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Help Screen for 'Fast Search Through Data' menu
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| OPTION 1: |
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Lightning fast search through Debtor File
----Exact capitalization not required ---
Search through company name, first or last name
With this option, you can search for any one of the following:
First Name
Last Name
Company Name
Phone number
Referred by
Zip Code [if U.S.A.]
From this option you can enter the name that you wish to search for. If you ì
enter one value, then the system will show you all of the records in the ì
Debtor File with the first letter that satisfies your search. For example, ì
if you enter "H" then all of items that begin with H will appear. If you ì
enter two letters, such as RI, then all of those items that have the same ì
first two characters in your selected field will appear.
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| OPTION 2: |
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Select Activity record by date of original entry:
Every time you create an activity record, the program identifies that date ì
and places it in the activity record. On the activity screen, this date is ì
identified as 'Activity date:' and is one line above 'Address line one:'.
Later, if you wish to locate activity records by the date on which you ì
originally ENTERED the record, you can do that with option 2. The date ì
ENTERED is not to be confused with the future commitment or appointment ì
date.
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| OPTION 3: |
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Search through comments, first & last name, city, company name
(Activity File)
[excludes memo field]
With this option, you enter the word or letters that you wish to search ìèfor. This program will search through all of the words in the comments ì
fields, as well as first and last name, and pick out all of those records ì
that match your inquiry.
Observe that in this search, capitalization does not matter either in your ì
input or in the file. Also, observe that it doesn't matter where the word ì
is located in the comment in order for this search to be successful.
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| OPTION 4: |
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Search through comments, first & last name, city, company name
(Debtor File)
[excludes memo field]
In this option, you enter the word or letters that you wish to search for. ì
This program will search through all of the words in the comments fields, ì
as well as first and last name, and pick out all of those records that ì
match your inquiry.
Observe that in this search, capitalization does not matter either in your ì
input or in the file. Also, observe that it doesn't matter where the word ì
is located in the comment in order for this search to be successful.
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| OPTION 5: |
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Option 5 searches only through the memo field in the Debtor or Activity ì
file, as well as the Other Comments field in each activity record. After ì
yo⌡á ente≥á thσ word¼á code¼á o≥ phrasσ tha⌠ yo⌡ arσ tryinτ t∩á find¼á thσ ì
prograφ identifie≤ thσ FIRS╘ occurrencσ oµ tha⌠ searcΦ withiε eacΦ mem∩ iµ ì
ß matcΦ i≤ found.
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| OPTION 6: |
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6) Status of ALL Memos: character length and date into system.
Thi≤ optioε wil∞ identif∙ AL╠ record≤ iε botΦ thσ Debtor anΣ Activit∙ file≤ ì
tha⌠ havσ a⌠ leas⌠ onσ characte≥ iε thσ Mem∩ field¼ a≤ wel∞ a≤ a⌠ leas⌠ onσ ì
characte≥áá iεáá thσá Othe≥á Comment≤á fielΣá iεá eacΦáá activit∙áá record« ì
Additionally¼á thi≤á analysi≤ wil∞ sho≈ thσ numbe≥ oµ character≤á iεá eacΦ ì
mem∩á anΣá thσ datσ thσ recorΣ associateΣ witΦ tha⌠ mem∩á wa≤á originall∙ ì
entereΣ int∩ thσ program.
è ==============
| OPTION 7: |
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7) Display data only or display and VIEW.TXT
By entering the '7' key repeatedly, you will toggle through these two ì
selections:
[Display Only]
[Display & send to VIEW.TXT]
The default status for options 1 through 6 is [Display Only]. All data ì
retrieved through the [Display Only] option will be displayed to the screen ì
only.
Once the [Display & send to VIEW.TXT] selection is chosen, all data will be ì
sent to the screen and to VIEW.TXT at the same time. 'VIEW.TXT' is an ì
externa∞á ASCI╔á tex⌠á filσá tha⌠á yo⌡ caε edi⌠á witΦá an∙á standarΣá worΣ ì
processor«á Additionally¼á yo⌡ ma∙ vie≈ o≥ prin⌠ thσ mos⌠ recen⌠á VIEW.TX╘ ì
filσ iε thσ Othe≥ Option≤ Menu¼ optioε 8.
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| OPTION 8: |
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8) Quick Stats [TM] [quick system-wide statistics]
Once selected, this option will display the occurrence of each unique type ì
of record for these criteria:
1 = First Name
2 = Last Name
3 = Category
4 = Phone Number, by area code
5 = Zip Code
6 = State
7 = City
8 = Street Name
[taken from address line 1, assumes first space
that follows number is the start of the street name]
9 = Find and Count codes or characters in Debtor File
10 = Find and Count codes or characters in Activity File
11 = Priority
12 = Tagged Records
13 = Debtor detail file, Field one
14 = Debtor detail file, Field two
15 = Debtor detail file, Field three
16 = Debtor detail file, Field four
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| OPTION 9: |è ==============
"9) Quick search: Detail File"
With this option, you can search for any one of the following:
Detail field one
Detail field two
Detail field three
Detail field four
To indicate which of the four you wish to search for, enter a 1 for field ì
one, 2 for field two, 3 for field three, or 4 for field four.