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- FOLDER MENU Page 1 of 3
- ......A FOLDER IS A COLLECTION OF RELATED DOCUMENTS
- |
- | ....DOCUMENT
- ╒════════════════╕| | ┌┐
- │ A File Cabinet ││ /│ ││
- │ is the equiva- ╞╧╧═╧═╡│╣........[The drawer is the equivalent of a
- │ lent of a hard ╞═════╡│ DOS directory]
- │ disk drive or │ └┘
- │ a partition of │┐
- │ a hard disk ││
- │ drive, e.g. ││╣
- │ "C:", "D:" ││
- │ &tc. │┘
- │ │┐
- │ ││
- │ ││╣
- │ ││
- │ │┘
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- FOLDER MENU Page 2 of 3
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- █ IN OPERATING SYSTEM TERMINOLOGY █
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- █ C: - [The Root Directory] █
- █ ┌─┴───────────────────────────── █
- █ WPFOLDER - [As many Directories as needed] █
- █ ┌──────┴──┬─────────┬─────────┬────────── █
- █ FOLDER1 FOLDER2 FOLDER3 FOLDER4 █
- █ [up to 40 individual folders] █
- █ ┌───────┴──────────────────────────┐ █
- █ C:\WPFOLDER\FOLDER1\{doc} [unlimited documents] █
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- Perhaps these two little diagrams can help explain how the FOLDERS program
- keeps WordPerfect records for you. You may have up to 40 folders
- (sub-directories) in each drawer and any number of drawers (directories) in
- the file cabinet. You may have virtually unlimited numbers of Documents in
- each folder.
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- FOLDER MENU Page 3 of 3
- In brief, the functions available are:
- # - Enter number of existing document to be edited.
- [F] Folder Menu - Select existing or create new files/folders.
- [D] Delete file by number shown on screen. If necessary, use "PgDn" key
- until document description shows on screen, then press "D". You will be
- prompted for document number then asked to confirm.
- [C] Create a new document - enter description of the document. If a
- particular folder has been selected under "F" above, the document will
- be automatically assigned to that folder. If all folders have been
- selected, you may enter the name of an existing folder or start a new
- folder as you create a new document. If you are using a macro in
- conjunction with the document, you may enter the name of that macro as
- you create the new document - each time the document is loaded, macro
- will be loaded with it.
- [R] diRectories - select, create or name/rename directories to be used. On
- start-up the directory where THE FOLDER SYSTEM is located will be used
- as an Inititial Directory. This initial directory may be either renamed
- or deleted once any other directory has been started.
- [L] Change list order toggle between Alphabetical and Chronological
- F1-Help - These screens.
- Q (or "Esc") - Quit THE FOLDER SYSTEM.
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- UTILITY MENU Page 1 of 2
- [T] Transfer a document within one folder to another in the same directory.
- See Manual.
- [F3] Create Back-up files of documents. Make sure document appears on your
- screen before use. Separate help screens available.
- [F4] Restore backed-up files of documents. Make sure you are in the directory
- to which you wish to restore the document. Spearate help screens
- available.
- [F5] WordPerfect may be set to created automatically back-up files of an
- edited document with filename extension of ".BK!". These can occupy a
- great deal of disk space. Make sure the document you wish shows on
- your screen.
- [S] Select start-up options for WordPerfect, change starting command,
- restore default set-up (in case you get lost), and turn clock and
- screen blanking on/off.
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- UTILITY MENU Page 2 of 2
- [N] Rename a document - Be sure the document to be rename appears on the
- screen, press "N", modify description and/or macro to be used (if any)
- and press enter. THIS WILL NOT MODIFY THE IDENTIFYING DESCRIPTION OF
- THE FILE CONTAINED IN THE DOCUMENT ITSELF.
- [M] A database supplemental program that creates databases for names,
- address, telephone numbers which may be used directly to create merge
- files, address labels, etc. - See manual.
- [F1] These screens.
- [R] Return Main Menu
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- SET-UP MENU
- OPTIONS - Merely by entering the number of the option listed on the screen
- you may select the WordPerfect command line option. Before selecting
- any option you are urged to read your WordPerfect manual to understand
- the uses of these options. Until you do, leave the optionset at "0".
- [C] Default is "WP", the normal command for WORDPERFECT. If a special
- "front-end" program is being used with WORDPERFECT, the COMMAND should
- be changed to correspond. SEE manual for details on customizing such
- programs.
- [K] Turn on or off the clock running on the main menu. Off will also
- disable the screen blanking ("SLEEPING") mode. Turning off the clock
- may be necessary for some DOS or other shells. Leave on unless you have
- difficulties.
- [M] Turn on or off "REMINDER" at top of each newly created document.
- [D] Restore defaults to the orginal settings just in case you get lost.
- [R] (or "Esc") - Saves changes and returns to MAIN MENU.
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- FOLDER SELECTION MENU
- The FOLDERS function keeps track of the folders that you have created in
- the directory and permits you to create new or limit the display individual
- folder.
- [S] Select the number of the individual folder in the directory to be
- displayed. No other documents in any other folders will be displayed.
- [A] Display all documents in all folders in the directory.
- [C] Create a new file in a new folder. This is essentially a short cut
- method of starting a new folder - as always you must start a a new
- folder by creating a new document entry.
- [F1] This help screen
- [R] ("Esc") return to Main Menu.
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- DIRECTORY MENU Page 1 of 2
- Any number of different directories are possible under THE FOLDER SYSTEM
- and this menu allows you to create, change the description (name), or
- delete the directory where you can keep where you can keep your WordPerfect
- files.
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- [C] create a new directory - you must enter: █:\████████\████████.
- a) b) c)
- a) Enter letter of the hard disk drive to be used (normally "C" if
- you have only one hard disk drive without partioning.
- b) DOS directory in which to place the Folders Directory.
- c) DOS sub-directory in which to place the Folders Directory
- (optional). ("Esc" aborts the creation of a new directory but then
- you must select a directory to be used for document creation and/or
- retrieval.)
- [N] Name/Rename an existing Folders Directory. The name may be up to 20
- characters in length.
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- DIRECTORY MENU Page 1 of 2
- [D] Delete Directory listing, but not related document files. May be used
- as a method of hiding document files. Recreate directory with same name
- and document listings will reappear. PgDn - Permits listing of
- additional directories. At end of listing, PgDn will return to
- beginning of the list. (Only appears on menu when more than 10
- directories have been created.)
- [F1]-help these help screens
- [R] (or "Esc") return to main menu.
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-
- Restore a document file from special WPFBAKUP directory for use by THE
- FOLDER SYSTEM. Actual restoration of this special directory from floppy
- disks or tape to the hard disk must be done with the back-up software of
- your choice. CAREFUL - Restored files may over-write existing files. SEE
- Manual
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