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                            PCDESK INSTRUCTIONS

  PcDesk lets you organize your time with a Monthly Calendar, a Weekly
  Schedule and a Daily Planner to which you can add memo notes. You can also
  maintain a detailed Address Book data base. The program requires a PC/AT
  compatible computer with an EGA or VGA color monitor. A separate 80 column
  by 25 line text version (PCD.EXE) is included with PcDesk for use on PC
  compatible Palmtop computers. See the help file PCD.DOC for details.

  Although a mouse is not required to run PcDesk, you will get the most out
  of the program if you have one. Use the mouse by placing the MOUSE CURSOR
  on the item to be selected and clicking the LEFT button. In general, the
  LEFT mouse button is treated as an ENTER key press, and the RIGHT mouse
  button is treated as an ESCAPE key press. Note that you can press ESCAPE,
  or the RIGHT mouse button, to back out of any prompt in the program.

                            PCDESK MAIN SCREEN

  The PcDesk Main Screen presents you with an Analog Clock and a Monthly
  Calendar. The time and date are set according to the current system clock
  in your computer. Each of the items on the screen can be selected by
  clicking the mouse, or by pressing a HOT KEY on your keyboard.

                           CLOCK - DAILY PLANNER

  The Daily Planner lets you store memo notes for any day, and is also a
  convenient way of leaving messages on your computer. Click the mouse
  anywhere on the Analog Clock face to access the Planner for the current
  date. You can also select this feature by pressing [D] on the keyboard.
  To access the Planner for some other day in the month, move the mouse
  cursor to the Monthly Calendar, and click on the desired date.

  The Planner is divided into the nine hour blocks of a typical work day
  (8:00 AM through 5:00 PM). Press ENTER, or click the LEFT mouse button,
  to add your memo notes. The editing cursor can be positioned by moving the
  mouse cursor and clicking the LEFT mouse button. Alternatively, you can
  use the ARROW keys, ENTER, HOME, END, PAGE UP and PAGE DOWN to position
  the editing cursor.

  Whatever notes you type in the Daily Planner will be automatically saved
  on disk in the default directory. Each file will have a name unique to the
  day for which it was created (for example, MON0521.CAL would be for Monday,
  May 21). Note that the file names will only be unique for days that are
  within the same calendar year.

  Files created for EGA and VGA monitors are NOT interchangeable. This is
  because each adapter can display a different number of lines on the screen,
  and PcDesk takes advantage of this. Also note that commas (,) and double
  quotes (") are not allowed in memo text. These characters compromise the
  file structure of the memo notes on disk.

  To get a printout of your Daily Planner (as well as the Memo Calendar and
  Weekly Planner described below) press [P] when you are done adding notes.
  Be sure that your printer is set up to print the EXTENDED ASCII box drawing
  characters used for the lines and borders. Most printers allow fonts to be
  selected using a front panel menu, DIP switches, or by setup software.
  Select the printer font that shows ASCII characters 176 through 222 to be
  for line drawing (for example, ASCII 209 would be "╤").

  Press ESCAPE, or click the RIGHT mouse button, when you are done adding
  notes to the Planner. Whenever you select the option again, your notes
  for the day will be automatically displayed. Press ESCAPE, or click the
  RIGHT button, again to return to the PcDesk Main Screen.

                           MONTH - MEMO CALENDAR

  This option allows you to add memo notes to the calendar for any month.
  From the PcDesk Main Screen, click the mouse on the name of the MONTH
  directly above the Monthly Calendar, or press [M] on the keyboard, to
  access the Memo Calendar. The month and year are initially set according
  to the current system clock.

  You can scroll to different months (and years) by pressing the PAGE UP
  or PAGE DOWN keys, or by positioning the mouse cursor at the TOP or
  BOTTOM screen border and clicking the LEFT button.

  Press ENTER, or click the LEFT mouse button, to add memo notes to the
  calendar. The editing cursor can be positioned anywhere by moving the
  mouse cursor and clicking the LEFT mouse button. You can also use the
  ARROW keys, ENTER, HOME, END, PAGE UP and PAGE DOWN to position the
  editing cursor.

  Whatever notes you type will be automatically recorded for that month,
  and saved on disk in the default directory in files with .CAL extensions
  (example: MAY96.CAL). Whenever you arrive at a month with memo notes
  stored, your notes will be automatically displayed. Note again that files
  created for EGA and VGA monitors are not interchangeable, and that commas
  (,) and double quotes (") are not allowed in the memo text.

  If you want to access the Daily Planner for any day in the month, simply
  click the mouse on the date in the LOWER RIGHT CORNER of the calendar cell
  for that day. Alternatively, you can enter the two digits corresponding to
  the day's date from the keyboard (for eaxmple, 01 or 27). When you are done
  creating the Daily Planner, you will be returned to the Memo Calendar.

  Press ESCAPE, or click the RIGHT mouse button, when you are done adding
  notes to the Memo Calendar. You can then navigate to other months, or
  edit memo notes for other days. Press [P] on the keyboard to get a
  printout of the Memo Calendar. Press ESCAPE, or click the RIGHT button,
  again to return to the PcDesk Main Screen.

                           YEAR - YEARLY CALENDAR

  From the PcDesk Main Screen, click the mouse on the YEAR directly above
  the Monthly Calendar, or press [Y] on the keyboard, and you will be
  presented with a calendar for the entire year. You can scroll to different
  years by pressing PAGE UP or PAGE DOWN, or by moving the mouse cursor to
  the TOP or BOTTOM  screen border and clicking the LEFT mouse button. The
  legal range of years is from 1899 to 2099.

  Whatever year is last displayed becomes the default year for the Memo
  Calendar. If you position the mouse cursor on any month in the year, and
  click the LEFT button, you will be presented with a Memo Calendar for that
  month and year. You can access the Memo Calendar features for that month.
  Press [P] on the keyboard to get a printout of the Yearly Calendar. Press
  ESCAPE, or the RIGHT mouse button, from the Yearly Calendar to return to
  the PcDesk Main Screen.

                          WEEK - WEEKLY SCHEDULE

  This option lets you maintain a fixed Weekly Schedule. From the PcDesk
  Main Screen, click the mouse on the days [SU MO TU WE TH FR SA] directly
  above the Monthly Calendar, or press [W] on the keyboard, to display the
  Schedule.

  The columns of the schedule are divided into the five days of the work
  week (MON through FRI), and the rows are divided into the nine hour blocks
  of a typical work day (8:00 AM through 5:00 PM).

  Press ENTER, or click the LEFT mouse button, to add notes to the Weekly
  Schedule. The editing cursor can be positioned by moving the mouse cursor
  and clicking the LEFT mouse button. Alternatively, you can use the ARROW
  keys, ENTER, HOME, END, PAGE UP and PAGE DOWN to position the editing
  cursor.

  Whatever notes you type will be automatically saved on disk in the default
  directory in a file called WEEK.CAL. Note again that files created for EGA
  and VGA monitors are not interchangeable, and that commas (,) and double
  quotes (") are not allowed in the memo text. Whenever you select this
  option, your notes will be automatically displayed.

  Press ESCAPE, or click the RIGHT mouse button, when you are done adding
  notes to the Weekly Schedule. To get a printout of the Schedule, press
  [P] on the keyboard. Press ESCAPE, or click the RIGHT button, again
  to return to the PcDesk Calendar Main Screen.