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- DESCRIPTION AND AUTHOR INFORMATION
- Last updated: July, 1993
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- This file includes sample descriptions which you may use to describe the
- buttonFile package.
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- Disk Vendors and Distributors please refer to the VENDOR.DOC text
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- : Program Information :
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- | File Name(s) for BBSs |
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- For consistency and to help users locate the files, please use the following
- file names.
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- If the program is in multiple archive files, please use the following names
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- BFILE1A.ZIP buttonFile 1.0 Disk 1
- BFILE1B.ZIP buttonFile 1.0 Disk 2
- BFILE1C.ZIP buttonFile 1.0 Disk 3
- BFILE1D.ZIP buttonFile 1.0 Disk 4
- BFILE1E.ZIP buttonFile 1.0 Disk 5
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- If the programs and documentation are contained within a single archive file,
- please use the following name:
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- BFILE1.ZIP buttonFile Version 1.0
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- If the files are compressed using some other file compression method, then
- please use the name "BFILE10" with the appropriate extension (PAK, ARC, LZH,
- ZOO, etc.).
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- | Keywords |
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- FILER WINDOWS DATABASE ROLODEX CARDFILE MAIL LABELS DIALER HOME OFFICE
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- | Category |
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- Database, Personal Filer, Personal Productivity
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- | Program Name, Category, Keywords |
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- buttonFile Version 1.0, Personal Filer, FILER WINDOWS DATABASE ROLODEX CARDFILE
- MAIL LABELS DIALER HOME OFFICE
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- | Short Description |
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- buttonFile is a Windows personal database - a combination address book and
- autodialer. Store names, addresses and multiple phone numbers on pre-defined
- cards; manage and maintain multiple address files; auto-dial any phone number
- and create a list of frequently-used speed dial numbers; print mailing labels,
- reports, 3x5 cards. Search using names, numbers, "sounds-like". Import/export
- to Windows Cardfile, ASCII CSV, dBase and WordPerfect. Define your own
- databases and reports.
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- | Long Description |
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- buttonFile is a personal database manager for Windows. No other program gives
- you such quick & easy access to the essential database tasks. Manage mailing
- lists, team rosters, phone directories, inventory lists, catalogs, recipe
- collections, and more! Auto-dial any phone number, and create a list of
- frequent speed-dial numbers. Design and print mailing labels, envelopes,
- Rolodex(R) and 3x5 cards, and a myriad of reports. buttonFile does all this
- better than a Rolodex and with more ease than a full-blown database manager.
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- Whether you're a novice computer user who needs to manage a mailing list, or
- an experienced computer user who doesn't want to spend a lot of time with
- programming languages, macros, and query languages to keep track of your
- company's personnel information, buttonFile is the answer. It's the perfect
- marriage of a no-learning-curve interface with the database essentials--
- storing, sorting, searching, and printing. And because it imports and exports
- the most common formats, it makes a great companion to the other programs you
- use everyday.
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- buttonFile provides over a dozen pre-defined decks that you can be using within
- seconds after opening buttonFile:
- * Book Library * Home Inventory * Recipes
- * Business Contacts * Mailing Lists * Rolodex Cards
- * Credit Cards * Music Collection * Software Library
- * Data/Boxes * Notes * Video Library
- * File Folders * Personnel Records
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- And you can quickly design custom databases from scratch or by starting with
- pre-defined template as a pattern. Because it's fully graphical, you use a
- click-and-drag interface to place the fields on a card...Then start entering
- your data!
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- Using a Rolodex-like interface makes understanding and navigating in buttonFile
- intuitive even for novice users. Cards (records) are "stacked" on the screen
- so you can click on the one you want to see. Or view your records in a
- familiar spreadsheet-like table. You can browse through the deck a screenful
- at a time, or click on the handy index buttons to jump to the first card in a
- group. And buttonFile provides powerful yet understandable searching, so you
- can locate exactly what you're looking for without query languages or confusing
- syntax.
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- buttonFile comes with over 100 pre-defined forms for printing on all common
- labels, cards, envelopes, and paper sizes, including most Avery and Dennison
- laser and tractor-fed forms: Address Labels, Mailing Labels, Shipping Labels,
- Diskette Labels, Cassette Labels, Video Labels, File Folder Tabs, Envelopes,
- Index Tabs, Post Cards, 3x5 Cards, Index Cards, Rolodex Cards, Name Tags,
- Rosters, Lists, Catalogs, And More! Professional looking output of your data
- has never been so easily accessible.
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- Main Features
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- * Be up-and-running instantly with over a dozen pre-designed templates to
- choose from. Or design your own cards using a point-and-click interface.
- No programming!
- * View your data as stacked cards on the screen or in a spreadsheet-like table.
- * Print on all the common business forms including over 100 pre-defined Avery
- and Dennison laser and tractor-fed forms: Mailing & shipping labels, Rolodex
- cards, envelopes, name tags, lists, rosters, catalogs, and more.
- * Easy yet powerful searching using "begins with", "contains", "sounds-like",
- "greater than", and "less than"--just to name a few.
- * Import & Export your data to a variety of programs and data formats--dBase,
- PC-File, Windows Cardfile, WordPerfect, and ASCII comma delimited (CSV).
- * Dial phone numbers stored as data or use "quick dialing" (same as your
- telephone's speed dial feature) to dial your most common phone numbers
- easily.
- * Sort your data in up to three levels. And re-sort at any time without
- re-keying data.
- * Protect sensitive data with a password and data encryption.
- * The multiple document interface (MDI) lets you work with multiple data files
- on the screen at the same time.
- * The handy button bar gives instant access to the most common activities
- including index buttons that jump immediately to a group of cards for easy
- browsing.
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- Technical Specifications
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- Maximum fields size..................256 characters
- Maximum number of fields.............40
- Maximum notes field size.............8192 characters
- Maximum number of notes fields.......1
- Data Types...........................Character
- Maximum indexes per file.............1
- Maximum fields (keys) per index......3
- Record limit.........................Unlimited (disk capacity)
- (Recommended limit is 200,000)
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- | Registration Information |
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- When you choose Register from the Main Menu, you will be prompted to fill in
- your name and address. buttonFile will print a registration form for you to
- mail in.
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- * You receive the most current copy of the program
- * Bound printed manuals
- * FREE Card deck with area codes, cities and time zones - includes all cities
- and towns, not just major ones.
- * Notification of updates and new products
- * Inexpensive updates (typically 1/3 the retail price)
- * Periodic special price offers (for our registered users only)
- * Your input and ideas help shape future products
- * A sense of pride and ownership, by having honestly participated in the
- Shareware revolution
- * The satisfaction of helping to keep software prices down, by supporting a
- distribution method which doesn't depend on expensive advertising campaigns
- * You are required to obtain a registered copy if you continue to use the
- program beyond the evaluation period
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- | Author/Publisher Information |
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- ButtonWare is a small software company owned and operated by Jim Button.
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- At ButtonWare we believe that our most important resource is our customers.
- This concept is fundamental to our approach to product development, production
- and marketing.
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- ButtonWare has been producing top quality computer software at reasonable
- prices, continuously, since 1982.
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- Please feel free to contact me (Jim Button) at any time if you have any
- questions, comments or suggestions. I can be reached by mail at the following
- address:
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- Jim Button
- ButtonWare
- PO Box 96058
- Bellevue, WA 98009
- USA
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- I can also be reached at:
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- FAX: (206) 454-1838
- CompuServe: 76004,1532
- Internet: 76004.1532@COMPUSERVE.COM
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