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┌────────────────── Welcome to Magellan ──────────────────┐
│ Trial Notes │
│ │
│ FIND IT! VIEW IT! USE IT! │
│ That's the Magellan Motto. │
│ │
│ To get you going as fast as possible, we have provided │
│ this tip and update sheet. It consists of several parts.│
│ First is general background information that will help │
│ you get started and use Magellan more effectively and │
│ avoid potential pitfalls. Following that is a list of │
│ additions and corrections to the documentation; you may │
│ want to make notes in the printed documentation to │
│ reflect these changes. │
│ │
│ Topics: │
│ Startup Notes Documentation Notes │
│ Installation Documentation Corrections │
│ General Notes Additions │
│ │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Startup Notes:
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We would like to think of Lotus Magellan as one of the
easiest to use software products you'll ever try. First,
the functions have been carefully focused to fit primarily
on the 10 function keys. Next, the program works with the
files you already have; there is no need to type, enter,
or even import files into Magellan. You can really be
productive in the first five minutes you use the product.
Installation:
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To install Magellan, place the 5.25" Install and Utilities
disk, or the 3.5" Program, Install, and Utilities disk, in
Drive A and type the following:
a: <─┘
mgtrial <─┘
Next, answer the questions asked. Please do not write
protect the installation disk until after you have installed
Magellan. Magellan will ask you if you want to copy the
practice and demo files to your hard disk; you will need the
practice files if you would like to do the Tutorial.
You may need to remove some of your RAM-resident programs
from memory before you install Magellan.
General Notes:
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■ With a Monochrome VGA system, the best Color choice
under Options (Alt-F8) Colors is Monochrome for DOS
and Color for OS/2.
■ Use the Alt-R macro to redraw the screen in case it
needs refreshing after certain operations.
■ The DOS commands ASSIGN, SUBST, and JOIN are not
supported.
■ 1-2-3 and the 1-2-3 Viewers:
* A 1-2-3 Release 3 viewer is included in the
product.
* All labels (text and numbers) in worksheets
are indexed.
* Numeric cells and formulas are not indexed.
General Notes (cont'd):
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■ To load Magellan quickly, you can:
* Define the default startup file group to be a group
that lists fewer files.
1. Press F9 (Explore).
2. Position the cursor on the file group to move.
3. Press Alt-F2 (Move).
4. Press Home to move that file group to the top of
the list, where it becomes the default file group.
5. Press Enter to save its new position.
* Or, you may specify a smaller filespec on the DOS
command line, for example,
MG * (all files in startup directory)
MG \WK1\*.WK1 (all worksheets in \WK1 subdirectory)
General Notes (cont'd):
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■ There are some types of corrupted files that Magellan may
have difficulty indexing. You can:
* Repair or delete the corrupted file(s).
* Or, exclude the file(s) from your "Files on All Drives"
index filespec.
■ You may choose to index .ARC files and then search on
the filenames in the archive. If you use the "Files on
All Drives" index, then remove the -*.ARC from the
filespec so .ARC files will be indexed.
End of READ.ME file.