Night Owl 9/Night Owl CD-ROM (NOPV9) (Night Owl Publisher) (1993).ISO/044a/cong301a.zip/CO_M.HLP

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Commercial Use of CONG-II
Continued use of CONG-II by associations, law firms,
lobbyists and other organizations is only authorized
for registered users.
Site-License arrangements may be made by contacting
Don Richards at RSC.
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Copyright
"Cong" is protected by both United States copyright law
and international treaty provisions.  It is not freeware
and it is not in the public domain.  It is distributed as
ShareWare.  New users are granted a 30 day license for
evaluation.  After the evaluation period, they should
register if they continue to use the product.
This version may be freely copied, duplicated and
distributed by registered users.  The screens, style
and "look and feel" are the copyrighted property of Don
Richards and may not be copied or duplicated without
written permission.
Use the program at your own risk.  The program carries
no warranty or guarantees.  The data on the Congress is
always somewhat outdated and therefore incomplete and
inaccurate to some extent.  Recognize this.
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Congressional Offices
  Congressional offices can become registered
  Cong-II users for the upgrade fee of $10.00, plus
  $5.00 shipping and handling, by:
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Disclaimer.
By using CONG-II, users accept this disclaimer of warranty:
CONG-II is supplied as is.  The author disclaims all warranties,
  expressed or implied, including, without limitation, the warranties
  of merchantability and of fitness for any purpose. The author
  assumes no liability for damages, direct or consequential, which may
  result from the use of CONG-II."
Recognize that congressional data changes day-to-day.
  Therefore, the data contained in this version of CONG-II is no
  longer accurate or complete.  Utilize it with this in mind.
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Distribution of CONG-II
Anyone desiring to distribute CONG-II for any kind of
  remuneration must first register with RSC. Authorization is hereby
  granted to distributors recognized by the (ASP) as adhering to its
  guidelines for ShareWare distributors.  Such distributors may begin
  offering CONG-II immediately.
However, all distributors must register users so that RSC can keep
  them up-to-date on RSC products.
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License
CONG-II is distributed as ShareWare.  You are free to evaluate
  it at no charge for 30 days and are encouraged to share it with your
  friends and associates.  However, please do not alter the program or
  use the program, or the data contained within the program, as part of
  another program or system.  If you desire to do so, contact RSC to
  make appropriate arrangements.
If you find the program useful and find that you are using it
  regularly, you should register to obtain the latest data and
  become eligible for other benefits.
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(This is a menu.  Select with the arrow keys and press Enter)
For Pricing info.
For Update info.
For Registration info.
For BBS SysOp info.
For License info.
CONG-II is ShareWare.
For Distributor info.
For Commercial user info.
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RSC product prices:
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Product
Registration
CONG-II (Letter writer)
$25.00
CONG-E (Data Editor/Print)
$25.00
QC (Quick Cong)
$25.00
Cong data (in dbf or ASCii)
$25.00
Printed manual
$10.00
Site licenses:
$10.00 per keyboard.
Data Updates:
$10.00
(Please add $5 for shipping and handling to orders to
be shipped.  To register and download by modem, call
ICS. (VISA & MC accepted.)
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Registration
To register, print the registration form (from the
main menu) and send it in.  Or, call Don at RSC.
(Check pricing first.)
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You may contact RSC as follows:
FAX - [phone]
     Voice - [phone]
To DownLoad:
(Inovative Computer Systems BBS)
Data - [phone] (9600+, HST)
[phone] (2400)
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Mail :RSC
RR2, Box 165
Lexington, VA  24450
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The RSC definition of ShareWare
The term ShareWare implies two things:
(1) a policy of fairness in that users are authorized to fully
  utilize a software package for a reasonable period (30 days or more)
  before deciding to buy it, and
(2) a distribution and marketing strategy that involves users
  more than the author and that thereby lowers the price of the software by
  essentially eliminating the author's distribution and advertising costs.
In the area of fairness, it is clearly not possible for you to
  determine, with any degree of certainty, that a software package will
  serve your needs until you actually use it for your intended purpose for
  some reasonable period.  The ShareWare fairness policy gives you the
  opportunity to make an informed "buy" decision after validating the
  adequacy of a software package in relation to your unique needs,
  generally for 30 to 90 days. (In my view, it is unfair to ask anyone to
  buy a software package without allowing them a full evaluation.)
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ShareWare costs less
In the area of price, ShareWare generally costs less (than an
  equivalent commercial product) because the author has been relieved
  of the burden of distribution and marketing costs.  The author
  grants to users the right to copy and distribute the software and
  urges them to do so by telling their friends and associates about
  it, by making copies available and by showing interested parties how
  to use it. Thus, a ShareWare package only becomes successful if users
  like it enough to recommend it to others.
ShareWare programs are generally of overall higher quality
  than commercial program, even when the commercial program is quite
  popular, WordPerfect being an excellent example. (I'm still trying
  to figure out how some advertised features work, but then I am a bit
  dense sometimes
The bottom line is that ShareWare not only costs less but is
  usually better than commercial software (because it has to be).
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Why is ShareWare inexpensive?
The low price of ShareWare does not mean that its capabilities or
  quality are low.  There may be essential no operational difference between
 a $399 commercial program and an equivalent ShareWare program for which
 you may pay, say, $99 when you register.  The $300 price difference
 represents distribution and advertising costs, not value added software
 development, documentation and support costs.  The cost to a distributor
 for a commercial package is on the order of 35% of the recommended retail
 price, $140 in the $399 case.  The developer's internal advertising and
 marketing management budgets probably average another $50.00 per copy
 sold, leaving something on the order of $90 as the (pro-rated)
 development cost of the $399 package.  Under the ShareWare concept,
 user support essentially eliminates the authors's advertising and
 distribution costs, thus the lower price.
In summary, there are three basic differences between commercial
 software and ShareWare software: fairness, price and when you pay.  All
 accrue to the user's advantage.
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BBS Sysops
BBS's may carry CONG-II without any special authorization, but
  must ensure that the package is complete and functional.
However, Sysops should register (there is no charge) if they
  wish to maintain the latest ShareWare versions of RSC products on
  their board, or if they wish to become a local distribution point
  for data updates.
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Updates
     RSC updates Cong-II data regularly.
"Regularly" means immediately whenever we
become aware of changes.  This data is
available to registered users on the ICS
BBS and by FAX from RSC (For those who use
the Cong data editor.)
     The most current publicly available
(ShareWare) data is posted perodically
on the ICS BBS.
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Cong-II Info
What is Cong?
Uses of Cong
HELP for Cong-II help
  License & Registration
Contact Info
Other products
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  Edit keys:
 FAlt-E to edit, add or delete letters.
 +Alt-X to edit, add or delete fax notices.
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Cong-II Info
What is Cong?
Uses of Cong
     Tutorial
  License & Registration
Contact Info
Other products
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 Filter keys:
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 #Alt-S for Senators only.
Alt-D for Democrats only.
Ctrl-F Females only Alt-H for House members only. Alt-R for Republicans only.
Ctrl-M Men only
Alt-B for both bodies.
Alt-A for both parties again. Ctrl-A All
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 Filter Keys  Special List Keys  Tag & Print Keys  Edit Keys  Tutor  Other Info  (Use the arrow keys to select a help topic above.  These are for information
only.  Only the Alt-C (Committees) key is operative here.)
 Some future RSC products will utilize a registration
 system along these lines.  Right now it is a convenience
 for you because it prints your name and firm on the
 registration form exactly as you entered it.  What ever you
 do will not prevent your access to this program.
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I have tried to make Cong-II very easy to use.  I have
notes at the bottom of each screen and pressing F1 provides
a list of operational keys.
The best way to become familiar with Cong-II is to look
around.  Press keys and see what happens.  When something
looks strange, read the bottom of the screen and then press
F1 for more info.
Under F1 a menu of choices is often availabe.  The menu
may not be obvious to you at first.  Always try the arrow
keys when in an F1 screen.  You may find a choice that you
didn't notice. For example these are
 menu items.
Enjoy.  (Don)
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Instant Reference
IR (Instant Reference) refers to the RSC technology that allows
 developers (and end users) to automatically re-structure and format
 large bodies of text data (typically in the 1 to 1,
 megabyte range)
 into RSC IR compatible form.  Granularity is the paragraph.  Utilities
 are provided to link (cross-correlate) paragraphs (screens) to each other
 in multiple ways essentially without limits (one-to-many, many-to-one).
The IRE(Instant Reference Environment) is the RSC collection of
 tools used to create, update and refine IR applications.  The final IR
 application is a memory resident (>2K ram) retrieval engine that accesses
 one or more large IR data files on disk.  Each file is typically in the
 50 kilobyte to 5 megabyte range.
RSC is currently licensing firms to co-develop IR applications.
 Call Don Richards at RSC is you have an application in mind.
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You may print labels in the following ways:
Alt-Y  prints the left column of 2-by labels, of single
column labels.
Alt-Z  prints the right column of 2-by labels.
Alt-V  prints labels continuously with no page breaks,
which can be used to create an ASCii merge file.
Set your label size, top blank lines before the first
label and number of labels per page under the Defaults
selection on the main menu.
You will be given the opportunity to view the labels
before sending them to your printer or to a file.
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Block Operations
Mark a block:  F7 to begin marking a block.  Use the
cursor to extend the block.
Press F7 again to complete the block marking.
The block will remain highlighted.
Move or Copy the block to a new location by positioning
the cursor and then pressing Alt-M (move) of
Alt-C (copy).
Deleting:  To delete a marked block, press Alt-D
Un-marking: To unmark a block, press the Esc key or F7.
Cut & Paste: Alt-K cuts a marked block to the buffer
Alt-Y copies a marked block to the buffer
Alt-P pastes from buffer to cursor location
(Cut&Paste allows you to move text from one memo to another)
 LEDIT2
Cursor Control Keys
cursor up
backspace
cursor down
go to next tab stop
cursor left
left to tab stop
cursor right
go left one word
  Home
go to beginning of line
go right one word
  End
go to end of line
  ^PgUp
go to top line
  PgUp
go to previous page
  ^PgDn
go to last line
  PgDn
go to next page
  ^Home
erase entire line
  Ins
toggle insert mode
  ^End
erase to end of line
  Del
erase character
  ^Enter
save & quit
  Block Operations
Other
mark block
spell check
  Alt-M  move block
  Alt-C  copy block
find & replace
  Alt-D  delete block
find & replace w verify
  Alt-Y  copy to clipboard
quit, no save
  Alt-K  cut to clipboard
Alt-T
toggle paragraph marks
  Alt-P  paste to clipboard
 ENTER for more, Esc to quit
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     How to use help
Party, body, M/F filters
Tagging and untagging
Printing letters
Using windowed envelopes
Doing Labels
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Overview
CONG-II is a congressional database and automatic
correspondence generator.  It allows you to locate
Senate and House members by name, state, district,
party, body, committee, subcommittee, etc. Once
located, contact and other information is available.
To generate correspondence, the internal editor
may be used.  Members can be tagged (to receive
a letter, note or invitation) on most screens.  The
correspondence, properly addressed, is automatically
generated by "Cong" for each tagged member.  A FAX
cover sheet will also be printed if desired.
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You may elect to view only republicans or only democrats.  At the same
time, you may elect to view only senators or only members of the house.
At same time, you may view only men or only women.
The following keys apply:
Alt-S for Senators only.
Alt-D for Democrats only.
Alt-H for House members only.
Alt-R for Republicans only.
Crtl-F for women (females) only.
Ctrl-M for men only.
Alt-B for both bodies.
Alt-A for (all) both parties again.
Ctrl-A for both (all) men and women.
You may also elect to view only tagged members, as follows:
Alt-G to show only tagged members.  Alt-G again toggles back to all.
Note that Alt-G also resets the party, body and Male/Female to all,
so you will view all tagged members (for printing).
  Note: Alt-U will untag all. Press F1 at most screens for command key lists.
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PE (Personal Cong)
PE is a personal version of Cong.  PE allows you to maintain
 a personal contact database and to quickly generate personalized
 (addressed) letters and FAX's to multiple contacts, just as
 Cong-II does for the Congress.  PE is primarily intended for addicted
 Cong-II users.  (It is also ShareWare.)
PE is designed to save you time through simplicity.  You'll have
 no trouble learning to use it, and when you use it, you'll have your
 letters or notes in the mail or in the FAX machine quickly.  Try it.
 You'll see what I mean.
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To print letters the following steps apply:
1.  Select the letter you wish to print (Alt-L).
2.  Create or edit your letter, if necessary (Alt-E).
Note thet you may copy (duplicate) an existing letter
and then edit the duplicate as a new letter.
3.  Tag the member(s) you wish to address the letter to.
The Gray"+" key tags and untags members from the main
member lists.  Alt-U untags all. When in a committee
list, Alt-T tags all members.
4.  Use Alt-F to toggle the fax cover sheet On/Off. Note
the on-screen fax flag status (On/Off).
5.  Press Alt-P to print.  You will be given the opportunity
to view the letters before actually sending them to the printer.
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 !Products
  Quick Cong(QC)
The new memory resident Cong Pop up. Takes up less than
2k of conventional memory.  Pops up over your word
processor and allows you to copy data from the pop up
screen into your word processor text.  Developed under
the Instant Reference Environment.
  E_M
The Cong-II Editor.  Allows you to update member data
and committee assignments at you own location.  It also
prints member and committee data (to the screen, a file
or a printer).
  Cong data
A set of congressional data for your own programs.
(Available in either dbf or asc format)
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 Special listing keys:
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Alt-T members by state.
Ctrl-O members by age, oldest first.
Ctrl-B members by birth month and day
Ctrl-Y members by age, youngest first.  Alt-C lists all committees.
Enter to edit highlighted member
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Tagging
By tagging a member you tell the system to print a letter or
  label for that member.
At the main member screens (which list members by name or by
  state), the Gray"+" key tags and untags members.  Alt-U untags all
  members.  Alt-G will cause only tagged members to be listed on the
  main screens.  Note than Alt-G also sets the party and body
  selectors to all, so you will see all tagged members even when you
  might have had one party or one body selected.
At screens that list the members of committees, the Gray"+"
  also tags members and Alt-U untags all.
The command keys that are active for a screen will usually be
  shown when you press the F1 key.
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 Tag and print keys(continued):
 &(Esc exits) Alt-F toggle fax cover sheet On/Off.
Alt-W prints letter (Window format)
Alt-N select a fax sheet notice.
Alt-V prints label merg file.
F5 Formfeed printer.
F6 Linefeed printer.
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 Tag and print keys:
 /(Esc returns) Gray "+" tags member (On/Off)
Alt-G to show only tagged members.
Alt-L select a letter.
Alt-G again toggles back to all.
Alt-P prints letters to tagged members  Alt-U to untag all.
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 Filter Keys  Special List Keys  Tag & Print Keys  Edit Keys  Tutor  Other Info  (Use the arrow keys to select a help topic above.)
 oErrors of omissions? Contact RSC promptly.
 Committee filter keys:
 ,(Esc returns) Alt-M to list main committees only.
Alt-S to list Senate committees only.
Alt-A to list all.
Alt-H to list House committees only.
 ,Alt-J to list Joint committees only.
 Committee filter keys:
 ,(Esc returns) Alt-M to list main committees only.
Alt-S to list Senate committees only.
Alt-A to list all.
Alt-H to list House committees only.
 ,Alt-J to list Joint committees only.
 Alt-C will duplicate the highlighted
letter (so you can modify it
as a new letter).
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[Enter the initial characters of the member's last name
here to quickly locate the member.]
  Alt-C lists committees.
  F5 Formfeed printer.
  Alt-T lists members by state rather than by last name. F6 Linefeed printer.
  Alt-S for Senators only.
Alt-D for Democrats only.
  Alt-H for House members only. Alt-R for Republicans only.
  Alt-B for both bodies.
Alt-A for both parties again.
 Gray "+" toggles member tag for letters.
  Alt-G to show only tagged members.
Alt-G again toggles back to all.
  Alt-U to untag all.
  Alt-L to select a letter.
Alt-N  selects a fax sheet notice.
  Alt-F toggles fax cover sheet On/Off.
Alt-V prints label merg file.
  Alt-P to print tagged letters
Alt-W window envelope letter
  Alt-E to edit, add or delete letters.
Alt-Y to print labels left col.
  Alt-X to edit, add or delete fax notices. Alt-Z to print labels right col.
  Ctrl-F women only
Ctrl-B by birth month and day
  Ctrl-M men only
Ctrl-O by age, oldest first.
  Ctrl-A all (men and women)
Ctrl-Y by age, youngest first.
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Uses of Cong
Individuals who want to make their views known to a
group of Senators and House members will find "Cong" invaluable.
"Cong" is also intended for use by Members of Congress,
legal firms, associations and groups that interact with
the Congress and by educators dealing with congressional matters.
Anyone who interacts with the congress will find it
useful for quickly locating a member's telephone number and
office room number and for quickly sending notes or memos to
selected members.  Members may also be located by age, gender,
birth month and day, as well as by name, state, party, body,
committee and subcommittee.
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Alt-W prints your letters formatted to be folded and
     mailed in windowed envelopes.  Your return address
     shows in the upper left window and the member's
     adress shows in the middle window.
Window envelopes are available from RSC.  Two sizes
are available.  The smaller fits neatly inside the
larger for mailing as a return envelope.
(For me, windowed envelopes are the only way to go.)
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