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Cong_II Documentation.
General.
Cong-II is a congressional database and automatic
correspondence generator. It is ShareWare. Registration fee is
$25.00.
Cong-II allows you to locate Senate and House members by name,
state, district, party, body, age, gender, birthdate (month and
day), committee, subcommittee, etc. Once a member has been located,
telephone, contact and other information is available.
You may tag members to receive correspondence at most any
screen. To create letters, you may utilize the built-in editor,
which includes a spell checker. You may then generate properly
addressed, personalized correspondence to each tagged member, with
or without a FAX cover sheet, by pressing Alt-P. The letters may be
formatted for windowed envelopes, if desired. Letters may be
printed to a file for import into your preferred word processor, if
desired.
Ease of Use.
Cong-II has more than enough help built into the program,
thus you need not study this document with diligence to be able
to use Cong-II. Three lines at the bottom of each screen are
devoted to help information. In cases where more room is needed,
the F1 key pops up an additional help screen. There is also a
key-line on each screen to remind you of often used keys. F1
provides a list of active cmmand keys anytime.
Installation.
Simply place the Cong-II files in the same sub-directory and
decompress them. Then type "COii".
To run them just go to the directory and type "Coii", the name
of the main executable file.
General Operation.
Use the arrow keys to highlight a menu choice and to move
highlight bars. Press <Enter> to accept the highlighted item as
your choice.
Read the bottom three lines on each screen if you have
questions. They will probably have your answer or will tell you
how to proceed.
When you are shown a list of members or committees on the
screen, you will normally see a locator field at the top of the
screen. Enter the first few characters of the name you are looking
for. This will position the list at a name beginning with those
letters.
At the top of the screen(s) are data, such as the date, the
time, memory remaining, etc. Watch your memory. When it gets low
(e.g. 10,000 bytes left), best to escape back to the main menu
and start over.
Members.
The first choice on the main menu is Members. This takes you
to a screen that lists members who have birthdays during the current
month. Alt-P (previous) or Alt-N (next) changes the month. Esc
exits to the member list. Initially, all members of both bodies are
listed.
The following keys apply to most member lists: (You need not try
to remember these keys. All are identified on the screens to which
they apply.)
Alt-D Show democrats only
Alt-R Show republicans only
Alt-A Show both (Parties)
Alt-S Show Senate only
Alt-H Show House only
Alt-B Show both again
Alt-C Shows committees.
Ctrl-W Show women only
Ctrl-M Show men onnly.
Ctrl-A Show all.
Ctrl-B Show by birth month and day.
Alt-T Show all by State. Escape to return to by name.
Gray + Key Tag/Untaggs the highlighted member
Alt-G Show only the tagged members. Alt-G again shows all.
Alt-U Un-tag all members
Alt-L Select the letter to print.
Alt-P Prints the selected letter for all tagged members. You
may choose to view the letters on the screen or to print them to a
file or to your printer. Alt-W prints in "window" format. Windowed
envelopes are available from RSC or your local "Office Warehouse"
type store.
Esc Returns
Pup/PgDn Moves forward or backward one screen full.
Pressing <Enter> while a member is highlighted will show
details about the member. When the member's details are shown,
Alt-C will show a list of the committees that the member is
assigned to. Pressing <Enter> on a member's committee will show its
members (just as it does under Committees). Pressing <Enter> on a
Committee member will show details on the member, etc., etc.
Committees.
This main menu choice allows you to view a list of committees.
This is the same as Alt-C from the member listing. The following
keys apply:
Alt-M shows only Main committees
Alt-A shows all again (both main and subcommittees)
Alt-H shows House committees only
Alt-S shows Senate committees only
Alt-J shows Joint committees only
Pressing <Enter> while a main (or sub-) committee is
highlighted will show the members of that committee. Members may be
tagged (and un-tagged) for letters using the Grey "+" and Gray "-"
Keys on these screens. (Alt-T tags all). Pressing <Enter> on a
highlighted member is the same as under Members (member details are
shown and Alt-C, from the detail screen, lists the members
committees).
Edit Letters.
Press <Alt-E> from the members table in Cong to create or edit
letters, or pick the <Letters> choice from the main menu. Note that
Alt-C duplicates a letter, which then may be edited as a different
letter. Each letter has a single letter code and a description
field for your use. Duplicate letter codes are not allowed. Change
it after duplicating a letter or else it Cong-II will beep (complain).
Press <Enter> to get to the edit screen. When in the text edit
screen area, press F1 for help. There are a number of keys
available, such as F4 for spelling checks, F5 for searches and F7
for Cutting and Pasting (within and among letters).
You do not print letters from letter edit area. You only create
and edit letters there. You select the members to receive letters by
"Tagging" them under Members or Committees. You then press Alt-L to
select the letter text (by letter code) to print. Alt-P then causes
the letters to be printed to a buffer, where you may view them
before sending them on to the printer or to a file. A letter is
printed for each tagged member. (If none are tagged, none will print.
) Alt-F toggles the FAX cover sheet on/off. Labels may also be
printed.
Defaults.
This is where you enter you stationery letter head data and
other personal data. Alt-D from the members list will also take you
to this screen.
Register.
This is where you may print registration form. Registered
users receive technical support and updated data.
Technical Support.
Technical support is available to registered users by
calling (703) 463-7986.
(The Editor will be available soon. It also will be shareware
and its registration fee will also be $25.00. Call if you would
like to have a copy sent directly to you .)