 Control
your Finances Circulation List Self-Propelled
Windows Animated Web
graphics Phone dialler (part
II)
Modem Test
Results
January 1997
Multimedia tutorials,
sample files and macros exclusive to this month's
PC User Offline CD-ROM.
Create this budget spreadsheet with Helen
Bradley to keep track of your finances for the
year.
You will find on the PC User Offline CD this
month the following ScreenCam files for this
tutorial.
Also included are the following files to get
you started.
- Budget.xls - for Microsoft Excel
- Budget.wb3 - for Lotus 123
- Budget.wk4 - for Quatro Pro
Save paper by setting up memos with their own
circulation lists -- Helen Bradley shows you how.
With this great solution, one memo can do the
work of five or more! Once you've seen how easily
the circulation list can be created you can add
one to any of your documents.
You will find on the PC User Offline CD this
month the following ScreenCam files for this
tutorial.
- memo1.exe
- memo2.exe
- memo3.exe
Also included are the following files used in
the tutorial.
- memo.doc - for MS Word 6 & 7
- memo.lwp - for Lotus WordPro
- memo.wpd - for WordPerfect 7
Play a macro automatically when Windows
starts, and add two new macros to your library --
Link Harris leads you through the steps.
By memorising mouse clicks and keystrokes made
in a Windows application, Recorder can hatch a
macro that lets you re-create those actions by
simply pressing a shortcut key.
You will find on the PC User Offline CD this
month the following ScreenCam files for this
tutorial.
- macrec1.exe
- macrec2.exe
- macrec3.exe
Also included are the following files used in
the tutorial.
- mymacors.rec - Windows 3.1 recorder file
In part 5 in our series on creating Web pages,
Helen Bradley and John Hilvert make up animated
files for the Web using GIF 89a.
You will find on the PC User Offline CD this
month the following ScreenCam files for this
tutorial.
- animate1.exe
- animate2.exe
Also included are the following files used in
the tutorial.
- pcuser.bmp (1 to 5) - animation frame
graphics
- Parrot1.gif
- Parrot2.gif
In the December edition of PC User, Helen
Bradley explained how to create your own phone
dialler using Visual Basic 4. This month she
expands on this and adds an option to enable you
to find people in your phone list, making moving
around the form a little easier.
Helen has provided ScreenCam files, which you
will find on the December 1996 PC User Offline
CD-ROM, allowing you to see and hear how she
creates the phone dialler:
- Phonlis4.exe
- Phonlis5.exe
You'll also find the following files on the
CD:
- PhoneList.Vbp
- Phonlist.frm
- Findrecd.frm: the form file.
- Phonelist.frx
- PhonRecd.frx: the scratch file
- Phonlist.mdb: the database.
- Phonlist.txt: a text file containing the
program code.
To accompany
our comparison on modems in the January issue, we include
on this month's CD detailed results from our
testing, with a brief guide on how to interpret
these. This is included for those with some
technical knowledge of these testing procedures.
The results are
provided in Excel Spreadsheet form with figures
and charts as:
- Modems1.xls - weighted scores
- Modems2.xls - Throughput vs File Type
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