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|A║ |6Feature Program|A ║═════════════ ^1Letter Perfect |A═════════════║ |6Feature Program|A ║
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^Cby
^CDaniel Tobias
^1LETTER PERFECT^0 is a program designed to help you write routine
correspondence quickly and efficiently. The user may:
1) choose a form letter and fill in the blanks.
2) choose a form letter and edit the letter as desired.
3) create an original form letter and add it to the letter
library.
The MAIN MENU contains four sections: CHOOSE AND PRINT LETTER
ADD AND MODIFY LETTERS
CHANGE CONFIGURATION
EXIT TO DOS
I. CHOOSE AND PRINT LETTER
The form Letters are contained in this section. Prior to using
any letters, proceed to CHANGE CONFIGURATION in the MAIN MENU and set
up the address block, salutation, and printing instructions.
When CHOOSE AND PRINT LETTER is selected from the MAIN MENU, a
list of letter categories appears in the left hand corner of the
screen. Move to the type of letter you wish to select with the ARROW
KEYS and press ENTER . A sub-menu will appear listing the selections
available. Again, move to the type of letter you wish to write with
the ARROW KEYS and press ENTER . For example, the general letter
menu will have Thank-You Notes as one of the twelve main selections.
Toggle up or down with the appropriate arrow keys to Thank You Notes;
press ENTER and a sub-menu will appear containing your two choices:
Thank You for Coming
Thank You for Gift
Toggle up or down to make your choice and press ENTER . You are
now in the Letter Editor viewing a raw copy of a form letter. The
ARROW KEYS will also facilitate moving from the general letter menu to
the sub-menu and back. The ESC feature will allow you to depart to
the MAIN MENU at any time. The number of form letters to choose from
will vary from one selection to as many as nine!
If you want to use the letter you are viewing, press F2 . A row
of fill-in-the-blanks will appear. Simply answer each question by
typing in the appropriate response followed by ENTER . The cursor
will automatically jump to next blank. When all the blanks are filled,
press F10 and the program will place your answers into the raw copy
and display the new letter.
If any of the fill-in-the-blanks are left blank, the program will
question you at the bottom of the screen. If you intended to leave a
line blank, answer YES and the new letter will be displayed without
the omitted line. If you forgot to fill in a blank, answer NO and the
program will take you back to the row of fill-in the blanks so you can
fill in the omitted line.
Does the new letter suit you? If not, you may still edit any part
of the letter. Press F1 for a list of the editing features.
Remember, you do not type in your name, salutation, or address block.
These lines will be printed on any letter, even though none are shown
on screen, as per the instructions completed in the CHANGE
CONFIGURATION sequence.
LETTER PERFECT contains a word-wrap feature. When an inserted word
causes a line to exceed the maximum length of sixty char-acters, the word
at the end of the line will be wrapped to the next line. The wrapping
will then cascade down the paragraph.
To underline a word simply enclose the word in parentheses ().
This feature is reset at the end of each line so you must include
another underscore at the beginning of the next line to signal that
underlining is to continue.
When you have finished editing the letter, press F10 and this
menu will appear:
Print the Letter
Write the Letter to a Disk File
Go Back and Review or Change the Letter
Return to Main Menu
A. Print the Letter: Prints the selected letter.
B. Write the Letter to a Disk File: Transfers letter to a
designated disk file instead of printer. The letter may be
edited using any word processor utilizing ASCII text files.
C. Go Back and Review or Change the Letter: Returns you to the
Letter Editor screen should you need to make any changes.
D. Return to Main Menu: Takes you back to the MAIN MENU. This
command should only be activated after you have saved,
printed, or desire not to use the current letter.
II. ADD AND MODIFY FORM LETTERS
This section of LETTER PERFECT allows you to delete, insert, rename,
or re-categorize letters. We suggest you become familiar with the basic
operations in CHOOSE AND PRINT LETTER before you the functions in this
section. Because you can delete form letters and whole categories using
the information in this section, make a copy of LETTER PERFECT and use the
copy while operating in ADD AND MODIFY FORM LETTERS.
ADD AND MODIFY FORM LETTERS has the all the keys contained in
CHOOSE AND PRINT LETTER plus some new ones:
A. F3 adds a blank to the raw copy and the Editing blanks in
letter screen.
B. F4 copies the current letter to the same category or
different categories. You can modify and rename these newly
placed form letter to fit your needs.
C. F6 lets you add a new letter.
D. F7 deletes the current letter.
E. F8 moves a letter from one category to another.
F. F10 returns you to the letter editor or to final options
menu.
Although ADD AND MODIFY FORM LETTERS is similar to CHOOSE AND
PRINT LETTER, in this section form letters are created or form letters
are altered. You are not filling in blanks; you are now adjusting the
blanks used in form letters.
Select the letter category and then a specific letter from the
sub-menu. When the raw copy appears, just like CHOOSE AND PRINT
LETTER, press F2 and the Editing blanks in letter screen will appear.
By changing the information and defaults on this screen, you can change
as much of the form letter as you wish. Use TAB or the arrow keys to
move around the screen. You have the option of changing
1) the length of each blank,
2) the type of field (Numeric or Type with the SPACE BAR ).
3) and the description in each blank.
ESC or F10 takes you to the editor screen to work with the
letter text in the raw copy itself. To make a permanent change in
a Form letter, move the cursor to the desired spot and press F3 . The
letter A will appear in that spot. Simultaneously, a new line is
created on the Editing blanks in letter screen containing UNNAMED BLANK
X (X = the next available letter). You must edit the newly created
blank (length, field, and description) by returning to the Editing
blanks in letter screen.
If you wanted to use the information contained in letter line
again (the letter C for example), rather than creating a new blank,
with a new letter, but containing the same information. Simply type a
tilde ("~") followed by the letter C .
When you have made all your modifications, press F10 and this
menu will appear:
Save the letter
Go back and review or change the letter
Discard your changes entirely
III. CHANGE CONFIGURATION
This section should be completed prior to printing any letters.
These instructions will become a permanent part of the printing
function; therefore, you only need to configure the printer one time.
There are four choices in CHANGE CONFIGURATION:
A. Letterhead: If you use paper with a letterhead select YES
to the right of the phrase, Print on letterhead?. Blank
lines will be added at the top of each letter to accommodate
the letterhead. Pressing the SPACE BAR will toggle the
letterhead option.
B. Plain Paper: When NO is selected the program will
automatically print (in every letter) the information you
enter in the next for spaces: your name, company, address,
and City/State/Zip. Use the ARROW KEYS to move from line
to line and press ENTER when the information in each line
is complete.
C. Closing Line: You must enter a closing line such as
Sincerely or Thank you. This salutation will be printed all
letters whether they are letterhead or plain paper.
D. Printer Configuration: Three printer configuration strings
are included; however, printer codes will not be necessary if
the printer defaults in LETTER PERFECT are compatible with your
printer. Print a few sample letters to determine if you need to
adjust the printer configuration strings.
The first printer string, Printer Init, will allow each letter to
be as close to letter quality as possible. The second two lines,
Underline On and Underline Off, contain codes controlling the underline
mode in your printer.
Printer codes are a series of representative ASCII numbers from 0
to 255. Your printer manual will contain the appropriate numbers for
these three functions. For example, 27 is the ASCII code for an ESCAPE
character. Up to ten character codes may be used in each printer
string. If you need less than ten character codes, put a -1 in the
space after the last code to signal the end of the command string to
the printer.
IV. EXIT TO DOS
Selecting this option will take you to the system prompt or back
to the MAIN MENU if you ran the program from BIG BLUE DISK.
^CTo run this program outside ^1Big Blue Disk^0, type: ^1LETTER^0.
DISK FILES THIS PROGRAM USES:
^FLETTER.EXE
^FLETTER.CFG
^FLETTER.CAT
^FAll "BBD_*.LTR" & "BBD_*.VAR" files