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To enter products for your electronic catalog select
Product Entry from the Catalog pulldown menu. Be certain you
have defined the categories prior to entering your product
descriptions.
The product entries are entered from the editor at the
"Product Entry" selection. Several products may be entered at
one time. The format for entering products is :
>[product name 1] $[price 1]
[description 1]
>[product name 2] $[price 2]
[description 2]
>[product name 3] $[price 3]
[description 3]
.
.
.
Note that each product name is preceded by a ">" character.
Also make certain that the price is preceded by a "$" character.
Example :
A software company may enter products as follows :
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
>Electronic Catalog Construction Kit (DOS) $45
The Kit allows users to create their own interactive text
electronic catalog. The catalogs created allow the customer to
choose the items that he desires and at the same time see a the
total price of the items that he is chosen. At the touch of a
button the customer can see a detailed description of the product.
At the touch of another button he can print a complete invoice
with tax and shipping charges included. Registered users can
freely distribute catalogs created with the kit just as they
would distribute their own paper catalogs.
>Electronic Catalog Construction Kit (Windows) $80
Same as above except the user can incorporate graphics
into his catalog. (Requires MicroSoft Windows TM)
>Electronic Catalog Construction Kit (OS/2) $80
Same as above except that catalogs can be generated for
DOS, Windows and OS/2 presentation manager.
>Electronic Catalog Order Logger (DOS) $200
The order logger is used in conjunction with a special
version of the electronic catalog. Each electronic catalog
contains modem support. At the touch of a button a customer's
order is sent to the vendors computer via modem. The order
logger records the orders and allows the vendor to access
this information in an easy to use fashion.
>Electronic Catalog Order Logger (OS/2) $200
Same as above but is used with (OS/2)
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If you wish to enter a product number then that should be
entered on the same line as the short description and price e.g.
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
>00001 Electronic Catalog Construction Kit $45
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
You wish to delete or revise a product while it is still
shown in the Product Entry popup editor; otherwise you must select
Catalog\Revise popup menu for a listing of products for a
particular category. Once the products are listed you may press
the Delete key to mark or unmark items for deletion.