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Create your own on-line Help/Data Screen!
This option allows you to define your own industry-specific Help/Data ì
screen and then view it anytime throughout the program by entering ì
'F1'.
Some applications require that you have detailed lists or codes nearby as ì
you do data entry into the program. This would be particularly true if ì
you are trying to enter codes specific to your industry into the Debtor ì
or activity records.
This Help/Data screen can contain a few entries or up to 15,000 ì
characters. You can either input this industry specific information at the ì
keyboard or, if already typed, import an external text file in place of ì
your manual typing.
Observe this option on the Main Program Menu:
A) Create an on-line Help/Data screen [ now Off]
Note this menu:
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----------------- Debtor and Activity Tracking System---------------- |
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Memo Options Menu |
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| Monday, November 9, 1987 |
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| 1) Edit the existing memo or create a new one |
| 2) Output the memo to a text file |
| 3) Input a text file into this memo |
| [overwrite existing memo] |
| 4) Input a text file into this memo |
| [append to existing memo] |
| 5) Set Left\Right Margins: 5 75 |
| 6) Toggle Edit Screen Code Help [Now On ] |
| 7) Print options [Printit v|.5 [TM]] |
| 8) Activate Help\Data option [Now On ] |
| R) Return to the Main Program Menu |
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[Current character length of this memo = 0 ] |
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Note that this menu is similar in function to the one described in ì
Appendix K, Memo Options, with one exception: at this menu, you have ì
option 8. This allows you to turn 'On' or 'Off' the Help/Data screen.
The memo you create here is accessible throughout the entire program ì
just by entering the 'F1' function key! è
This menu will tell you at a glance the number of characters in the memo, ì
the current margins, and today's date. You can input an existing text file ì
into the memo with options 3 or 4. As your memo begins to grow and ì
accumulate different items, you can output it to an external text file ì
using option 2.
Option 1 puts you into the edit mode. In this option you are presented ì
with a full screen word processor with the following message on the bottom ì
of the screen:
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Edit Screen Codes:
Up arrow = move up 1 line, Down arrow = move down 1 line, Left Arrow = move
left 1 character, Right arrow = move right 1 word, HOME = start of current
line, END = end of current line, [CONTROL] HOME= start of memo, [CONTROL]
END = end of memo, PgUp = Next edit window up, PgDn = Next edit window down,
[CONTROL] W = Finished editing and save, ESC = abort editing.
Use [INS] key for inserting text, [DEL] to delete, [CONTROL] B to reformat
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This message gives you the codes that you can use in the full screen word ì
processor. Immediately above these codes you will observe your cursor. ì
You can type as long as you wish, just as in any other word processor. ì
When finished entering text, you can save it by entering [CONTROL] W, as ì
per the instructions.
After you become conversant with the codes, you can replace the six lines ì
of the above instructions with this one line:
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Edit Screen Codes: [CONTROL] W to save, ESC to abort
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To toggle back and forth between these 2 different Screen Code help ì
screens, enter option 6 on the Memo Options Menu.
6) Toggle Edit Screen Code Help [Now Off]
Option 7 will print out the memo at this menu.