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- MAIN MENU HELP
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- What is an Overlay?
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- An overlay is a list of events arranged chronologically by date. When you
- select an overlay to be printed with a calendar, Calendar Creator searches
- that overlay for all events falling in the range of dates you are printing.
- It then automatically annotates the calendar with those events. By grouping
- related events into their own overlays, you can print calendars that are
- specific to different activities, projects, and schedules. This makes it
- easy, for example, to keep your business milestones separate from your
- personal schedule.
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- Using the Main Menu - 1
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- Make a selection Type the number of your menu selection, and then press
- Enter or F10. (See the next screen for selections.)
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- F2 Instructions Displays the Calendar Creator on-line instructions.
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- MAIN MENU HELP, continued
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- Using the Main Menu - 2
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- --- SELECT --- ----------------- IN ORDER TO ------------------------
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- Print Calendar Print an annual, monthly, or weekly calendar.
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- Create Overlay Add a new overlay title to the list of overlays.
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- Edit Overlay Add, edit, and delete events in an overlay.
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- Remove Overlay Remove an overlay title and its corresponding data.
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- Save Overlay Group Select one or more overlays and save them as a single
- DOS file.
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- Get Overlay Group Load a DOS file containing one or more overlays and
- add each overlay individually to the list of overlays.
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- Exit Leaves Calendar Creator and returns to DOS.
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- PRINT CALENDAR HELP
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- How to Print a Calendar - 1
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- First, select the overlays you want to appear on your printed calendar: use
- the arrow keys to move the highlight bar to the one you want, and then press
- the space bar to select it. (To exclude an overlay you have already
- selected, move the highlight bar to that overlay, and then press the space
- bar again to "deselect" it.) Select as many overlays as you want. Small
- arrows appear next to each overlay you select.
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- When you have selected the overlays you wish to print, press F10 to
- continue. (To print a calendar without overlays, press F10 without
- selecting overlays from the list.)
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- Press PgDn for more help.
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- PRINT CALENDAR HELP, continued
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- How to Print a Calendar - 2
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- Next, select a calendar type: press the F3 key to move the box around the
- prompts for an annual, monthly, or weekly calendar. Respond to the prompts
- within the box. Use numeric format for all date entries. Respond to the
- remaining prompts as follows:
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- Printer selection Type the number that corresponds to your printer.
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- Print to Type the name of the port your printer is connected
- to. Valid entries include LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, COM1,
- COM2, and PRN. Try LPT1 if you are uncertain.
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- Pause between pages Type Y for yes, N for no. Answer yes for single
- sheets; no for continuous-form paper.
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- Number of copies Type the number of copies (1-99) you want to print.
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- Standard or wide paper Type S for standard (8.5 inch) paper, W for wide
- (14 inch) paper.
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- CREATE OVERLAY HELP
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- What is an Overlay?
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- An overlay is a list of events arranged chronologically by date. When you
- select an overlay to be printed with a calendar, Calendar Creator searches
- that overlay for all events falling in the range of dates you specify. It
- then automatically adds those events to the calendar during printing.
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- By grouping related events into their own overlays, you can print calendars
- that are specific to different activities, projects, and schedules. This
- makes it easy, for example, to keep your business milestones separate from
- your bowling league schedule.
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- Creating an Overlay
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- To create a new overlay, type its title in the space provided, and then
- press F10. Calendar Creator then adds an empty overlay (one without events
- in it) to the list and takes you to the Edit Overlay screen. There, you can
- begin adding events to the overlay.
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- EDIT OVERLAY HELP
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- SPECIAL TERMS
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- Wild Card Asterisks ( * ) denote recurring events. For example,
- 1/**/**** means the first day of every month in every year.
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- Floating Event An event with a numerical date that varies--the second
- Sunday in May, for example.
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- EDIT OVERLAY COMMANDS
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- Up/Down arrow Moves the highlight bar up/down the event list.
- PgDn/PgUp Displays the next/previous screen of events.
- Home/End Moves to the first/last event of the current year.
- + / - Displays the event list for the next/previous year.
- F3 Display Calendar Pops up a reference calendar.
- F4 Add Event Lets you add an event to the current overlay.
- F5 Edit Event Lets you edit the event currently highlighted.
- F6 Find Date Lets you locate a specific date in the event list.
- Shift-F7 Delete Deletes the event currently highlighted.
- Shift-F8 Restore Restores the event last deleted.
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- EDIT OVERLAY HELP, continued
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- ADDING FIXED EVENTS
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- Month/Day/Year Enter a date, using numeric values.
- Event Type the event description. Be brief.
- F8 Floating Event Switches to floating event format.
- F9 Accept/Add Another Adds event to the list. Stays in Add Event window.
- F10 Accept Adds event to the list.
- + / - Cycles through the valid responses to the month,
- day, and year prompts.
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- ADDING FLOATING EVENTS
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- Number Type a number from 1-5, or type L for last.
- Day Type a day (SUN, MON, TUE, WED, THU, FRI, SAT).
- Month/Year Enter the month and year, using numeric values.
- Event Type the event description. Be brief.
- F8 Fixed Event Switches to fixed event format.
- F9 Accept/Add Another Adds event to the list. Stays in Add Event window.
- F10 Accept Adds event to the list.
- + / - Cycles through the valid responses to the number,
- day, month, and year prompts.
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- REMOVE OVERLAY HELP
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- How to Remove an Overlay
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- To remove an overlay from the list, type the number of the overlay you wish
- to delete at the Select an Overlay prompt, and then press Enter.
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- A warning screen gives you a chance to change your mind or correct an error.
- At the warning screen, press F10 to remove the overlay and its data; press
- Esc to let it remain.
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- When you remove an overlay, Calendar Creator deletes its title from the list
- and moves subsequent overlays up.
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- SAVE OVERLAY GROUP HELP
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- Why Save an Overlay Group?
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- When you work with Calendar Creator, often several people need access to
- certain calendar overlays--but not all overlays. The Save Overlay Group
- option lets you assemble and save a group of overlays as a single DOS file.
- This facilitates distribution, at the same time making it easy to exclude
- personal overlays and overlays not relevant to a given activity.
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- How to Save an Overlay Group
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- Select the overlays you want to save as a DOS file: Use the arrow keys to
- move the highlight bar to each overlay you want, and then press the space
- bar to select it. Small arrows appear next to each overlay you select. (To
- exclude an overlay you have already selected, move the highlight bar to that
- overlay and press the space bar again to "deselect" it.)
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- At the Directory or Filename prompt, type the drive identifier, the path (if
- needed), and the filename for the file to be saved. To list existing files,
- type only the drive identifier and path (for example, B:).
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- GET OVERLAY GROUP HELP
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- How to Get an Overlay Group
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- Type the drive identifier, path (if needed), and filename of an overlay
- group at the Name of File to Get prompt, and then press Enter. (You must
- previously have saved this file to disk using the Save Overlay Group
- function.) To see a directory listing of files, type only the drive
- identifier and path (for example, B:).
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- When you get an overlay group, Calendar Creator loads a DOS file that
- contains one or more overlays. As this file is loaded, it is broken up into
- its separate overlays, which are then added one by one to your overlay list.
- When the name of an overlay to be loaded duplicates the name of an overlay
- already on the list, Calendar Creator lets you either skip over the new
- overlay or load it. If you elect to load it, you can do so using a new name
- (thus preserving the overlay already on the list) or use the original name
- and overwrite the existing overlay.
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- Note: When you select Get Overlay Group, a list of the files in the working
- directory appears. Files named __CALEND.xxx are internal to Calendar
- Creator and should be ignored.
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