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OS/2 Help File
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1994-12-31
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. Extended Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The APT Mailing Assistant provides you with an easy way to produce professional
looking envelopes and labels using your personal computer laser or dot matrix
printer. The program supports several sizes of envelopes and mailing labels.
All envelopes and some labels will be printed with United States Postal Service
approved POSTNET delivery point bar codes.
The program supports any Lexmark or HP compatible laser printer, HP compatible
Deskjet printer, or Epson compatible dot matrix printer. Envelopes or labels
may be fed manually or automatically (feeding envelopes automatically will
require an envelope feeder attachment on most printers). When printing single
labels on a laser printer, the program allows you select which label on the
sheet to print, thus allowing you to use most or all of the labels on a sheet.
The primary window of APT Mailing Assistant shows you the return and send names
that will be used when an envelope or label is printed. In addition, a second
window, APTMA Selections, will indicate the address file being used, the
printer type selected, the paper to be used, and if have selected manual or
automatic feeding of paper.
The menu choices on the primary window are used as follows:
o File - Manage address files and manage the printer.
- Change the current address file being used or create a new one.
- Delete an address file.
- List an address file.
- Merge two address files.
- Change the printer, paper, or paper feed being used.
- Print an envelope or label.
- Exit the APT Mailing Assistant.
o Addresses - Manage names and addresses in an address file
- Lookup or change a return address.
- Lookup or change a send address.
- Save a return address to an address file.
- Save a send address to an address file.
- Delete an address from an address file.
o Bulk Mail - Perform bulk mailing
- Print a bulk mailing using the current address file and paper selected.
- Print personalized return envelopes for your bulk mailing.
- Generate statistic on the printer for your bulk mailing.
o Export/Import - Exchange information with other programs.
- Import a text file. Text files are comma delimited string files.
- Export a text file.
- Import a CASS file that has been certified.
- Export a CASS file. CASS files may be sent to the postal service for
certification.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2. Help for Key Assignments ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The following shortcut keys may be used in the APT Mailing Assistant:
Key Purpose
F3 Save the return address in the current address file
F4 Save the send address in the current address file
F5 Delete an address from the current address file
F8 Change the current address file
F9 Swap the return and send addresses in the primary window
F10 Print the information in the primary window using the printer information
shown in the APTMA Selections Window
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3. Change Address File ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This option allows you to change the current address file. Whenever you save a
return or send address, it will be saved in the current address file. Whenever
you lookup an address, the current address file will be searched. The current
address file will also be used when you generate a bulk mailing. That current
address file appears on the first line in the APTMA Selections window.
o Address Files
o Current Address File
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4. Delete an Address File ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This option allows you to delete an address file. Both physical files that make
up the address file (the base file and the .PTR file) are deleted. You can also
delete an address file using the OS/2 DEL command as long as both files are
deleted.
o Address Files
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5. List an Address File ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This option allows you to list the addresses in an address file to the display
or on the printer. You can limit the amount of information listed by specifying
you want to only list addresses in a specific city, a specific state, a city
state combination, or within a range of zip codes. The zip code range is
ignored if a city or state is specified.
o Address Files
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6. Merge Two Address Files ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This menu allows you to merge an address file into a second address file. If
records with the same name exist in both files, you will be asked if you want
to add the record to the output file, replace the record in the output file, or
ignore the record from the input file. You can limit the records being merged
by specifying you want to only merge addresses from a specific city, a specific
state, a city state combination, or within a range of zip codes. The zip code
range is ignored if a city or state is specified. If the address file being
merged into does not exist, it will be created.
o Address Files
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7. Print ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This option causes a single envelope or label to be printed. The return and
send addresses displayed on the primary window will be printed using the
printer, paper, and other selections shown in the selections window.
o Printer/Paper Selections
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8. Change Return Address ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This allows you to change the return address shown in the primary window or the
bulk mail window. It does not save the address in the current address file
unless you press the Save pushbutton. If you are using preprinted envelopes
that already contain a return address, ensure that the return address in APT
Mailing Assistant is blank.
o Current Address File
o Saving the Return Address
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9. Change Send Address ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This option allows you to change the send address shown in the primary window.
It does not save the address in the current address file unless you press the
Save pushbutton.
o Current Address File
o Saving the Send Address
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 10. Save Return Address ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This option allows you to save the return address shown in the primary window
into the current address file. If the same name already exists in the file, you
will be asked if you want to continue to add this record, replace the existsing
record, or cancel the add.
o Current Address File
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11. Save Send Address ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This option allows you to save the send address shown in the primary window
into the current address file. If the same name already exists in the file, you
will be asked if you want to continue to add this record, replace the existsing
record, or cancel the add.
o Current Address File
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 12. Delete an Address ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This option allows you to delete an address from the current address file. You
will be shown a list of all of the names in the address file and you may select
the one you want to delete.
o Current Address File
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 13. Swap Addresses ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This option swaps the send and return addresses in the primary window. This
allows you to easily print a return envelope for an item being sent.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 14. Primary Name Field ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This field is required. You should enter the individual or company name to be
used as the return address. If the return address is saved, this name will be
used as the key in the address file.
o Address File Keys.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 15. Intermediate Address Lines ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The second, third, and fourth lines of an address can be used for additional
address information such as company name, street address, P.O. Box, apartment
number etc. The Postal Service has several rules as to the order in which
information should be placed in an address. For example, when sending a letter
to an individual within a company, it is recommended that the person's name is
on the first line of the letter, with the company name as the second line as in
the following example:
Joe Example
Widget Manufacturing
200 Park Ave.
Hometown, WA 12345-1234
For other rules, please see your local post office. The only