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- The Address Book Solution Tips Page 1
- (C) Copyright 1989, GSF Software & Solutions. All Rights Reserved.
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- Following is a list of a few tips to make using The Address Book Solution
- easier.
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- - Press the F1 function key at any time to receive context sensitive help.
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- - When entering records with similar information (such as family members with
- the same address), use the <C>arry option from the Add menu to carry the
- information forward to the next entry. This will save data entry time.
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- - Although 30 major categories is usually enough, there are times when more are
- needed, or entries should cross categories. Rather than using a different
- category for everything under the sun, enter codes into either the CODE
- field, or use one of the note lines for these codes. For example, if a club
- has members and non-members, as well as different types of each, don't use an
- individual category for each membership group. Instead, use category 1 for
- members, and category 2 for non-members. Then enter codes such as 'SR',
- 'JR', 'BG' in the third note line, separating each with at least one space.
- When printing, choose the desired category(s), as well as enter the following
- on the filter line:
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- 'SR'$UPPER(NOTE3) to select only SR members
- or 'SR'$NOTE3 .OR. 'JR'$NOTE3 to select JR or SR members
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- Another example: A law office of ten lawyers may have several lists, one for
- personal friends, individuals to include in a Christmas mailing, clients,
- prospective clients, various types of clients, etc. Since an individual may
- fall into more than one of these groups, use the categories (1-10) to
- represent each lawyer, then enter codes into the third note line to represent
- the other groups. For example, enter 'CC' and 'PC' to represent an
- individual who is a prospective client (PC) and who should receive a
- Christmas card (CC). If the individual becomes a client, change the 'PC' to
- 'CL' (client). Entering the following on the filter line will select only
- prospective clients who should receive a Christmas card:
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- 'CC'$UPPER(NOTE3) .AND. 'PC'$UPPER(NOTE3)
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- For additional assistance or suggestions, please call tech support. This
- planning stage is important for printing information in the desired order
- later on.
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- - Be consistent. For example, if 'Phone 1' is used to store business phone,
- and 'Phone 2' is for fax, do not enter a home phone in either field.
- Instead, enter the home phone in one of the note lines with a comment. Dates
- should be used in the same way.
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- - Since the 'Last Updated' field contains the most recent date of entry/change,
- use the filter to print or view records updated within a certain period. For
- example, to print all entries added/changed between 6/1/90 and 6/7/90, type
- the following on the Print Filter expression line:
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- UPDATED>=CTOD('06/01/90') .AND. UPDATED<=CTOD('06/07/90')
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- - To pause or exit the program at any time, hold down the ALT key and type the
- letter Q (ALT-Q). It may take a moment (depending on what operation is
- currently running) before the program responds. You may then either resume
- program operation where it was paused, or Quit the program.
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- The Address Book Solution Tips Page 2
- (C) Copyright 1989, GSF Software & Solutions. All Rights Reserved.
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- - In addition to miscellaneous comments, the note lines may also be used for
- other specific information, such as a person's position, name/job title,
- mailing name, etc. Printing information in any order is not currently
- supported, but is in TABS-Advanced.
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- What to type in Note 1 Reason
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- Mr. Paul Miller, Programmer Combine name and title/position
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- Dear Bob Personal salutation
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- Mr. & Mrs. Frank Smith Include this in the note line 1 of the entry
- for Frank, and type a code such as FAM in the
- CODE field to designate family. In the entry
- for Mrs. Smith, do NOT include the FAM code
- in the CODE field.
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- President Separate line for position/job title
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- <M>erge may be used to support the printing of lines in any order (i.e. Note
- Line 1 before Name, etc.). Use the ASCII text Merge file to enter the fields
- you wish to print, in the order you wish to print them. As previously
- mentioned, field selection will be supported directly from Pop-Up screens in
- TABS - Advanced.
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- - If the program seems to lock up, or if information is not located properly
- when viewing, select <R>eindex from the main menu.
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- - To merge two TABS currently existing data files into a new file, do the
- following:
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- 1. Make sure one of the files is the current file. To do so, choose
- <S>elect Database from the main menu.
- 2. Transfer (Export) the data.
- 3. <S>elect Database again, and choose the second file.
- 4. Transfer (Export) the data.
- 5. Create a new data file from <S>elect Database on the main menu, then
- <S>elect it to make it the active file.
- 6. Transfer (import) the data from the file(s) created in 2 & 4 above.
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- - Before selecting <D>elete from the main menu, select transfer to copy the
- records marked for deletion to a file, in the event that they should later be
- needed. Then run the <D>elete routine.
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- - Although up to 9 fields may be used for sorting, only use the fields and
- Sort Positions necessary. This will speed the sorting process.
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