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  1.  
  2.                         Help Screen for Other Options 
  3.  
  4.  
  5.                                ==============
  6.                                |  OPTION 1: |
  7.                                ==============
  8.  
  9.  
  10. AlthougΦ  yo⌡  coulΣ  changσ  thσ value≤ iε thσ Statσ  validatioε  filσ  iε ì
  11. earlie≥  version≤ oµ thi≤ program¼  tha⌠ abilit∙ t∩ alte≥ value≤  ha≤  beeε ì
  12. removeΣ sincσ thi≤ datß i≤ static«   Iε additioε t∩ state≤ anΣ territories¼ ì
  13. yo⌡ caε als∩ havσ thesσ tw∩ entries║  '--º anΣ 'NA'«  Eithe≥ valuσ coulΣ bσ ì
  14. useΣ fo≥ foreigε countries.
  15.  
  16.                    Values in State validation file:
  17.                 
  18.  AL = Alabama                             MT = Montana                  
  19.  AK = Alaska                              NE = Nebraska                
  20.  AS = American Samoa                      NV = Nevada                  
  21.  AZ = Arizona                             NH = New Hampshire           
  22.  AR = Arkansas                            NJ = New Jersey              
  23.  CA = California                          NM = New Mexico              
  24.  CZ = Canal Zone                          NY = New York                
  25.  CO = Colorado                            NC = North Carolina          
  26.  CT = Connecticut                         ND = North Dakota            
  27.  DE = Delaware                            CM = Northern Mariana Is.    
  28.  DC = District of Columbia                OH = Ohio                    
  29.  FL = Florida                             OK = Oklahoma                
  30.  GA = Georgia                             OR = Oregon                  
  31.  GU = Guam                                PA = Pennsylvania            
  32.  HI = Hawaii                              PR = Puerto Rico             
  33.  ID = Idaho                               RI = Rhode Island            
  34.  IL = Illinois                            SC = South Carolina          
  35.  IN = Indiana                             SD = South Dakota            
  36.  IA = Iowa                                TN = Tennessee               
  37.  KS = Kansas                              TX = Texas                   
  38.  KY = Kentucky                            TT = Trust Territories       
  39.  LA = Louisiana                           UT = Utah                    
  40.  ME = Maine                               VT = Vermont                 
  41.  MD = Maryland                            VA = Virginia                
  42.  MA = Massachusetts                       VI = Virgin Islands          
  43.  MI = Michigan                            WA = Washington              
  44.  MN = Minnesota                           WV = West Virginia           
  45.  MS = Mississippi                         WI = Wisconsin               
  46.  MO = Missouri                            WY = Wyoming                 
  47.                                           NA = Not Applicable          
  48.                                           -- = Not Applicable          
  49.  
  50.  
  51.                                ==============
  52.                                |  OPTION 2: |
  53.                                ==============
  54.  
  55. Here are the current values in the sex ID file.   Additionally, you can add ìèany value you wish at the next screen.  [Once added, you cannot retrieve or ì
  56. delete that value]
  57.  
  58. Mr.                       Monsignor          Dr.
  59. Miss                      Monsignors         Messrs.
  60. Mrs.                      Monsignori         Messers
  61. Ms.                       Monseigneur        Senor
  62. Mr. and Mrs.              Monseigneurs       Senores
  63. Mr. & Mrs.                Madame             Senora        
  64. Mr. or Mrs.               Madames            Senorita    
  65. Excellency                Sir                Doctor      
  66. The Right Reverend        Mademoiselle                   
  67. The Reverend              Mademoiselles                  
  68. Rabbi                     Mesdemoiselles                 
  69. His Holiness              Monsieur                       
  70. His Eminence              Messieurs                      
  71. The Most Reverend         Professor                      
  72. Sister                                                   
  73. Brother                                                  
  74. The Honorable    
  75.                           
  76. '-'  [dash] means sex ID is ignored in mailing label.
  77.  
  78.  
  79.                                ==============
  80.                                |  OPTION 3: |
  81.                                ==============
  82.  
  83.                         Toggle 'Detour' Help screens:
  84.  
  85. Throughou⌠  thσ  program¼  numerou≤ 'Detourº Hel≡ screen≤ appea≥  t∩  offe≥ ì
  86. additiona∞ informatioε t∩ you«  A≤ yo⌡ becomσ conversan⌠ witΦ thσ processe≤ ì
  87. covereΣ  iε them¼  fee∞ freσ t∩ turε thi≤ optioε 'Off'«   Oncσ optioε │  i≤ ì
  88. selecteΣ 'Off'¼ AL╠ 'Detourº Hel≡ screen≤ arσ turneΣ off.
  89.  
  90.  
  91.  
  92.                                ==============
  93.                                |  OPTION 4: |
  94.                                ==============
  95.  
  96.                         Untag all 'tagged' records:
  97.  
  98.  
  99. Whenever  you are in the Patient file, Get option, you will observe this  on ì
  100. the bottom left of your screen:
  101.  
  102.  
  103.                                  F2  Tag/
  104.                                    Untag
  105.  
  106. B∙  enterinτ  thi≤  ke∙  repeatedly¼  yo⌡ caε makσ  an∙  individua∞  recorΣ ì
  107. 'taggedº o≥ 'no⌠ tagged'«   B∙ default¼ AL╠ record≤ arσ 'no⌠ tagged'«  Wheε ì
  108. yo⌡  ente≥  'F2'¼  yo⌡ wil∞ seσ 'TaggeΣ Recordº appea≥ oε thσ  to≡  oµ  thσ ì
  109. screeε oµ thσ recorΣ yo⌡ arσ examining«  è
  110. Thi≤ abilit∙ t∩ individuall∙ selec⌠ ou⌠ record≤ i≤ independen⌠ oµ an∙ code≤ ì
  111. yo⌡ ente≥ int∩ thσ Comment≤ field≤ o≥ an∙ othe≥ selectioε criteria.
  112.  
  113. When  you  wish to 'untag' all records,  go to the Other Options  Menu  and ì
  114. observe option:
  115.  
  116.                  4) 'Untag' all records in the Patient file
  117.  
  118.  
  119.  
  120.                                ==============
  121.                                |  OPTION 5: |
  122.                                ==============
  123.  
  124.                  Activate 'tagging' option in Patient Add:
  125.  
  126. During data entry in the Patient file,  Add option, you have an additional ì
  127. option that allows you to make each record record 'tagged' or 'untagged'.  
  128.  
  129.  
  130.  
  131.  
  132.  
  133.                                ==============
  134.                                |  OPTION 6: |
  135.                                ==============
  136.  
  137.  
  138.                              Register Software:
  139.  
  140. You select this option when you want to become a registered user.
  141.  
  142.                                ==============
  143.                                |  OPTION 7: |
  144.                                ==============
  145.  
  146.         7)  Exit to Operating System, while program remains active
  147.      
  148.                               Exit to DOS:
  149.  
  150. With this option, you will exit to the operating system,  while the program ì
  151. remains active.
  152.  
  153. To return to this program, enter: 'EXIT'
  154.  
  155.  
  156.  
  157.                                ==============
  158.                                |  OPTION 8: |
  159.                                ==============
  160.  
  161. This  option allows you to look at the last report you sent to a disk file. ì
  162. When you are at the various report menus,  you have the option, just as you ì
  163. are  about to print out the report,  of sending that report to a disk  file ìèinstead.   Option  8,  Other Options Menu,  is where you look at  the  most ì
  164. recent report that you sent to the disk.  
  165.  
  166.  
  167.                                ==============
  168.                                |  OPTION 9: |
  169.                                ==============
  170.  
  171.  
  172. Optioε   ╣  reindexe≤  al∞   files«   Thi≤ i≤ necessar∙ onl∙  iµ  yo⌡  havσ ì
  173. recentl∙  restoreΣ  olΣ datß o≥ arσ unsurσ iµ thσ indexe≤ arσ   al∞  right«  ì
  174. Sometimes¼  thσ indexe≤ becomσ  confuseΣ  iµ thσ compute≥ become≤ lockeΣ u≡ ì
  175. durinτ datß entry«  Thi≤ i≤ commoε enough«   Iµ yo⌡ arσ havinτ ß harΣ  timσ ì
  176. locatinτ  record≤ tha⌠ yo⌡ kno≈ arσ iε you≥ files¼  tr∙ reindexinτ theφ anΣ ì
  177. seσ iµ tha⌠ make≤ an∙ difference« 
  178.  
  179.                                ==============
  180.                                |  OPTION "A"|
  181.                                ==============
  182.                   Crisis restoration from Category Zero:
  183.  
  184. Thi≤ crisi≤ optioε shoulΣ neve≥ bσ useΣ unles≤ yo⌡ firs⌠ speaδ t∩ Pau∞ Sax¼ ì
  185. (214⌐  690-6017«   Internally¼  thσ prograφ use≤ Categor∙  '0º  record≤  t∩ ì
  186. manipulatσ  data«  Thesσ records¼ however¼ arσ defineΣ a≤ invisiblσ anΣ  d∩ ì
  187. no⌠ appea≥ iε reports«  Generall∙ speaking¼ yo⌡ canno⌠ creatσ an∙  Categor∙ ì
  188. '0ºá  records¼á witΦ onσ exception«á  Iε thσ Categor∙ Selec⌠á Menu¼á  Mergσ  ì
  189. Option¼á  yo⌡á ma∙á inadvertentl∙ conver⌠ AL╠ visiblσ record≤ t∩á  Categor∙  ì
  190. '0'«á  Iµá thi≤ happen≤ anΣ yo⌡ havσ no⌠ madσ an∙á backup≤á recently¼á theε ì
  191. optioεá 'Aºá iε thi≤ men⌡ wil∞ brinτ bacδ al∞ oµ you≥ record≤á a≤á Categor∙ ì
  192. '1'.
  193.  
  194.  
  195.  
  196.                                ==============
  197.                                |  OPTION "B"|
  198.                                ==============
  199.  
  200.                       "B)  Flash Report Form Feed: "
  201.  
  202. WitΦá thi≤ selection¼á yo⌡ caε inser⌠ ß Forφ FeeΣ int∩ Othe≥á Comments/Mem∩ ì
  203. Prin⌠ Request«  
  204.  
  205.  
  206.                                ==============
  207.                                |  OPTION "C"|
  208.                                ==============
  209.  
  210. Option  "C"  allows you to customize elements of this entire  system.   For ì
  211. example  you can change the heading that appears on your reports   and  the ì
  212. screens,  as  well as turn on  or off certain features.   For more info  on ì
  213. this  feature,  go to the Help screen in  option "C",  Special Features  to ì
  214. Customize your System.
  215.  
  216.  
  217.                                ==============è                               |  OPTION "D"|
  218.                                ==============
  219.  
  220.                               "Disk Backups"
  221.  
  222. Thesσá selection≤á providσá yo⌡ witΦ alternatσ backu≡á option≤á shoulΣá thσ ì
  223. norma∞ backu≡ fai∞ t∩ work¼ a≤ woulΣ bσ thσ casσ iµ thσ compressioε useΣ iε ì
  224. backinτ u≡ you≥ record≤ faileΣ t∩ fi⌠ ont∩ ß backu≡ disk.
  225.  
  226.  
  227.                                ==============
  228.                                |  OPTION "G"|
  229.                                ==============
  230.                            "G)  Global Replace"
  231.  
  232. Thesσ "Globa∞ SearcΦ anΣ Replacσ Optionsó currentl∙ suppor⌠ thesσ ì
  233. tw∩ operations:
  234.  
  235.                      "1)  Delete records by Priority"
  236.                      "2)   Change Priority of records"
  237.  
  238.  
  239.                                ==============
  240.                                ⁿ  OPTIO╬ I║ |
  241.                                ==============
  242.  
  243. Thi≤ optioε allow≤ yo⌡ t∩ re-instal∞ certaiε feature≤ oµ thσ program¼á sucΦ ì
  244. a≤á colo≥ palettσ o≥ whethe≥ t∩ turε thσ systeφ bel∞ oε o≥á off«á  Yo⌡á caε ì
  245. returε t∩ thi≤ sectioε a≤ ofteε a≤ yo⌡ wish«  I⌠ ha≤ it'≤ owε Hel≡ menu.
  246.  
  247.  
  248.                                ==============
  249.                                ⁿ  OPTIO╬ L║ |
  250.                                ==============
  251.  
  252.  
  253.                           "L)  'List' conversion" 
  254.  
  255. Conver⌠ t∩ earlie≥ versioε oµ 'List'«á  WitΦ thi≤ selection¼ yo⌡ conver⌠ aε ì
  256. olde≥ versioε oµ 'List.comº int∩ thi≤ program«  NameΣ 'LISTOLD.COMº iε thi≤ ì
  257. subdirectory¼ thi≤ procedurσ wil∞ conver⌠ i⌠ t∩ 'LIST.COM'.
  258.  
  259.  
  260.