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- Q & A's HELP Response File
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- This file contains all of Q & A's responses to help requests. You may
- NOT modify it in any way (it has been indexed!).
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- %New User
- Help For New Users
-
- Q&A is a study aid that presents questions from a database and verifies
- and scores your answers. The size of the database is restricted only by
- the amount of memory available. A typical limit would be 3000 questions
- and their answers. You must create a database before Q&A can be used.
- The name of your database is given to Q&A using the /FS command.
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- Q&A provides context-sensitive help using the F1 key. Use it anytime.
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- For help on entering commands, press the '/' key followed by F1 (help).
- *END*
-
- %Menu System
- Using Q&A Menus
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- The topmost window of the Q&A screen is the menu window. It is used to
- select among the various options provided by Q&A. Each item in the menu
- window will expand to an option list when selected.
-
- Commands may be specified via letter sequences or by ALT-shifted letter
- sequences. The letter sequence for any command is the same whether ALT is
- used or not. For example, to load a database, the "File / Select Database"
- sequence is used, specified by either
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- /FS <return> or
- ALT-F ALT-S
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- If the ALT sequence is used, the <return> is not needed.
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- The left and right cursor keys move between options in the menu window;
- similarly, the up and down cursor keys are used to select among items in
- a sublist (or you may press the first letter of the option).
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- For help on any command or option, select that option and press F1.
- *END*
-
- %Answering
- Answering a Question
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- To answer a question presented by Q&A, simply type your answer when asked
- for your response. Press RETURN to submit your answer. You may edit your
- answer is you wish BEFORE you submit it by using the cursor keys, INS,
- DEL, and Ctrl-shifted cursor keys.
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- Q&A will compare you answer to the those given in the database, and will
- update your score. If you answer incorrectly, Q&A will display the correct
- answer. The next question will then be presented.
- *END*
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- %File Operations
- File Operations
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- Use this option group to load a database file, select the database file
- directory, or to exit Q&A.
- *END*
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- %Select Database
- Loading a Database File
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- The File/Select Database option will display a list of all files in the
- currently-selected directory. Selecting a file will load the index for
- that database into memory and display the first question. The new database
- will replace any that is already in memory. If no index is found, Q&A will
- create one first.
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- The displayed directory is that specified by the "File/Directory" option,
- which defaults to the directory that you started Q&A from.
- *END*
-
- %File Selection
- Selecting a File
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- To select a file, use the UP and DOWN cursor keys to move through the
- list, or PGUP and PGDN to move by page, or HOME and END to move to the
- top or bottom of the list, respectively. You may also locate the first
- file whose filename begins with any character by pressing that character.
- Pressing that character repeatedly steps through all files beginning with
- that character.
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- Once selected, the file is loaded for use by Q&A.
- *END*
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- %Path Selection
- Path Selection
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- Enter the directory name to be used by the "File/Select Database" option.
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- Cursor Movement Editing
- ───────────────────────────────────┬────────────────────────────────────
- Cursor right Move cursor right │ Control-End Clear buffer
- Cursor left Move cursor left │ Backspace Backspace
- Home Start of line │ Insert Toggle insert mode
- End End of line │ Delete Delete character
- Tab Tab right │ Return Accept
- Shift-Tab Tab left │ Escape Cancel
- *END*
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- %Set Directory
- Database File Directory
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- Use this command to select the directory from which database files will
- be loaded. The contents of this directory will be displayed by the
- "File/Select Database" option.
- *END*
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- %Exit to DOS
- Exit Q&A
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- Select this option to return to the operating system level.
- *END*
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- %Mode Selection
- Mode Selection
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- The Mode Selection menu allows you to select the method used to obtain
- the next question from the database.
- *END*
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- %Sequential
- Sequential Order
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- Select sequential to tell Q&A that you wish to read questions from the
- database in the same order as they appear in the database. When the last
- question has been presented, Q&A will start over at the first question.
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- You may force Q&A to start over by selecting "Mode/Clear".
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- You may change modes as you wish.
- *END*
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- %Random
- Random Order
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- Use this option to tell Q&A that you wish to read questions in random
- order. In this mode, the database has no "end". To set the scoring back
- to zero, use "Mode/Clear".
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- You may change modes as you wish.
- *END*
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- %Clear
- Clear Scoring
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- Use this option to reset the scoring back to zero and to cause sequential
- access to start at the beginning of the database.
- *END*
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