1 On-Line Help for The Total Mailing List Manager (c) 1991 all rights reserved Eastern Digital Resources (803) 593-0870 PRESS ESC TO RETURN TO PROGRAM Index 100 Help 2 Procs50 1 1 1 Exit 1 1 This HELP subsystem incorporates hyper- links to allow you to quickly find the information you need. You can select a key word from those above to jump from section to section. Pg Dn will carry you forward 1 page Pg Up will carry you back 1 page G (for go to) will allow you to go to a particular page Esc will return you to the program Index100 Hyper2 Pg Dn 3 Pg Up 23 Goto 24 More 3 Exit 1 1 *** Pg Dn *** The location of the Pg Dn key depends onthe kind of keyboard you have. It is either on your numeric keypad on the right of your keyboard or above the cursor movement keys. Hyper 21 Pg Dn 3 Pg Up 23 Goto 24 More 3 Exit 1 1 Whenever you use the system, you will bepresented with various options by means of a Menu. You can choose any option from a Menu by pressing its number. It is not necessary to press ENTER when you move from one Menu to another. Pg 11 Index100 Exit 1 1 This is the Master or Main Menu for the System. From this menu you will access all other parts of the system. To go into any function, press its number. When you are finised with the program Press E to End Session See page 3-1 of the manual Pg 12 Index100 Exit 1 1 OPERATING PROCEDURES Daily Operations 51Weekly Operations 55Monthly Operations 60Quarterly Operations 65Annual Operations 70Periodic Operations 75 Daily 51 Weekl 55 Month 60 Quart65 Annua70 Perio 75 Exit 1 1 *** DAILY OPERATIONS *** ________________________________________Enter a New address 6/1 Exit 1 1 *** DAILY OPERATIONS *** ________________________________________Print Address File 2/FN/1/2 Make Backups F6/2/3 55 *** WEEKLY OPERATIONS *** ________________________________________ Exit 1 56 *** WEEKLY OPERATIONS *** ________________________________________ 60 *** MONTHLY OPERATIONS *** ________________________________________ 65 *** QUARTERLY OPERATIONS **** ________________________________________ 70 *** ANNUAL OPERATIONS *** ________________________________________ 75 *** PERIODIC OPERATIONS *** ________________________________________ see page 6-4 of the manual 1 SELECTING RECORDS FOR PRINTING Any time you choose a menu option that calls for printing a REPORT you will havseveral options. 1. SELECT the records out of the file that you want to appear on the report. 2. SORT the records into the sequence inwhich you want the report to print. Index 10 Selec 21 Sort 3 Pg Up 23 Goto 24 More 3 Exit 1 1 The SELECT RECORDS OPTION is designed topermit you to select from the file ONLY those records that you want to appear onthe report; you do not have to list everything in the file if you want only those records that meet certain criteria. There are 6 general selectionsavailable to you. Index 10 More 82 Sort 3 Pg Up 23 Goto 24 More 3 Exit 1 1 SELECT ALL RECORDS This option will print all records in thfile. If the file is larger than 3000 records you must select the records by one of the other criteria or you must answer NO SORT for the sort option. Index 10 Selec 21 Sort 3 Pg Up 23 Goto 24 More 3 Exit 1 1 *** INDEX *** How to Use On-Line Help...............02Menus.................................11 Master Menu........................12 System Utilities Menu..............13 System Setup Menu..................14 Backup Menu........................15 Pg 10 Index100 Help 2 Proc 50 Menus11 Exit 1 1 ALPHANUMERIC - Any collection of alphabetic and numeric characters processed by the computer. 1 APPLICATIONS SOFTWARE - Computer programwritten to perform actual tasks such as accounts receivable or order entry. Index 10 Scrns 20 Menus 30 Repts 40 Procs 50 More 60 Exit 1 1 ASCII - American Standard Code for Information Interchange. A method used to move information from one computer system to another. Index 10 Scrns 20 Menus 30 Repts 40 Procs 50 More 60 Exit 1 1 AUDIT TRAIL - The log of transactions generated by a program, such as accountsreceivable, for security and error detection. Index 10 Scrns 20 Menus 30 Repts 40 Procs 50 More 60 Exit 1 1 BACKUP - A means of making a duplicate copy of the information entered into thecomputer. It is important to make backups periodically to protect the integrity of your data. For more infor-mation see DISKETTE in this section and the discussion on making backups under SYSTEM UTILITIES. Index 10 Scrns 20 Menus 30 Repts 40 Procs 50 More 60 Exit 1 1 BASIC - Beginners All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code. It was developed at Dartmouth College as a simplified and interactive version of FORTRAN. This language gave students ready access to apowerful computer from numerous locationacross the campus and is the most widelyused language. Index 10 Scrns 20 Menus 30 Repts 40 Procs 50 More 60 Exit 1 1 BOOT-UP - The process of starting the computer system to runn a program. It inormally done automatically when you turon the computer. Index 10 Scrns 20 Menus 30 Repts 40 Procs 50 More 60 Exit 1 1 BUG - A flaw in the logic of the programwhich causes it to perform incorrectly. Index 10 Scrns 20 Menus 30 Repts 40 Procs 50 More 60 Exit 1 1 BYTE - A single character of informationThe standard unit of rating storage in the computer and on the diskette. A bytis equivalent to a typewritten character(ex.: the letter K takes one byte to store in the computer). Each time you press a key on the keyboard, one "byte" goes into the computer - taking up one space in memory and on your data disk. Index 10 Scrns 20 Menus 30 Repts 40 Procs 50 More 60 Exit 1 1 CAPSLOCK - This key operates much the same way as a caps lock key on a standartypewriter. It is located on the lower right of the keyboard. The system operates with lower case letters unless the CAPSLOCK key is pressed. Index 10 Scrns 20 Menus 30 Repts 40 Procs 50 More 60 Exit 1 1 COMMAND - An order to the computer in thform of words and numbers typed on a keyboard. Index 10 Scrns 20 Menus 30 Repts 40 Procs 50 More 60 Exit 1 1 CPU - The abbreviation for Central Processing Unit. It is the part of the computer which does the processing. CRT - Cathode Ray Tube - The video display screen used by the computer to show information. CURSOR - The underline character used toindicate the position on the video screewherext itedisplThe cuscreer undecompuunder the uhe arrDATA mationcompuhe dat
