Black Box 4/BlackBox.cdr/laser/lpe105.arj/LPE.HLP

Text File | 1992-07-20 | 13KB | 348 lines

* help window  0

             When you press F1 during LPE, this is the TEXT HELP FILE
             which it reads to display the help data.
             You can change it to suit your own needs, it's not real
             critical.
             We don't use help window 0 in LPE!

* help window  1
              LASER PRINTER ENVELOPE - MAIN MENU
  DESTINATION ADDRESS: Who the envelope is addressed to.
  RETURN ADDRESS: Who the envelope is from.
  PRINT ENVELOPE(s): Select this option to print envelopes from the
      screen or obtain it's destination addresses from
      a DATABASE FILE which YOU have created EARLIER.
  DATABASE: Allows you to manipulate your database *.DB files.
  ENVELOPE SIZE: Enables you to select from many common sizes
      of envelopes, or create your own CUSTOM envelope size.
  NUMBER OF COPIES: Set this quantity to the number of copies
      of EACH ENVELOPE you want to obtain.
  FONT SELECTION: You can choose different Download Fonts.
      Copy your desired *.SFL 12-16pt fonts to this directory
      for LPE to use them on envelopes.
  SETUP OPTIONS: Use this very handy item to save different SETUPS
      in LPE for quick loading. Speeds up your work dramatically.
  OTHER OPTIONS: First time users of LPE should use this option to
      tell LPE what kind of hardware is connected to their computer,
      and to change fonts, colors, printers, etc.
  CHANGE COLORS: Lets you change your default screen colors.
      The program remembers the new colors each time it runs.
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            LASER PRINTER ENVELOPE SETUP OPTIONS

  FONT SPACING: Change Inter-line spacing and destination address
      placement, to suit your individual tastes.
  TRAY SELECT: Allows you to Feed Envelopes by hand or
      let the Laser Printer feed the envelopes automatically.
  PRINTER PORT: Select LPT1, LPT2, LPT3.
  PRINTER TYPE: Select RIGHT or CENTER or LEFT until your
      envelope looks correct. ( If your printer's not listed )
  BARCODE SELECT: Enable or Disable the printing of US POSTAL
      BARCODES and FIM CODES on your finished envelopes.
  LAN SELECT: Enable or Disable PRINTER-SHARING. If you are sharing
      your laser printer with other users, turning this option ON
      will cause soft-fonts to be downloaded immediately before
      printing each envelope.
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                 Print Envelopes.

  Print using Screen: Select this option to print one or more
  of the same kind of envelope to the printer. The return and
  destination addresses will be the same those which appear
  on your screen now.

  Print using DATABASE FILE: Select this option to print any number of
  different envelopes. The Return Address will always be the one
  on your screen now. The computer will use the DATABASE FILE '*.DB'
  which is currently selected, to retrieve the addresses to print on
  the envelopes.
  This option is useful for addressing an entire
  mailing list to several people.

  EXAMPLE of a Mailing List DATABASE FILE's contents:
  *
  Abc Corp.
  1234 Boston Drive
  Boston, MA  12345
  *
  Bbc Corp.
  100 Town Square
  London, England  HVX975


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             SELECT ENVELOPE SIZE

  Select from the list of pre-set common envelope sizes,
  or create your own CUSTOM envelope size.

  The first number in SETTINGS is the height of the envelope.
  The second number in SETTINGS the width of the envelope.
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          Enter CUSTOM Envelope Size

  FOUR different menu screens here will prompt you for your
  CUSTOM envelope size.

  1 - Height of envelope in INCHES ( no fraction )
  2 - Fractional part of Height.

  3 - Width of envelope in INCHES ( no fraction )
  4 - Fractional part of Width.

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              SELECT LASER PRINTER TRAY

  AUTO FEED: Not recommended unless you are using an envelope feeder
       tray which was purchased especially for your printer. This will
       Feed envelopes automatically from the paper tray.

  MANUAL_FEED: Preferred. Printer WAITS until you insert an envelope
       into the printer by hand before it begins to print that envelope.

  ENVELOPE TRAYS ARE NOT SUPPORTED: We were not able to get one to work!

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        SELECT YOUR PRINTER PORT

        LPT1 = Printer is connected to Port # 1.
               This is the normal default for most IBM computers.
               If you are in doubt, try this choice first.

        LPT2 = Printer is connected to Port # 2.

        LPT3 = Printer is connected to Port # 3.

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        SELECT YOUR LASER PRINTER TYPE

        If your printer is not listed, select:
  CENTER = Printer feeds envelopes `center justified'.
  RIGHT  = Printer feeds envelopes `right justified'.
  LEFT   = Printer feeds envelopes `left justified'.

        Experiment to find your correct setting.

* help window  9   DATABASE FUNCTIONS MENU
  ADD: Add current Destination Address to Database file.
  GET:  Retrieve a Destination Address from the currently
        selected DATABASE file.
  TAG:  Mark particular Destination Addresses for printing.
  DELETE: Delete an address from the database.
  CHANGE: Select a DIFFERENT DATABASE file as active.
  CREATE: Start a NEW DATABASE file. You will enter a name
       (MAXIMUM 8 CHARS). The program will add `.DB' to
       the name you enter. Database files match *.DB names.
  FORCE DATE: Addresses are added to the END of the
       DATABASE file.
  FORCE ALPHABETIC: Addresses are inserted alphabetically
       into the DATABASE file.
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                  SET FONT SPACING MENU

  EXPERIENCED USERS may change the spacing and placement
     of the Return Address and Destination Address.
  IF you have TROUBLE: don't worry,just select: RESET ALL to DEFAULT,
  and everything will go back to the way it was.
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    Select NEW font for RETURN or DESTINATION address.

  You may select any *.SFL font in your LPE directory
  to use as your RETURN address or DESTINATION address font.

  DEFAULT RETURN ADDRESS FONT: LPER.SFL
     DESTINATION ADDRESS FONT: LPED.SFL

  You are encouraged to use our free program: SFLVIEW.EXE
  to print samples of all *.SFL fonts to help you select!
  CALL our FREE Customer support BBS to download this program!
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                    BARCODE-FIMCODE Enable / Disable

  Enable BARCODES to print the US POSTAL SERVICE barcode on the
  bottom right-side of your envelopes. LPE will scan each address for
  a valid ZIP or ZIP+4, and create the proper barcode for the address.

  FIMCODES are the 5 black vertical bars near the stamp. These bars
  tell the Post Office computer that the envelope is pre-barcoded.

  Bar-coded envelopes will save you postage when 50 or more letters
  are addressed within the same first 3 digits of one ZIP CODE.

  Default is ENABLED. Barcodes are normally printed.
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                       LAN Enable / Disable

  ENABLED forces LPE to always download the soft-fonts immediately
  before printing single envelopes.

  When you are on a SHARED-PRINTER network, other users can scramble
  the laser-printer settings in-between each of your print jobs,
  causing you to lose your downloaded soft-fonts.

  Default is DISABLED.
* help window 14      SETUPS MENU: RECALL  SAVE CURRENT   SAVE NEW  DELETE
  1 - RECALL - Load a previously saved setup from disk.
  2 - SAVE CURRENT - Save parameters as they are right now to disk.
  3 - SAVE NEW - Save parameters as they are right now to a NEW FILE
                 on the diskette.
  4 - DELETE - Remove a previously saved setup file from the disk.

  The Setup files each contain the complete settings for LPE.
  You are encouraged to experiment with this powerful feature.
  You should be able to find numerous setups which will make your
      various envelope printing tasks much easier!
* help window 15     DISPLAYING ALL SETUPS ON DISKETTE
  You are presented with a list of all SETUP FILES found on your
  diskette. The description and the name of each SETUP FILE is
  shown. You are being asked to choose one of the setup files
  shown. Please read each description to determine which setup
  file you want to choose. Press the ESCAPE key to quit.
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        WINDOW 16

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        WINDOW 19

* help window 20   ENTERING DESTINATION OR RETURN ADDRESSES
  To ERASE this whole address : press the [DELETE] key
     just before entering your FIRST Line!

  You can ENTER up to SIX lines for this address.
  To ACCEPT this line AS IS, press [ENTER] key.
  To ERASE this line press [CNTRL + Y] keys.
  [CNTRL+LEFT / RIGHT] arrows move 1 word left/right.
  [HOME] and [END] keys move to line start/end.
  [ESC] key will accept Address as it appears right now.
     The program will save and load the most recent address
         for you each time you run the program.
* help window 21
              Select Number of COPIES to print:

   Laser Printers can print 1-99 copies of any envelope.

   Please edit the number in the COPIES window to your desired
   number of copies of EACH ENVELOPE.

   This number is reset to 1 COPY when you restart the program.
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              ENTER NEW DATABASE NAME

  Please enter a NAME for your new DATABASE file.
  NO spaces, periods, commas, wierd characters are allowed.
  The program will add the characters '.DB' to the name
     automatically, to tell LPE this is a DATABASE file.

  MININUM 1 CHARACTER  <----->  MAXIMUM 8 CHARACTERS.

  EXAMPLES OF NAMES WHICH ARE OK:
    BIRTHDAY      DEALERS      MISSOURI     ASPEN
    CUSTACCT      PASTDUE      HOBBY        BS1
    BS101         BS440        ROUTE22      MARKCUST

  EXAMPLES OF NAMES WHICH ARE -->NOT<-- OK:
    BIG.ACCTS     CAR LOTS     BBS.DB       LPE.DB
    COUSINS[      DENTISTS.DB  DO*CTORS
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* help window 25  ENTERING DESCRIPTION FOR THIS NEW SETUP FILE
  You are being asked to enter a description for your new setup
  file. Please use your own words, because you are writing a
  message to yourself which will remind you later about what this
  particular setup file is going to be used for!
  You may enter any sentence up to 40 characters maximum.
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* help window 30
    ERROR: DOS cannot find the file you specified.

 Either the file doesn't exist, or the spelling is wrong.
 No wildcards are allowed in the filename.
 The file MUST BE in the SAME DIRECTORY AS L.P.E.
 Here is the type of name format which I expect:

 NAMEDATA.DB
 NEVADA.DB
 MAILDATA.DB
 DECEMBER.DB

* help window 31
    ERROR: Your mailing list file is not in the proper format.

 Mail List File Rules:
  1 - Each Name/Address must be preceeded by at least 1
      line which starts with a NON-ALPHA and NON-NUMERIC
      character. ( `!@#$%^&*()"'?><\=  ) are fine.
  2 - The character you choose MUST be used all the
      way through the file.
  3 - You can have as many of these `comment' lines as you
      want before each address.
  4 - Don't make any addresses more than 6 lines long.
      6 lines is my MAXIMUM.
  5 - Don't put a `comment' line after the LAST address.

 This is an example of a PROPER Mail List File.

 * EACH COMMENT LINE MUST start with a character from the above list.
 JOE SMITH
 1234 MAPLE LANE
 LOS ANGELES, CA  12345-6789
 * The same character MUST ALWAYS be used THROUGHOUT THE FILE.
 XYZ CORPORATION
 345 West 27th STREET
 NEW YORK, NEW YORK  23456-7890
 * You can type ANYTHING you want on these '*' lines,
 * AND have as many '*' lines BEFORE each ADDRESS.
 * The program will not print these comment texts.
 RANDY JONES
 678 Rock Street
 Albuquerque, NM 90123-4567

* help window 32  DATABASE SCREEN HELP
 KEYS        -      ACTION
 DELETE KEY  -  Deletes the currently displayed Destination Address
                from the database.
 TAB KEY     -  Marks the currently displayed Destination Address
                for printing.
 ARROW KEYS  -  Move quickly around inside the Database.
 HOME KEY    -  Move quickly to the START of the Database.
 END KEY     -  Move quickly to the END of the Database.
 A - Z KEYS  -  Move quickly to a NAME beginning with this letter.
 1 KEY       -  Search through names using the FIRST NAMES.
 2 KEY       -  Search through names using the LAST NAMES.
 ESCAPE KEY  -  Quit this Database screen, go back to the MAIN MENU.
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