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╓────────────────────╖
║ WinDings ║
║ Desk-Top Organizer ║
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by Tony Curro
Mosey on up to this product and you will wonder how you did without
it. WinDings is a group of 5 Windows applications, that keep all your
information together. The product has a Western motif, and comes with an
Information Roundup booklet, rather than a manual. So corral the 40 page
booklet, and in a few minutes you will be able to run the complete program.
The five programs are: Show Your Cards, World Scout, Howdy!, Loan
Arranger, and O.K. Corral.
Show Your Cards -- No need to have that big Rolodex sitting on your
desk. This program will replace it. If a name or company changes, you
quickly edit the card, and save it. Nice and clean. Show Your Cards does
look like a Rolodex, with alphabetic index you browse through, and two big
wheels on each side that you turn by clicking up or down. You can search
for cards in three ways: By Category, By Last Name, or By Company. Adding,
Deleting, Copying or Printing cards are also very easy.
Say you have several cards for XYZ each with a different contact
name. With Show Your Cards you enter the information once. Then you can
copy the card without the contact name, and insert that name only on the
NEW card. You can do this for as many or as few fields as need to be
changed, without having to input all the information. This program also
ties in with Howdy! You can even use the COPY card command to copy it to
the clipboard, where you can insert the information directly into your word
processor or other programs.
World Scout -- This gives you World Map, Time Zones and Country
Codes. First time you run this, you must select your "Home Base." To do
this you move the icon, shaped like a house, until the roof is touching
your area. Click on it and you are presented with the dialog box, from
which you can set DST or make other changes; clicking on OK, saves the
information. Now clicking on any country or area will pop up a box with
that information. Clicking on OK will put a box on the bottom of the window
with the information in text mode. To remove it simply click on it and
select the REMOVE button from the dialog box. You may have several
different time zones listed, to keep track of time of your contacts around
the world.
Howdy! -- It is a phone dialer that will pick up numbers from the
top card in Show Your Cards, and dial it for you. When there are several
numbers: Work, Fax or Home, it allows you to click on the one you wish to
call.
Loan Arranger -- This program will calculate your loan payments.
Input the starting date, principal amount, APR, # years in loan; and it
will show you monthly payment amount, total interest charge, total payback
amount and more. The default is 12 payments, but can easily be changed by a
mouse click. All the above information can be sent to your printer.
O. K. Corral -- This is where you roundup ALL your loose
information. You will find 12 categories here, eleven are for input, the
other is to password protect your data. Enter credit card information,
Social Security numbers, Policies, Health Care, Special Dates, Personal
Notes and more. Any of this information can be changed easily, as it is in
simple text, and can be changed like any other text in Windows.
This inexpensive package would be a good addition to your Windows
library. I was truly impressed with Show Your Cards, which actually gave
the feel of a true Rolodex, not just cards one behind the other. When you
are finished with the program, you click on Adios, Amigo. Unless you wish
to say Exit, PARDNER!
╓───────────────────────────────╖
║ Product Information ║
╟───────────────────────────────╢
║ WinDings ║
╟───────────────────────────────╢
║ List Price $79.00 ║
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║ Applications Techniques, Inc. ║
║ 10 Lomar Park Drive ║
║ Pepperell, MA 01463 ║
║ 508-433-5201 ║
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