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Iconize - Iconizes IM Pro to sit on the WorkBench. From the icon, on WB, you can either Return to the current module or go to another. Shortcut key = Control - ESCape Main - Will take you to the Main Module which has the Config button plus other Module buttons. Shortcut key = Right Amiga - m Addresses - Takes you to the Addresses. Keep all your Names, Numbers, Addresses, Birthdays and Anniversaries. Shortcut key = Right Amiga - 1 Calendar - Takes you to the Calendar. Keep track of your Appointments, Birthdays, Anniversaries, Meetings, Calls to make and To Do's in any month up to any year. Shortcut key = Right Amiga - 2 Contacts - Takes you to a database of all your business contacts. Keep track of that last phone call and/or meeting. Get your next one. Click Projects for the Project Manager. Shortcut key = Right Amiga - 5 Inventory - Takes you to Inventory database. Keep a comprehensive listing of all your valuables. Both Business and Personal. Has dialer. Shortcut key = Right Amiga - 6 NotePad - Takes you to a small text editor with some search and replace functions. MacroKeys. Text file merging (insert). Shortcut key - Right Amiga - 7 ToDo's - Takes you to the ToDo's. Keep track of both your Business and Personal ToDo items. Also has dialer if needed. Shortcut key = Right Amiga - 9 Area Codes - Brings the Area Code Lister onto the current screen. This will help you find an area code for anywhere in the world. Enter Area Code or City name in Search. Shortcut key = Right Amiga - ! Wallet - Takes you to The Wallet. An area for keeping track of all those cards in your wallet. Also has dialer. Shortcut key = Right Amiga - 0 Quit - Brings up a requester asking if you wish to quit or not. ** Remember to save your work before quitting !! Shortcut key = Right Amiga - q Palette - Brings up a small window. You can then make colour adjustments to the 8 colour pallette and to the screen, button, and date/time text. Shortcut key = Right Amiga - p Help - The button you have hit to get this info. To leave the Help mode, just click the the close button in the top Righthand corner of this window. Shortcut key = HELP key Info - Gives you a screen with information of version number, distributor and author of Information Manager Pro. Shortcut key = Right Shift - HELP Alarm - A window appears with areas for setting up to 10 alarms/reminders. They can be set for any time, day, month, year. The times are set in military time by using the sliding gadgets. Shortcut key = Right Amiga - / Computer - Takes you to the Computer database. Here you can keep a comprehensive list of your computer hardware AND software. Has dialer. Shortcut key = Right Amiga - 4 Personal/Business Selection - Select between your Business and Personal Database for this area. Shows list of all Names in the database. Shortcut key = Personal = Right Amiga - Business = Right Amiga + Listing - Shows complete list of Names/Items/Companies in database. Shortcut key = NONE Hardware/Software Selection - Select between your Hardware and Software Database for this area. Shows list of all Names in the database. Shortcut key = Software = Right Amiga - Hardware = Right Amiga + New - Creates a blank database entry. The cursor will move to the first field on the screen. You can then proceed to enter new data. Shortcut key = Right Amiga - a Search - Brings up a requester for searching all fields in the database. It is NOT case sensitive. Shortcut key = Right Amiga - z Delete - Will delete the current entry on screen. To make the deletion final, you must do a Save. Also, when you leave the module, a Save is automatic. Shortcut key = Right Amiga - d Save - Will save all the current work you have done. Only needs to be done after all entries or editing of entries is completed. Automically done when leaving the module. Shortcut key = Right Amiga - s Mark Beginning of Block - Mark the beginning line of a block for Cut/Paste procedures. Full line marking only! Shortcut key = Alt - b Print Entries - Prints flagged list of database with ALL fields and documents included. Each entry will be separated by a 70 column broken line. Shortcut key = Right Amiga - e Print Labels - Print flagged list of mailing addresses on a 3 1/2" X 15/16" label. 5 lines total. Make sure Mailing Address has 5 lines or more. IMP prints 5 lines plus 1 blank of Mailing Address. Shortcut key = Right Amiga - l Mark End of Block - Mark the beginning line of a block for Cut/Paste procedures. Full line marking only! Shortcut key = Alt - e Priority - Will automatically set LOW, MEDIUM or HIGH in the Priority field and move cursor to the next field. If you do not use one of these and hit return, HIGH is preset in the field. NO SHORTCUT KEY Copy Marked Block - Copies the marked block to a buffer. These lines can then be used for pasting or cutting. SHORTCUT KEY = Alt - c Paste Marked Block - Will Paste the copied block in the buffer to the current position of the cursor. Once done, the buffer is deleted. SHORTCUT KEY = Alt - i Delete Marked Block - Will delete marked block. SHORTCUT KEY = Alt - d Dial Number - Initializes the modem and dials the number to the left of the button pushed. Once dialed, pick up the receiver and click the H button. NO SHORTCUT KEY Hang Up - Use to either abort a dialing procedure or after dialing a number, pick up the receiver and click this button. Shortcut key = Right Amiga - ESCape Notes - Clicking this button produces a full screen for editing and/or loading text files for inclusion in your Notes about the current entry. When onscreen, click Return to go back to module. Shortcut key = Right Amiga - . Calculator - Basic calculator for doing most arithmetic functions. Also has memory funtion. Shortcut key = Right Amiga - - Clear - This will clear all entries in the current appointment schedule on the screen. Shortcut key = Right Amiga - c Delete - Will delete all Events for the current date on screen from disk. If you have selected Confirm Delete in the Config, you will be prompted with a requester. Shortcut key = Right Amiga - d Print - Will print all date's that have been flagged with the Escape key and mouse button click. Shortcut key = Right Amiga - e Save - The current Appointments for this date will be saved to disk. They will be read and flagged to show on the current month. Shortcut key = Right Amiga - s Month Selection - This will move you to the month of your choice. Shortcut key = None Next Year - This will move you up one year each time you click it. Shortcut key = Left Shift - Right Arrow Previous Year - This will move you back one year each time you click it. Shortcut key = Left Shift - Left Arrow Next Month - Moves Calendar up one month when you click it. Shortcut key = Left ALT - Right Arrow Previous Month - Moves Calendar back one month when you click it. Shortcut key = Left ALT - Left Arrow Calendar - Clicking on a day will open Events schedule for that day. Holding the Escape and clicking the day will flag the date for printing. A 'P' will appear in the date box. Click again and the 'P' will disappear, unflaggging the date. Load Document - A file requester will appear and you can load any ASCII or FTXT file for editing. Shortcut key = Right Amiga - a Insert Document - A file requester will appear and you can insert a text file at the cursor position in your current work. Shortcut key = Right Amiga - i Print - Print your document to your Preferences printer or to a file. Shortcut key = Right Amiga - e Save As - A file requester will appear and you can save your document to a file. It will be saved in straight ASCII format. Shortcut key = Right Amiga - s Reservations - Takes you to the Reservations module. Here you can keep track of all your Hotels, Restaurants and Transportaion (Air/Car/Train/Bus) phone numbers, addresses, account #, etc. in different cities. Shortcut key = Right Amiga - 8 Top - This will move your cursor to the top of the current document you are working on. Shortcut key = Right Amiga - t Bottom - This will move your cursor to the bottom of the current document you are working on. Shortcut key = Right Amiga - b Page Up - This will move your cursor 42 lines up at a time. Basically a screen of text at a time. Shortcut key = Right Amiga - Right Shift - ( Page Down - This will move your cursor 42 lines down at a time. Basically a screen of text at a time. Shortcut key = Right Amiga - Right Shift - ) Word Wrap - A requester will appear allowing you to select (with sliding gadget) the column you wish to either Auto Word Wrap or Reformat the currently loaded document. The default is 75. Shortcut key = Right Amiga - w Clear Document - This will clear the current document from your screen and memory. Careful. Be sure that is what you want. Shortcut key - Right Amiga - c Search - A small requester appears and you enter the text you wish to search for. It is NOT case sensitive and searches from the current cursor position, forward. Shortcut key = Right Amiga - z Search & Replace - Requester appears for the Search and Replace text. Enter your choices and hit return. To do a Global replace, click the G button on the right. Shortcut key = Right Amiga - r Insert - If you have accessed Calender from Contacts, this will insert either 'Meeting with -contact name-' or 'Phone - contact name-' From Addresses, either Person's Birthday or Anniversary. From To Do's Deadline. Goes to correct title in Events window. Shortcut key = Right Amiga - u Clients - Takes you to a database of all your Clients. Keep track of that last phone call and/or meeting. Get your next one. Click Projects for the Project Manager. Has dialer. Shortcut key = Right Amiga - 3 Flag Entries/Labels - This will flag ALL Entries for Entry or Label printing, depending on your Print selection. Clicking the button again, clears all Flags. Shortcut key = Right Amiga - f Save - This will save the currently loaded document to the same Path and Filename that loaded. Shortcut key = S Print - Print selecter appears and you can choose Labels or Entries, which have been flagged, to be printed. This, in turn, brings up a requester for selecting to aspects of your printout. Shortcut key = Right Alt -p Macros - Brings up Macros Module. You can assign function keys 1 - 10 with single line/255 character macros and the Right Shift plus F1 - F10 with text files. Shortcut key = Right Amiga - m Tone or Pulse - Configure Information Manager Pro to do either Tone or Pulse Dialing in the various modules. Obviously, this does nothing if you have selected to Disable Dialing in IMP. Dialing - Select Enable to allow the Dialing functions to work in IMP. Or select Disable to keep the serial port clear. Some Terminal programs don't share the serial port too well and it might prove useful to Disable dialing. Clock Alarm - A File Requester will appear and you can locate the sound of your choice to be played when your clock alarm is activated. You can also enter the path and file in the field manually. Projects - Takes you to a database of projects for the particular Client or Contact in which you are currently viewing. Allows you to keep a database of Projects. Shortcut Key = None Appointments Alert - A File Requester will appear and you can locate the sound of your choice to be played at the startup of IMP to alert you to pending Appointments. Busy Serial Port - A File Requester will appear and you can locate the sound of your choice to be played at the startup of IMP to alert you to the serial port being used by another program. Iconize on Startup - If you select Yes, IMPro will start up in an Iconized form on the WorkBench. Selecting No will starts IMPro in its Main Menu state. Clock Format - 12 will give you a 12 hour format clock in all your modules. eg. 02:30:01 P.M. 24 will give you a 24 hour Military style clock. eg. 14:30:01 Date Format - Alpha will give you an Alphabetic and Numeric date in all your modules. eg. Mar. 23/93. Numeric will give you strictly numeric format. eg. 03/23/93 Autosave Data - If you select Yes in the configuration, your data from the current database will be automatically saved upon leaving the module. Selecting No means you must manually save the data before leaving the module. Save Config - This will save all your adjustments you have made in this current config section. It saves it to the S: directory and SHOULD NOT be edited outside of the IMPro Configuration Program. Remember, each section has to be saved. Use Config - This allows you to make changes in your config that will only be effective during the current session with IM Pro. Once you have Quit IM Pro, these changes are no longer in effect. Select Use then Return. Exit - Clicking this button will Return you to the module you were at originally before coming to the Configuration Menu. Be sure you have saved your changes. Serial Device - If you are using a serial device other than the Commodore built in serial port, you will have to let IM Pro know which device you are using. This button brings up a requester to locate the driver. Config - Takes you to the Configuration Menu. This will allow you to set up IMPro more to your own personal preferences. Once there, you can make your selections and save the file. Shortcut key = Right Amiga - * <- I use the one on the keypad Data Location - A File Requester will appear and you can choose the PATH ONLY to save all your data. You MUST NOT enter a filename. Make sure your Path ends in a / or :. Filenames are already pre-assigned. Macros - You will see 10 fields for each Funtion Key which will allow you to assign up to 255 characteres as a macro. You will also see 10 Right Shift - Function key fields with buttons to the right. Click the button to locate the text file to be used. Birthday - Takes you to the Calendar Module. There you can find the particular date for the entrie's birthday. If you enter the entrie's name in the Calendar and Save it, the program will automatically enter that date in the Birthday on return. Anniversary - Takes you to the Calendar Module. There you can find the particular date for the entrie's Anniversary. If you enter the entrie's name in the Calendar and Save it, the program will enter that date in the Anniversary field on return. Next Call - Takes you to the Calendar Module. There you can find the particular date for the entry's Next Call. If you enter the entrie's name in the Calendar and Save it, the program will automatically enter that date in the Next Call. Next Meeting - Takes you to the Calendar Module. There you can find the particular date for the entry's Next Meeting. If you enter the entrie's name in the Calendar and Save it, the program will automatically enter that date in the Next Meeting. Deadline - Takes you to the Calendar Module. There you can find the particular date for the entrie's Deadline. If you enter the entrie's ToDo in the Calendar and Save it, the program will automatically enter that date in the To Do's Deadline. Insert Notes Address - If you have Accessed Notepad from another module this will insert the Mailing Address of the current entry on the line of the cursor. Shortcut key = Right Amiga - u Insert Your Address - If you have Accessed Notepad from another module this will insert Your Mailing Address defined in in the Config section. Shortcut key = Right Amiga - n Projects/ - Takes you to a database of Projects/Letters for the Letters particular entry in which you are currently viewing. Allows you to keep a database of Projects/Letters. Shortcut Key = Right Amiga - > Agendas - Takes you to a database of Agendas for the particular Client or Contact in which you are currently viewing. Allows you to keep a database of Agendas by Date. Shortcut Key = None Letters - Takes you to a database of Letters for the particular Entry in which you are currently viewing. Allows you to keep a database of Letters by Date. Shortcut Key = None Journal - Will take you to a full screen for Journal/Diary entries for the current day you are in. Use dropdown menu in Journal to Save or Print or Return to Calender. Shortcut Key = Right Amiga - j Full Page - Clicking this will bring the Events Window to a full screen. Allows for better viewing and editing. Shortcut Key = Right Amiga - f Screen to Back - Moves your IMPro screen to the back of all active on your Amiga. No Shortcut Key Help - Activates this Help Window for online assistance with Information Manager Professional Shortcut Key = HELP key Sort - A requester will appear with the names of the first 11 fields. You can then select which field to use for sorting your database. Single field sort only. Shortcut Key = Right Amiga - o List - Initially a small database list will appear with three columns shown. Clicking small square box in upper righthand corner will produce larger list screen. Same box in large list will return to the small list. Shortcut Key = Right Amiga - l Next Entry - Moves down database list. Shortcut Key = Right Arrow Previous Entry - Moves up database list to previous entry. Shortcut Key = Left Arrow Phone Log - If the current entry has a Phone Log created by the dialer, it will appear inserted into the NotePad for either viewing or editing. Shortcut Key = Right Amiga - f Switch Reservations - Switch between Accomodations, Transportation and Dining Databases. Select Location - Brings up a window allowing the user to select file locations for databases. This is location only and not filenames. Filenames are hardcoded. Field Names - Brings up a screen for inputting names for Fields 10 and 11. and also for the Phone Fields. Allows user to have their own specific choice for these fields. Save - Save all datafile locations selected in the individual fields. Done - Returns the user to the Main Configuration screen. Location Requester - Brings up requester for user to select location of datafile. Drive/directory only. Do NOT inlude filename. Select Module - Activates the fields for the particular Module you have selected. User can then enter specific Field Names for Fields 10, 11 (Maximum 13 characters) and Phone Fields (Maximum 6 characters). 2nd click resets to originals. You MUST save after each Module selection. Cancel - Cancels the changes the user has made in the Fieldname selections for ALL modules. Save - Saves the current selected Module field names. This must be used after entering fieldnames for the current Module. If not done, the fieldnames will be reset to originally saved names. Exit - Returns user to main Configuration window. Be sure you have saved your changes. Billing Config - Takes you to the Config section for the Billing Module. Make your choices for Taxes, Company Address,etc. Macros - Takes you to the Macros Config section. You can assign Function Keys, Left Shift and Right Shift Combinations of macros for the NotePad. Left and Right Shift combinations give you full text file macros. Unshifted gives you single line (255 characters). Select - Switches between fields for Function keys, Left Shift and Right Shift Function key combinations. Save - Save Macros selected in the Macros fields. This MUST be done for Function, Left Shift and Right Shift fields. Select Text File - Brings up a requester for selecting a text file to be used as a macro. Save - Save all data for the Billing Configuration. Use Address - Selecting Yes will tell IMPro to use the Business Address at the top of Invoices when they are printed. Selecting No, allows the user to have preprinted invoice forms with their own selected logo. Default Tax - Selecting Tax 1, Tax 2 or Both will set the default Tax Rate used in calcualtions in the Billing Module. For Example; Both will calculate GST and PST in Ontario, Canada. You must have Tax % filled in the appropriate field. Shipped - Produces a small window allowing the user to select the name of a company used to ship the product. The window also allows adding and deleting to the list. Payment - Produces a small window allowing the user to select what type of payment the Client is using for payment. The window also allows adding and deleting to the list. Discount - Produces a small window allowing the user to select a discount to be applied to the calculations on the Bill. Many discount percentages and reason can be preset. Sales Reports - A window appears allowing the user to select a Client or All plus specific months/year to view. Also select Tax, Total Sales, or Status Reports. This report is shown in the NotePad allowing full editing/printing. Shortcut Key = Right Amiga - b Ship to - Automatically copies the Billing Address to the Shipping Address. Clear - Clear the Quantity, Code, Description, Unit Price, and Sum Price fields. Shorcut Key = Shift - DEL Print - Will print the current Bill to either a File or the Printer. To do multiple prints of various Bills, use the List button and Mark the Bills to be printed. Use the List window's Print function. Reports are printed by way of the Sales button. Shortcut Key = Right Amiga - e Client - A Client List of your Clients database appears. Select the Client and the program will automatically insert the Name and Code in the appropriate fields. This also can be done when hitting return in an empty Client field of the Billing module. Code - A Code List with Number, Description and Unit Price will appear. Click the the appropriate Code/Item in the list and the data will be entered automatically. You can Add and Delete entries in this List. Hitting return in the empty Code field does the same. Return - Returns you to the module from which you originated. The user goes back to the Entry they were at. Mark Entries - The MA button will mark ALL entries for printing. The CA button will unmark ALL entries for printing. To print any entries they must be marked. Print List - This will print the complete database list as shown in the List Window. Exit - Returns you to the original module you were in before coming to the NotePad.