┌────┤ PROMOTIONAL MESSAGE BUILDER HELP FILE ├─────────────┤ Page 1 of 6 ├─────┐│                                                                              ││This program is used to create HIGH ASCII promotional messges, announcements, ││and similar material for upload to a BBS message area. [Use companion program ││SCRWRITE.EXE for BBS HELLO and GOODBYE screens.]   Messages created by this   ││program will not be complete in some instances.  The user may need to use an  ││ASCII text editor to remove unwanted material, or to add typed comments that  ││would enhance the message.  In some instances the message would be suitable   ││for upload without retouching or amending with a text editor.                 ││                                                                              ││╚════<R>estrictions on HIGH ASCII uploads:                                    ││The captions/titles included with this program, as well as any graphics, are  ││composed of HIGH ASCII characters.  Many conferences and nets do not permit   ││this material.  Before you upload anything created with this program, please  ││insure that you are uploading to conferences that permits this type material. ││                                                                              ││╚════<P>lanning Your Message:                                                 ││Before starting your message decide how many lines (1, 2, or 3) you plan to   ││use.  If you plan to use graphics then use [V]iew Graphics to select drawing  ││you want to use.  Make a note of the letter <A>, <B>, <C>, or <a>, <b>, etc,  ││that will call the drawing you want to place in your promotional or message.  ││   [ ■Pages 4 and 5 of this helpfile show some samples of captions and ■ ]    ││   [ ■lettering for most of the font sets included with these programs.■ ]    │└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘     ╔══╣ Press <Esc> to EXIT ╠══════╣ [] <PgUp> ╠══════╣ <PgDn> [] ╠═══╗     ┌────┤ PROMOTIONAL MESSAGE BUILDER HELP FILE ├─────────────┤ Page 2 of 6 ├─────┐│                                                                              ││╚════[S]et up - Name/Open File:                                               ││Before starting message, use [S]et up function at MAIN MENU to name file to   ││hold the data for your message.  This program in some instances may overwrite ││a file with the same name, so be careful in selecting a file name.  At the    ││time you open file, you will also select a border style for your message.     ││                                                                              ││╚════<B>uilding the Message:                                                  ││   After opening file, select a font by pressing the letter that identifies   ││a particular font.  After slection is made, the input screen appears, along   ││with on screen prompts to help in entering the caption.  Information at the   ││top of the input screen gives approximate number of characters for that font. ││If user enters too many letters, the program discards any letters that will   ││not fit into the promotional or message being prepared.                       ││                                                                              ││   After typing a caption, press <enter>, and the program will display your   ││message to include last caption entered.  [ ■■ If an error is detected, use   ││[S]et-up to name new file and re-do the message from the beginning---Do not   ││use the first file name until that file is deleted from disk/directory ■■ ]   ││Continue with your message using the same, or a different font, until it is   ││completed.  When all captions are entered, use [W]rap up to close the file    ││containing promotional message, announcement, or BBS AD.                      │└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘     ╔══╣ Press <Esc> to EXIT ╠══════╣ [] <PgUp> ╠══════╣ <PgDn> [] ╠═══╗     ┌────┤ PROMOTIONAL MESSAGE BUILDER HELP FILE ├─────────────┤ Page 3 of 6 ├─────┐│                                                                              ││╚════<G>raphics - [HIGH ASCII Drawings]:                                      ││This Program does not place Graphics and TITLES on the same line.  The ASCII  ││drawings are placed on a separate line and are normally centered.  User can   ││insert spaces before or after calling <LETTER> so as to move the drawing to   ││the left or to the right.  The sequence <space> <space> <LETTER> would move   ││the drawing toward the right portion of screen while <LETTER> <space> <space  ││would cause a drawing to print to the left side of the screen.  Up to three   ││<spaces> may be used for some graphics, to move that drawing toward the left  ││or toward the right of message screen.                                        ││                                                                              ││╚════<P>utting on the Final Touches:                                          ││   Most ASCII text editors can be used to read, or to modify a message file.  ││As a matter of fact, some messages created by this program, could require     ││touch-up or additions to make them more complete and more presentable.        ││                                                                              ││   An editor such as EDIT.COM, included with MS-DOS 5.0, can be used to cut   ││excess lines or spaces; or to add standard keyboard letters to your message.  ││Sometimes it may be desirable to enter only one large caption as a HEADLINE   ││and then use a text editor to complete the message.  If your text editor has  ││a cut and paste feature, then use that feature to reduce size; or to enlarge  ││the promotional message, announcement, or BBS Ad.                             │└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘     ╔══╣ Press <Esc> to EXIT ╠══════╣ [] <PgUp> ╠══════╣ <PgDn> [] ╠═══╗     ┌────┤ PROMOTIONAL MESSAGE BUILDER HELP FILE ├─────────────┤ Page 4 of 6 ├─────┐│      ╔═══════════ [ Font Samples ] ══════════ [ Slide One ] ══════════╗      ││        ▄─▄ ▄─▄ ▄─▄ ▄─▄ ▄─▄  ▄ ▄─▄     ▄─▄                 ▄─▄                ││        █ █ █_█ █ █ █ █ █ ▐▌ █ █ █     █ █ ▄─▄ ▄┐▄  ▄      █   ▄─▄  ▄         ││        █─█ █<  █   █─█ █ ▐▌ █ █─█     █─  █ █ █│█ ─█─     ▀─▄ █ █ ─█─        ││        █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ ▐▌ █ █ █     █   █ █ █│█  █        █ █─▀  █         ││        ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀─▀ ▀ ▀ ▀─▀  ▀ ▀ ▀     ▀   ▀─▀ ▀└▀  ▀─▀    ▀─▀ ▀──  ▀─▀       ││                                                                              ││        ▐▀▀  COMPRESSED  ▐▀▌   FONT SET    ▐▀█▐▀█▐▀▀▌                         ││        ▐▄▄ ▀▌▐ █▀▌▐▀▌   ▐▄▌▐  ▀▌▐▀▐▀█▀▌   ▐▄▌▐▄▌▐▄▄                          ││        ▐  ▐▀▌▐ ▀■╗▐▄▌   ▐ ▌▐ ▐▀▌▐ ▐ ▀ ▌   ▐ █▐ █   ▌                         ││        ▐  ▐▄▌▐▄█▄║▐▄    ▐ ▌▐▄▐▄▌▐ ▐   ▌   ▐▄█▐▄█▐▄▄▌                         ││                                                                              ││        ╓╥╖       ╖   ╥ ╥             ╓╖    ■           THIS IS               ││         ║ ╟╖┌╖╓╖╓╟/  ╙╦╜╓╖╖╓  ╫╓╖╓╖  ║ ┌╖║║╥╓╖╓╓_ <<<--DOWNSIZED             ││         ╨ ╜╙└╨╜╙╜╙╙   ╨ ╙╜╙╜  ╜╙╜╜   ╙╜└╨╙╙╨╜╙╜╙┘      FONT SET              ││                                                                              ││        ╔╗        ╗ ╔  ELITE186   ╔═  FONT SET     ╦╗╦╗╔═╗                    ││        ║║╔╗╔╗╔   ║ ║ ╗╦ ╦ ╔╗╗╔   ╠═╖ ╓╔╗╔╔╗╔╗╔╗   ║║║║║                      ││        ╠╝║║║║║   ║ ║╔╣║ ║ ╠╝║║   ║ ╔╩╗║║║╠╝╚╗╚╗   ╟╣╟╣╚═╗                    ││        ╩ ╚╝╚╝╩   ╙V╜╚╝╚╝╚╝╚═╚╣   ╚═╜ ╙╟╝╩╚═╚╝╚╝   ╩╝╩╝╚═╝                    ││                             ═╝        ╩                                      ││        .........Please continue on to Page 5 for more examples of font sets. │└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘     ╔══╣ Press <Esc> to EXIT ╠══════╣ [] <PgUp> ╠══════╣ <PgDn> [] ╠═══╗     ┌────┤ PROMOTIONAL MESSAGE BUILDER HELP FILE ├─────────────┤ Page 5 of 6 ├─────┐│      ╔═══════════[ Font Samples ]══════════════ [ Slide Two ] ═══════════╗   ││                                                                              ││       ┌─┐┌─┐┌─┐┌─┐┌─┐┌─┐┌─┐┌─┐┌─┐┌─┐┌─┐┌─┐┌─┐┌─┐┌─┐┌─┐┌─┐┌─┐┌─┐┌─┐┌─┐┌─┐     ││       │T││H││I││S││ ││I││S││ ││K││E││Y││B││O││A││R││D││ ││B││O││X││E││D│     ││       └─┘└─┘└─┘└─┘└─┘└─┘└─┘└─┘└─┘└─┘└─┘└─┘└─┘└─┘└─┘└─┘└─┘└─┘└─┘└─┘└─┘└─┘     ││                                                                              ││        █┐█ █▀█ █ █    ▐▀█ █▀█ █▀█ █▀█ █▀█ █▀█     █▀█ █▀█ █┐█  █             ││        │││ ├─  │││    │   ├─┤ ├─┘ ├─┘ ├─  │  ▌    ├─  │ │ │││ ─┼─            ││        █└█ █▄█ ███    ▐▄█ █ █ █   █   █▄█ █▄█     █   █▄█ █└█  █▄▌           ││                                                                              ││                                                                              ││        ▐▀█▀▌▄   ▄ ▄▄▄   ▄ ▄▄▄   █▀█  ▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄ █▀█ ▄█  █▀█   █▀█ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄    ││          █  █▄▄ █ █▄▄   █ █▄▄   █▄█ ▄▄█ █ ▀ ██▀ ▄▄█  █  █▄█   █▄  █ █ █ █    ││          █  █ █ █ ▄▄█   █ ▄▄█   █   █▄█ █▄█ █▐▄ █▄▄ ▄█▄  ▄█   █   █▄█ █ █    ││                                                                              ││        ┌┬┐  .    .    ┌┬┐┐┌┬┌┐┌┐ ┬┌┐┌┌┐  ┌┐         ┌┐                       ││         │ ├┐┬┌─  ┬┌─   │ │││││││ │││││   │ ┌┐┌┐┌┼─  │ ┌┐┼─                   ││         │ ││││   ││    │ ├┤│││││ ││││├   ├ ││││││   └┐│││                    ││         │ │││ │  │ │   │ │││││││ │││││   │ ││││││    ││┘│                    ││         ┴ ┘└┴─┘  ┴─┘   ┴ ┘└┴┘└┘└─┴┘└┘└┘  ┘ └┘┘└┘└┘  └┘└┘└┘                   ││                                                                              ││                                      .......Please continue on to Page 6.... │└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘     ╔══╣ Press <Esc> to EXIT ╠══════╣ [] <PgUp> ╠══════╣ <PgDn> [] ╠═══╗     ┌────┤ PROMOTIONAL MESSAGE BUILDER HELP FILE ├─────────────┤ Page 6 of 6 ├─────┐│        ┌─┐┌─┐┌─┐┌─┐┌─┐┌─┐┌─┐┌─┐┌─┐┌─┐┌─┐┌─┐┌─┐┌─┐┌─┐┌─┐┌─┐┌─┐┌─┐┌─┐┌─┐       ││        │B││U││L││L││E││T││I││N││ ││B││O││A││R││D││ ││S││E││R││I││E││S│       ││        └─┘└─┘└─┘└─┘└─┘└─┘└─┘└─┘└─┘└─┘└─┘└─┘└─┘└─┘└─┘└─┘└─┘└─┘└─┘└─┘└─┘       ││Other programs in the BBS series are -signoff.exe- for composing unusual      ││signatures for your BBS messages; and -scrwrite.exe- for buillding HELLO and  ││GOODBYE screens for a Bulletin Board.  My program, -title.bas- was used to    ││create the titles appearing throughout this program.                          ││                                                                              ││                           ┌─┐┌─┐┌─┐┌─┐┌─┐┌─┐┌─┐┌─┐                           ││                           │C││O││M││M││E││N││T││S│                           ││                           └─┘└─┘└─┘└─┘└─┘└─┘└─┘└─┘                           ││                                                                              ││Comments, suggestions, and questions are welcome.  I particularly would like  ││to know if you have a problem, or if you have a suggestion for improving the  ││the program.  Call, write, or leave message in Smartnet, I-Link, or Intelec   ││Basic, or Programming Conferences.                                            ││                                                                              ││          ╔══╣ <C>omments and suggestions would be appreciated ╠══╗           ││                Contact George A. Jones, 1712 Maplecrest Drive                ││                  Louisville, TN 37777-4235,  (615) 982-2009                  ││                                                                              ││      ╚══This is a FREEWARE Program - Please Do Not Send Contributions═╝      │└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘     ╔══╣ Press <Esc> to EXIT ╠══════╣ [] <PgUp> ╠══════╣ <PgDn> [] ╠═══╗     