Copyright: Cumberland Family Software, 1995
Citation: All rights reserved, Cumberland Family Software, 1995


CUMBERLAND DIARY for Windows Version 1.0

Copyright © 1995 Cumberland Family Software    -   All rights reserved

Cumberland Family Software   385 Idaho Spring Road   Clarksville, TN 37043

(615) 647-4012	CompuServe: 70713,3476

Spell Checker VBX - Copyright © 1994 VisualTools, Inc.

Percent Bar VBX - Copyright © 1993 James Shields / Mabry Software

Quick Start

Features Overview

Getting Started

Upgrading from Cumberland Diary (DOS Version)

Diary Suggestions

Making the most of Cumberland Diary

Thoughts on Writing

Detailed Reference

Main Application Menu

Table of Contents (Tab Item)

Calendar (Tab Item)

Diary (Tab Item)

Index (Tab Item)

Appendix

Known Problems

Trouble Shooting

Cumberland Diary Files

Backing Up

License Agreement

Acknowledgments

Shareware

Cumberland Family Software Products

Note: Colors are not controlled by this program. They are controlled by your settings in the Control Panel, usually found under the Accessory Group in the Program Manager.


CUMBERLAND DIARY OVERVIEW
CUMBERLAND DIARY FEATURES OVERVIEW

You are now the proud owner of the most user-friendly dairy/ journal program available!

Cumberland Diarys main screen consists of FOUR separate TABS: Contents, Calendar, Diary and Index. Each Tab provides you with access to certain features of the program:

 The Contents Tab allows you to search and select diary entries by date.

 The Calendar Tab allows you to search and select diary entries from a perpetual calendar.

 The Diary Tab provides you with a text screen where you type in your diary entries. It includes   cut & paste, search and spellcheck features.

 The Index Tab allows you to search and select diary entries by heading.

Cumberland Diary includes optional password protection and data encryption.

You may easily import or export to ASCII text files and import your old Cumberland Diary (DOS) diaries.


GETTING STARTED

If you want to simply start your own diary without going into all the details contained in the Detailed Reference Section then simply follow these steps:

1. From the File menu select the New Diary option. Enter a diary name - up to 8 characters or digits. No need to enter an extension. The extension of .DRY will automatically be added to your diary.

2. Enter a password for your diary. If you do not wish to use a password, then simply leave the field blank. The Contents tab screen will then open.

3. First enter your name and address in the User Information dialog box by selecting User Information from the Edit Menu. Also enter a name for your diary. After you exit this dialog, you will see your name and diary title in the title bar of Cumberland Diary.

4. You are now ready to add your first entry. Select the Add Entry button. The current date and time will be inserted from the computers clock. Enter a heading for the entry and press Ok.

5. You may now type in your diary entry.

6. To print your entry, click on the Print Icon. You may preview the printed document before sending it to the printer.

This should get you started. As you work with the program you will find many more useful and exciting options that will enhance your work with Cumberland Diary.


UPGRADING FROM C-DIARY (DOS Version)

It is a very easy matter to upgrade from Cumberland Diary for DOS. First create a new diary in Cumberland Diary for Windows. (You will usually be in the Contents Tab Window.) From the File menu, select CDiary (DOS Ver) Import. It is a simple matter to enter the path name of your old DOS diary. Press Tab. Then select your diary from the list. Press the Import Diary button. When its all finished you will have your entire diary imported to the New Cumberland Diary for Windows!

NOTE: You will have to enter the password of your old diary (if used) in order to import it.


Known Problems

Here is a list of current known problems which may or may not be fixed in future versions. Some of these problems are due to the programming envirnoment.

* With some video cards, printing to a printer from the Print Preview Screen causes very small text to be printed. If your computer has this problem you can avoid it by always printing to the printer from the main Print window, rather than from the Preview window.

* If you Alt-Tab to another application and then Alt-Tab back to Cumberland Diary, the keyboard may not function correctly. If this is the case, you will need to use the mouse to change to a different window and then you should be able to use the keyboard again.

* Word counting can be very slow for large documents. We will search for faster alternatives to this process.


Trouble Shooting

Technical Support - Phone: (615) 647-4012,   CompuServe: 70713,3476

Cumberland Family Software   385 Idaho Spring Road   Clarksville, TN 37043

Technical support may be obtained by phone, CompuServe and mail. Support is guaranteed for 90 days after product purchase. The current policy is to offer support freely even after the 90 day guarantee period, but this policy is subject to change.

Most Problems are User Errors

Remember that nearly 80 percent of computer problems are caused by user errors. Before running any software, read the instructions. You don't have to read every word just to get started. You can find the sections of the manual that tell you how to begin, and those that apply to the task you are trying to perform.  With large manuals, there is usually a table of contents and an index. Skim these to familiarize yourself with the topics that are discussed.  Then you'll know where to look when you have a question.  With shorter manuals go ahead and read the whole thing.  It's embarrassing to mail a long letter or make a long distance phone call, only to find that everything you needed to know was on page 2.

Before assuming a program "doesn't work", check a few simple items. Is the computer plugged in and turned on? Are all necessary devices (such as the monitor and printer) connected properly and turned on? Did you spell the command correctly when you typed it? Are you logged onto the right disk drive and directory? Is it possible that the program has system requirements that you don't meet, such as a hard disk, or a certain amount of memory? If memory seems to be the problem, do you have "memory resident" programs (also called TSRs or "pop-up" utilities) which can be removed from memory? Try running the program on a different computer.

If the program worked in the past, but doesn't now, can you think of anything that has changed since the last time you used it?  Have you moved the computer or made changes in any of the connecting cables? Is it possible there has been damage of some kind, or that files have been erased? Have you added any new memory-resident programs or device drivers which might cause a conflict?

Be Specific about your Problem

"It doesn't work" may sum up your feelings about a problem, but these words are useless if you need help from a consultant or programmer. You can minimize frustration and save time by learning to provide specific details that will lead to a solution.

If you see an error message on screen, copy it completely and exactly. Don't try to remember it! If possible, make a print-screen of the message.  On most computers, you can do this by holding down the SHIFT key while you press the PRINT SCREEN key (sometimes abbreviated to PRT SC). The purpose of the error message is to convey specific information to the programmer so that the problem can be solved. Your consultant will need the exact wording of the message in order to interpret it correctly.

Many error messages include an explanation that can help you solve the problem yourself. Some error messages are explained for you in the program manual.  When reporting a problem, be very specific.

What were you trying to do?  How did you do it? What did you expect to happen? What actually happened?  Exactly what did you do just before the problem occurred? What did you do afterwards? What did you see on the screen? Have you had different or similar results in the past? Can you reproduce the problem and describe the circumstances under which it occurs? Is there a consistent pattern of some sort?

I support my users, and am happy to answer your questions and help solve any difficulties you may have.  Please understand that there is a limit to the amount of help I can give you with software which I did not write. If you are having continuing difficulty with DOS or Windows commands, you probably need to study your DOS or Windows manual or contact MicroSoft for help. If you are baffled by your menu system, your best bet is to talk to the person who installed it, or to the author of the menu software.


Files and Sub-directories Required by C. Diary
Cumberland Diary Files

If you received a copy of Cumberland Diary on a disk, you should find the set of 19 files as shown under Diskette Distribution. If you download from a BBS, you should download three packets as shown below: CDW10.ZIP, CFS10A.ZIP, and CFS10B.ZIP.

BBS Distribution	Diskette Distribution

CDW10.ZIP

INSTALL.EXE	INSTALL.EXE	Installation program

INSTALL.INI	INSTALL.INI	Installation parameters

CDIARY.EXE	CDIARY.EX_	Cumberland Diary program

CDHELP.HLP	CDHELP.HL_	Clarion Diary Help File

ORDER.TXT	ORDER.TXT	Order Information

VENDINFO.DIZ	VENDINFO.DIZ	Shareware Vendor/ Distributor/ User Information

FILE_ID.DIZ	FILE_ID.DIZ	Shareware BBS File Description

CFS10A.ZIP

CWRUN10.DLL	CWRUN10.DL_	Clarion programming language library

CWC21.DLL	CWC21.DL_	Clarion File driver

CWDOS.DLL	CWDOS.DL_	DOS File driver

CWASC.DLL	CWASC.DL_	ASCII File driver

ORDER.TXT	ORDER.TXT	Order Information

VENDINFO.DIZ	VENDINFO.10A	Shareware Vendor/ Distributor/ User Information

FILE_ID.DIZ	FILE_ID.10A	Shareware BBS File Description

CFS10B.ZIP

CWVBX.DLL	CWVBX.DL_	Clarion VBX library

PERCNT2.VBX	PERCNT2.VB_	Percent Bar VBX - © Mabry

VTSPELL.VBX	VTSPELL.VB_	Spell Check VBX - © Visual Tools

AMERICAN.VTD	AMERICAN.VT_	American Spell Check Dictionary - © Visual Tools

CUSTOM.VTC	CUSTOM.VT_	Custom Dictionary - edited by user

ORDER.TXT	ORDER.TXT	Order Information

VENDINFO.DIZ	VENDINFO.10B	Shareware Vendor/ Distributor/ User Information

FILE_ID.DIZ	FILE_ID.10B	Shareware BBS File Description

All files shown above should always be distributed together if you share a copy of this program with your friend - or upload the program to a BBS.

Eventually you will notice one other file added by the program to your directory:

CDIARY.INI	INI file containing saved settings and options

Whenever you create a diary, the following files will be generated (where diary is the name which you give to your own diary):

diary.DRY	This is the main Diary entry, contains date/heading information

diary.MEM	Contains actual diary entry text

diary.ATH	Contains author and settings information

diary.K01	Key file for dairy.DRY

diary.K01	Second key file for diary.DRY


Backing Up

It is very important that you back up your diary. A lot of work can be lost if your files become corrupted or lost in any fashion. There is no backup utility provided with this program - because there is a very nice Backup Utility already provided with Windows. It is called MSBackup and can usually be found in the Accessory Group in the Program Manager.


LICENSE AGREEMENT

By accepting and using this software, you acknowledge that this software may not suit your particular requirements or be completely trouble free.  Properly applied this program should operate without error. However, I am not  liable for your specific application or problems resulting from its use.  If the software does not perform as described liability is limited to replacement of the program and refunding the purchase price.  There is no liability to you or any other person or entity for any damage or loss, including special, incidental, or consequential damages, caused by this software, directly or indirectly.  Some states do not allow the limitation or exclusion of liability for incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you.  This license agreement is governed by Tennessee law.  If any part of this agreement is found to be held invalid, the remainder will remain in effect. This agreement may only be modified by the written consent of the author.

MONEY BACK GUARANTEE

Cumberland Family Software will refund your money within 60 days after purchase of any product if you are not completely satisfied.


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

It would be very difficult for me to remember everything that so many people have helped me with.  Many of my users have given me many ideas. But I do need to mention a few.

I greatly appreciate the help offered to me in beta-testing this Windows Version:

Pete Richardson, Richmond, Virginia

Rod Donohoe, Cricklade, Wiltshire, England

Nicola W. DiToro, St. Paul, Minnesota

In a very general way let me say thanks to all of you who have used my early versions and have sent me money which has encouraged me to continue this endeavor. You have been a great encouragement to me.

And last, but not least, without the patience of my wife and six children during the months when I seemed huddled up with my computer all evening, I would have been unable to complete this program.

- Ira J. Lund, Clarksville, Tennessee


Shareware

This program (as well as other programs produced by Cumberland Family Software) is distributed through the shareware channel. Shareware is a marketing channel, not a type of software. Shareware allows you to try a program out before you purchase it. Shareware is copyrighted and you should pay for the program if you continue to use it after the trial period.

As a responsible member of the Shareware Industry, I ascribe to the following principles which I adhere to in all my shareware programs:

1. I will treat my customers with courtesy and respect.

2. My programs will explain in advance how they encourage payment.

3. My programs provide ALL features with enough time to allow evaluation in typical usage.

4. My programs allow the customer access to all data within the program even after the evaluation period.

Cumberland Family Software is a member of Shareware Trade and Resources (STAR).

Cumberland Family Software is also a member of the Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the shareware principle works for you. If you are unable to resolve a shareware-related problem with an ASP member by contacting the member directly, ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can help you resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member, but does not provide technical support for members' products. Please write to the ASP Ombudsman at 545 Grover Road, Muskegon, MI 49442-9427 USA, FAX 616-788-2765 or send a CompuServe message via CompuServe Mail to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536.


Cumberland Family Software Products

Cumberland Family Tree for Windows (Estimated Release: September 1995)

Trace your family history with names, dates, places, extensive notes and photographs. Include source documentation and scanned documents. Produce a beautiful Indexed Book that will be a family heirloom for generations to come. Automatically produce stories with the Ancestral Story and Descendant Story reports. Includes 30 different types of reports! Powerful! yet easy-to-use!

Product Details	$60.00 US

Cumberland Family Tree Professional (for DOS)

Trace your family tree with this Professional DOS family tree program. Include names, dates, places, notes and source information. Produce an Indexed Book and include any of more than 15 different types of reports.

Product Details 	$40.00 US

Cumberland Diary (for Windows)

Keep your personal diary or journal on the computer

Product Details	$20.00 US

Cumberland Diary (for DOS)

Keep your personal diary or journal on the computer

Product Details	$20.00 US

Cumberland Story (for DOS)

Write your own or your ancestors life story

Product Details	$20.00 US

JCSM Shareware Collection on CD-ROM

Three super CDs: Personal, Home & Office contains over 1500 program; Educational contains over 2000 programs; Games contains over 2000 arcade, adventure, action, board and card games! A real value for an inexpensive price!

$20.00 US each or all three for $50.00 US

To order any of these products call or write (or select Order Form from the Help menu):

For each order add $4 Shipping - US/Canada (Add an extra $3 Shipping to locations outside North America).

Cumberland Family Software

385 Idaho Springs Road

Clarksville, TN 37043

(615) 647-4012

VISA and Mastercard accepted


Cumberland Family Tree for Windows
Cumberland Family Tree (for Windows)

(Estimated Release: September 1995)

Stories, biographies, photos and TWO manuals, including a sample index family history book created with Cumberland Family Tree for Windows! A powerful program!

Trace your family history with names, dates, places, extensive notes and photographs. Include source documentation and scanned documents. Produce a beautiful Indexed Book that will be a family heirloom for generations to come. Automatically produce stories with the Ancestral Story and Descendant Story reports. Includes 30 different types of reports!

Computer & DOS Requirements: Windows 3.1 or above, 4Mb RAM or more

Database Limitations: 1,000,000 names, 20 children per marriage, 12 marriages per individual

Names: 80 characters max with surnames allowed anywhere in the name - beginning, middle or end. Place Names can be up to 200 characters and need only be entered once! They can then be selected from a pop-up list forever after!

Life Events: Each individual in your family tree may have up to 250 events! These events may include birth, baptism, marriage, death, burial, LDS events, occupation, immigrations, graduations, divorces, addresses, user ID tags, or any other event imaginable. Each event contains a date, a place, and a source note. Historical or explanatory notes (up to 32,000 characters - about 10 printed pages) may be attached to each event. (Thus, you could write a complete biography on a single individual - up to 2,500 pages!) Source notes (up to 5,000 characters long) are also added to a separate list allowing the same source note to be easily selected from a pop-up list for other events and individuals. Text or scanned documents may also be attached as sources.

Photos: Up to 250 photographs may be attached to each individual.

Other features include: adoptions, Soundex Codes, user-definable flags, Relationship Calculator, Date Calculator, Documents, Tiny Tafel files and Industry Standard GEDCOM Import/Export. Included are also powerful utilities to split and merge databases.

Individual Notes may be up to about 20 pages (64,000 characters) using on-line text editor, which includes a spell checker. (This is in addition to the notes allowed on individual events.)

Reports include:

Ancestral Reports: Ancestral Story, Ahnentafel, 4 Generation Pedigree (including cascading), 6 Generation Pedigree (including cascading), Photo Pedigree.

Descendant Reports: Descendant Story, 6 Generation Descendant Chart, 14 Generation Descendant Chart, Photo Descendant Chart.

Lists: Individual Lists, Family Record Lists, Event Lists, Place Name Lists, Description Lists, Source Note Lists.

Other Reports: Family Group Chart (may include photos), Photo Album, Individual Summary, Statistics, Database Structure, Documents.

NOTE: Story type reports can include an annotated bibliography referencing all the source notes and documents.

An Indexed Book allows you to include all of the reports listed above (except for the Poster Pedigree). The Indexed Book creates an index of all names printed in the book and produces an index at the end showing which reports and page numbers where each individual is mentioned.

TWO Manuals come with this program!

Cumberland Family Tree Users Manual

1. Installation & Quick Start

2. Tutorial

3. Detailed Reference

4. Climbing Your Family Tree

5. Producing Your Family History Book

The Lund Family Heritage

A sample family history book created with Cumberland Family Tree for Windows, shows samples of every report the program is capable of printing, with ideas on how to create your own family history book.


Cumberland Family Tree Professional (DOS)

Trace your family tree with this Professional DOS family tree program. Include names, dates, places, notes and source information. Produce an Indexed Book and include any of more than 15 different types of reports.

Computer & DOS Requirements: DOS 3.0 or above, 640K RAM with 540K free

Database Limitations: 32,000 names, 20 children per marriage, 15 marriages per individual

Names: 60 characters max with surnames allowed anywhere in the name - beginning, middle or end. Place Names can be up to 60 characters and need only be entered once! They can then be selected from a pop-up list forever after!

Other features include: adoptions, occupations, Soundex Codes, user-definable flags and events (Birth, Christening, Death,  Burial, Marriage, LDS and any other user-definable event), source fields, Relationship Calculator, Date Calculator, Address List, Scratch Pad Notes  and Industry Standard GEDCOM Import/Export.

Individual Notes may be up to 5 pages (300 lines) using on-line text editor.

Reports include: Pedigree (including cascading), Ahnentafel, Poster Pedigree, Descendant, Modified Register, Family Groups, Documents, Scratch Pads, User-definable Individual & Marriage Lists, Individual Summary, Address List, Place List, Mail Labels, Statistics, Time Line,  and Surname Frequency.

An Indexed Book allows you to include all of the reports listed above (except for the Poster Pedigree & Mail Labels). The Indexed Book creates an index of all names printed in the book and produces an index at the end showing which reports and page numbers where each individual is mentioned.

International Reports: All reports may be printed in the following languages: English, French, German, Danish, Spanish, Italian, Norwegian and Dutch.

The 200+ page printed manual  includes the following sections:

1. Installation & Quick Start

2. Tutorial

3. Detailed Reference

4. DOS for Beginners

5. Climbing Your Family Tree

6. Producing Your Family History Book


Cumberland Diary (Windows)

Keep your personal diary or journal on the computer

This program does not include a manual. All help is in the on-line help files.

Cumberland Diarys main screen consists of FOUR separate TABS: Contents, Calendar, Diary and Index. Each Tab provides you with access to certain features of the program:

 The Contents Tab allows you to search and select diary entries by date.

 The Calendar Tab allows you to search and select diary entries from a perpetual calendar.

 The Diary Tab provides you with a text screen where you type in your diary entries. It includes   cut & paste, search and spellcheck features.

 The Index Tab allows you to search and select diary entries by heading.

Cumberland Diary includes optional password protection and data encryption.

You may easily import or export to ASCII text files and import your old Cumberland Diary (DOS) diaries.


Cumberland Diary (DOS)

A full-featured diary/ journal entry program. Includes a printed manual of about 70 pages.

* User-friendly pull-down menus and context-sensitive help.

* A word processor with cut and paste features.

* A spell check dictionary (for registered users).

* Optional secrecy mode with password protection and data encryption.

* Headings can be included for each entry. More than one entry per day is

  allowed. Each entry may be up to 10 pages long (6600 words).

* Selections may be made by date or heading.

* ASCII text may be exported or imported, allowing swapping of data with

  other word processors.

* Entries may be printed singly, in groups, or as an entire book. They may

  also be imported by Cumberland Story.

* A multi-entry text search allows you to find embedded phrases within the

  diary entry.

* Allows multiple diaries.


Cumberland Story
Cumberland Story (for DOS)

Write a book about your own or your ancestors life story! Includes a printed manual of about 70 pages.

* User-friendly pull-down menus and context-sensitive help.

* A word processor with cut and paste features.

* A spell check dictionary (for registered users).

* Suggested or user-defined Chapters and Topics with printable Table of

  Contents.

* Imports text from Cumberland Diary for inclusion in your book.

* ASCII text may be imported or exported, allowing swapping of data with

  other word processors.

* A multi-entry text search allows you to find embedded phrases within the

  books chapters and topics.

* Allows creation of multiple books.


MAKING THE MOST OF CUMBERLAND DIARY

If you are a prolific writer you may find that after a year or two, the diary you are writing in will grow quite large. You will also notice the speed of looking up entries has degraded.  Here are some ideas on how best to keep your diary under these circumstances.

Since Cumberland Diary allows you to keep many diaries, you should start a new diary when the number of entries begin to cause the system to substantially slow down.  Personally, I keep a somewhat erratic diary, writing in it perhaps 2 or 3 times a month.  I have been keeping my journal in Cumberland Diary since I wrote the original DOSprogram in 1991 and using a 386 computer do not see any noticeable slow down. However, if you write in your diary every day, you could have over 300 entries in less than a year. I would suggest that under these circumstances you keep a separate diary for each year, naming the diaries by adding the year after your name: IRA92, IRA93, IRA94, etc.

It may be that you do not write every day, but find a need to create a new diary every few years. In this case you might simply number the diaries: IRA1, IRA2, IRA3, IRA4, etc.  You may even find that your life divides up in a different fashion and find it preferable to name your diaries after events. Although you can put up to 32,000 entries in each diary, the speed on selecting entries will greatly diminish as you add more entries. I would suggest that you plan your diaries so that they hold no more than about 5-600 entries. In any case, the flexibility is there so that you may do as you please.


THOUGHTS ON WRITING

Different people have different reasons for keeping a diary or journal. My reason (and the initial intention in writing this program) was to keep a record of my life to be passed down to my children and descendants. If your diary outlasts you, regardless of your initial reason for writing in one, it will still probably become a family heirloom.

Some people don't write because they don't think they are good writers. Some people think that they are not good spellers or don't know and understand grammar. Maybe all of the above are true for you, but I say that it doesn't matter. Write something anyway.  How much would you give to have a single page written by your great-grandfather? What a treasure it would be, yet he probably thought the same thing as you. He probably thought that he was not well-educated and could not write. But you wouldn't care if he misspelled words or misused grammar, would you? You would be happy to hear from him.

"These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves. From each of them goes out its own voice... and just as the touch of a button on our set will fill the room with music, so by taking down one of these volumes and opening it, one can call into range the voice of a man far distant in time and space, and hear him speaking to us, mind to mind, heart to heart." - Gilbert Highet

Wouldn't it have been wonderful if your ancestor had talked to you from a distant time and place?  Wouldn't it be wonderful if you spoke to your yet unborn descendants, as if from the grave, by recording your life, your experiences and your thoughts?  You can do just that by keeping a regular diary or journal.

I have tried to help simplify that process for you with this program. I hope that yours may be a voice to reach out through time and space to your own extended family and descendants.


MAIN APPLICATION MENU

Upon first starting Cumberland Diary you will see the Main Application Menu which consists of only TWO items: File and Help.

The File Menu contains the following three options (in addition to the Exit option):

New Diary

Select this option to create a new diary. You will be prompted to enter a file name and a password (if desired). Diary filenames normally have the extension: .DRY. If you do not wish a password, simply leave the password field blank.

Open Diary

This option will present you with a file dialog box where you may select a diary to be opened. If the diary requires a password, you will be prompted for it.

Delete Diary

You may delete diaries with this option. Be very careful, as once a diary has been deleted, you cannot recall it.


TABLE OF CONTENTS (Tab)
TABLE OF CONTENTS (Tab Item)

When a diary is first opened or created it will open to the Table of Contents. Cumberland Diary is divided into FOUR main divisions: Contents, Calendar, Diary and Index. You may easily select between these four by using the tabs. In addition the Diary can be accessed from the other three divisions, which help you select the particular diary entry to open.

The Table of Contents shows the diary entries in a combo box, sorted by date. The date format may seem a bit strange, but it is that way for a reason (and cannot be changed). In order to search by entering the date in the entry field you begin by entering the year, month and day in the format as shown in the entry list. As you enter a date, the list will immediately scroll to the nearest date that matches. The Edit Entry button is the default button and pressing enter, after scrolling to the diary entry you wish to edit, will switch you to the Diary Tab Item opening at that date.

The FOUR buttons at the bottom of the screen allow you to edit a current diary entry, add a new entry, modify the heading name or delete a diary entry. The Print Icon (on the ToolBar) just under the tabs performs the same function as the Print dialog on the File menu.

The Menu structure consists of FOUR menu items: File, Edit, Options, and Help.

File Menu Items

Edit Menu Items

Options Menu Items


FILE MENU

The File Menu of the Table of Contents (and Index) consists of the following items. (Note that only one diary may be open at a time. Thus the New Diary, Open Diary and Delete Diary Items are disabled.

Close Diary

This item will immediately close the diary and return you to the Main Application Screen.

Page Setup

With this option you may set the look of the final printed diary. You may print the Diary Title, Authors Name and/or Print Date on the header line. In the header you may also arrange the justification of these items (left, right or centered). You may print the Print Date and/or Page Number on the footer line. You may include or exclude a horizontal line at the top or bottom of the page.

Print

This option allows you to select the entries of the diary that you wish to print. You may also include a Table of Contents or an Index. You may specify the beginning page number. The Table of Contents and Index will only be generated for the entries that are printed (and not necessarily the entire diary). The diary needs to be printed first, in order to determine the page numbers to be included in the Table of Contents and Index. You will notice that the page number skips the Table of Contents and picks up again when printing the index. The Table of Contents is meant to be placed at the beginning of the diary, which you need to do manually. It is printed after the diary in order to collect the page numbers while each entry is printed. You can create a nice title page in your favorite word processor or charting program.

You may optionally Preview the printed report before sending to the printer. The Print Preview screen allows you to zoom in and out for a closer look. You may send the report to the printer either by Clicking on the Print Button On the Preview Screen or on the main Print screen.

CDiary (DOS Version) Import

Use this option to import your old DOS C-Diary. Before importing your old diary, you need to create a new Windows diary first. Then while your new diary is empty, import the old DOS diary. Do not import the diary more than once, or you will end up with duplicate entries. Enter the path-name only (drive:\directory). Do not enter the diary name. After pressing the tab a list of available diaries will appear in the list box on the right. Select the diary you wish to import and press the Import Diary button. The diary will be completed moved into the New Cumberland Diary for Windows. (Be careful NOT to click the Import Diary Button more than once or it will get imported more than once and youll end up with duplicate entries.)


EDIT MENU

The Edit Menu consists of the following items:

Author Information

In this dialog you may enter the your name, address and the Diary Title. You will notice that your name and Diary Title will then be shown in the Cumberland Diary title bar.

Password

With this dialog, you may change your password, or add a password to the current diary, if it does not have one.


OPTIONS MENU

The Options Menu consists of the following items:

Auto Entry Create

If you check this selection, a NEW entry will be created whenever this diary is opened. This is very useful when used in combination with the Auto Diary Open, to automatically open your diary and get ready for a new entry.

Auto Diary Open

If you check this selection, the current diary will be automatically opened whenever the program is started. This is very useful if you are the only user on your computer that uses a diary. It avoids the step of having to select a diary to open.

A4 - Paper Size

If you check this selection, the length of all printed pages will be increased to better fit on A4 paper used in many countries around the world. Leaving this unchecked is the standard for U.S. letter size (8½ x 11 inches).


CALENDAR (Tab)
CALENDAR (Tab Item)

The Calendar with Cumberland Diary is perpetual, meaning that you can select any date from 1 AD through 9999 AD. However, because of the change to the Gregorian Calendar in the 1700s, dates before then will not necessarily align with our current calendar.

You can easily jump to any diary entry from the Calendar. Simply click on a date with the mouse - or highlight the date by using the arrow keys. If a diary entry already exists for that date, the Diary will be opened to that date. If a diary entry does not exist, you will be prompted to enter a heading for a new entry.

The Print Icon (on the ToolBar) performs the same function as the Print dialog on the File menu.

The Calendar contains FIVE menu items: File, Edit, Change, Options and Help. All of these menu items (except Change) work just as they do when the Table of Contents Tab Item is selected.

File Menu Items

Edit Menu Items

Options Menu Items

The Change Menu contains the following FIVE items:

Prior Month, Next Month

These options allow you to quickly switch to the prior or next year. There are also TWO Moon Icons (on the ToolBar) that perform the same function.

Prior Year, Next Year

These options allow you to quickly switch to the prior or next year. There are also TWO Solar Icons (on the ToolBar) that perform the same function.

Enter Month/Year

This option allows you to enter the month (as a number) and year of the calendar to display.


DIARY (Tab Item)

This is where you will spend most of your time. Here is where you type in your diary entries. There are six menu items in the diary: File, Edit, Search, SpellCheck, Options and Help.

This program does not support full Word Processing capabilities, such as changing the font of selected text. The entire diarys font will be changed with the font option. Also, the tab key is not a true one-character tab. It is implemented as a macro - placing several spaces directly into the text.

File Menu Items

Edit Menu Items

Search Menu Items

SpellCheck Menu Items

Options Menu Items


FILE MENU (Diary Tab Item)

Most of the items on the File menu are the same as explained in the File Menu for the Table of Contents. There are an additional four items on the File menu when the Diary is open:

Prior Entry, Next Entry

These options allow the prior or next entry to be immediately selected. There are also Icons for these options on the ToolBar.

ASCII Import

When you select this a dialog box will prompt you to enter or select a file. The file will be immediately imported to the Paste Buffer. You may then Paste the text from the file anywhere in any diary entry.

ASCII Export

This item will allow you to enter a file name and it will export the current diary entry to an ASCII Text File.


EDIT MENU (Diary Tab Item)

The Edit Menu contains the Author Information and Password as explained under the Edit Menu for the Table of Contents. There are an additional FOUR cut & paste items available on the Edit Menu when the Diary is opened:

Undo

This item will undo the last cut and paste operation performed.

Cut, Copy, Paste

With these items you can cut, copy and paste text to and from the clipboard. You can easily transfer text to other diary entries or even to another Windows word processor or application. To use, you should highlight text by holding down the shift key while moving the cursor keys. You can highlight using the mouse by holding down the left mouse button and highlighting the section you desire. The cut operation simply deletes the highlighted text and places it in the clipboard. The copy operation places a copy of the highlighted text to the clipboard. The paste operation inserts a copy of the clipboard contents at the cursor insertion point. Icons exist on the ToolBar for these three items.


SEARCH MENU

There are also Icon Buttons for Find and Repeat Find on the ToolBar.

Find

With this option you may search for any word or phrase in your diary. You may limit the search to the current entry or search through following or preceding entries.

Repeat Find

This option simply continues searching for more words as defined under the Find dialog, without the need to re-enter the word.


SPELLCHECK MENU

Check Word, Check Entry

These options will check the spelling of words in your diary entry. Check Word checks the spelling of the word at the cursor insertion point. Check Entry will check all words beginning at the cursor location to the end of the current entry. (Press Esc at any time to cancel the spellchecking.) There are Icons on the ToolBar for these two items.

Edit Custom Dictionary

In this dialog you may add, edit and delete words from your own custom dictionary (CUSTOM.VTC). Of course, words may also be added automatically to the custom dictionary while you are running the spell checker.

Edit SpellCheck Options

(These options are explained under another help topic. Click on the words above to immediately jump to that topic.)

Word Count

This dialog will count the number of words appearing in the current entry - or the number of words in the entire diary. Be forewarned - it is slow! But you may cancel the process at any time.


SPELLCHECKER Options

There are a number of options that control the way in which the spell checker verifies the spelling of your words. These options can be modified by selecting this item from the SpellCheck menu or by selecting the Options... button in the Spell Check dialog which appears every time an unknown word is encountered during the spell check process. Each of these options are explained below:

Automatic Suggestions

Checking this option will cause a list of suggested words to be appear when an incorrectly spelled word is found. This option is normally checked.

Exact Match Required

Checking this option will require that capitalization of all words match exactly. In normal usage words are often written sometimes with all caps, first letter capitalized, etc. Therefore this option is normally NOT checked.

Ignore Full Caps

If this option is checked, the SpellChecker will NOT check words that are all in caps. Normally this option is NOT checked.

Ignore Partial Numbers

If this option is checked, words with intermixed alpha and numeric characters will NOT be checked. Normal such words are mistakes and should be caught by the spell checker. However, there are time you might add such words (like serial numbers) to your custom dictionary. Therefore you may wish to check this option, which is normally not checked.

Ignore Pure Numbers

This option is normally checked. If it is not checked, a pure number will be checked against the dictionary and shown as incorrect if not found. There are no pure numbers in the standard dictionary. Therefore, they will only be found correct if you add them to your custom dictionary.

Allow Joined Words

If this option is checked, then a word joined with a hyphen will be considered correct if the two component parts are spelled correctly. Otherwise, a hyphenated word will only be considered correct if the entire hyphenated word is found in one of the dictionaries.

Recheck Typed Replaces

After you have typed a correction in the Replace with: entry, the spell checker will recheck the typed correction if this option is checked. Normally you would want this option to be on.

Open Custom, Open Standard

Normally the program will open and close the custom (CUSTOM.VTC)and standard (AMERICAN.VTD) dictionaries. The custom dictionary is provided for you to add your own words. If you close one of these dictionaries, the spell check will not check words against that dictionary. It is suggested that you never change these options. The results will be unpredictable.

Performance

There is a trade-off between memory usage and performance which can be adjusted with this option. To get faster performance, you can load more words in to memory by sliding this control to the right.

Suggestion Search Limit

Whenever a misspelled word is encountered, the spell checker runs through a complicated algorithm searching for possible correctly spelled words. This limit is the number of possible letter combinations that will be tested. However, regardless of how high this number is, the maximum number of final displayed suggested words will always be limited to 10 words.


OPTIONS MENU (Diary Tab Item)

The Options Menu contains the Auto Entry Create and Auto Diary Open as explained under the Options Menu for the Table of Contents. In addition there are two other items on the Options Menu when the Diary is open:

Insert Current Time

Selecting this option will immediately place the current time into the text at the insertion point. An Icon exists on the Tool Bar for this item.

Goto Diary Entry Number

With this option you may enter the actual Diary Entry Number - as shown on the right hand side of the Contents and Index screens. Simply enter the number and click Ok and the diary will immediately jump to that entry. An Icon exists on the Tool Bar for this item.

Insert Symbol

This dialog box allows you to enter accented and foreign characters that are not normally accessed from the keyboard. You may also enter these characters by holding the Alt key down and typing the character code of the appropriate character on the numeric keypad. (See the Character Map applet in the Program Manager for a list of character codes.)

Change Font

With this dialog you may change the font style, size and color of the diary text. Whatever is chosen here is also used as the font style for printed reports. (Printing in color is not supported.) The default font upon first starting your program is your standard Windows font. It is suggested that you change it. TrueType fonts are recommended. Id suggest Times New Roman at an 11 point size.

The font style will be applied to ALL text. The program does not support underlining, bold, italics or various fonts within a diary. (Sorry, these more complicated Word Processing features are not available.)


INDEX (Tab Item)

The Index is almost identical to the Table of Contents (Tab Item). The only difference is that it sorts the diary entries by heading, rather than by date.

Refer to the Table of Contents (Tab Item) for further help on this topic.