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Help files for Astro %% 1,1:14 1,2:15 1,3:15 1,4:15 1,5:16 1,6:16 1,7:17 1,8:18 1,9:18 1,10:18 1,11:19 1,12:19 1,13:20 1,14:19 1,15:19 1,16:20 1,17:21 1,18:22 1,19:23 1,20:23 2,2:18 2,2:18 2,3:18 2,4:19 2,5:19 2,6:20 2,7:19 2,8:19 2,9:20 2,10:21 2,11:22 2,12:23 2,13:23 3,1:47 3,2:48 3,3:49 3,4:49 3,5:50 4,1:51 4,2:52 4,3:52 4,4:53 4,5:53 5,0:46 6,1:33 6,2:34 7,0:36 8,0:45 9,1:55 9,2:56 9,3:57 9,4:58 9,5:55 9,6:56 9,7:57 9,8:58 9,9:55 9,10:56 9,11:57 9,12:58 9,13:55 9,14:56 9,15:57 9,16:58 9,17:55 9,18:56 9,19:57 9,20:58 9,21:55 9,22:56 9,23:57 9,24:58 9,25:55 9,26:56 9,27:57 9,28:58 9,29:60 9,30:61 9,31:62 9,32:60 9,33:61 9,34:62 9,35:60 9,36:61 9,37:62 9,38:60 9,39:61 9,40:62 9,41:63 9,42:64 9,43:65 10,1:12 10,2:114 10,3:13 10,4:109 10,5:11 11,1:9 11,2:10 11,3:11 12,0:37 13,0:66 14,1:38 14,2:39 14,3:40 14,4:41 14,5:41 14,6:42 14,7:41 14,8:42 14,9:42 14,10:41 14,11:42 14,12:43 14,13:43 14,14:44 15,0:35 16,0:88 17,1:24 17,2:25 17,3:26 17,4:27 17,5:28 19,1:29 19,2:30 19,3:31 19,4:32 19,5:28 20,0:69 20,1:70 20,2:71 20,3:72 20,4:73 20,5:74 20,6:75 20,7:76 21,0:77 21,1:78 21,2:79 21,3:80 21,4:81 21,5:82 21,6:83 21,7:84 21,8:85 21,9:86 21,10:87 21,11:111 22,0:89 22,1:90 22,2:91 22,3:92 22,4:93 22,5:94 23,0:95 23,1:96 23,2:97 23,3:98 23,4:99 23,5:100 23,6:110 23,7:111 24,0:101 24,1:102 24,2:103 24,3:104 24,4:105 24,5:106 24,6:107 24,7:108 25,0:111 25,1:116 25,2:116 25,3:116 25,4:116 25,5:117 25,6:13 25,7:65 25,8:64 25,9:114 25,10:113 25,11:114 25,12:114 25,13:114 25,14:114 25,15:10 %% .1 System Level Help. ESC...........Backs Out of Any Screen or Function. (Screen Not Recorded As Complete) F1............Help. F10...........Exits A Screen. Screen is Recorded as Being Completed, or ENTER on Last Field. NUM- LOCK......Select Between Numbers & Arrow Cursor Keys. ENTER.........Accept Menu Choice. INSERT........Toggle Keyboard From Insert to Replace Mode. LEFT/RIGHT ARROW......Move Left or Right in Field. HOME..................First Character in Field. END...................Last Character in Field. DELETE................Delete Character at Cursor. BACKSPACE.............Delete Last Character. SHIFT-PRINT SCREEN....Print Out Screen to Printer. ENTER, TAB, DOWN......Next Field on Screen. SHIFT-TAB, UP.........Previous Field on Screen. CONTROL-PAGE UP.......First Field on Screen. CONTROL-PAGE DOWN.....Last Field on Screen. .2 Key Assignments For This Field. SPACE................Next Available Choice. Or Press First Character of Choice You Wish, Either as a Cap or a Lower Case Letter. ENTER, TAB, DOWN.....Next Field on Screen. SHIFT-TAB, UP........Previous Field on Screen. ESC..................Backs Out of Any Screen or Function. (Screen Not Recorded As Complete) F1...................Help. F10..................Exits A Screen. Screen is Recorded as Being Completed, or ENTER on Last Field. @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .3 Key Assignments For This Field. SPACE............Toggle Choice. Y or y...........Select Yes. N or n...........Select No. ENTER, TAB, DOWN.....Next Field on Screen. SHIFT-TAB, UP........Previous Field on Screen. ESC..................Backs Out of Any Screen or Function. (Screen Not Recorded As Complete) F1...................Help. F10..................Exits A Screen. Screen is Recorded as Being Completed, or ENTER on Last Field. @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .4 Key Assignments For This Field. This field Accepts Numbers, Only. 0-9 or -......Enter a Number. INSERT........Toggle Keyboard From Insert to Replace Mode. LEFT/RIGHT ARROW.......Move Left or Right in Field. HOME...................First Character in Field. END....................Last Character in Field. DELETE.................Delete Character at Cursor. BACKSPACE..............Delete Last Character. ENTER, TAB, DOWN.......Next Field on Screen. SHIFT-TAB, UP..........Previous Field on Screen. CONTROL-PAGE UP........First Field on Screen. CONTROL-PAGE DOWN......Last Field on Screen. ESC....................Backs Out of Any Screen or Function. (Screen Not Recorded As Complete) F1.....................Help. F10....................Exits A Screen. Screen is Recorded as Being Completed, or ENTER on Last Field. @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .5 Key Assignments For This Field. This field Accepts Any Letter, Number or Punctuation. INSERT.......Toggle Keyboard From Insert to Replace Mode. LEFT/RIGHT ARROW.......Move Left or Right in Field. HOME...................First Character in Field. END....................Last Character in Field. DELETE.................Delete Character at Cursor. BACKSPACE..............Delete Last Character. ENTER, TAB, DOWN.......Next Field on Screen. SHIFT-TAB, UP..........Previous Field on Screen. CONTROL-PAGE UP........First Field on Screen. CONTROL-PAGE DOWN......Last Field on Screen. ESC..................Backs Out of Any Screen or Function. (Screen Not Recorded As Complete) F1...................Help. F10..................Exits A Screen. Screen is Recorded as Being Completed, or ENTER on Last Field. @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .6 Key Assignments For This Field. This field Accepts Any Letter, Number or Punctuation. You Can Scroll This Field Left or Right by Using the LEFT or RIGHT at the End of This Field. INSERT.......Toggle Keyboard From Insert to Replace Mode. LEFT/RIGHT ARROW.......Move Left or Right in Field. HOME...................First Character in Field. END....................Last Character in Field. DELETE.................Delete Character at Cursor. BACKSPACE..............Delete Last Character. ENTER, TAB, DOWN.......Next Field on Screen. SHIFT-TAB, UP..........Previous Field on Screen. CONTROL-PAGE UP........First Field on Screen. CONTROL-PAGE DOWN......Last Field on Screen. ESC....................Backs Out of Any Screen or Function. (Screen Not Recorded As Complete) F1.....................Help. F10....................Exits A Screen. Screen is Recorded as Being Completed, or ENTER on Last Field. @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .7 Key Assignments For This Screen. You Can Also Enter the First Letter of a Choice. Either A Cap or Lower Case Letter Will Do. LEFT/RIGHT ARROW..........Move Left or Right a Field. HOME......................First Field on Screen. END.......................Last Field on Screen. ENTER.....................Accept Menu Choice. UP/DOWN...................Up or Down A Choice. CONTROL-PAGE UP...........First Field on Screen. CONTROL-PAGE DOWN.........Last Field on Screen. If On A Multi-Page Popup Menu... PAGE- UP...................Scroll Up A Page. PAGE- DOWN.................Scroll Down A Page. ESC.......................Cancel. Leave Screen. F1........................Help. You Can Also Select a Choice by Pressing the Key Corresponding to the First Character in its Name. @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .8 MS-DOS/PC-DOS Conventions. PRN:............Standard Printer. Either LPT1: or Other Device Setup With MODE Command. AUX:............Standard Auxililary. Either COM1: or Other Device Setup With MODE Command. LPT1:-LPT4:.....Parallel Printers. COM1:-COM4:.....Communications Ports A: & B:.........First & Second Floppy Disk. C: & D:.........Either Ram Disk or First and Second Hard Disk Path............DISK:\FIRST\SECOND\LAST. A Path Made Up of Disk Letter Followed by a ':', Followed by a '\', and Other Directories Separated by '\'. File Name.......FILENAME.EXT. An 8 Character File Name, Followed by a '.' Followed by a 3 Character Extension. Combine with a Path for a Full File Name. NO Punctuation is Allowed in a File or Path Except as Noted Above. .9 File Name to Output Enter the File Name that you want the converted file saved To. Either enter a basic file name 12 characters wide or less including a 3 character extension and '.', or a full file name consisting of a Path and a File Name, separated by a '\'. You may also select a Device for output. If you choose to output to a Device, leave off the trailing ':'. If you enter just a simple File Name, the file will be saved to the User directory. @5[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @8[DOS-CONVENTIONS] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .10 Text Width For Output. Enter the width of the Text File. The width can be between 40 and 160 characters in width. @4[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .11 Open New or Append File. Select whether this output will be Appended, or added to the end of an already existing contents of this file by choosing APPEND, or whether the already existing contents of this file will be erased when this file is written, by selecting OPEN. If the file does not already Exist, then this does not matter. @2[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .12 Print File Name. Enter the File Name that you want the converted file saved to. either enter a basic file name 12 characters wide or less including a 3 character extension and '.', or a Full File Name consisting of a Path and a File Name, separated by a '\'. You may also select a Device for output. If you choose to output to a Device, leave off the trailing ':'. If you enter just a simple File Name, the file will be saved to the User directory. If you wish to output to the Standard Printer, leave this field blank and ignore the Open/Append field, below. @5[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @8[DOS-CONVENTIONS] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .13 Left Margin Enter the left margin from the left edge of the page for this printout. This can range from 0 to 20. @4[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .14 Enter Name of Person for Chart. This is the Name of the person who's Chart is being created. This will appear in the Header and on all reports. It will also be used to find the person's birth in the Birth Data Base system. Press F2 or ALT-P to call up a printout of all names existing in the Birth Data Base at this time. Some recently added names may not show if the "Make Popups" utility hasn't been used recently. If you select from this option, The Birth Data Base will automatically read the data associated with this name at this time for you. You can also press F4 or ALT-L to call the Birth Data Base menu at any time in this screen. Use F4 or ALT-L to save and edit births for re use at any time. Note to Replace a birth on file, the birth must already exist and must have been read from the database before editing it. @5[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .15 Date Of Interest Enter the date of interest into these fields. The date must be a legal fate, and Must be between 1910 and 1999. @4[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .16 Time Of Interest Enter the time of interest into these fields. The time should be based on a 12 Hour Clock. For times between Midnight and 1:00 A.M., either enter 00 hours & 30 minutes AM on the day just beginning, or enter 12 hours & 30 minutes pm on the day previous to the day entered, where the time you wanted to enter was 12:30. Also for times between Noon and 1:00 PM enter 00 hours & 30 minutes PM or 12 hours & 30 minutes AM, if you wanted 12:30. This should Be In Standard Time. Do not subtract or add for daylight time, or adjust to GMT, etc. @4[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .17 AM or PM Select whether you want AM or PM. @2[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .18 Geographic Location Enter the Country, State and Location of interest. Press F2 or ALT-P to call up the countries, states and locations in the Location Data Base system. Note that recently added entries may not show up if the "Make Popups" utility has not been used. If this Country Has No States, entering "General" is being used as basic form. If you are in the Location field, and you used the F2 or ALT-P for the location, that location's data will be loaded. If you enter a location that is in the Location Data Base, but is not on the Popups yet, press F3 or ALT-B for the Location Data Base menu, and you can get that record. Use the F3 or ALT-B option to save frequently used locations as well. Note that if you wish to edit a location's data, you must read it using either the Popup or just by getting its data onto the screen before editing. Otherwise use the add function. Though having the exact location helps, if you are within 30 miles or so of the location with a Popup entry, the information will be fine. @5[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .19 Longitude & Latitude, Degrees & Minutes Enter The longitude and Latitude of the location of interest. You can find this information on a good map or in an atlas. Longitude varies from 0 to 180 degrees, and minutes ranges from 0 to 59 minutes. Latitude varies from 0 to 90 degrees, and minutes from 0 to 59. Zero degrees longitude is taken to be Greenwich England, and the International Date Line. Zero degrees latitude is the equator. @4[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .20 East/West Longitude & North/South Latitude Select from these two options for each. @2[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .21 Selecting Time Zone Select One of the Common Time Zones Available, or Choose other to enter Custom GMT information. If you have not chosen the "Other" option and you did not load this location with the Location Data Base, set the GMT Adjustment to 00:00 and the system will set this information. @2[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .22 Selecting A Special Time Adjustment Code Select on of the Common Special Time Adjustments for the day of interest. Refer to An Almanac, Birth Certificate for valid information on this topic, since it varies in so many places from standard. You can also choose "Other" if you do not find the code that you want. If you did not choose the "Other" option and you did not load the location from the Base, or you do choose to reset this option, set the GMT Adjustment to 00:00 and the system will set this information. @2[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .23 Setting Adjustment to GMT If you load a location in from disk and do not reset the special code, you will never have to change this. If you did not choose an "Other" option, set these fields to 00:00 and the system will fill in the correct information. If you did choose the "Other" option, you will have to either set this option, or adjust it manually. this varies from -12 hours and 59 minutes to +12 hours and 59 minutes. If you have a weird location with conflicting time standards, try to get time in GMT which is standard, and set this to 00:00. You can press enter here to leave this screen, press F3 or ALT-B To save or replace the Birth, F4 or ALT-L to save or replace the location. @4[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .24 Get Birth Function This Function reads a Birth Record based on what is in the name field on the Birth Data Screen. @7[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .25 Add New Birth Function This Function will Save the contents of the Birth Data Screen to the Birth Data Base, though its name will not appear in the Popup list till you run the "Make Popups" option. @7[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .26 Replace Birth Function This Function will Replace the contents of the Record corresponding to this one in the Birth Data Base with the contents of the Birth Data Screen. Note: this record must have been read with the Get Birth or F2 or ALT-P function, before editing it. @7[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .27 Delete Birth Function This Function Will Erase the Entry in the Index File Pointing to the Record in the Birth Data Base. The Name field indicates the record to be deleted. You should plan to add a new record to the Birth Data Base in this session, as it will occupy the same space that the one you deleted did. Otherwise its space will be wasted. @7[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .28 Return To Birth Data Screen This Function Returns you to the Birth Data Screen @7[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .29 Get Location Function This Function reads a Location Record based on what is in the Country, State and Location fields the Birth Data Screen. @7[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .30 Add New Location Function This Function will Save the contents of the Birth Data Screen to the Location Data Base, though its name will not appear in the Popup list till you run the "Make Popups" function on the utilities menu. @7[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .31 Replace Location Function This Function will Replace the contents of the Record corresponding to this one in the Location Data Base with the contents of the Birth Data Screen. Note: this record must have been read with the Get Location or F2 or ALT-P function, before editing it. @7[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .32 Delete Location Function This Function Will Erase the Entry in the Index File Pointing to the Record in the Location Data Base. The Country, State, and Location fields indicate the record to be deleted. You should plan to add a new record to the Location Data Base in this session, as it will occupy the same space that the one you deleted did. Otherwise its space will be wasted. @7[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .33 Person's Name Use this field to mark the files for this project with the name of the person you are doing. This entry will appear in the top of the header for all printed out pages. You will also use this field to select files from the List of Files available to view or print. @5[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .34 File Comments Use this fields to mark the files for this project with a comment. This will appear in the header for all printed out pages. You will also see this field as you select files from the list of files available to view or print. @7[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .35 OK to Kill this file? You have Selected this file to Erase. If you select Yes, this file will be forever erased, and you will probably not be able to recover it. @3[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .36 Select A File Select a File to View, Convert, Print or Delete with this screen. Use the Arrow Keys and press ENTER to Select, ESC to escape this screen. @7[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .37 Popup Screen Use this Screen to select an entry to use. Use the Arrow keys, or the first character of the entry you wish, and press ENTER to select, ESC to escape this screen. @7[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .38 Tropical or Sidereal Zodiac This Field selects the type of chart to create. Most astrologers in the U.S. use the Tropical Zodiac, where in Europe there is some popularity for the Sidereal Zodiac. The Sidereal Zodiac option corrects the chart for a slight yearly shift that occurs called "Precession". Currently you would subtract about 24 degrees from all positions to convert from Tropical to Sidereal. @2[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .39 House Procedure This Field selects the type of House Procedure to use for finding house cusps. This is a highly controversial area of interest. Most U.S. Astrologers use the Placidus Method, but the Placidus method tends to fail at high latitudes. The Koch method is preferred by some, and some consider it highly superior, especially for transits and mundane astrology etc. The Equal House system is the most simple system but lacks the scientific and mathematical basis of fact that the others have. The M-House method is similar to the Equal House system with the exception that the Midheaven or Medium Coeli (MC) is on a house cusp and the ascendant is not. In most house cusp systems the Ascendant is the first house cusp and the Midheaven is the ninth house cusp. @2[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .40 Default Chart Rectification This Option selects the method used to find the ascendant and house cusps where no accurate birth time is known. The Flat Chart method assumes that your rising sign is 0 degrees, 0 minutes Aries and sets your cusps based on that. The Solar Chart method assumes that your rising sign is exactly the same as you sun sign, and sets your cusps from that. There are also several other methods that can be used, see the rectification screen for more details. @2[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .41 Main Options These fields allow you to select whether you want to use several main options. Most of these options are selected when you choose a basic option from the main menu. You can use these to setup a custom default setup for the future. Find Houses.....Do You wish to determine and show house cusps. A beginner might not. Others probably will. Find Aspects....Do You wish to determine and show aspects. A Beginner may not and may find them to difficult to understand and grasp. But others will want them. Summary at End of Report...Do you want to see a report summarizing total number of various qualities in your chart. This is Normally done but you can switch it off. Print Text In Report....This is pretty self explanatory. Some People who do their own delineations may not wish to see information, and may wish to do it for themselves, but most users will want it. @3[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .42 Other Options These are a few options which you can also turn on or off. Find Extended Aspects...Do you wish to find aspects to your house cusps as well as to your other planets and main angles. Note that no text is available for aspects to house cusps. If you select this option ASTRO will also find aspects such as "Semi-Sextile", and "Semi-Square". Note that there is no text for these aspects. These aspects are rather weak aspects and shouldn't have too much impact on your chart. Miscellaneous Calculations...Do you want Astro to calculate a few miscellaneous options. The beginner may find these hard to understand or follow, but others may demand this. Vertex & East Point.....This is a calculation that can be useful for astrologers, but its value is not entirely known at this time. This is not used but it can be. Progressed Chart........This is usually only set in the progression screen, but it can be set so you can do a combination, progression and compatibility, etc. @3[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .43 Midpoint Options These fields can select various midpoint functions that can be use by this program. Midpoints basically are the points that are in between two angles, or planets and the relations between them and their aspects. They are basically used by advanced astrologers. Basic Midpoints.....This option will allow you to generate midpoints for only the basic most important midpoints between the moon's nodes and between the Midheaven and ascendant etc. Full Midpoints......This option allows full midpoints. This option makes a very long printout and takes up memory and can be con-fusing and hard to follow. This option should not be selected with the above option selected as well. Midpoints with Aspects...This option adds aspects between the midpoints. This can be added to both options above and can generate a lot of information when used with the Full one. @3[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .44 Generate Graphics Data? This option selects whether the system should generate graphics data when doing a chart. This is normally turned on, but you can turn it off if you do not have a graphics screen or do not use it to conserve disk space. @3[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .45 Delete File List and Files in it? While you are working a file is kept keeping a list of all the files generated while you have been working, effectively keeping all those files alive. Normally when you quit the program those files are erased, but you can save them for a future session. Note if you are using a floppy system this can tie up a lot of floppy space. @3[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .46 Number of Years & Months to Progress Enter the Number of Years and Months to Progress an astrological chart. Years can range from 0 - 99 and months can range from 0 - 12. @4[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .47 Is Birth Time known? If the birth time is known within one hour, it can be adjusted by using trial and error and other methods. If the birth time is not known, then the will be arrived at by using the method below. Parts of the chart which are dependent on exact birth time will not be calculated. If the birth time is not known, then birth "Rectification" must be done. @3[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .48 Rectification Method This is the method to use for birth rectification. This Option selects the method used to find the ascendant and house cusps where no accurate birth time is known. The "Flat Chart" method assumes that your rising sign is 0 degrees, 0 minutes Aries and sets your cusps based on that. The "Solar Chart" method assumes that your rising sign is exactly the same as you sun sign, and sets your cusps from that. Also available are several other methods which are not automated by this program. The "Sunrise" method assumes that many people are born at sunrise or thereabouts. If you choose to use this method, then you will have to enter the sunrise time below. Consult a Farmers Almanac or the like for sunrise time for a given time of year. You can also use the "trial & Error" method. to use this method, enter the approximate time, and compile it and adjust it by decreasing increments. @2[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .49 Time Of Interest Enter the time of interest into these fields. The time should be based on a 12 Hour Clock. For times between Midnight and 1:00 A.M., either enter 00 hours & 30 minutes AM on the day just beginning, or enter 12 hours & 30 minutes pm on the day previous to the day entered, where the time you wanted to enter was 12:30. Also for times between Noon and 1:00 PM enter 00 hours & 30 minutes PM or 12 hours & 30 minutes AM, if you wanted 12:30. This should Be In Standard Time. Do not subtract or add for daylight time, or adjust to GMT, etc. If you chose the "Solar Chart" or the "Flat Chart" method, you should enter 12:00 AM. @4[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .50 AM or PM Select whether you want AM or PM. If you chose the "Solar Chart" or "Flat Chart" method, you should enter AM. @2[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .51 Number of Transits To Do Enter the Number of Transit Charts to calculate. ASTRO can calculate one or up to 125 Transit Charts in one Session, depending on available memory. This is highly dependent on the range of planets that you choose to sample, and the number of aspects involved. Also a factor is the approximate 64k file limitation on viewing files. No more than say 30 is more realistic and can cover a month doing a transit for each day of the month @4[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .52 Planet Range, Starting and Ending Planets. With this option you can select the range of planets to do transits for. This allows you to do transits for the planets you are the most interested in. Note that the ending planet must be higher than the starting planet. Higher means one that falls later in the below list of "Planets". The "Planets" you can select are: Ascendant, Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto. @2[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .53 Months, and Days Apart. This option allows you to select the spacing between the transits that are done. Usually months will be zero and you will just use one or two day increments. Though if you are primarily interested in the planets Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto, you will want the ability to use months of separation for a starting point and then adjust from there. You can enter anywhere from 0 day to 30 days, and 0 months through 12 months apart, though you will probably never need it. @4[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .54 Available Colors Available color choices available for Color Screens are: Black, Blue, Cyan, Green, Red, Magenta, Brown. Foreground colors can Blink, and can also be High Intensity. Note High Intensity Brown is Yellow. .55 Background Color Choice These options allow you to select the General Background Color for a specific color setup which you can make. You can select any of the available color choices. Users of Monochrome Monitors should not change the colors setup. @48[AVAILABLE COLOR CHOICES] @2[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] .56 @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] Foreground Color Choice These options allow you to select the Foreground Color Choice for a specific color setup which you can make. You can select any of the available color choices. Users of Monochrome Monitors should not change the colors setup. @48[AVAILABLE COLOR CHOICES] @2[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .57 Select Bright Foreground Color? These options allow you to select whether the Foreground Color Choice is to be in High Intensity. You can choose Yes or No. Users of Monochrome Monitors should not change this Selection. @3[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .58 Select Blink Choice These options allow you to select whether the Foreground Color Blinks. Generally this Option is only used for Error Colors, but it can be used for Current Fields etc. You can choose Yes or No. Users of Monochrome Monitors should not change this Selection. @3[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .59 Key Assignments For This Field. This field Accepts Any Letter A - E INSERT.......Toggle Keyboard From Insert to Replace Mode. ENTER, TAB, DOWN.......Next Field on Screen. SHIFT-TAB, UP..........Previous Field on Screen. CONTROL-PAGE UP........First Field on Screen. CONTROL-PAGE DOWN......Last Field on Screen. ESC....................Backs Out of Any Screen or Function. (Screen Not Recorded As Complete) F1...................Help. F10..................Exits A Screen. Screen is Recorded as Being Completed, or ENTER on Last Field. @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .60 Disk Drive Choices This option allows you to enter any logical or physical drive letter that you normally use between A: - E: @53[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] @8[DOS-CONVENTIONS] .61 Path For Drive This option allows you to enter the path for the particular area being used. You can set it to any valid path name. Note that the path should begin with the drive letter followed by a colon ':', followed by a backslash '\', followed by your path selection. @5[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] @8[DOS-CONVENTIONS] .62 Is Drive Swapped? This option determines whether the disk (usually a floppy) is swapped to access the files in this area. Usually with 360K floppies, the answer is always yes. Usually with 720K floppies, the program directory is not swapped, but the data, help, and user areas are. Using 1.2M or 1.44M floppies, the answer is generally no. If you are using a hard drive of any type the answer is always no. @3[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .63 Do Fast Screen Writes? If you choose yes with this option, the program will try to use the fastest way available to print out to the screen. This will generally be ok, but if you have problems, you can set this to No for "Bios Compati- bility". If you choose No, then all screen writing will be done through the bios. This will significantly slow down ASTRO and should be selected only if necessary. You can also select this option when starting up ASTRO by using the /BIOS option when starting up the program. @3[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .64 Number of Lines Per Page. This option allows you to choose the number of text lines, including the header information which will be printed on each page when printing out a report. If you are using 11" paper and do not choose to change the printer spacing, you should not have to change this option. Your selection can range between 30 - 99. @4[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .65 Printer Control String. This option allows you to enter a custom printer control string to setup your printer for output. This can be any valid printer string Enter non-typeable ascii codes by entering the decimal value for that code in '<' and '>' type brackets. An ascii value can range between 0 and 255. Note the ascii value for the ESC character is 27. This choice scrolls allowing you to enter a 75 character long setup string. Note each code you enter in '<' and '>' becomes one character long when translated. @6[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] @67[EPSON PRINTER CODES] @68[IBM PRO-PRINTER CODES] .66 Astro Helper. Use this screen to select astrology help topics to view or to print. If you selected the View Astro-Helper File Function, text about the topic you select will be displayed on the screen. If you selected the Print Astro-Helper File Function, the topic you select will be printed out to the printer or file you select. @7[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .67 EPSON Printer Codes Here are some of the more useful printer codes, n indicates a number. Note that You don't require codes for margin or width because that is done within Astro, by your control. NLQ Mode <27>x<1> Compressed Mode <15> Elite Pitch <27>M Pica Pitch <27> P Master Select <27>!<n> 1/8" Spacing <27>0 7/72" Spacing <27>1 1/6" Spacing <27>2 n/216" Spac. <27>3<n> n/72" Sp. <27>A<n> Form Feed <12> Page Len Lines <27>C<n> Prop. Mode <27><1> NLQ <27>x<1> Page Len Inches Daft Mode <27>x<0> <27>C<0><n> .68 IBM Pro-Printer Codes Here are some of the more useful printer codes, n indicates a number Note that You don't require codes for margin or width because that is done within Astro, by your control. Compressed Mode <15> 1/8" Spacing <27>0 7/72" Spacing <27>1 n/216" Spac. <27>3<n> n/72" Sp. <27>A<n> Execute Spacing <27>2 Form Feed <12> Page Len Lines <27>C<n> Page Len Inches <27>C<0><n> .69 Enter/Edit Data Use these functions to enter and to edit data. Info screens refers to birth date and location. Transits Data is data for number of transits and period between charts and planets involved. Rectification is a method used to do a chart where the exact birth time is not known. @7[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .70 Birth Info Use this screen to enter your or a friends birth information into ASTRO for analysis. Here you enter birth time, and date as well as place. You can use F2 to select information in a popup list that is stored in a database in this program. You can also use F3 to access a birth database. The birth database is used to store frequently used birth dates like yours in the system for quick access. F4 is used to access a location database of 200 locations which you can use and add to, including all important data. When You are finished press F10 to exit with a completed screen or press ENTER on the last field in the screen. If you press ESC you will also leave the screen but the data will be recorded as incomplete and you will have to call up this screen again and press F10 to complete it. @7[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .71 Compatibility Info Screen Use this screen to enter your or a friends birth information into ASTRO for compatibility analysis. Enter the First person's birth information into the Birth Info screen then enter his or her partner's information into this screen. Here you enter birth time, and date as well as place. You can use F2 to select information in a popup list that is stored in a database in this program. You can also use F3 to access a birth database. The birth database is used to store frequently used birth dates like yours in the system for quick access. F4 is used to access a location database of 200 locations which you can use and add to, including all important data. When You are finished press F10 to exit with a completed screen or press ENTER on the last field in the screen. If you press ESC you will also leave the screen but the data will be recorded as incomplete and you will have to call up this screen again and press F10 to complete it. @7[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .72 Transits Info Use this screen for entering a starting point for Transits analysis. Bear in mind that you do not need to enter the information as accurately as if you were entering birth information. Here you enter time, and date as well as place. You can use F2 to select information in a popup list that is stored in a database in this program. F4 is used to access a location database of 200 locations which you can use and add to, including all important data. When You are finished press F10 to exit with a completed screen or press ENTER on the last field in the screen. If you press ESC you will also leave the screen but the data will be recorded as incomplete and you will have to call up this screen again and press F10 to complete it. @7[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .73 Transits Data Use this screen to enter the data for doing transits analysis. The data entered on this screen is the number of transit charts you wish to calculate, the range of planets you wish to test and the dates between. When You are finished press F10 to exit with a completed screen or press ENTER on the last field in the screen. If you press ESC you will also leave the screen but the data will be recorded as incomplete and you will have to call up this screen again and press F10 to complete it. @7[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .74 Enter Progression Information Use this screen to enter Progression information for ASTRO. This screen will ask you the number of years and months you wish to progress. Normally progressions are only done for a period of years but for Astro to do a progression for years and months is relatively easy. When You are finished press F10 to exit with a completed screen or press ENTER on the last field in the screen. If you press ESC you will also leave the screen but the data will be recorded as incomplete and you will have to call up this screen again and press F10 to complete it. @7[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .75 Birth Rectification Use this screen if you do not accurately know the birth time for the person involved. If you do not know the birth time you can calculate a chart using a number of methods. When You are finished press F10 to exit with a completed screen or press ENTER on the last field in the screen. If you press ESC you will also leave the screen but the data will be recorded as incomplete and you will have to call up this screen again and press F10 to complete it. @7[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .76 Compatibility Birth Rectification Use this screen if you do not accurately know the birth time for the partner of the person involved. If you do not know the birth time you can calculate a chart using a number of methods. When You are finished press F10 to exit with a completed screen or press ENTER on the last field in the screen. If you press ESC you will also leave the screen but the data will be recorded as incomplete and you will have to call up this screen again and press F10 to complete it. @7[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .77 Compile Charts Use these functions to compile an astrological chart. @7[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .78 Compile Default Birth Chart This function will compile a chart based on what you have defined in the Options/Birth Options screen. @7[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .79 Planets Only This function will compile a chart with just the planet information. Several other items are shown in this function such as text and the summary which can be turned off if you wish with the Options/Birth Options screen. You need to have completed the birth and, if necessary the birth rectification screen before selecting this option. When this function starts you will be asked information to put on the header of the printout and to make it easier to retrieve this printout. All the printouts which you do in this session are kept on disk till you quit, unless you kill them. @7[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .80 Planets and Houses This function will compile a chart with just the planet and House information for the planets. Several other items are shown in this function such as text and the summary which can be turned off if you wish with the Options/Birth Options screen. You need to have completed the birth and, if necessary the birth rectification screen before selecting this option. When this function starts you will be asked information to put on the header of the printout and to make it easier to retrieve this printout. All the printouts which you do in this session are kept on disk till you quit, unless you kill them. @7[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .81 Planets, Houses and Aspects This function will compile a chart with just the planet, House and aspect information for the planets. Several other items are shown in this function such as text and the summary which can be turned off if you wish with the Options/Birth Options screen. You need to have completed the birth and, if necessary the birth rectification screen before selecting this option. When this function starts you will be asked information to put on the header of the printout and to make it easier to retrieve this printout. All the printouts which you do in this session are kept on disk till you quit, unless you kill them. @7[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .82 Complete Chart This function will compile a chart with just the planet, House, aspect and other information for the planets. Several other items are shown in this function such as text and the summary which can be turned off if you wish with the Options/Birth Options screen. You need to have completed the birth and, if necessary the birth rectification screen before selecting this option. When this function starts you will be asked information to put on the header of the printout and to make it easier to retrieve this printout. All the printouts which you do in this session are kept on disk till you quit, unless you kill them. @7[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .83 Complete Chart With Basic Midpoints This function will compile a chart with just the planet, House, aspect and other information for the planets. This function also does basic midpoint calculations for midpoints between the moon's nodes and the ascendant and the Midheaven. Several other items are shown in this function such as text and the summary which can be turned off if you wish with the Options/Birth Options screen. You need to have completed the birth and, if necessary the birth rectification screen before selecting this option. When this function starts you will be asked information to put on the header of the printout and to make it easier to retrieve this printout. All the printouts which you do in this session are kept on disk till you quit, unless you kill them. @7[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .84 Complete Chart With Basic Midpoints This function will compile a chart with just the planet, House, aspect and other information for the planets. This function also does Full midpoint calculations for midpoints between all planets and angles. Several other items are shown in this function such as text and the summary which can be turned off if you wish with the Options/Birth Options screen. You need to have completed the birth and, if necessary the birth rectification screen before selecting this option. When this function starts you will be asked information to put on the header of the printout and to make it easier to retrieve this printout. All the printouts which you do in this session are kept on disk till you quit, unless you kill them. @7[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .85 Compile Compatibility Chart Use this function to compile a compatibility chart based on two people's birth information and compare them. Several other items are shown in this function such as text and the summary which can be turned off if you wish with the Options/Compatibility Options screen. You need to have completed the birth and Compatibility screens, and if necessary the birth and compatibility rectification screens before selecting this option. When this function starts you will be asked information to put on the header of the printout and to make it easier to retrieve this printout. All the printouts which you do in this session are kept on disk till you quit, unless you kill them. @7[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .86 Compile Transits Charts Use this function to compile transits charts based on a person's birth date and a second date and some other information. This function compiles a number of charts for a period in time. Several other items are shown in this function such as text and the summary which can be turned off if you wish with the Options/Transits Options screen. You need to have completed the Birth, Transits Info screens, and Transits Data screens and if necessary the birth rectification screen before selecting this option. When this function starts you will be asked information to put on the header of the printout and to make it easier to retrieve this printout. All the printouts which you do in this session are kept on disk till you quit, unless you kill them. @7[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .87 Compile Progression Chart Use this function to compile a Progression chart. This uses a birth date and adds a day for every year to the birth date and compiles a second chart and compares them. Several other items are shown in this function such as text and the summary which can be turned off if you wish with the Options/Progressions Options screen. You need to have completed the Birth screen, and Progression Data screens and if necessary the birth rectification screen before selecting this option. When this function starts you will be asked information to put on the header of the printout and to make it easier to retrieve this printout. All the printouts which you do in this session are kept on disk till you quit, unless you kill them. @7[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .88 View Astro file ESC.................Exit and Return to Menu. PAGEDOWN............Scroll Down One Page. PAGEUP..............Scroll Up One Page. DOWN................Scroll Down One Line. UP..................Scroll Up One Line. CTL- PAGEDOWN........Show Last Page. CTL-PAGEUP..........Show First Page. .89 View/Print Files These functions allow you to view Astro files, convert to ascii text, printout, and view a graphics cartwheel display. You can also selectively delete files in the file list which you don't need. @7[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .90 View Astro File Use this function to view an Astro Output File that was created by compiling a horoscope. This function allows you to select a file and view it by scrolling through the file like you would with a word processor. @7[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .91 Print Astro File Use this function to print out an Astro Output file. The file can be printed to Disk (for later printing) or printed out to any logical device, but the function defaults to the PRN: Device. Using this function, you select a file and then you can select how the file is printed. You can set the left margin, text width, destination, and whether the file is opened or appended to an already existing one. @7[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .92 Convert Astro File To Ascii Text Use this function to convert a file to an ascii text file for word processing or telecommunications. Though you could do this with a file from the printout function, this will not print out any unprintable characters to the file, making it easy to edit. Using this function, you select a file and then you can select how the file is printed. You can set the text width, destination, and whether the file is opened or appended to an already existing one. @7[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .93 View Graphics Cartwheel Use this function to print out a graphics data file as a graphic cartwheel type display. In order to use this function you need either a CGA, EGA, or Hercules graphic board with an appropriate monitor. Your fonts should be located in the same directory and physical disk in the case of floppies as the disk that contains your .TXT and the corresponding .NDX files used by ASTRO. This option responds to several different key combinations: ESC..........Exit and Return to the Main Program. P or p.......Print the screen to the printer. N or n.......Turn OFF or Turn ON the Numbers 0-360 degrees in 60's. S or s.......Turn OFF or Turn ON (Toggles) the Sign Names. #............Turn OFF or Turn ON (Toggles) the House Numbers. These are automatically turned off if you select House Degrees, since they will overlap, if they are on at the time. @118[MORE ON THIS TOPIC] @7[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .94 Kill File in File List Use this function to delete a file from the file list. A file list is created whenever you start Astro and a record of every file created when you compile a horoscope chart. This file and the files it contains can be saved when you quit. You may wish to delete files, if you do not have much room on your disk, etc. Unless you do not tell Astro Not To the file list is entirely erased along with its contents when this program end. @7[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .95 Options These functions allow you to customize Astro. You can use these functions to customize screen colors, disk directories etc as well as certain options when you compile charts. @7[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .96 Setup This function allows you to customize screen colors, disk directories, length of a printout page as well as a printer control string. You can also tell Astro whether to use Fast Direct Video or to use slower Bios screen routines which may be needed with some computers. @7[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .97 Birth Options This function allows you to customize options used when compiling Birth charts. The options set on this screen are directly used when compiling the default chart. These allow you to use certain features in Astro which some users may not wish to use, but you might want, or to turn of other options which you do not feel are valid. @7[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .98 Compatibility Options This function allows you to customize options used when compiling Compatibility charts. These allow you to use certain features in Astro which some users may not wish to use, but you might want, or to turn of other options which you do not feel are valid. @7[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .99 Transits Options This function allows you to customize options used when compiling Transits charts. These allow you to use certain features in Astro which some users may not wish to use, but you might want, or to turn of other options which you do not feel are valid. @7[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .100 Progressions Options This function allows you to customize options used when compiling Progressions charts. These allow you to use certain features in Astro which some users may not wish to use, but you might want, or to turn of other options which you do not feel are valid. @7[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .101 Utilities These functions are basically utilities for your use which you may find useful. @7[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .102 View Astro-Helper File This function is an "astrology learning aide". It attempts to teach the beginning astrologer something about astrology. This option allows you to select which topic you wish to view and to view it and scroll through that topic like you would on a word processor. @7[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .103 Print Astro-Helper File This function is an "astrology learning aide". It attempts to teach the beginning astrologer something about astrology. This option allows you to select which topic you wish to view and to print it out that topic to a printer or other device. @7[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .104 Dos Shell This function allows the user to "Shell To Dos" to do typical system type functions, etc. Once you are through just type "Exit" and press the ENTER key. @7[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .105 Re-Index Databases This Function allows you to Re-Index the databases that Astro uses. Normally this is not needed but if one of the database indexes (files ending in .NDX) become corrupted or accidentally erased, they may need to be re-indexed. @7[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .106 Make Popups Use this function to make or update the popup files used by the database to show you the names and locations on file. If you add names or locations to these files, they will have to be updated. @7[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .107 Sort File Listing This function allows you to sort alphabetically the file list. If you keep files around for several different sessions and delete files you may need to use this utility to reorganize your files. @7[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .108 Print file Listing This function prints out the file listing so you can see what a file's real name is and other information on file. You can use this if you have a graphics monitor and board but do not have enough memory to run the graphics program inside Astro. @7[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .109 Print Header on First Page If you answer Yes, then a header will be printed on the first page of this report. If you answer No then no header will be printed. @3[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .110 Compile Default Numeric Birth Chart This function compiles a chart which contains just the astrological facts and positions without any interpretation or text. The information in this chart is presented, in a more compact notation which astrologers use to note planetary positions and signs. This function will compile a chart based on what you have defined in the Options/Birth Options for the Numeric Report. @7[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .111 Numeric Chart Options This function allows you to customize options used when compiling Birth charts, and Producing a Numeric chart. The options set on this screen are directly used when compiling the default Numeric chart. These allow you to use certain features in ASTRO which some users may not wish to use, but you might want, or to turn of other options which you do not feel are valid. This screen also has several options such as "Text" which are not valid in this context since the Numeric chart Produces No Text. @7[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .112 Printer and ASCII Conversion Setup This function allows you to customize Printer and ASCII conversion parameters, for printout and converting ASTRO output files for word processing. @7[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .113 Printing Device. Enter the device commonly used for printing in this field. If you are using the standard system printer device PRN: leave this field blank and this will be assumed. If you wish to use your second printer LPT2:, you can enter this here. This becomes your default printer. In this field do no enter the trailing ':' that follows the device name. Do Not enter a Disk Name here as this is for printing devices only. If you save your printouts to disk before printing, just leave this field blank. @6[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] @8[DOS-CONVENTIONS] .114 Print Head on Page 1. Prints headers at the top of each page this is printed out, identifying the file that was printed, normally though unless you select it ASTRO doesn't print the header on page one. @3[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .115 ASCII Conversion Replacement Strings. When ASTRO converts a file to ASCII text, ASTRO converts the indications in the file for Bold, Underscore, End of Bold, and End of Underscore to these strings. You can change these if you wish. If you don't want any bold for example, just leave these fields blank. Anything you enter into these fields must be typeable on the keyboard. You may not enter printer string as you do with the printer file setup, as they will not be converted by ASTRO, as they are for printers. If your word processor does have printer codes and formatting conventions, you can use these. @6[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .116 Printer Conversion Replacement Strings. When ASTRO prints a file out on your printer or file, ASTRO converts the indications in the file for Bold, Underscore, End of Bold, and End of Underscore to these strings. You can change these if you wish. If you don't want any bold for example, just leave these fields blank. These fields allow you to enter a custom printer control strings to control your printer's output. These fields default to standard IBM Proprinter and Epson standard codes. This can be any valid printer string Enter non- typeable ascii codes by entering the decimal value for that code in '<' and '>' type brackets. An ascii value can range between 0 and 255. Note the ascii value for the ESC character is 27. Note each code you enter in '<' and '>' becomes one character long when translated, i.e. <27> becomes chr(27) or the escape character. @6[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .117 Text Width For Printer. Enter the width of the Printed Output. The width can be between 40 and 160 characters in width. @4[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP] .end .118 View Graphics Cartwheel, Continued. H or h.......Turn OFF or Turn ON (Toggles) the display of House Degrees. Selecting this option will automatically turn off house Numbers if they are on at the time. D or d.......Turn OFF or Turn ON (Toggles) the display of the sign and degree information for each planet position, positioned around the cart- cartwheel. If there are more than one planet within 5 degrees of each other, only the first will be displayed. In the case of Compatibility, Transits, or Progressions, this options displays the degrees relating to the outer circle. It will also turn off displaying of the numbers relating to the inner circle. I or i.......Is the Same as the above but for the Inner Circle Only. This also will turn off that display for the outer cirlce if selected. @7[KEYS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FIELD] @1[SYSTEM LEVEL HELP]