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************** - DocuDraftr - - (The Electronic Forms Library) **************
******* PC-FORMS AND PC-LIBRARY PROGRAMS ******** Evaluation Copy ************
** COPYRIGHT 1990-91 William W. Blackledge **
** The programs, libraries and documentation are furnished as confidential **
** trade secret information under an obligation of the user not to disclose **
** or copy them without the owner's express consent. Permission is granted **
** for users to copy them for use in the user's own computer and for copies **
** to be made and distributed for evaluation purposes or personal use only. **
** Permission to reproduce printed copies of the Users' Manuals is granted **
** to users for their own use, but not for distribution. **
** **
** Professional, commercial and other regular users agree to pay a license **
** fee to the owner for such use. For information concerning registration **
** and licensing see the file DOCUDRFT.ORD. Use the VIEW.EXE program to **
** display that file and others by entering "VIEW <filespec>". **
** **
** The Owner is: The Licensee is: **
** William W. Blackledge Licensee Name **
** 3704 Edgewater Drive Licensee Address **
** Oklahoma City, OK 73116 Licensee City, State, Zip **
** Telephone (405) 840-3563 Licensee Telephone **
******************************************************************************
The following is a list of the forms libraries available now:
LIBRARY DESCRIPTION Directory: LETTERS
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LTRADR - Forms of Address for Letters to Various Dignitaries
LTRBNS - 219 Business Letters Regarding Matters other than Financial
LTRFNL - 76 Letters Regarding Accounts, Credit and Collections
LTRSAL - 30 Letters for the Sales Department of a Business
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LIBRARY DESCRIPTION Directory: LEGAL
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ASSIGN - Assignments of Contract Rights and Other Interests.
AUDLTR - Lawyer's Response to Request for Auditor Letter.
BILSAL - Bill of Sale for Personal Property.
CREDIT - Collection Notices and Letters.
DEEDS - Warranty Deeds Conveying Title to Real Property.
EMPLOY - Employment Agreements and Related Documents.
LEARN - Learning Demonstration for PC-FORMS.
LEASES - Leases of Real and Personal Property.
LICENS - License Agreements for Software & Hunting/Fishing.
NOTES - Promissory Notes including Installment Notes.
REALTY - Contracts for Sale or Exchange of Real Property.
SALBNS - Documents for Sale of a Business including Bulk Transfers.
SALGDS - Documents and Notices for Sales of Goods under the U.C.C.
SETTLE - Settlement Agreements and General Release from Liability.
TITLES - Title Opinions on Real Estate Properties.
WILLS - Last Will and Testament with Various Trusts & Living Wills.
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LIBRARY DESCRIPTION Directory: ORGANIZE
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AGENCY - Powers of Attorney and Other Agency Agreements.
CORPN - Forms for Incorporation & Keeping the Minute Book
INDCON - Independent Contractors including Attorneys and Brokers.
PARTNR - Agreements for General and Limited Partnerships & Joint Ventures.
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LIBRARY DESCRIPTION Directory: PLEAD
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DIVORC - Divorce Pleadings and Related Documents - Oklahoma.
PROBAT - Probate Pleadings and Related Documents - Oklahoma.
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Press <ESCAPE> at the end of any screen display to return to the Program.
***************************
** GENERAL PROGRAM HELP **
***************************
The DocuDraftr Document Assembly System consists of two computer programs
written to permit use of the user's own choice of words in computer-prepared
documents. The programs are called PC-FORMS (pcfm.exe) and PC-LIBRARY
(pclb.exe). These programs may be linked with WordPerfect, WordStar, VDE,
PC-Write or FriendlyWriter (and, by request, with other word processing
programs with conversion utilities).
The PC-FORMS program lets you select, from a series of text menus, sections of
text to be included in a document. If the text contains variable names for
information needed to complete the document, you will be prompted to enter
responses which you want to replace those variable names. After all variable
name prompts for a particular section of text have been answered the revised
text is displayed for the user's acceptance or rejection.
For each document prepared the program produces a proof sheet file showing the
text selections made and the variable responses entered for that document.
This proof sheet has the name of the document and the suffix ".PRF".
The PC-LIBRARY program assembles files containing the Text Indexes, a Text
Library, a Variable Prompt List and/or a Variable Help List from a DocuDraftr
forms library. If requested, it will print these lists as files are being
assembled or they may be printed later with a word processor. These library
lists may be used to collect information from clients and to provide instruc-
tions to a secretary for preparation of the completed document.
PC-LIBRARY also may be used to generate the variable file for a PC-FORMS text
library. Before preparing the Text Library listing the program creates a
variable file for that library if one does not exist. It will then ask the
user to enter a prompt for any variable name for which there is no prompt in
the variable file. As it reads and displays the text selections it inserts
a numbered blank line in the text for each variable name, numbers the prompt
for that variable with the same number and stores the revised text in the
Text Library file.
The PC-LIBRARY program also accumulates index listings of the text headings in
the library in numeric and alphabetical sequence and adds those listings to the
index section of the variable file if the user asks for it to be updated. If
the user has the variable file updated the program makes a backup copy of the
existing variable file with the suffix .BAK.
The DocuDraftr programs may be linked with WordPerfect, WordStar, VDE, PC-Write
or the FriendlyWriter word processing program by placing them in the same disk
directory with one of those programs. If you use WordPerfect, the program
CONVERT.EXE must be in the same directory. If you use FriendlyWriter, the
conversion program, FWCNV.EXE, by the author of the DocuDraftr system, must be
in the same directory.
If you want the general program help in the file FMHELP.MSG to be available
copy that file into the same directory. If you install the system on a hard
disk it is recommended that you copy the forms libraries to directories with
names similar to those shown in the lists, above, or to a single directory
called PCFORMS.
Forms Libraries may be placed in directories named to reflect the types of
forms available in them or may all be placed in the same directory. The
programs are capable of displaying 80 form library names on your CRT screen.
When the programs are started without entering a form name all of the form
libraries available in the current working directory will be displayed in
alphabetical order.
The programs must be run from the directory where the form library you are
using is located. You may specify a different directory for the document
file you are creating. Just include the file specification (directory path)
in the document file name. PC-FORMS will load the document file and your
word processor from that directory. THE DOS "PATH" COMMAND MUST INCLUDE THE
DIRECTORY IN WHICH THE PROGRAMS AND, IF LINKED, WHERE YOUR WORD PROCESSOR
PROGRAM IS LOCATED. Enter "path" at the DOS prompt to check this.
The program may be run from the same directory as the library files without
being linked to your word processor. In that case you will be requested to
enter the output mode (D)ocument, (N)on-Document or (R)ight-Justified, as
explained below.
*** PC-FORMS START-UP ***
The PC-FORMS program is called PCFM.EXE.
The program is run by entering 'PCFM' at the MS-DOS prompt. You may also
enter the form name, the output file specification and a mode character 'D',
'N' or 'R' to indicate Document, Non-document or Right-Justified output mode.
For example, any of the following are correct start-up entries:
C:\PCFORMS>pcfm
C:\PCFORMS>pcfm wills
C:\PCFORMS>pcfm wills testwill.doc
C:\PCFORMS>pcfm wills testwill.doc d
The program will ask the user to enter any of the necessary information not
supplied. After program start-up you may elect to use either single-line or
double-line spacing for all, or any part of the form.
In Document mode the text is revised to be printed right-justified using the
WordStar or WordPerfect word processing programs with printers which support
microjustification. This file can be converted to WordPerfect format by us-
ing the 'CONVERT' program supplied with WordPerfect. When linked with one of
these programs a Document mode file is produced and the WordPerfect conversion
is done automatically. In Document mode, dot commands for WordStar are sent
through to the document file.
When linked with the VDE, PC-WRITE or FriendlyWriter program a non-document
file is produced. In Non-Document mode the program replaces the variable names
with the responses and then revises the text within paragraphs by removing any
extra spaces between words and all but two spaces after sentences. Each line
is terminated at the last space or hyphen immediately before reaching the right
margin marker in the current format line. This results in the text having a
ragged right margin but without extra spaces between words or sentences. This
file can be converted to the FriendlyWriter format by using the 'FWCNV.EXE'
program. When linked, the FriendlyWriter conversion is done automatically.
In Right-Justified mode the text in the Non-document mode output is revised by
inserting extra spaces to cause it to print right-justified on printers which
do not support micro-justification.
In both Non-document and Right-Justified mode the program produces a plain
ASCII file without WordStar or WordPerfect formatting commands. These files
can be printed using the PC-DOS OR MS-DOS print command or almost any word
processing program.
*** PC-LIBRARY START-UP ***
The PC-LIBRARY program is called PCLB.EXE.
This program is run by entering 'PCLB' at the MS-DOS prompt. You may also
enter the form name.
For example, either of the following are correct start-up entries:
C:\PCFORMS>pclb
C:\PCFORMS>pclb wills
PC-LIBRARY can produce ASCII files which may be printed using the DOS Print
command or files compatible with a word processing program. If you use your
word processor, you may need to widen your margins or compress your print to
print some of them as they appear on the 80-column screen.
*** PC-FORMS PROGRAM DISPLAY SCREENS ***
From the Master Menu you can display the current Text Selection Menu. Before
doing so you may want to review the Text Indexes of the form library by
selecting No. 3. Entering a Text Menu number (the number before the decimal
point) will switch you to the Text Selection Screen for that menu. Or you
can enter a complete Text Selection Number to select a particular section of
text.
You may review the text alternatives by selecting them and then using the
Escape Key to return to the menu. The Escape Key may be used from the Text
Selection Screen to return to the Master Menu if you wish to change the line
spacing, go to the Text Indexes, or display the output document. If a text
section is appended to your document its index listings will be highlighted
in the menu listings.
At the top of the PC-FORMS program display screens is a line in inverse video
displaying reminders of the special commands available from that screen. These
screens will appear in the following sequence as you select text and enter
variable responses to be included in your final document. Special commands
available from each screen are described below:
MASTER MENU
- No Special Commands
TEXT SELECTION MENU
- (N)ext - to proceed to the next menu.
- (P)revious - to return to the previous menu.
- (ESC)Menu - to return to the Master Menu.
INPUT VARIABLES SCREEN
- (CTRL-R)edo - to correct a multi-line variable response
from the beginning after having reached a
point beyond the first line.
- (CR)Left Mrgn - to enter your response beginning at the left
side of the display screen enter <RETURN>
and then your response.
- (ESC)Menu - to return to the Text Selection Menu.
- (>)Center - to center your response on the page.
- (?)Help - to display Variable Response help.
Note: You may skip the input of a variable response for any
Variable Name (such as an unused address line) by
entering two returns thus: <RETURN><RETURN>.
REVISED TEXT SCREEN
- (R)eject text - to reject the revised text.
- <RETURN> - to accept the revised text and append it to
the document being prepared.
The user responses for GLOBAL variable names (consisting of alphanumeric char-
acters enclosed in curly braces) are stored by the PC-FORMS program and auto-
matically substituted for the same variable name appearing in later sections
of text. Names for LOCAL variables begin with special non-alphanumeric char-
acters. These variable names are used for the following purposes:
1st
Char Program Response
> - Automatically inserts a ">" character to center the user
response. (Indicated by -> on the variable input screen)
? - Always asks for a response for the Variable Name, since the
previous response was not stored.
~ - Displays a 'Standard Response' for the Variable Name and
permits the user to retain it or change it.
Non-alphanumeric
Other than ? - Displays the user's previous response to the Variable Prompt
and permits the user to retain it or change it.
Sections of repeatable text (such as gifts of personal property in the wills
library) will contain only LOCAL variable names for which the responses can
be changed each time the text is appended to the document.
Detailed instructions are provided in the program documentation to permit the
user to modify the text files or to develop his or her own files for use with
these programs using the PC-LIBRARY program. These files are ASCII files
which can be prepared using any word processing program capable of producing
such a file. Certain rules must be followed to enable the PC-FORMS program
to display the menus, prompt for variables, insert the responses and revise
the text correctly.
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