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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 Client File
- ----Exact capitalization not required ---
- Search through company name, first or last name
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- With this option, you can search for any one of the following:
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- First Name
- Last Name
- Company Name
- Phone number
- Referred by
- Zip Code [if U.S.A.]
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- 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
- Client 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:
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- 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:'.
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- 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]
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- 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.
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- 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
- (Client File)
- [excludes memo field]
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- 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.
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- 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 Client 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.
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- Thi≤ optioε wil∞ identif∙ AL╠ record≤ iε botΦ thσ Clien⌠ 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.
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- | OPTION 7: |
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- 7) Display data only or display and VIEW.TXT
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- By entering the '7' key repeatedly, you will toggle through these two ì
- selections:
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- [Display Only]
- [Display & send to VIEW.TXT]
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- 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.
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- 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]
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- Once selected, this option will display the occurrence of each unique type ì
- of record for these criteria:
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- 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 Client File
- 10 = Find and Count codes or characters in Activity File
- 11 = Priority
- 12 = Tagged Records
- 13 = Client detail file, Field one
- 14 = Client detail file, Field two
- 15 = Client detail file, Field three
- 16 = Client detail file, Field four
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- | OPTION 9: |
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- "9) Quick search: Detail File"
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- With this option, you can search for any one of the following:
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- Detail field one
- Detail field two
- Detail field three
- Detail field four
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- 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.
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- ⁿ OPTIO╬ A║ |
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- "A) Town search in zip file"
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- WitΦ thi≤ selection¼á yo⌡ caε searcΦ througΦ thσ zi≡ codσ filσ fo≥ thσ namσ ì
- oµá an∙ town«á Iµ yo⌡ ente≥ ß fragmen⌠ oµ ß city¼á theε thσá prograφá wil∞ ì
- perforφ ß searcΦ oµ al∞ state≤ iε thσ file«