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- - TakeNote, Version 1.0 - DESCRIBE.DOC -
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- D E S C R I P T I O N A N D
- A U T H O R I N F O R M A T I O N
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- Last updated: June, 1992
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- This file includes sample descriptions which you may use to describe
- the TakeNote package.
-
- Disk Vendors and Distributors please refer to the VENDOR.DOC text
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- Program Information:
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- File Name(s) for BBSs
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- For consistency and to help users locate the files, please use the
- following file names.
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- If the program is in multiple archive files, please use the
- following names (both must be posted):
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- TN10A.ZIP TakeNote 1.0 Disk 1
- TN10B.ZIP TakeNote 1.0 Disk 2
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- If the programs and documentation are contained within a single
- archive file, please use the following name:
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- TN10.ZIP TakeNote Version 1.0
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- If the program is compressed using some other file compression
- method, then please use the name "FileName" with the appropriate
- extension (PAK, ARC, LZH, ZOO, etc.).
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- Keywords:
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- FILER WINDOWS EASY ROLODEX CARDFILE MAIL LABELS DIALER HOME OFFICE
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- Category:
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- Personal Filer, Personal Productivity, Database
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- Program Name, Category, Keywords:
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- TakeNote Version 1.0, Personal Filer, FILER WINDOWS EASY ROLODEX
- CARDFILE MAIL LABELS DIALER HOME OFFICE
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- Short Description:
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- TakeNote is a Windows personal filer - a combination address book and
- autodialer. Store names, addresses and multiple phone numbers on pre-
- defined cards; manage and maintain multiple address files; auto-dial
- any phone number and create a list of frequently-used speed dial
- numbers; print mailing labels, reports, 3x5 cards. Search using names,
- numbers, "sounds-like". Import/export to Windows Cardfile, ASCII CSV,
- dBase and WordPerfect.
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- Long Description:
- Names In A Click
- File names on TakeNote's pre-designed file cards. Build a card deck
- and then sort data any way you like - by name, address, any field or
- sequence. Search for any bit of information anywhere on the card. Or,
- search an index line or specific fields. Data is just a click away.
- Point and click with the mouse and you have a person on the phone.
- Push a button and you have the name on a label.
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- Notes, Long or Short
- TakeNote lets you take note of all the important details in a snap.
- You can store notes on your inventory, insurance, clients, business
- trips and telephone calls. We have even provided pre-designed cards
- for you! Short notes or long lists, there is plenty of room. Our pre-
- designed cards hold up to 8K of information. Use your data to print
- mailing labels, lists and reports.
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- A Number of Compatible Programs
- TakeNote imports and exports to a number of compatible programs in the
- PC world. It is compatible with Windows Cardfile files, ASCII CSV
- (comma delimited), dBase DBF files, and WordPerfect secondary merge
- files.
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- What is TakeNote's Competition?
- TakeNote is often compared to various PIMs (like Packrat) and to
- Windows Cardfile. Likewise, TakeNote contains database features (it
- has some of the storage and reporting capabilities of Paradox, dBase,
- etc.) As you'll see though, TakeNote doesn't require the overhead and
- learning curve associated with PIMs and database programs. Plus,
- TakeNote takes only 500K disks space.
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- TakeNote Features
- Auto-dial any phone number in your card deck.
- File cards with varying amounts of information-neatly.
- Import and export your data to a wide variety of programs.
- Print lists, mailing labels, 3x5 cards.
- Protect confidential card decks with a password and encryption.
- Search using names, numbers, "sounds like".
- Sort your data any way you like.
- View data as cards on your screen.
- View data in lists or tables.
- View multiple card decks on the screen simultaneously.
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- Ready, Set, Print
- Here is a list of some of the pre- designed cards:
- Business Contacts Credit Cards Home Inventory Library
- Music Inventory Personal Contacts Personnel Recipes
- Rolodex Cards Software Library
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- Technical Specifications
- Max. number of decks opened concurrently per session: 8
- Max. cards per deck: 32,000
- Max. number of indexes per deck: 1
- Max. number of sort levels per index: 3
- Max. Notes field capacity per card: 8000 characters
- Max. card size: 8474K (Business Card, International)
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- Quotes from Reviews, Articles and Users:
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- BYTE, June, 1992
- "ButtonWare's TakeNote is the best program I've worked with yet for
- keeping together and sorting through the kind of data I acquire and
- use in a day at the office: contact names, phone and fax numbers,
- records of conversations."
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- "Once you've got the information - those hundreds of business cards
- collected at Comdex, for example - into the program, you can search
- through it with the press of a button."
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- "TakeNote looks like a stack of cards, is easy to figure out, and
- works smoothly. Without this program. my desk would be even messier
- than it is."
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- InfoWorld, March 16, 1992
- "ButtonWare Inc.'s simple database for Windows, TakeNote, combines the
- handiness of a Rolodex, the flexibility of a database program, the
- convenience of a phone dialer, and the ease-of-use of a notepad."
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- PC World, February, 1992
- "...TakeNote offers superior query, view, and report capabilities and
- helps you manage personal information better..."
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- "...TakeNote makes small demands on your hard disk, memory, and
- pocketbook."
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- PC Sources, January, 1992
- "TakeNote is refreshingly simple."
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- "TakeNote is an unpretentious, easy-to-use helper. It's also a good
- deal..."
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- IYM Software Review, January, 1992
- "TakeNote operates from an attractive interface that includes well-
- designed and intelligently-grouped buttons for most of the program's
- features, plus a row of buttons for quick navigation to the first
- card..."
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- Registration Information:
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- When you choose Register from the Main Menu, you will be prompted to fill
- in your name and address. TakeNote will print a registration form for
- you to mail in. If you prefer to purchase TakeNote from a dealer, please
- be sure to mark your registration form "Shareware registration" so we can
- send you the special area code deck listed below (this file does not come
- with our regular retail copy).
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- * You receive the most current copy of the program
- * Bound printed manuals
- * FREE Card deck with area codes, cities and time zones -
- includes all cities and towns, not just major ones.
- * FREE Card deck with top 100 computer companies including
- addresses and phone numbers.
- * Notification of updates and new products
- * Inexpensive updates (typically 1/3 the retail price)
- * Periodic special price offers (for our registered users only)
- * Your input and ideas help shape future products
- * A sense of pride and ownership, by having honestly participated
- in the Shareware revolution
- * The satisfaction of helping to keep software prices down, by
- supporting a distribution method which doesn't depend on
- expensive advertising campaigns
- * You are required to obtain a registered copy if you
- continue to use the program
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- Author/Publisher Information:
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- ButtonWare is a small software company owned and operated by
- Jim Button.
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- At ButtonWare we believe that our most important resource is our
- customers. This concept is fundamental to our approach
- to product development, production and marketing.
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- ButtonWare has been producing top quality computer software at
- reasonable prices, continuously, since 1982.
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- Please feel free to contact me (Jim Button) at any time if you have any
- questions, comments or suggestions. I can be reached by mail at the
- following address:
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- Jim Button
- ButtonWare
- PO Box 96058
- Bellevue, WA 98009-4469
- USA
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- I can also be reached as follows:
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- FAX: (206) 454-1838
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- CompuServe: 76004,1532
- Internet: 76004.1532@COMPUSERVE.COM
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