of proper "Exits" and NOT taking "Short Cuts". Because of this possibility of Data loss, we can't stress strongly enough the importance of keeping "Backup" copies of your data files. By "Backup" files we don't mean just the backup files that K.N.A.P. gives you the option of creating upon an exit (*.BAK). While those files are usually fine as "Backups", it is very easy to overwrite THEM with a bad file, leaving you with nothing but corrupted files on your disk. By "Backup Files" we mean other insurance backup copies of your address files kept on separate disks for safe keeping. Making (or retrieving) "Insurance Backups" is easily accomplished by running "KNAPTOOL.EXE" and selecting Main Menu Choice "B" (for Backups). Another method of doing this is to use the "COPY FILE" routine in the "UTILITY" section of the program. When you decide to make "Backup" copies of your records, you really only NEED to make copies of any Address Data file ("*.LST"), assuming that you are already using a backup of K.N.A.P. and it's related files. All other files (*.NAM, *.NUM, *.PRN) can be automatically recreated as needed. But the "LST" files are irreplacable without backup copies. TROUBLES & PROBLEMS - K.N.A.P. ERROR SCREEN If K.N.A.P. has been running without problems for an indefinite period of time, and it suddenly starts to display an "Error Screen" every time you choose a particular address file, then you probably have a corrupted address file. If you have a recently created, up to date, backup file (*.BAK) on your drive (usually created upon exit from KNAP), then select the "UseBackUps" choice shown on the "Error Screen". This will "Copy" the default "BAK" file to your default address file, and will probably (hopefully) eliminate your problem. But if you don't have a CURRENT "*.BAK" backup file available, then you can try to "Repair" your corrupted file by using "KNAPTOOL.EXE". Run KNAPTOOL.EXE. Then select "FILE MAINTENANCE" from the main menu, and run that routine on the problem address file. File Maintenance will remove records marked as Deleted from the address file. At the same time it will check for bad, duplicate or corrupt records, and it will eliminate them too. Many times this routine will "Repair or Fix" a corrupted Data file with only minimal data loss. If the repair doesn't work, then the file is too badly corrupted and all records contained in it have been lost (unless you have taken our advice and have made an "Insurance Backup" copy). If you DO have an "Insurance Backup", now's the time to use it. (Please make "Insurance Backup Copies" often. It's really in "Your-own" best interest). OTHER REASONS FOR PROBLEMS: - Make sure that the version of DOS or MS/DOS you are using is version 3.0 or higher. Older versions won't work properly. - Your Printer is "NOT" ready for action, or may be incompatible, or is NOT plugged into Port #1. Many times this problem will simply "Hang Up" your computer UNTIL the printer "IS" ready for action. - Not enough free disk space left. - Not enough free RAM memory available. Remove all other Memory Resident programs from memory BEFORE running "K.N.A.P.". <<<<<<<<<<**************************************************>>>>>>>>>> |||||||||| ADDITIONAL SOFTWARE PRODUCTS |||||||||| <<<<<<<<<<**************************************************>>>>>>>>>> ADDRESS CONTROLLER: Powerful yet Simple Address & Phone List Manager: Handles Multiple Address Files. Does Multiple Label Outputs. Prints 2 Phone Book Directories & 3 Address Book Directories. Prints Index & Rolodex Cards. Find records by ID# or SEARCH & FIND on ANY field. Address Records have fields for 2 Telephone Numbers & 2 Extension Numbers. Also has a 67 Character COMMENT field and an Address CATEGORY field. BROWSE through Address Lists with Arrow Keys. Pick/Choose "Who" to print Labels for. LOCK-IN repeticious field entries when entering records from "City Directories". Sends ANY "Printed Output" (even Labels) to the printer OR to a "Disk File". Maximum size of address files is 9,350 records, with an unlimited number of files. Can MERGE, EXTRACT & SORT address files. CONVERTS address files To/From RANDOM, SEQUENTIAL & DBASE formats. By: BOB KEBER - Shareware $42 GENERAL INVOICE SALES TRACKER - ORIGINAL ("GIST-ORIG"): INCOME & BILLING program for firms who produce a majority of their Invoices from "OUTSIDE" of their own office (such as Service Firms). Provides all of the "Gross Income Tracking Information" required by most Accountants. Knowledge of BOOKKEEPING IS NOT NECESSARY! Prints Invoices, Statements, Labels, Reports, & Invoice/Customer Directories. Does Acc/Rec Customer Statements automatically. Holds about 1.5 million records. Quickly find any record by ID# or CUSTOMER NAME. Compact data files, good for smaller disk drives. Very Fast Data entry. Numbers only - placed into any of 13 Sales Categories (NO Descriptions). Eleven of the 13 Sales Categories can be "Renamed" to suit your type of business. Ready to use! No Inventory to type in, no special forms to purchase. Almost NO program preparation at all. Just set up "Your" Name/Address/Phone, Sales Tax Rate, etc., and it's ready to go to work for you. By: BOB KEBER - Shareware - $69 GENERAL INVOICE SALES TRACKER PLUS ("GP"): INCOME & BILLING program for firms who produce most Invoices from "Inside" of their own offices, and who need "Descriptive - Computer Generated Invoices" which contain more than just "Numbers". Provides all Gross Income information required by most Accountants. BOOKKEEPING knowledge IS NOT NECESSARY! Prints Invoices, Statements, Labels, Reports, Invoice Directories & Customer Telephone/Address Books. Does Acc/Rec Customer Statements (with matching Mailing Labels, or set up for use with Window Envelopes). Holds about 1.5 million records. Find any record by PARTIAL NAME or NUMBER. Creates much larger Data files than "GIST-ORIG", so a Hard Drive is recommended. Saves BOTH the Numbers & Product/Part/Labor Descriptions. Many Adjustable features can set up "GP" to fit different business needs and local laws. Like "GIST-ORIG", "GP" is pretty much "Ready To Go To Work" for you, and very little program "Set-Up" is required. There are NO extra purchases required or needed. By: BOB KEBER - Shareware - $89 "R-TRIM": (AN ASCII Text File & Source Code Manipulator & Adjuster) ----------- STANDARD OPERATION: Shortens TEXT Files and ANY ASCII Source Codes by removing ALL "Trailing" Blanks, Spacebars and NULLS from the right end of each line of text and from "Blank" lines. ----------- OPTIONS: - INSERT or REMOVE a 1 To 9 Space wide LEFT MARGIN (Page Offset) - Make room for using Report Covers & for Punching Holes for Binders - Eliminate Excessive "Blank Lines" - MAX of 2 In-a-Row saves paper - Converts Wordstar "High-Bit" Files to Standard ASCII TEXT Files - UN-JUSTIFY: Removes Double & Triple Spacebars from between words. - Run from DOS Command Line or with on-screen HELP & OPTIONS MENUS ----------- Ideal for Authors & Editors. By: Bob Keber - $10.00 SOFTWARE SALES TRACKER ("SST"): A Sales Tracking program for Software Authors who distribute and sell their own software products. Handles multiple Product Files, changing files quickly through "Pop-Up Windows". Provides "Gross Income" information, displaying a wide variety of totals, sub totals and averages for an entire file, or for any range of dates you select. Issues Program Serial Numbers. File records store Customer Address & Phone, Serial #'s, Program Name & Version, Quantity, Price, Shipping, Sales Tax, Dates Sold & Paid, Purchase Orders & Check #'s (and has a 67 space COMMENT field). Printing routines include Mailing Labels, Customer Address & Phone Books, Invoices, Customer Statements (Acc/Rec), Index & Rolodex Cards, Shipping Labels, "Print To Disk Files", and much more. Software Sales Tracker - PATCH ("SSTPATCH"): A seperate program (but part of.., and included with "SST") for easily "Patching" a Customer's Name, Date Of Sale, and Registered Product Serial Number into any of YOUR "EXE" programs. Includes an "Automatic Bulk Disk Preparation" feature. When on "Full Automatic" SSTPATCH will read data from your "SST" product files, patch your "EXE" files with your customer information, and then print a mailing label and a disk contents label. It then follows a list of commands which YOU provide for final disk preparation (FORMAT, REDATE, ARC-IT, COPY, etc.). This "automates" the task of sending out hundreds of disks to Customers and Distributors. The only thing you need to do is keep blank disks in the drives, stick on the labels, and mail the finished product. Both the "SST" & "SSTPATCH" programs are part of the same software package, and are shipped accordingly. By: BOB KEBER - Shareware - $42 "POP-LABEL" ("PL"): A small, fast, "Pop-Up-Window" that will allow you to quickly type up and print a "Label" (or multiple copies of a Label) for most any purpose (contents labels, address labels, report cover labels, etc.). Each Label can hold up to five lines (32 characters per line) of data. Printed output is straight ASCII Text (Plain Vanilla - without any "Printer Escape Codes") and should work with most parallel printers. This program can eliminate many of those label typing sessions still done on your old typewriter. By BOB KEBER - Shareware - $18 TAKE ONE OF THE PROGRAMS ABOVE FOR A TEST DRIVE? If you would like to "Try" one or more of the above programs, and are unable to obtain them from your normal software supplier, we will be glad to send "UnRegistered Evaluation" versions directly to you for a small fee to cover Shipping & Handling expenses. ANY 1 PROGRAM = $5 ANY 2 PROGRAMS = $7 ANY 3 PROGRAMS = $9 ANY 4 PROGRAMS = $10 ANY 5 PROGRAMS = $10 (no extra charge) ANY 6 PROGRAMS = $11 Send us a note stating which program(s) you would like to try. Please specify the programs by NAME (not just "Send All Programs"). As time goes by, new programs will be added to this list. That's why we will need Program Names to properly fill your order. Be sure to include your Name, Return Address, Telephone and Check. Orders are are usually shipped within 24 hours of receipt. Make Checks Payable To: "R. KEBER" ROBERT F. KEBER JR. 336 Swain Blvd. Greenacres, Florida 33463-3342 (407) 969-3643 If you wish to purchase a "REGISTERED" version of any of the above programs, send a check for the amount shown at the bottom corner of each program's description. There is NO Shipping & Handling Charge on any Registered Version. Florida residents, ADD Sales Tax. After January, 1993 we suggest that you call us for an updated price quote BEFORE you send in your order. All prices and features are subject to periodic changes without notice. <<<<<<<<<<*************************************>>>>>>>>>> COPYRIGHT (C) - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED "DBASE" is a trademark of the Ashton-Tate Corporation. "MS-DOS" is a trademark of the Microsoft Corporation. "ROLODEX" is a trademark of the Rolodex Corporation. "EPSON" is a trademark of the Epson Corporation. 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