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p "Planning for Me !" MANUAL David Berghouse P.O. Box 2577, Taren Point Business Centre 2229, Australia e-Mail (Internet): berghous@ozemail.com.au Planning for Me ! version 2∙2 (c) Copyright, Worklife Pty. Ltd. 1989,1991,1995 Contents To go directly 120 Introduction to a section, 2152 Getting Started press a number 3209 Operation from 1 to 5 4258 Work Book Alt-0 returns 5340 How to Benefit from PFM to this Menu. INTRODUCTION Surveys have shown that up to 75% of people don't know what they want to do in life, 20% have some idea but no understanding of how to get there and only 5% know what they want and have a GOOD PLAN to make it happen. This software is designed for those who want to break out of an autonom existence - those who have a desire for quality as a goal in life. You are guided through a series of exercises and by completing these you can progress to a point where you have realistic goals for improving your living. Areas covered include your attitude, inventory, postponements, strengths, values and fantasies. Also, how to define strategies for achieving goals: life planning, criteria for choosing, goals into action, reviewing choices, identifying obstacles, and getting help. You will find the work you do completing the in-built planning worksheets challenging, fun, helpful and revealing. Have your partner work on this with you also. PRINTING PAPER COPY OF THIS MANUAL To print a paper copy of this manual, press the letter "p" and follow the instructions that appear at the left side on the status (bottom) line of the screen. REGISTRATION Note that this is not free software ... this is Shareware and as such it is an evaluation copy only. Should you wish to make use of this software you are legally bound to register with the author. Registering will provide you with the latest version with the annoying registration reminder screens deleted. To register your copy of "Planning for Me !", print and complete the details in the Registration Form in the file called REGISTER.EXE To print this type the command REGISTER at the DOS prompt and press enter. Also note that this Registration Form appears on your screen when you Quit "Planning for Me !". When the form is on the screen press "p" and follow the instructions that appear on the left of the bottom line of the screen. Note that the registration fees are: (a) Single user/computer Price per GOLD copy in various currencies: Australian Dollars $A 60∙00 │ Hong Kong Dollars $HK345∙00 U.S.A. Dollars $US 45∙00 │ German D/mark Dm 65∙00 U.K. Pounds £stg 28∙00 │ N.Z. Dollars $NZ 67∙00 Price per Standard copy in various currencies: Australian Dollars $A 45∙00 │ Hong Kong Dollars $HK259∙00 U.S.A. Dollars $US 34∙00 │ German D/mark Dm 48∙00 U.K. Pounds £stg 22∙00 │ N.Z. Dollars $NZ 51∙00 (b) Site Licences for community based & non-commercial educational and training institutions. License for use on unlimited number of computers by unlimited number of people at the one location (meaning: site, address, etc.) $Aust. 195∙00 for the Standard version Copies of the companion book by Paul Stevens "Stop Postponing the Rest of Your Life" (making the equivalent of the GOLD version) are available for $Aust. 19∙50 per copy, plus postage. One copy of the programme will be provided, with manual on disk (c) Site Licences for commercial organisations, including all business firms, commercial training organisations and colleges, universities, etc. Licence fee (for each five computers on which the program is installed) $Aust. 150∙00 for the Standard version Licences available in multiples of five computers Copies of the companion book by Paul Stevens "Stop Postponing the Rest of Your Life" (making the equivalent of the GOLD version) are available for $Aust. 19∙50 per copy, plus postage. Enquire for further details regarding Licences to - David Berghouse P.O. Box 2577 Taren Point Business Centre N.S.W. 2229 Australia (d) Pack and Post (air mail): Within Australia: $Aust. 2∙50 (Standard); $Aust. 4∙50 (Gold) International: $Aust. 6∙00 (Standard); $Aust.11∙00 (Gold) Note: the postage costs are based on the inclusion of the books and reflect their weight. (e) Delivery Overseas registrants - allow 21 days for delivery Australian registrants - allow 10 days for delivery Please make all payments in Australian Dollars. Overseas Bank drafts should drawn on a bank with representation in Australia. Note: This program is supplied without warranty, either express or implied. FILES ON THIS DISK FOR THIS SOFTWARE pfm.exe main program execution file planning.cnf program configuration file planning.bat program start batch file plan.hlp internal program help file plan.hyp data hypertext file plan0.bin software Title file plan1.bin ) to ) information files plan10.bin ) twnotes.exe Work Book module plan.inc Work Book menu twquote.exe Quotations module pfm-qte.qot Quotations file various filenames.doc Worksheet files (15 files) manual.exe Program Manual (this file) register.exe Registration form GETTING STARTED Equipment Requirements This software is designed for operation on IBM and compatible computers running on DOS versions 3∙0 or later. It will operate from floppy disk, however it's operation will be smoother and faster from a hard disk. While it is configured for colour monitors, it will operate well using monochrome monitors. Note that on some monochrome monitors the active control or hypertext button ("continue", "quit", etc.) may appear to be the button that is not highlighted. Also note that the colour Blue appears as lines on Hercules screens. The operation of the program can be controlled by both the keyboard and a mouse. Installing on a Hard Disk To install on a hard disk, first insert the distribution disk into your floppy disk drive (usually drive A:). Then change to drive A: by typing A: and pressing the Enter key. At the A:\ prompt type install and press Enter. Follow the prompts on the screen and the program will be automatically installed onto your harddisk in a directory called planning. To start the program, type planning and press Enter. The program is started by a batch file planning.bat. Should you be using a menu system on your computer, it is necessary to specify this batch file in the menu systems set-up to correctly start the program. UNINSTALLING The program can also be uninstalled, completely deleting all files and removing the planning directory from your harddisk. To do this change to the planning directory on the harddisk by typing at the C:\ prompt cd\planning and pressing enter. Then type install, press enter and choose the uninstall option U. When you first start the programme you will notice you pass through the title screen and there will be some hypertext buttons marked "Licence" and "Copyright" - be sure to check the contents of these two files by moving the highlight onto these button and clicking or pressing enter. After the title screens, you are presented with the Main Menu where the different learning modules are listed. Again simply highlight the module that you wish to look through and click with the left button of the mouse or press enter. You also can select a Menu item by pressing the highlighted capital letter. If the modules are numbered it is suggested that you proceed in the order of that numbering, otherwise choose any module that interests you. OPERATION The program is very simple to "drive" - it's structured around using "highlighted" control buttons, most of which are located at the bottom of the screen. You highlight these buttons by using either the mouse or moving the highlight with the arrow keys. There are three ways to control the operation of the program - you can either: - press the highlighted letter on the appropriate button, - cursor across with the left or right arrow key then press the Enter key, OR - click twice with the Mouse (once to select, once to activate). If at any point in the program you wish to back-track and look at a previous screen, move the highlight on the bottom line of the screen across to PAGEBACK and click on the mouse left button or press enter. This will take you back one screen. If you wish to go back more than one screen make sure to move the highlight button again across to PAGEBACK, as the default position for the highlight bar is on CONTINUE button. This obviously only applies to screens where these control buttons are shown on the bottom line. This is not possible with screens set up for automatic advance. When you are working through a module should you wish to exit that module, move the highlight bar across to the QUIT button and click on the mouse left button or press enter - and that will take you back to the Main Menu. At any time you require help when you are working through a module move the highlight bar on the bottom line of the screen across to the HELP button and click on the mouse left button or press enter. You will then be presented with the Help Menu. choose the aspect of help required by moving the highlight bar with the mouse or arrow keys and then clicking with the left mouse button or pressing enter. To exit a Help screen or the Help Menu, press the ESCape key. With regard to the Worksheet Printing facility: note that you will get an error message if you attempt to print the ATTITUDE report without having completed the Attitude Assessment contained in "The Way Ahead". This is because the file for this report is not generated until you undertake the assessment. WORK BOOK The Work Book module is a text editor allowing you to enter your thoughts and ideas as you work through the planning process. This is accessed by highlighting the "Work Book" button at the bottom of the screen. You can either - press the letter "W", - cursor across with the left or right arrow key then press the Enter key, OR - click twice with the Mouse (once to select, once to activate). You are then presented with a Menu listing the various Worksheets available. Cursor down to the appropriate one using the Down arrow key and press the Enter key - or click on the chosen Worksheet with the Mouse. Files saved in the Work Book are described as DOS or ASCII text files and can be read into any word processor as such. This is generally as simple as Opening an existing document file in the word processor - consult the Manual covering your word processor for further information on this. The Work Book module has all the usual editing facilities available. Note that the Work Book is only keyboard driven - the Mouse will not control its operation. There is an in-built HELP system that can be accessed by pressing the F1 function key. The basic control of the Work Book is through the Function keys - these are shown on the bottom of the screen. They are: F1 HELP F2 Save (without exiting the worksheet) F3 Print (to default printer - "prn") F5 Resize Work Book window F9 Abandon - exit worksheet without saving any changes made F10 Save & Exit the worksheet. When worksheets are Saved, they are saved into the directory where the program is located. Other editing functions are controlled by the use of the Control key. They are: PgUp moves cursor UP one screen-full PgDn moves cursor DOWN one screen-full Ctrl-PgUp moves cursor to TOP of worksheet Ctrl-PgDn moves cursor to BOTTOM of worksheet Ctrl-Home moves cursor to TOP of screen Ctrl-End moves cursor to BOTTOM of screen Home moves cursor to beginning of line End moves cursor to end of line Ctrl-Y deletes line where cursor is located Ctrl-KB begins blocking text (highlighting) Ctrl-KK ends blocking text (highlighting) Ctrl-KC copies blocked text to the new point where the cursor is located Ctrl-KV moves blocked text to the new point where the cursor is located When using these commands, you hold down the Control (Ctrl) key and then press (say) the "K" followed by the "V" keys. Then you release the Control key. Additional commands are listed in the Work Book (TW-Notes) HELP system by pressing the F1 key. Work Book Privacy for multiple users (Site Licences) This version of the software is designed for single users in that the users Work Book files are kept in the programs directory - C:\planning. Thus in a situation where more than one user is using the software (as in a training organisation) users have no privacy or confidentiality for their work, nor can other users utilise the software without having to overwrite the previous user's work. The is a specially configured version of Planning for Me ! designed for use in training organisations that saves user's Work Book document files to a floppy disk in drive A:. How to Benefit from PFM Do not attempt to work through Planning for Me! and the worksheets in one sitting !! Planning and Goal setting work like this is a process -- not an event. By all means have a look through the entire package to get an overview of what you will be doing. Maybe you also may like to print out the Worksheet blanks to get an idea of what they cover. In the first module (Setting Personal Goals) there is a "Map" of the process to give you a sence of direction. This work requires that you come back to it regularly to review and maybe change sections, prompted by new thoughts and ideas. ***