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ReadMe.txt
Phone Book Maker - Version 1.7
Update: June, 1996
Table Of Contents
1. File List after installation and running the program . . . 1
2. Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
3. Installing from diskettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
4. Installing from hard drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
5. General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
6. Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
7. Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
7. Ombudsman Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
8. Disclaimer Of Warranty and Agreement . . . . . . . . . . 7
1. File List after installation and running the program
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
PhonBook The main directory (default)
Phn.exe Phone Book Maker execution file
Opt.dbf User's options data file
FoxW250b.esl FoxPro for Windows library file
FoxUser.dbf Keeps diary information
FoxUser.fpt Keeps diary information
ReadMe.txt This file
Register.txt Registration form
File_ID.diz Brief program description
Dat Data files directory
Sample.dbf A sample phone book file
Sample.fpt Sample Phone Book memo file
{Prefix.dbf Prefixes
{Title.dbf Titles or Positions
{Country.dbf Countries
{Group.dbf Groups
Axl Auxiliary data files directory
Phn_a.dbf Phone Book Auxiliary file
Phn_a.fpt Phone Book memo Auxiliary file
Pfx_a.dbf Prefixes Auxiliary file
Titl_a.dbf Titles Auxiliary file
Ctry_a.dbf Countries Auxiliary file
Grp_a.dbf Groups Auxiliary file
Mrg_a.dbf Merge Auxiliary file
Mrg_a.fpt Merge Auxiliary memo file
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Hlp Help directory
Phn.Hlp The help file
Idx Index directory
Tmp.idx A temporary index file
Rpt Reports directory
List.frt These two files are used to print
List.frx record lists
2. Requirements
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
80386 DX-33 MHz CPU (80486 DX-100 or faster recommended)
8 MB RAM (16 MB recommended)
4 MB hard disk space
Windows 3.1 or better
A printer (Laser or Inkjet recommended)
3. Installing from diskettes
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1. In Windows, select File (in Windows 95 select Start) and
then Run
2. Put Phone Book Maker diskette No. 1 in the floppy drive
A: (or B:)
3. Type A:Setup (or B:Setup) and press ENTER
4. Installing from hard drive
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
If you downloaded Phone Book Maker from a BBS or received it
in the form of archive files from some other source, perform
the following steps:
1. Make two directories named Disk1 and Disk2, copy the
PhMkr17A.xxx to directory Disk1 and PhMkr17B.xxx to
directory Disk2
2. Extract each archieve file in its own directory
3. Delete the archieve files. Now you can copy the contents of
Disk1 and Disk2 directories to two diskettes for
installation from diskettes or giving them to your friends.
4. In Windows select File (in Windows 95 select Start) then Run
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5. In Windows select Browse (in Windows 95 select Have Disk)
5. Highlight Setup.exe file from directory Disk1
6. Click OK to select Setup.exe file
7. Click OK to run Setup.exe
5. General Information
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Phone Book Maker is a professional mailing list manager
written on Microsoft FoxPro for Windows. It provides quick
and efficient access to data while remaining user friendly.
Features:
1. Powerful record filtering:
Using Filter and Tag utilities, you can easily select your
desired records by choosing any number of criteria. Each
record can be assigned to 3 groups.
2. Quick record indexing:
The records can be indexed by Last Name, First Name or
Company in a second.
3. List Printing:
The records are printed according to the index, the filter
and the field order you choose. Fields and their order can
be selected individually.
4. Phone book printing:
Letter Size 8.5" x 11"
Half-A-Letter Size 5.5" x 8.5"
Pocket Size 3" x 4.75"
Phone books are printed on both sides of the paper, with
automatic alphabetical indexing. They can be indexed on
Last Name, First Name or Company Name.
5. Envelope Printing:
Envelope size 6 3/4: 3 5/8" x 6 1/2"
Envelope size 10 : 4 1/8" x 9 1/2"
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6. Label and rotary card printing:
1" x 2 5/8" Avery 5160, 5260, 5660, 5970, 5971, 5972,
5980, 5982, 5983, 6460, 8160, 8660
15/16" x 2 1/2" Avery 4144 - Dot Matrix continuous
1/2" x 1 3/4" Avery 5167, 5267, 5667, 5967, 6467, 8167,
8927
2 1/6" x 4" Avery 5385 - Rotary Card
The program calculates and sets the best font size for
delivery addresses to fit in labels.
7. Makes a Mail Merge Data File out of your filtered records,
sends it to your word processor data directory and run the
word processor to continue the merging process.
8. Converts variety of alternate files to Phone Book Maker
format. You may start your data entry in Phone Book Maker
or import your data from another application.
Available import file formats:
1. Other dBase files (.DBF)
2. Microsoft Excel spreadsheets ver. 2, 3, 4 (.XLS)
3. Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet versions 2.x (.WK1), 3.x (.WK3)
1-A (.WKS), 1.0 (.WRK), 1.1 or 1.2 (.WR1)
9. Converts Phone Book to a variety of alternate file formats.
Available export file formats:
1. Microsoft Excel spreadsheets ver. 2, 3, 4 , 5 (.XLS)
3. Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet versions 2.x (.WK1), 3.x (.WK3)
1-A (.WKS), 1.0 (.WRK), and 1.1 or 1.2 (.WR1)
4. ASCII text - SDF (System Data Format)
5. ASCII text - delimited with comma
6. ASCII text - delimited with Tab
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Available fields per record
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Field Name Maximum Length
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Last Name 20 Characters
First Name 20 Characters
Company 35 Characters
Prefix 15 Characters
Title or Position 15 Characters
Country 15 Characters
Home Phone 1 13 Characters
Home Phone 2 13 Characters
Work Phone 1 13 Characters
Work Phone 2 13 Characters
Fax 13 Characters
Pager 13 Characters
Cellular Phone 13 Characters
Country Code 10 Characters
E-Mail 35 Characters
Home Address 35 Characters
City 15 Characters
State 2 Characters
Zip Code 15 Characters
Work Address 35 Characters
City 15 Characters
State 2 Characters
Zip Code 15 Characters
Birth Date 8 Characters
Anniversary 8 Characters
Note Unlimited (Limited by available memory
and hard disk capacity)
Networking
~~~~~~~~~~
If you want to share your data with other computers and