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DIGITA INTERNATIONAL LTD Kelsey House, Barns Road Budleigh Salterton Devon EX9 6HJ ENGLAND Tel: (0395) 45059 WELCOME TO THIS DEMONSTRATION OF DIGITA SOFTWARE DIGITA INTERNATIONAL LTD grants licence to any person(s) wishing to copy the contents of this disc for the sole purpose of demonstrating the range of Digita products featured herein. (C) COPYRIGHT DIGITA INTERNATIONAL LTD 1988 DIGITA INTERNATIONAL LTD - The Company - Based in the West Country, Digita specialise in producing serious software for the professional and home user. - The Range - Digita produce software for IBM PC, Amstrad PC and compatibles, Commodore Amiga, Atari ST, Amstrad PCW and UNIX based computers. Cleverly written, always favourably reviewed in the National Press, superbly documented and packaged, Digita software represents outstanding value for money. - The Backup - The staff, and directors of Digita are always on hand to answer customer's queries or to give sound, practical advice on the use of their software. Help is never more than a telephone call or letter away! MAILSHOT - Review Comments 'Easy to use .. extremely fast .. excellent value. Because the program is called Mailshot you might think that it can only be used for long mailing lists but it can just as easily be used for labelling discs, schoolbooks, membership cards, photographs, bottles of wine, video tapes, and much more. It could end up as one of the most used programs you buy !' Les Ellingham, Page 6 Magazine MAILSHOT - Specification Mailshot is based on a completely new concept in storing and printing labels. Unlike other mailing/labelling programs, Mailshot actually displays the labels you design on the screen. See your labels scroll on the screen. WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) Fully menu driven with easy selection by cursor keys or mouse Automatic detection of duplicate labels (saves time and postage) Main file and subset, load and save main file and/or subset Unique 'Marker' facility for searching/sorting Powerful sorting: Sort on any line, surname sorting, Marker Sort System (with instring facility), sort subset or main file Searching - search for anything anywhere ! Conditional search including AND, OR, NOT, etc, Marker Search System (with instring facility), search subset or main file Goto label feature Max 12 lines per label, 48 characters per line Max 9 labels across, 999 copies per label, 3000 labels per file Merge facility allowing cross referencing between files Full tutorial for beginners with quick reference card Useful guidance notes for business users unfamiliar with computerised mailing and a special section on using mailing lists effectively in your business. Why set your sights lower ..... MAILSHOT - Operating Notes To select a menu option, simply use the up and down cursor keys to highlight the option required, and press RETURN. Alternatively, press the appropriate key corresponding to the first letter of the menu option (eg A to Add). Please Note: The mouse version of Mailshot is not provided on this demonstration, although it is included when you purchase the program. Markers: You have 4 Markers, assigned to function keys 1-4. By setting say, Marker 1 onto the surname of each address when adding or editing labels, you can then use this to perform surname sorting. When sorting (ORDER), enter the line or Marker number (eg L4, M4) and then select ORDER from the Exit line. When searching, firstly select where you wish to search: ANY - look on every line L + Line number - look on specified line M + Marker number - look on specified Marker Then the condition: = - equal # - not equal < - less than <= - less than or equal > - greater than >= - greater than or equal =clash - detect duplicate labels Then finally, the requirement (eg Smith) Putting this together, an example might be: L3 = Devon, M1 # Smith, ANY <= 24 You may also link several search criteria by using AND, OR, NOT (enclose all separate search criteria in brackets). Generally, remember to leave one space between each section of the search. The Editor: When entering and editing labels, an editor is provided. The facilities are: RETURN - moves to beginning of next line DELETE LEFT - delete left CTRL D or DEL - delete right CTRL R - remove whole line CTRL I, TAB or INS - insert a space CTRL A - add a new line ESCAPE or ESC - leave current label and return to main menu MAILSHOT PLUS - Review Comments 'It took me less than half an hour to realise the full potential of this program. Genuinely easy to use. This program would be equally useful to the Membership Secretary of a club, charity organisations .. personnel records, chemists' labels, book, record or photograph labels or, on the domestic front, Christmas card labels, and so on. I have no hestitation in recommending this program to anyone who needs a simple to use but very effective direct mailing system, which is very powerful and flexible, and should suit a wide variety of needs in the office or in the home. ' Amstrad Professional Computing MAILSHOT PLUS - Specification Mailshot Plus is based on a completely new concept in storing and printing labels. Unlike other mailing/labelling programs, Mailshot Plus actually displays the labels you design on the screen. See your labels scroll on the screen..... WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) Fully menu driven with easy selection by cursor keys or mouse Automatic detection of duplicate labels (saves time and postage) Useful guidance notes for business users unfamiliar with computerised mailing and a special section on using mailing lists effectively in your business. Main file and subset, load and save main file and/or subset Unique 'Marker' facility for searching/sorting Powerful sorting: Sort on any line, surname sorting, Marker sort system (with instring facility), sort subset or main file Searching - search for anything anywhere ! Conditional search including AND, OR, NOT, etc, Marker search system (with instring facility), search subset or main file Goto label feature Max 12 lines per label, 48 characters per line Max 9 labels across and 999 copies per label, 3000 labels per file Merge facility allowing cross referencing between files Full tutorial for beginners with quick reference card Extra facilities with Mailshot Plus: Integration with other programs (using ASCII files) Column/tabulate summary - ideal for telephone lists, etc 4 extra Memo lines per label (with defaults) Full sort and search facilities available on Memo lines Label coding/message/dating system Consecutive label numbering Extra layout facilities include horizontal and vertical justification Why set your sights lower ..... MAILSHOT PLUS - Operating Notes To select a menu option, simply use the up and down cursor keys to highlight the option required, and press RETURN. Alternatively, press the appropriate key corresponding to the first letter of the menu option (eg A to Add). Please Note: The mouse version of Mailshot Plus is not provided on this demonstration, although it is included when you purchase the program. Markers: You have 4 Markers, assigned to function keys 1-4. By setting say, Marker 1 onto the surname of each address when adding or editing labels, you can then use this to perform surname sorting. Memo lines: 4 extra lines per label are provided. These will not be printed with the actual label but can be used for phone numbers, etc. To display these lines, go to the layout menu and select to SHOW MEMOS. Enter dates in the normal DD.MM.YY format. When searching or sorting, the Memo lines are referred by M5, M6, M7, M8. When sorting (ORDER), enter the line or Marker number (eg L4, M4, M6) and then select ORDER from the Exit line. When searching, firstly select where you wish to search: ANY - look on every line L + Line number - look on specified line M + Marker number - look on specified Marker M + Memo line number - look on specific Memo line Then the condition: = - equal # - not equal < - less than <= - less than or equal > - greater than >= - greater than or equal =clash - detect duplicate labels Then finally, the requirement (eg Smith) Putting this together, an example might be: L3 = Devon, M1 # Smith, ANY <= 24 You may also link several search criteria by using AND, OR, NOT (enclose all separate search criteria in brackets). Generally, remember to leave one space between each section of the search. As well as printing the basic label, it is also possible to print a summary by selecting particular lines (including Memos) and print them across the page horizontally. Select Print SUMMARY from the Print Menu and enter your summary requirements in the Summary Format line. For example, L1:10 L3:5 M6:5 - this will print line 1 (10 characters long), and then line 3 (5 chars) and then Memo line 6 (5 chars). The Editor: When entering and editing labels, an editor is provided. The facilities are: RETURN - moves to beginning of next line DELETE LEFT - delete left CTRL D or DEL - delete right CTRL R - remove whole line CTRL I, TAB or INS - insert a space CTRL A - add a new line ESCAPE or ESC - leave current label and return to main menu DGCALC - Review Comments '.. at this price it is a good but for anyone who needs an Amiga based spreadsheet program to handle most routine jobs. It is robust, easy to use and it quite simply does what it says it can do.' Amiga User International DGCALC - Specification 9 out of 10 ..... You've probably read about other spreadsheet programs offering many advanced and complex facilities. However, it is generally accepted that 90% of applications only use 10% of the facilities found on most spreadsheet programs. This means that the cost, time and effort spent on complex spreadsheet programs is, 9 times out of 10, unnecessary. When you run the demonstration, we are sure you will find everything you need. The program simple to use, fast and efficient since it is not complicated by gimmicks or unnecesary features. 12 rows, 52 columns, 26624 cells Fully menu (with descriptions) and command driven Individually adjustable column widths with text overflow Instant recalculation - no waiting Integrate with other programs (using ASCII files) Windowing, allowing any row or column to be held on the screen as the spreadsheet scrolls underneath 52 User definable variables, 9 programmable function keys for repetitive entry of data and menu options (set up macros) Insert and delete rows and columns GOTO cell feature, Password facility Cell locking/unlocking, justification, left/right/centre Optional suppression of zeros, Numeric accuracy to 7 decimal places Full relative and absolute replication facilities Print facilities include: All/part of spreadsheet, cell formulae only, automatic titling and paging, split wide spreadsheets (suitable for cut and pasting) Functions include: ABS, AVERAGE, COS, COUNT, EXP, LOG, LOGTEN, MAX, MIN, ROUND, SIN, SQRT, SUM, TAN, TRUNC Powerful line editor, UNDO feature Full tutorial for beginners with quick reference card Simple enough for the beginner, sophisticated enough for the professional DGCALC - Operating Notes Press / (backslash) to enter menu mode. Notice the highlighted bar move onto the menu options. Use the left and right cursor keys to highlight different menu options and press RETURN to make your selection. By using the cursor keys, you will see a description of each option appear underneath. Alternatively, you can press the first letter corresponding to the menu option. The mouse is not is not supported on this demonstration. Press ESCAPE (ESC) to move from menu mode to the spreadsheet for entering information. Line Editor Facilities: LEFT ARROW - move 1 character left RIGHT ARROW - move 1 character right BACKSPACE - delete 1 character left CTRL D or DEL - delete 1 character right TAB or CTRL I - insert 1 character CTRL W - delete (Wipe) line contents from cursor position RETURN - complete entry/accept default ESCAPE - may be used at any time to exit and return to Browse mode HOME - page left END - page right Pgup - page up Pgdn - page down Browse Mode Facilities: LEFT ARROW - move 1 cell left RIGHT ARROW - move 1 cell right UP ARROW - move 1 cell up DOWN ARROW - move 1 cell down CTRL L - move 1 page left CTRL R - move 1 page right CTRL U - move 1 page up CTRL D - move 1 page down CTRL C - centre highlighted bar in spreadsheet CTRL E - edit current cell contents Programming The Function keys: Enter / and then the first letter of a main menu option. Alternatively, if you wish to enter a line editor command, precede all references by @ (eg @u - cursor up 1 character) For example: /G@wA1@e - goto cell A1 HOME ACCOUNTS - Review Comments 'Home Accounts is produced by Digita International who have developed a reputation for producing no-nonsense products at very good prices. You might even say cheap prices but that would do the product itself an injustice as it is far from a 'cheap' program. My overall impression of this program was one of quality. It is easy to use and performs the job that a spreadsheet could be programmed to do without anyof the headaches that can bring. Excellent value for money!'. Amiga User International HOME ACCOUNTS - Specification Designed as a complete home accounting package, Home Accounts allows you to set up a budget for up to 60 items of household expenditure and compare actual expenditure with your budget. Suggested expenditure categories are provided (such as mortgage, rent, rates, food, gas, etc), however these may be easily deleted or augmented. Furthermore, expenditure forecasts may be produced (taking into account budget and expenses incurred to date), to predict expenses for the current month. Ideal for planning your own household cash flow ! You'll wonder how you ever managed without it. Fully Workbench based and written in the UK 60 expenditure accounts, 10 income accounts Over 300 transactions per account per year (with optional reference) Fast and easy data entry, edit transactions at any time Sort transactions by date, reference, amount Search accounts/transactions by date, reference, account Standing orders (max. 100) Comprehensive reporting facilities (screen or printer) include: Detailed statements for any range of months Monthly reports for each type of transaction Reports showing activity in each income/expenditure account Income account statements for bank reconciliation, etc (produce your own bank/credit card statements) Account balances month by month Actual/budget comparison for any accounts Total monthly income, expenditure and cash flow Budget cash flow forecasts Facility to plot pie/bar charts from many of the above reports Comprehensive manual with tutorial HOME ACCOUNTS - Operating Notes Running under the Workbench, menu options are selected using the mouse, as described in the Amiga manual. When editing text the keyboard is used as follows: TAB or DOWN ARROW move cursor onto next field UP ARROW move cursor back to previous field LEFT ARROW move cursor left through field RIGHT ARROW move cursor right through field ESC clear field completely BACKSPACE delete character left of cursor DELETE delete character under cursor Only valid keys can be used. For example, only numeric for money. To move the cursor directly to a field for editing, move the pointer and click the mouse. To delete a complete line, hold down CONTROL, move the pointer to the line and click the mouse. The line you wish to delete must not be the line that the cursor is currently on. If you wish to restore a line during editing, move the arrow away from the line and click the mouse. The line will be re-drawn as it was prior to the changes. Dates: When entering dates use the following format: 20 JAN 88. The program will check the date is valid, and give an error message if necessary. Firstly it is necessary to set the current day's date (eg 01 JAN 88). This is essential for the program to function correctly. Select option ACCOUNT - NEW, and enter details of account(s) as prompted (income accounts - eg bank, credit card, etc). It is essential that a two character code is used. Accounts in use will be shown at the bottom of the screen, select them by using the mouse. Credits/Debits for Opening Account Balance, Max. and Min. Warning Limits are set with a single character field in front of the amount. Enter + (optional) or - for credit or debit. Set up expenditure and income types using EDIT - TYPES option. Set up a budget (optional) using EDIT - BUDGET. Use EDIT - REGULAR TRANSACTIONS to set up standing orders and regular transfers between accounts. Enter account transactions with EDIT MANUAL TRANSACTIONS. Regular transactions are automatically included in the list of manual transactions after they have been credited or debited to the accounts. The range of reports is fairly self-explanatory, but please note that not all report select options apply to all reports. HOW TO ORDER If your local stockist is unable to supply any of these products, you may order from Digita direct by phone using a credit card (Hot-line 0395 45059 - 24hrs), or by post using either a credit card, Postal Order or cheque: All prices are inclusive of VAT and 1st class postage and packaging. When ordering by post, send your order to Digita International Ltd, Kelsey House, Barns Road, Budleigh Salterton, Devon EX9 6HJ ENGLAND. Please state: Name Address and post code Delivery address (if different) Credit card number and expiry date (Access/Visa) Computer type and floppy disc size For export orders, please add 2.00 per item.