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- Menu for Custom Features
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- | OPTION 1: |
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- Option 1 will change the description of the category of Clients that appear ì
- on the bottom of the various screens. It currently defaults to:
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- "Category Selected "
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- You can change this to any phrase you wish that more closely describes ì
- your business, such as :
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- "Classes of Real Estate Buyers"
- or
- "Earning level of Life Insurance Clients"
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- Also, option 1 will change the default name for:
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- Default name for expenses/revenue title (plural), 15 characters
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- This is the word that appears in the screens for the Client file, Activity ì
- file, and option 4, Revenue/Expense (option 4, Main Program Menu).
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- Option 1 will allow you to change the unit of measure for the Economic ì
- Value of the Portfolio. You have your choice of these three options:
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- 1) Dollars
- 2) Pounds
- 3) Define your own
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- Option 1 also gives you the flexibility to toggle on or off the 'pop up' ì
- data entry screen that appears above the Economic Value while you are ì
- modifying this value in the Client file.
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-
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- | OPTION 2: |
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- Option 2 allows you to change the default state, city, area code, 'Referred ì
- by', or zip code that appears when you add any record to the Client file.
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- | OPTION 3: |
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- Option 3 will change the heading on all screens and reports. It ìècurrentlydefaults to :
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- "Client AND ACTIVITY TRACKING SYSTEM"
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- You could change it to anything that describes your business or industry, ì
- such as:
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- "LIFE INSURANCE Client TRACKING SYSTEM"
- or
- "DADE COUNTY REAL ESTATE TRACKING SYSTEM"
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-
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- | OPTION 4: |
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- Option 4 is: Toggle initial graphics image for Appointments.
- Default=[now on]
-
- When your program first begins, it performs two processes: 1) Displays to ì
- you how many appointments you have for that day, if any; and 2) if you have ì
- at least one appointment for today, then the program creates a graphics ì
- image of your appointments for the next two weeks. These 2 processes take ì
- some time. If you wish to turn both off so that the program goes directly ì
- to the Main Program Menu, then select option 4 to be [now off].
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-
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- | OPTION 5: |
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- Default name for person file:
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- You can input two variables:
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- 'Full title for Client file :'
- 'Individual name that describes this classification (singular, 13 characters)
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- The first one is the title that appears on the main program screen and the ì
- Client file screen. You can input up to 40 characters. An example would ì
- be: (The word "FILE" is added later to the end of your text)
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- Client <======default
- PERSONNEL CANDIDATE SYSTEM
- NAMES OF VENDORS
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- The second variable is a single word that will appear everywhere that this ì
- category is referred to, such as the individual data entry screen and Quick ì
- Search.
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- Examples: Client (<========default) Candidate Vendor
-
-
- è
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- | OPTION 6: |
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- 6) Toggle 'Printer Off-LIne Menu:
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- In a number of places where you elect to print out some document, the ì
- program will check to see if the printer is really on line. If not, it ì
- issues an error message telling you to turn on the printer. This check is ì
- performed on LPT1: for a parallel printer. If your printer set up is ì
- different, then turn off this option.
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- | OPTION 7: |
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- 7) Print 'alignment' label
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- You have the option here of printing an 'alignment' record. Sometimes, ì
- after turning on the printer for the first time, the first label in a ì
- series will not print correctly unless you print this alignment record ì
- first.
-
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- | OPTION 8: |
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- This option establishes the name used for Appointments/Schedule System. Itì
- defaults to 'Appointment'.
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- | OPTION 9: |
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-
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- This option sets the length or 'span' of the search string, Activity File, ì
- Add section.
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- If the program cannot find a match in the Client file for the name you ì
- enter in the Activity Add section, then it will display a list that shows ì
- similar names before or after your attempted entry.
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-
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- ==============
- | OPTION A: |
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-
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- A) Automatic pausing and pacing between screens
- Default=[auto pausing ]
-
- è
- The program will automatically pause between a number of its screens, allowing ì
- you to see what is on the screen without the necessity of your continually ì
- having to interact with the program. If you wish to over-ride this ì
- automatic pacing feature, select option A to be [manual pausing ]. When ì
- you do this, all of the automatic pauses will have been replaced by a beep, ì
- followed by this message: "Enter Any Character to continue". This ì
- signifies that the program is waiting for you to enter a key to continue ì
- instead of showing you that screen for a predetermined number of seconds. ì
- If you wish to bypass allpauses, whether pre-timed or manual, select [no ì
- pausing ].
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- ==============
- | OPTION "B"|
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-
- This feature bypasses the 3 level data file/index/batch file checking that ì
- the program performs every time it is started. On slower machines, this ì
- procedure takes considerable time to accomplish and can therefore be turned ì
- off, if desired.
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-
-
- ==============
- | OPTION "C"|
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- Create a default date for Appointments in Activity Add
-
- Normally, the program creates a default date in the Activity Add file of ì
- '01/01/1901'. This date is a code that tells the program not to schedule a ì
- future appointment or commitment. You would change this default date if ì
- you wish ALL new activity records to have a future appointments date.
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-
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- | OPTION "D"|
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- D) Displays 'All Scheduled Activities':
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- Whenever you add an activity record and place a future Appointments date in ì
- the bottom of the record, you will then be displayed 'All Scheduled ì
- Activities' on that same date. If you want to turn that display off, then ì
- enter this option, 'D.'
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-
-
- ==============
- | OPTION "E"|
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- E) Sound for 'exploding window':
- è
- The program contains an 'exploding window' in two locations: Flash Report ì
- [TM] and 'All Scheduled Activities.' Accompanying this 'exploding window' ì
- is a sound effect that can be turned off at this selection, 'E.'
-
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- ==============
- | OPTION "F"|
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-
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- "F) Time stamp each new activity record"
-
- By default, this option is off. If selected On, this will add into each ì
- new activity record the exact time when it was created. This information ì
- is placed into the comment field of each new activity record as you are ì
- saving it. To see the actual entry, you must browse through the record ì
- after you have created it, as you would, for example, in Flash Report [TM].
-
- This fragment is how the Time stamp appears in the comment:
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- 6:31:45 pm
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- Why would you use this option? If you are making multiple calls per day to ì
- the same person or company, then this Time stamp would be a clear way of ì
- documenting the order of the records.
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- | OPTION "G"|
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- "G) 7 choices in search criteria: Client Get"
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- 'View' or Search Options:
- Overview
-
- When you are in the Client file, Get option, you have the following seven ì
- 'views' or search criteria available to you:
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- "1) Search by Company Name"
- "2) Search by First Name"
- "3) Search by Last Name"
- "4) Search by Phone Number"
- "5) View or search by Zip Code"
- "6) View or search by Category"
- "7) Search on Referred by"
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- Once you select your 'view,' then all records are stacked or ordered in ì
- that sequence. If, for example, you select the last name 'view', then ì
- after you search and locate one record, all records before and after that ì
- one will be ordered alphabetically by last name.
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- The logic of this option is similar to the one available in the 'Fast ìèSearch Through Data' Menu, (Main Program Menu, Option 6) Option 1:
- 'Lightning fast search through Client file'
-
- In the 'Lightning fast search,' you are displayed information quickly, but ì
- cannot move back and fourth between records that are adjacent to those that ì
- appear in your match. By contrast, in the 'View' or Search Options' you ì
- can move back and fourth among the records and observe, say, all phone ì
- numbers or zip codes that precede or follow a matched record.
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- Search Procedure:
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- Once you select any one of options 1 through 7, the menu will branch back ì
- to the prior screen and place the cursor in that field where you wish to do ì
- your search. Once a record is found, all records then will be stacked or ì
- ordered by that criteria.
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- Whatever criteria you select here will cause one of the following messages ì
- to appear on the top to the Client Get screen that you just came from:
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- "Company Name 'View', records in order by company name"
- "First Name 'View', records in order by first name"
- "Last Name 'View', records in order by last name"
- "Phone Number 'View', records in order by phone number"
- "Zip Code 'View', records in order by zip code"
- "Category 'View', records in order by category"
- "Referred by 'View', records in order of referred by
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- As you enter 'N' for next or 'P' for previous, you will be moving back and ì
- fourth between adjacent records in that 'view.'
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- Turning Off the 'View' or Search Options:
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- For some users, these seven search criteria present too many keystrokes for ì
- their search. If you wish to reduce the seven search options to one ì
- default option for Company name, then you can do so here at the Custom ì
- Options Menu by changing selection 'G' to display:
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- "[now Off]"
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- | OPTION "I"|
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- "I) Phone number occurrences: "
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- By default, the program will show you those other records in the Client ì
- file that have the same phone number while you are adding records. If ì
- turned off, this selection will display only a count of those records that ìèhave the same phone, not the Flash Report [TM]-style report behind the ì
- numbers.
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- ==============
- | OPTION "J"|
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- "J) Print 'FIN' files"
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