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Pragmatic Software Co.
6728 Bellehaven Drive
Plano, TX 75023
$19 plus $5 shipping
To get you started using Address Database (AddrDB), follow the
tutorial below. It will step you through the functionality
of the product and will answer the most common questions. Below
are the lessons covered. Let's get started!
Lesson 1 - Install Address Database
Lesson 2 - Create a New File
Lesson 3 - Add New Records
Lesson 4 - Store notes for an existing record
Lesson 5 - Find a particular record
Lesson 6 - Change information for an existing record
Lesson 7 - Delete existing records
Lesson 8 - Undelete a previously deleted record
Lesson 9 - Purge the deleted records
Lesson 10 - Filter the existing records for specific categories
Lesson 11 - Print Phone List Report
Lesson 12 - Print Address Book Report
Lesson 13 - Print Holiday List Report
Lesson 14 - Print Mailing Labels
Lesson 15 - Print File Folder Labels
Lesson 16 - Save the file as a new name
Lesson 17 - Merge the existing file with another file
Lesson 18 - Open an existing File
Lesson 19 - Import a comma-delimited file
Lesson 20 - Import a file from an Excel Spreadsheet
Lesson 21 - Export a file
Lesson 22 - Export a file to Word for Windows for mail-merge
Lesson 23 - Use the TO-DO list
Lesson 24 - Use the Suggestion box
Lesson 25 - Getting Help
Lesson 26 - Purchase a copy of Address Database
Lesson 1: Install Address Database
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To install Address Database, run SETUP.EXE from within Windows
(you can not install a Windows program from DOS). To run
SETUP.EXE from Windows, go to Program Manager and click
FILE/RUN.
Put the Address Database diskette into the a: or b: drive.
Enter a:\setup.exe or b:\setup.exe and click OK. Follow the
instructions on the screen to install Address Database.
Lesson 2: Create a New File
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When accessing AddrDB for the first time, the last file you were
working on will automatically be opened. If this is the first
time you have used AddrDB, the SAMPLE file will be opened.
Since we want to create a new file, Click on FILE/NEW or press
CTRL + N. A dialog box will appear asking you to enter the new
file name. Enter TESTFILE and click on the OK button. Notice
that it automatically created the first record for you so that
you will have an example to follow:
Bruce Sample -- Lee
HardFoot, Inc.
Head Smasher
999 Roundhouse Street
PO Box 999
Plano, TX 75023
214-144-9864 (Home)
214-545-8888 (Work)
214-755-8487 (Fax)
214-222-4444 (Beeper)
214-222-5555 (Car)
Also notice that the file name is displayed on the title bar
(at the top of the screen). The title bar displays
Address Database 1.1 - TESTFILE.ADB.
Lesson 3: Add New Records
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At the bottom of the screen, click on CLEAR FIELDS or press
ALT + I. This clears all fields on the screen and prepares
you to enter a new record.
Enter the following information. Use the TAB key to move
between fields or click on the field you wish to enter.
Last Name..... doe
First Name.... john
Address....... Rt 1
Box 126-a
Zip........... 75023
Home Phone.... 1112222
Work Phone.... 80094steve
Category...... PROSPECT
Holiday List.. Click this field (X should show)
Click on the ADD button or press ALT + A. You should have
noticed a couple of features of AddrDB while entering the
information for this record.
First, when you entered the zip code of 75023, it automatically
filled in a City of Plano and a State of TX. It does
this because a prior address has been entered with that same
zip code. This is called the "Intellegent Zip Code" feature.
Second, when you entered a Home Phone, it automatically clicked
the Primary Phone of "Home". When you tabbed to Work Phone and
entered that phone number, it automatically clicked the work
phone as the Primary Phone. The primary phone number is the
number displayed in the Summary List.
Third, when you entered a work phone of 80094steve, it
automatically converted the number from alphabetic to numeric
(from 80094steve to 800-947-8383). This is called the
"Intellegent Phone Number" feature.
Last, if you entered a lowercase letter as the beginning of
any of these fields, the first letter was capitalized. This
is called the "Intellegent Capitalization" feature.
Enter a couple more records and click ADD or ALT + A after
they are entered:
Last Name..... smith
First Name.... joe
Company....... ABC and Associates
Work Phone.... (912)774-8888
Category...... CLIENT
Holiday List.. Click this field (X should show)
Note: Click ADD or press ALT + A to add.
Notice that it reformatted the phone number
from (912)774-8888 to 912-774-8888 so that
all phone numbers are kept in the same format.
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Last Name..... jones
First Name.... bob
Company....... Acme Construction
Title......... Product Manager
Category...... CLIENT
Holiday List.. (X should NOT show)
Note: Click ADD or press ALT + A to add.
Notice that no phone was listed in the summary
list because we did not enter one.
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Last Name..... marley
First Name.... bob
Home Phone.... 5551212x5555
Category...... PROSPECT
Holiday List.. (X should not show)
Note: Click ADD or press ALT + A to add.
Notice how it reformatted the phone number.
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Last Name..... jones
First Name.... sue
Address....... 111 South Blvd.
Zip........... 75000
City.......... Plains
State......... ga (automatically capitalizes)
Work Phone.... 444-444-5555
Category...... client (automatically capitalizes)
Holiday List.. Click this field (X should show)
Note: Click ADD or press ALT + A to add.
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Last Name..... brown
First Name.... steve
Address....... 90 SE Blvd.
Zip........... 75000
Fax........... 3334445555
Category...... prospect (automatically capitalizes)
Holiday List.. Click this field (X should show)
Note: Click ADD or press ALT + A to add.
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Last Name..... miller
First Name.... jill
Address....... 777 Roadway
Zip........... 75000
Car Phone..... 444-5555
Category...... client (automatically capitalizes)
Holiday List.. Click this field (X should show)
Note: Click ADD or press ALT + A to add.
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Last Name..... anton
First Name.... sarah
Address....... 55 main
Zip........... 75023
Work Phone.... 123-5555
Beeper........ 123-4567
** Click the Primary Phone next to Work Phone **
Category...... prospect (automatically capitalizes)
Holiday List.. Click this field (X should show)
Note: Click ADD or press ALT + A to add.
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Now that these have been added, let's add the spouse of a couple of
people we have already added. Go to the Summary List and click
on Doe, John. Once you click on the record for John Doe, the
detail is displayed on the lower half of the screen. Double
click on the first name of John (or highlight it using your
mouse). Change the name to Jane and click the ADD button.
Notice that this adds Jane Doe as a new record with the same
address and phone numbers.
Do the same for Steve Brown by adding Nancy Brown.
Note that you may use the EDIT/COPY FIELD or CTL + C
to copy a field from one line to another. For example, you
could copy the Home Phone to the Work Phone by clicking inside
the Home Phone field and pressing EDIT/COPY FIELD (CTL + C).
Then move to the Work Phone field and press EDIT/PASTE (CTL + V).
The phone is copied.
As a final note, Address Database will not allow duplicate names
in the database. So, if you try to add a name (John Doe) which
already exists, you will get an error message. You can get past
this by changing the