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PERSONAL TEXT INPUT SCREEN 2
There are four input boxes for phone numbers. They can be in any order you
wish.  It is suggested you look at the sample cards for text placement for
each card before inserting text
To indicate the number you inserted is a fax type Fax before the number.

PERSONAL TEXT INPUT SCREEN 3
If you do not have a E-Mail address you may insert other information.
The same applies to the other two boxes (Licence and Insurance ) The
Last Personal Information line is intended for Special Information
such as a Logo saying, Special emphasis or other important information
you wish highlighted in your Digital Business Card.

NOTE:  The last line, Other Information, will not display properly if you
fill the entire line in with all capital letters.

BUSINESS INFORMATION

Here is where you tell your story about your product and/or
service.  As the script says you have this page and two more
to tell it in.
NOTE the arrows! They indicate where to stop inputting text
if you are inserting text for Digital Business Card two.
The reason is Card 2's text input is shorter than the others.
If you insert text beyond the arrows it will not be seen in
card two (2).

You have 3 pages, up to 24 lines, in which to input text.  Enter text of
your choice, it can be as many words as provided for by the line, or it
can be only a single word if you wish occupying that line.  You may place
your words where you wish on the lines, they will remain in the same
position  that you type them on your digital business card.  You do not
need to place text on every line, though the more text placed, the better
your digital business card will look.
All text entered on these pages will be displayed in ALL FOUR digital
business cards.  If you wish to change this text later your must exit
the program and then restart it and re-enter the new text that you wish
to use.

THE MAIN DIGITAL BUSINESS CARD MENU

Click the button or select the Digital Business Card number  you wish
to Create.
Each time you SAVE or quit a Completed Business Card you will come back
to this menu. To view the card you just created select it from this menu.
To see how the other Cards will look with the text you have entered you
may select any card and it will run from this menu as well.

Helpful Hints for Cards 1 - 4:

Digital Business Cards 2 & 3 are set up for mouse operation, Digital
Business Cards 1 & 4 are not.  Digital Business Cards 1 and 4 use ONLY
the text entered in the beginning of the program (see figures 1 through 3)
and your personal business information and the 3 pages, 24-lines of text
inputted (see figure 8).
Digital Business Cards 2 and 3 use the above text in addition to extra
text input boxes (see figures 14 & 15).  Therefore cards 2 & 3 would be
more suitable for people who wish to place lots of text in their cards.
Cards 2 & 3 also use our PCX artwork (see figure 12 for card 2 and figure
18 for card 3) or if you wish you may place your own artwork in these
business cards.
For more information on placing your own artwork see Appendix A.

Saving your Digital Business Card:

At the end of each business card you will have the option to save your
card, when you save your card it will automatically be placed in a
subdirectory: \bcards\card* (Card1, Card2, Card3, or Card4) depending
on which card you are saving.  You may go to this directory and copy
all of the files to a floppy to distribute to your clients.  Once you
have saved a card and you are sure you wish to keep it you MUST go to
the appropriate directory of the card that you saved (card 1, 2, 3, or 4)
and copy all of the files to another directory on your hard disk or to a
floppy before re-entering Digital Business Cards and creating and saving
another card. To run your copied business card Type CARD and the number
of the card Example; to run card 1 type [ CARD1 ] at the directory prompt
card1 is in.

To run your Digital Business Card from a floppy, copy all files in the
Digital Business Card directory you wish to save (copy only the /card1
/card2 /card3 /card4)  which ever you wish to save to your floppy.

Once you save a digital business card, and then create a new one and
save it, regardless of which business card it is, the new one will copy
over the last card saved.

To view your Digital Business Card after saving it, just select it (or
any you wish to view ) from the MAIN Business card menu (see fig. 9 ).
In this manner you can view all of the business cards with out having
to re-input all of the text.


DIGITAL BUSINESS CARD1

When you click on Digital Business Card 1 this screen will appear.
All information for this card was inputted when you entered your text
in the personal information screens.  Please note the location of the
telephone numbers (the following refers to fig. 2 , the second personal
information screen):  the 800 number was inputted on line 1, the Tech
Support number was inputted on line 2, the Fax number was inputted on
line 3, and  the Home Phone number was  inputted on line 4.  Also please
note the placement of the E-Mail Address, the License Info, and the
Insurance/bonds. If you do not have any related information to place in
these spaces you could place special text of your choice in these boxes,
as it would display properly for this digital business card.

Also please make note that the "Other Information" line that you placed
your logo or your special words appears across the center of the screen
and flashes.  This would be a good place to add text that you wish to
draw special attention to.
At the end of screen two, your text box will appear displaying the 24
lines of business information text that you inputted (see Figure 8).
Your customers may scroll through this text.  Place any text related
to you or your business that you wish such as:  monthly specials,
services that your business offers, etc.
This is the end of Card 1, you may choose to save your card at this
time by pressing the ESC key.  All files will be placed in a subdirectory
of \dcards called "card1": \dcards\card1. To view your card select 1 from
the Business Card Menu (see fig. 9) . NOTE: You may view all other cards
with your text inputted at this time as well by selecting them.

CARD 2 & 3 TEXT INPUT

When you choose Digital Business Card 2 or 3 this text box will appear.
Text must be entered here for Digital Business Cards 2 and 3 to display
properly.  This text will be displayed in addition to the personal
information and the 24 lines of text that you inputted when you began
the program.  These business cards would be more appropriate for people
who have lots of text that they wish to have displayed.

The first line of text inputting on this sceen is for cards 2 and 3.
The rest of the text lines are for card 3 only.  After inputting text
in the text lines you will be asked to press R for card 2 or D for card 3.
Please press the appropriate letter for the Digital Business Card that you
wish to create.  After viewing your card you will have the option to save
your digital business card.   Digital Business Cards 2 & 3 are mouse
operated, cards 1 & 4 are not, please take this into account when choosing
which digital business card you wish to distribute.  Digital Business
Cards 2 & 3 also have our PCX artwork, or you may place your own artwork
in these cards if you wish.

CARD 2

Opening screen of Digital Business Card 2.

This is the opening screen of Digital Business Card 2 that you have
just created.  Note that the line "Other Information" that you entered
in your personal business text input screens is placed directly above
the PCX artwork.  Also note the location of your name, business name,
address, and phone numbers, etc.

Your 24 lines of text inputted (Figure 8) in the beginning of the program
will be placed in a text box to the left of the PCX image.

CARD 2 SCREEN 3
The text that you inputted when you chose card 2 from the main menu
will appear in the text box to the left of the PCX image.

Graphic PCX files PHO2.PCX and PHO3.PCX can be replaced with your own art
renamed to these file names. The PCX file's will need to be (Width 237
pixels)  (Height 253 pixels) 16 or 256 color indexed Zsoft PCX file format.
Fast Sizing and Conversion of your art work for insertion into your Digital
Business Card, is available through SoftCopy's BBS.
See Appendix A for details.

DIGITAL BUSINESS CARD 3 SCREEN ONE

The "Other Information" line inputted in the Personal Business Information
area (Figure 3) is displayed on this card where it says "Award winning Art
and Graphics".

The 24-lines of text inputted in the Personal Business Information screens
is placed in the text box.  Make note of the locations of the business name,
address, phone numbers, etc.

CARD 3 SCREEN 2

The 2 pages of text that you inputted (Figures 14-15) when you chose
Digital Business Card 3 from the main menu will be displayed in the text
box to the right of the pcx artwork.

TEXT4.PCX is the name of this piece of art. If you wish to insert your
own art here and in the following screen rename your art to TEXT4.PCX in
the following format; width 237 pixels height 300 pixels in Zsoft
indexed 16 .PCX.

CARD 3 SCREEN 3

The 2 pages of text that you inputted (Figures 14-15) when you chose
Digital Business Card 3 from the main menu will be displayed in the text
box to the right of the pcx artwork.

TEXT 5.PCX is the name of this piece of art. If you wish to insert your
own art here and in the following screen rename your art to TEXT5.PCX in
the following format; width 237 pixels, height 300 pixels in Zsoft
indexed 16 .PCX.

DIGITAL BUSINESS CARD 4 SCREEN 1

This is the first screen for Digital Business Card 4.  The right side
of this screen will display all of your personal business information:
your company name, your name, your telephone numbers, your insurance/bonds
info, etc.

Please note the location of the telephone numbers (the following refers
to figure 2 , the second personal information screen):  the 800 number
was inputted on line 1, the Tech Support number was inputted on line 2,
the Fax number was inputted on line 3, and  the Home Phone number was
inputted on line 4.  Also please note the placement of the E-Mail Address,
the License Info, and the Insurance/bonds, if you do not have any related
information to place in these spaces you could place special text of your
choice in these boxes, as it would display properly for this digital
business card.

DIGITAL BUSINESS CARD 4 SCREEN 2

This is the screen which will display your 24 lines of text that you
inputted in the beginning of the program (Personal Business Information
screen, Figure 8).  The text will appear 8 lines at a time for each of
the three text screens in Digital Business Card 4.  Four lines of text
will appear in the text box located at the top of the screen, and four
lines of text will appear in the text box located at the bottom of the
screen.  For this screen to display properly you must fill in all 24-lines
of text.
If you do not place text in all 24-lines, you will have text boxes on
the screen with no text in them.

APPENDIX A

SoftCopy offers Conversion and sizing through its BBS ( 503 )276-0294 8n1
of Art and Graphics you may wish to include in your Digital Business Card
to replace the stock Graphics we have included in Digital Card's two and
three.

The procedure is as follows: Call the BBS, Log on and upload your Graphic
file using PKZIP or ARJ as a file compressor (to shorten upload time).
When finished uploading (or Before uploading) Leave a (C) comment to the
SYS-OP (Rainbow). In your (C) comment include your REAL name, the file's
archived name, the card it is destined to go into, (so we know the size
and format it needs to be in), and your credit card number (VISA or Master
Charge ONLY) address, include a day and evening phone number you can be
reached at, (in case our tech's need further information, SoftCopy runs
two to three shifts).
If you desire you may pay by check or money order, but in no case will
sized and/or converted files leave SoftCopy without full payment received
at Corporate mail stop; SoftCopy P.O. Box 1790 Pendleton, Oregon 97801-0626

   Current Sizing and/or Converting fees:
   via BBS $18.00 per file
   via floppy (US-Mail) $25.00 per file

   Show n Tell BBS 503-276-0294 8n1
   2400 baud to 115200, multi node


SOFTCOPY INDEX

Symbols
800 number  20
A
Appendex A  32
Appendix A  25
arrows  15
Art  32
art  25
artwork  23
B
baud  32
BBS  32
Business Information  15
business information  18
button  17
C
card  11
Card 2  22, 24
Card 3  27
card 3.  23
Card 4  29, 31
Card Menu  17
Card Overview  13
Card Three Text Input  22, 23
Card Two  23
Card Two & Three Text Input  23
Card Two Text Input  22
Card1  20
Card3  26
Card3 screen 2  27
Card3 Screen 3  28
Click  17
Company name  10
Conversion  25, 32
Copyright  2
Copyright Documentation  2
Create  17
Credits  3
D
Documentation  3
E
E-Mail  12
F
Fax  11
Fax number  20
Fig 19  28
fig 2  11
fig. 1  10
fig. 10  20
fig. 11  24
fig. 12  25
fig. 13  26
fig. 14  22
fig. 15  23
fig. 2  11
fig. 3  12
fig. 4  13
fig. 5  13
fig. 6  14
fig. 7  14
fig. 8  15
fig. 9  17
Figure 21  29
Figure 22  31
format  25, 27, 28, 32
G
Graphic  25
Graphics  32
H
Helpful Hints for Cards 1 - 4  18
HINT:  8
Hints  18
I
indexed 16  27
indexed 16 .PCX.  28
input  11
input boxes  11
inserting text  15
inserting text.  11
Installing the programs  7
Insurance  12
L
Licence  12
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY  4
LOGO  8
M
mail stop  32
MAIN  17
main menu  25
Master Charge  32
Menu  17
menu  17
mouse operated  23
N
nstall  7
O
option  18


P
PCX  23, 25
PCX artwork  23
PCX format  8
PCX image  24
Personal Information  10, 12
Personal Text  12
Personal Text Input  11
PHO2.PCX  25
PHO3.PCX  25
phone numbers  11
pixel  25
Prefix:  6
prompt type DIGITAL  7
Q
quit  17
R
re-enter the program  7
S
Sample  8
sample cards  11
SAVE  17
save  19, 21
screen two  21
script  15
select  17
Sizing  25
sizing  32
Software Licence Notice:  2
SOUND  9
start Digital Business Cards  6
story  15
Super VGA  8
T
TEXT 5.PCX  28
TEXT4.PCX  27
U
upload  32
User's Guide  2
User's Guide & Tutorial  2
V
VGA/EGA  8
VIDEO  8
view the card you just created  17
VISA  32
W
warranties  4
Warranties and Disclaimers  4
Y
your product  15
Z
Zsoft  27, 28