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- 11/01/90 Collector Mate 1.1
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- Welcome to Collector Mate! Collector Mate is an extremely
- friendly and powerful database for collectors. Collector Mate
- is perfect for those who collect Baseball Cards, Stamps, Coins,
- Porcelain, or any other collectibles. The number of categories
- you keep are limited only by the amount of space on your hard drive.
- Pertinent online help is available from every screen via the F1 key.
- Ease of use, attractive screens, and useful reports make this the
- Serious Collectors dream!
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- Future enhancements may include trading of information by
- modem and custom report writing capabilities. And if good
- suggestions are received who knows what else??
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- Print this ascii file for a brief but helpful users guide.
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- There are three basic screen types in Collector Mate. They
- are Menus, Tables, and Forms. A description of each follows ...
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- Menus
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- 'Point and Shoot' technology is used throughout Collector Mate.
- All menu selections are activated by hilighting the desired choice
- with the cursor keys or by pressing the first letter of the desired
- field. Once the proper choice is selected press Enter. By pressing
- the Esc (Escape) key from any menu, you may back up to the previous
- menu, or if on the main menu, exit to DOS.
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- Tables
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- Tables are used to view records in a file. To search a record
- out from a table use the Cursor keys, PgUp, PgDn, Home, and End keys.
- You will find the function of each key to be straight forward. Another
- way to locate a record is by using the search field located at the
- top left of each table. If the table is in item name order, for
- example, as you enter the item name you will notice the hilighter
- bar moving closer and closer to the match. For instance, if you are
- searching for Johnny Bench, as soon as the 'J' is entered, the
- hilighter bar will have moved to the top of the J 's in the table.
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- Once the proper record is hilighted press Del to delete it or
- Enter to modify the record. At any place in the table you may press
- Insert to add a new record. Many of the tables have the Auto Insert
- option which prevents you from having to press the Insert key after
- each addition. This may be helpful if you are adding many items
- in a row from a list. To go into auto insert press Ctrl+I.
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- Forms
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- Forms are screens in which data regarding an Item is filled out.
- The Enter key will advance you through the fields, while the escape
- key will back you to the previous field. The Up and Down cursor keys
- act as the Escape and Enter keys respectively. When on a field where
- the choices are provided in a menu fashion, the Left and Right cursor
- keys will move you to the selection of your choice at which point
- pressing Enter will accept the hilighted choice. The menu selection
- may also be hilighted by pressing the first letter of the choice you
- want. Try the Condition field from the item update screen for an
- example.
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- Terms and Uses
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- The following list of terms and techniques will help you get
- going fast with Collector Mate.
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- CATEGORY:
- A category is an area defined by the user for storage of
- records. An example would be Cincinnati Reds - 1990. Within
- a category there are fields which may be configured such as whether
- to use a retirement date as well as an introduction date; Whether to
- use a high and low market value; Whether to include a field for
- a number. Also there is a place for a generic field if you wish.
- This could be something like 'Status' for baseball cards. Entries
- such as 'Rookie', 'Damaged', 'Error', or 'Rare' could be entered
- for each card under status. Reports could then be generated
- filtering out a specific match on the field. All 'Rookie' cards from
- the category Cincinnati Reds - 1990 could be reported by using the
- generic match report.
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- ITEM:
- An Item is a single element from a given category such as
- a baseball card from Cincinnati Reds - 1990, or a stamp from a
- category called WWII stamps - American, for example.
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- CATEGORY SELECTION:
- This is an option off the main menu which will allow you
- to change to a different category. Simply press Enter once you
- have hilighted the menu option 'Category Selection' and all the
- possible choices will show up. Now hilight the proper choice in
- the table and press Enter. You have now changed to a different
- category.
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- To add new categories go to the menu selection 'Category
- Update' and press Enter. From here use the techniques defined above
- under 'Tables.'
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- Remember the F1 key will help you through the system as you learn!
- I hope you find Collector Mate easy to use, easy to remember, and
- very useful. If you would like to see any additions and/or
- enhancements, please let me know, your thoughts would be greatly
- appreciated!
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- Thanks for using Collector Mate, and Happy Hunting!
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- Donnie Henrickson
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- Collector Mate Registration 11/01/90
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- Please provide the collector's name as it will appear on the
- 'Setup Screen' off the main menu (F3). The name provided will
- be the name used at the top of reports.
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- The name provided is the only name that will work with the
- registration number you receive in the mail.
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- Please send this page and $15.00 to:
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- Donnie Henrickson
- 209 Bay Meadows Drive
- Richmond, KY
- 40475
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- Thanks for registering your software !!
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