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This  DEMO  of  CONTACT  PLUS  is  a working demo, not
simply a slide show.  Thus you  have  the  opportunity
to view all screens and reports at your leisure.

Since  CONTACT  PLUS  is very comprehensive, expect to
spend an hour or so to familiarize yourself  with  all
the functions  and  features  available.  Press the F1
(help key) often.

Take your time with the demo and become familiar  with
the user  interface.   Enter some of your own contacts
into the database to get a  feel  of  how  the  system
will best suit your needs.

You  can  have up to 10 contacts in the demo database.
The  demo  comes  with  pre-entered   demo   contacts.
Delete these  and  add  your own contacts.  Other than
the  record  limit,  you  are  running  the   complete
system.

If  you order CONTACT PLUS, you will also receive four
other programs:    CFIX  -  recovers  broken  database
files,  CONCAL  - generates a monthly calendar for ALL
contacts in your  database  sorted  by  tickler  date,
IMPORT   -   an   ASCII   import   program   (allowing
importation  of  contacts  from  other   programs   or
mainframes),  and  CHECK  -  a program that checks for
appointments within a number of  days  ...    good  to
place  in  your  autoexec.bat  file so that you can be
reminded about your appointments  everytime  you  turn
on the computer.

CONTACT  PLUS  is  a  interactive  filing  system that
keeps track of your  important  business  contacts  by
providing  a  personal  detailed  calendar for each of
your important contacts.  A history  of  phone  calls,
correspondence,  and  notes  are kept for each contact
in an easy to use format.

CONTACT PLUS functions as a electronic rolodex,  keeps
track  of  appointments,  tickler  dates,  phone calls
(both outgoing and  incoming),  form  letters,  allows
data  search,  includes  an autodialer, and allows you
to classify your contacts in a variety of  ways  using
24 customizable categories.

CONTACT PLUS  also  acts  as a mail list manager.  You
can create customized form letters and send  them  out
to contacts of your choosing.

CONTACT   PLUS   works  best  on  hard  disk  equipped
systems.  Since CONTACT PLUS keeps such  comprehensive
records,  each  contact in the database consumes about
4K of disk space.  Thus, roughly 80  contacts  may  be
stored on a single 360 K floppy diskette.

CONTACT  PLUS  is  memory  conservative as it will run
with roughly 200K of available RAM memory.    A  Hayes
compatible  modem  is  necessary  if you plan on using
the autodial feature.

CONTACT   PLUS   locates   your   important   contacts
quickly.   By last name, company name or by one of the
two user defined fields you specify.   When  searching
for  a particular contact, you may enter the first few
characters of the last  name,  company  name  or  user
defined field.

You  have  instant access to your word processor while
viewing your contacts.  Press the  F6  key  to  access
your word  processor.  A template file will be used to
generate the  salutation  and  starting  text  of  the
letter you   wish   to  enter.    CONTACT  PLUS  works
comfortably  with  native  word  processing  documents
using   Word   Perfect   (tm).   Other   popular  word
processors may  be  accessed  using  the  non-document
mode also known both as TEXT or ASCII files.

Each   contact   can  be  placed  in  up  to  24  user
selectable categories.    Categories  are  useful   to
classify your contacts.

Three  user defined DATE fields are provided with each
contact;  typical uses could be first, last  and  next
contact  dates,  proposal  dates, demo dates, or birth
dates.

Two user defined index fields are also  available  for
customization.   Typical  uses could be "SALESPERSON",
"TERRITORY", "PRODUCT", or "SIC  CODE".    The  fields
are  index fields meaning that you can sort and recall
your contacts based on the fields you choose.

Separate databases are  available.    Vendor  contacts
can  be  kept  in  one database and client contacts in
another.  The possibilities are solely up to  you  and
limited only by disk space.

Contact  has  an  AUTODIAL feature that will work with
Hayes compatible modems.  While in  the  contact  menu
press  F3  or  F4  to  dial  one of two phone numbers.
CONTACT PLUS will start up the dial sequence  and  you
can  simply pick up the phone when someone answers the
line.

CONTACT PLUS will also  record  your  incoming  calls.
Simply  call  up  the  record  of  the  phone  call by
entering the first few characters of  the  last  name,
then  press  F9 from the CONTACT MENU and the incoming
call will be logged.

Set up the DOS variable "PLOG" to log  all  the  calls
to an  output file in a tabular format.  By setting up
the variable :    "SET  PLOG=phone.hst"  at  DOS,  all
calls will be stored in the file "phone.hst".

You  can  use  your printer manual to set up different
fonts:  boldface, italics, compressed print  for  your
particular printer.

The  ESC  and  TAB  key is used to exit menus and stop
reports at any time.  This indicates to  CONTACT  PLUS
that  you  are  finished looking at the display on the
screen.  This key is used GLOBALLY through the  system
as an escape hatch. It is ALWAYS available.

The  LEFT ARROW Key will move left one field while you
are updating a record.

The RIGHT ARROW Key will move right  one  field  while
you are updating a record.

The  UP  ARROW Key is used to move up one field if you
are  in  an  update  mode  or  the  menu  options  are
showing.   If you are in the contact menu it will move
to the prior record.

The DOWN ARROW Key is used to move down one  field  if
you  are  in  an  update  mode or the menu options are
showing.  If you are in the contact menu it will  move
to the next record.

The  F2 Key (FUNCTION 2) is used to make a copy of the
screen. Each time F2 is pressed,  the  current  screen
is  appended  to  the file "screen.sav" in the current
directory.   This  has  the  advantage  over  pressing
SHIFT   PRTSCRN,   in   that   screens  are  paginated
correctly.

The F5 Key (DOS) will allow you to escape  to  DOS  to
run  a  different  program, perhaps a spreadsheet or a
DOS program.  You may run any program other  than  DOS
directly  from  the  F5  key  by  setting  the COMMAND
parameter in the SYSTEM PARAMETER MENU.   Details  are
presented in  the  documentation.    The F5 key can be
pressed at any time.

The  F6  Key  (WP)  will  invoke  your  personal  word
processing  system  and  will  fill  in  fields from a
template file, thus relieving you of having  to  enter
the name,  address,  city,  etc.  It will be filled in
automatically!  Plus, you do not have to learn  a  new
word processor.      You  can  use  the  one  you  are
accustomed with.

The F9 Key (FUNCTION 9) will record an  incoming  call
while in the CONTACT MENU for the displayed contact.

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Enter  'y'  to  save  the  changed information on this
page.  Enter 'n' to discard the changes.

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Use the arrow keys to select a  pre-existing  database
in the  current directory.  The size in bytes and date
of the main data file "contact.dt" is displayed.

The old database will be closed properly and  the  new
database will become active.

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Enter the  name  of  a  new  database.    It  must not
already exist.  Use up to 8 characters.

Example:

    To create a customer database, call it
    "CUST" (exclude the quotes).

    The following data files will be created:
    CUST.hdr, CUST.dt, CUST.nx0, CUST.nx1 and
    CUST.nx2  (these files comprise a database)

This option must be run before trying to copy  records
from one database to another.

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The database  specified could not be open.  Either the
database has been  corrupt  in  which  case  the  CFIX
(database  recovery)  command  must  be  run,  or  the
database doesn't exist in the current directory.

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Enter "l" for last name, "c"  for  company  name,  "1"
for  the  first  user  defined  field, and "2" for the
second user defined field.

The index will be changed so that you will be able  to
recall  the contacts by last name, company name or one
of the two user defined fields.

After selecting the index you may abbreviate the  name
when searching for a contact, for example:

To  search for "Victory Oil", set the index to "c" for
COMPANY and enter "vi" at the prompt.

To search for "Sam Smith", set the index to "l"  (last
name)  and enter "Sm" at the prompt. CONTACT PLUS will
place you  at  the  first  match  of  "Smith"  in  the
database.    "SM",   "Sm"   and  "sm"  are  identical.
CONTACT PLUS doesn't pay attention to upper  or  lower
case when searching.

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The  form  file  could  not  be located in the current
directory.  CONTACT PLUS is looking  for  one  of  the
following file names in the current directory:

       FORM           CORRESPONDING FILENAME
       ------         ----------------------
       Form 1         contact.1
       Form 2         contact.2
       Form 3         contact.3
       Form 4         contact.4
       Form 5         contact.5
       Form 6         contact.6
       Form 7         contact.7
       Form 8         contact.8
       Form 9         contact.9
       Mailing Label  contact.lbl

These  must  be ASCII files and must be in the current
directory.  CONTACT PLUS verifies  that  the  file  is
ASCII before proceeding.

If  using  a  different  database, say "BUSINESS", the
form names would be:

    business.1 business.6
    business.2 business.7
    business.3 business.8
    business.4 business.9
    business.5 business.lbl

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Enter "y" if you wish to add this contact  permanently
to the  database.    Otherwise enter "n" - the contact
will not be added to the database.

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Enter "y" if you wish to  save  the  changes  made  to
this contact  permanently.   Otherwise enter "n" - the
changes will be abandoned.

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Enter "y" and ALL fields from the currently  displayed
contact  will  be  set  in  the  new contact record --
except the first name and last  name,  these  will  be
blanked out.

This  is  especially  useful  when entering a batch of
new contacts within the same companies.

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Enter "y" if  you  wish  to  permanently  DELETE  this
contact from  the database.  Otherwise enter "n" - the
contact will remain in the database.

There is no way to undelete a contact.

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Enter the salutation.

Examples :
     Mr.
     Mrs.
     Dr.

Enter ESC to exit.  To erase a field, press the  space
bar  once  at  the  start of the prompt then press the
ENTER key.

Use the HOME key to set the  "home  position"  on  any
one of  the fields.  This allows rapid updating of any
field in the header page.

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Enter a miscellaneous note  about  this  contact.    A
reference  to the contact's product line, or a note on
the first contact would be appropriate here.

To delete the note, press the SPACE bar once then  the
ENTER key at the prompt.

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Enter  a  character  string  designated by the prompt.
This is one  of  two  fields  that  are  user  defined
fields in CONTACT PLUS.

Use  this  field  to  record  something  unique to the
database.  The contact records can then be  called  up
using this field and sorted on this field.

See  the SYSTEM PARAMETER PAGE to change the label for
the user defined fields.

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Enter a date belonging to this field.    CONTACT  PLUS
provides 3  user  defined  date  fields.  Typical uses
are:

    First,last,next contact date
    Invoice date
    Demo date
    Proposal date

SHORTCUT FORMAT EXAMPLES
    "."    - today
    "+1"   - tomorrow
    "-1"   - yesterday
    "+1w"  - one week from today
    "-1w"  - last week
    "+1m"  - this day next month
    "1+1m" - first day of next month
    "+thu" - next Thursday from today
    "-wed" - last Wednesday
    "+1w"  - next week
    "-1w"  - last week

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PHONE CALLS
Bz - phone was Busy           No - No Answer
In - Incoming phone call      Ok - Ok phone call
LM - Left Message

LETTERS
Rv - received letter          Sn - sent letter

TICKLERS
RED - NOT DONE,  GREEN - DONE,  CYAN - N/A

Press the down/up arrow  to  view  next  and  previous
contacts,  or  enter  the  last  name or company name.
Press ENTER to change  the  dates  displayed.    After
pressing  the ENTER key you have the ability to scroll
through 20 years of calendars.

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The CURRENT month (that month matching  the  month  in
the  top  right corner of the screen) is positioned at
the lower left  corner  of  the  screen.    For  color
monitors the following have meaning:

    PHONE CALLS
       Left Message  - GREEN BLINKING HIGHLIGHT
       Incoming call - MAGENTA BLINKING HIGHLIGHT
       Ok            - RED BLINKING HIGHLIGHT
       No Answer     - BLUE
       Busy          - RED

    LETTERS
       Sent/Received  - MAGENTA

    TICKLERS
       N/A            - CYAN BLINKING

       DONE           - GREEN BLINKING
       NOT DONE       - RED BLINKING

The  HIGHLIGHT  and  BLINKING attributes are identical
for monochrome monitors.

Press the down/up arrow  to  view  next  and  previous
contacts, or  enter  a key.  Press ENTER to change the
dates displayed.  After pressing ENTER the arrow  keys
will change the months.

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15  different  tickler  dates  are  kept track of from
this page.  Use  the  tickler  fields  for  callbacks,
appointments,  to-do items, birthdates, anniversaries,
etc.

Use the "DONE?" field as an indicator of  whether  the
tickler  was  accomplished,  not done or doesn't apply
to the tickler.

To enter a new tickler, press the ENTER key then  move
the  cursor  to  an empty tickler field or simply type
over an old tickler.  The tickler memo field  must  be
non-blank to be saved.

To  delete  a  tickler,  position the highlight bar on
top of the tickler memo then press the SPACE bar  then
the ENTER key.

Don't  worry  about  the order you insert the ticklers
since CONTACT PLUS automatically  sorts  the  ticklers
with  the  earliest  dates appearing at the top of the
screen  when  you  press  the  ESC  key  to  save  the
changes.

The  tickler  memo will appear in the 1 month calendar
page.  The date in the 6 month calendar will blink.

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This page is a log of the last 30 phone calls made  to
this contact.    By  pressing  ENTER,  you  can scroll
through each phone call.  Press ENTER twice to  change
the  MEMO and STATUS fields of the entry at the top of
the screen.

The UP, DOWN, PAGE  UP,  and  PAGE  DOWN  will  scroll
through the phone calls.

The  30th  call will be discarded when a new phone log
is added.

Even if you aren't using a modem, you can  still  keep
track of  the  time spent on the phone.  Just dial the
phone as you normally would do then  press  F3  or  F4
(you  need  to  record  the  phone number in the PHONE
fields for this to work).    CONTACT  PLUS  will  then
display  the  popup timer - allowing you to keep track
of time spent on the phone.

To log time spent on incoming calls,  after  receiving
the  call search for the contact by entering his/her's
last name at the KEY PROMPT.  Then press the  F9  key.
The call  will  then be logged.  Use the MEMO field to
record the time spent on the phone if you wish.

Press the DOWN arrow or UP arrow to view the next  and
previous contacts.

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Select  one of the template form files using the ARROW
keys.  Press the PAGEUP and PAGEDOWN keys to view  the
next and previous pages.

The  template  file will be used to create a letter to
this contact.  The file created will  be  named  using
the  first  8  characters  of  the  last name with a 3
digit sequence number as an extension.   For  example,
the first letter to Sam Smith would be "SMITH.001".

The template files must end with ".frm".

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Enter  a  short  comment next to the most recent call.
Press the SPACE bar then the ENTER key to  delete  the
comments.

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Enter the contact's last name.

The  last  name is used as an INDEX field meaning that
you can  search  and  sort  the  database  using  this
field.

Enter ESC to exit.

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Enter the contact's first name.

Enter ESC to exit.

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Enter a title for the contact.

    Examples:
        Vice President
        Owner/operator

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Enter  the  address  of  the  contact.  If the address
spans two different lines or there is not enough  room
on one line, use both ADDRESS1 and ADDRESS2.

Example:
         ADDRESS 1:   1580 Main Avenue
         ADDRESS 2:   Suite 120

Enter ESC to exit.

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Enter the  contact city.  If you are entering the same
city repeatedly for new entries, enter the  city  name

in  the  DEFAULT CITY field under the SYSTEM PARAMETER
MENU.

Enter ESC to exit.

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Enter the contact's state of residence.   If  you  are
entering  the  same  state repeatedly for new entries,
enter the city name in the DEFAULT STATE  field  under
the SYSTEM PARAMETER MENU.

In  addition  to  the  50  states  you  can  enter the
following two letter codes for US territories:

  cm - Northern Mariana Is.
  tt - Trust Territories
  as - American Samoa
  cz - Canal Zone
  vi - Virgin Islands
  pr - Puerto Rico
  gu - Guam
  na - Not Applicable

Enter a two letter code, this will be  expanded  to  a
full name by CONTACT.

I.e.  nm - New Mexico
      fl - Florida
      ca - California
      dc - Dist of Columbia

Enter ESC to exit.

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Enter the  zip code.  If you are entering the same zip
code repeatedly for new entries, enter  the  zip  code
in  the  DEFAULT  ZIP field under the SYSTEM PARAMETER
MENU.

Enter ESC to exit.

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Enter the contact's  phone  number  in  the  following
format:

    (123) 999-1234

Enter  the  area  code  in  parenthesis  so  that when
dialing, CONTACT  PLUS  can  determine  if  the  phone
number  is  local or long distance based on the "LOCAL
AREA CODE" as set in the PHONE PARAMETER MENU.

There is extra room to  add  a  comment  next  to  the
phone number.    For  example, if your insurance agent
had a number for claims and you wanted that  in  place
of the phone number field, you could simple enter:

    PHONE 1:  Claim 444-2321

Make  sure  the  comment  doesn't  contain  an 'X', as
CONTACT PLUS ignores all digits after an 'X' or 'x'.

Note also that you can signify an extension by  making
an 'X'  in  the  number.  CONTACT PLUS will ignore all
digits appearing after the 'X'.  For example:

    PHONE 1:  255-4433 x444

CONTACT PLUS will dial "2554433" for you and it is  up
to you to ask for the extension.

CONTACT  PLUS  normally  ignores all non-numeric chars
when autodialing for you, except for the  ",".    Thus
this  number  would  be  correctly  dialed  when F3 is
pressed.

A comma "," will  cause  the  modem  to  pause  for  a
moment.

Enter ESC to exit.

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Enter the name of the contact's company.

This is  a  INDEX  field.  If you wish to search for a
particular contact by company, you can  simply  change
the index  to  COMPANY.    Typing  in  the  first  few
characters that distinguish the company at the  prompt
will bring the contact to the screen.

For example:    to search for "Joe Soroche of Atlantic
Associates:  you could enter "i" to change  the  index
then "atl"  and  the  record would be retrieved.  Keep
in mind that searches for the contact by company  name
are not  case  sensitive.    Therefore  you  can enter
"ATL", or "atl".  Both will match with "Atl...".

Enter ESC to exit.

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Enter the category or categories that  are  applicable
to this contact.

Each  contact  may  belong  to more than one category.
For example, if the contact is in CATEGORY  A,  F  and
G,  enter  "afg"  and  the  contact  will be placed in
three categories.

The selected codes  will  be  highlighted  and  marked
with an  asterisk  '*'.  The popup window only appears
when the highlight bar is directly on this prompt.

A contact may belong to up to 24  different  codes  or
categories.   Each  category is accessed from the MAIN
MENU under the EDIT CATEGORIES MENU.

Enter ESC to exit.

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Keep a historic log of dated one line  notes  made  to
yourself concerning  this  contact.    Items  such  as
meeting dates or phone call  summaries  can  go  here.
Fill in  the  DATE  and  NOTES fields.  The WHEN field
will be calculated relative to  the  CURRENT  DATE  as
displayed in the upper right corner of the screen.

To add a new note:

    1) Press the ENTER key.
    2) Press "a" to add a new note
       (the oldest will be discarded)
    3) Enter the date and the memo.

To edit an existing note:

    1)  Press the ENTER key twice
    2)  Position the cursor over the
        field to edit.

To delete the top note:

    1)  Press the ENTER key
    2)  Enter "d" to delete the
        top note on the page.

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Enter  a  short  descriptive note describing a meeting
which took place, or a mental note to keep track of.

Press the SPACE bar  followed  by  the  ENTER  key  to
clear this entry.

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This  page is a graphic view of the status of the last
30 phone calls made over that last 13  months.    This
page  is  useful to get a visual picture of the number
of times the contact has been  phoned  over  the  last
year.

    NO/BZ - no answer & busy signals
    OK/IN/LM - ok, incoming and left message

The  NO/BZ  numbers  are  displayed graphically to the
left of the OK/IN/LM numbers.

This page is for display only.    Pressing  the  ENTER
key will not have an effect.

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This  page  records  the last 15 letters/memos sent or
received from this contact.  Fill in the DATE,  STATUS
and MEMO  fields.   The STATUS field can be "received"
or "sent".

To add a new letter:

    1) Press the ENTER key.
    2) Press "a" to add a new letter
       (the oldest will be discarded)
    3) Enter the date and the memo.

To edit an existing letter:

    1)  Press the ENTER key twice
    2)  Position the cursor over the
        field to edit.

To delete the top letter:

    1)  Press the ENTER key
    2)  Enter "d" to delete

To clear ALL letters on the page:

    1)  Press the ENTER key
    2)  Enter "c" at the prompt

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It is from this page that you  can  add,  delete,  and
change the  contact  entries.   As with all the pages,
press the UP and DOWN arrow keys or  enter  the  first
few   characters  of  the  last  name  to  access  the
contacts.

At the bottom of the page is the prompt  "PAGE:"  with
a list  of  all  the  pages that can be viewed.  Press
the LEFT and RIGHT  arrow  keys  or  enter  the  first
letter  of  one of the pages followed by the ENTER key
to access the different pages.

Enter:
    a          - add a new contact
    d          - delete an old contact
    i          - change the index
    F3         - dial phone number 1
    F4         - dial phone number 2
    F5         - run a DOS command
    F6         - run your word processor
    F9         - log an incoming call
    ENTER      - modify the contact
    DOWN ARROW - view next contact
    UP ARROW   - view previous contact

Enter the first few letters of the  key  of  which  to
search.  Example:

To find the contact "Sam Smith":

Entering  "sm"  will search the database for the first
occurrence of a key field  starting  with  "sm".    If
there  is  a  "Ed  Smith"  in  the  database,  it will
retrieve "Ed Smith" instead of "Sam  Smith",  as  "Ed"
appears alphabetically  before  "Sam".  Press the DOWN
arrow key to the next record:  "Sam Smith"

Note:   CONTACT  PLUS  does  NOT  make  a  distinction
between upper  and  lower  case names.  I.e., there is
NO difference between Smith and SMITH and smith.

The other indexes (Company name and the  user  defined
keys) operate similarly.

PHONE CALLS:

After  pressing F3 or F4 you will be prompted to press
a key to release modem control of the phone.  Pick  up
the receiver  then  press  any  key.   A phone message
prompt will appear prompting you for  the  outcome  of
the call ...

    Was a message left?
    Was there a busy signal?

    Did you get through?
    Was there no answer?

If  "l"  or  "o"  is pressed a timer window will popup
with the starting time of the  call  and  the  elapsed
time.

If  "b" or "n" is pressed a log in the phone call page
will be added to the top of  the  page  with  BUSY  or
NOANSWER.

Press  the  F6  key  to  access  your  word processor.
Before accessing your word processor, make  sure  that
the  name  or  path  of  your word processor is stored
under the SYSTEM  PARAMETER  MENU.    Also,  you  must
create  a  template  file  (it  may be blank) in which
CONTACT PLUS will fill in the proper fields.    For  a
sample  template  file,  see  the  files  ending  with
".frm" provided with the DEMO.    The  template  files
must end with the extension "FRM".

After  pressing  the ENTER key to update the fields of
the contact,  use  the  HOME  key  to  set  the  "home
position".   The  home position can be used to quickly
update a particular field of the record.

For example, if we wished to update the  "MEMO"  field
of all  contacts,  one  after another.  First we would
press  the  ENTER  key  after  calling  up  the  first
contact  to  change, then we would position the cursor
over the MEMO field.  The HOME key  would  be  pressed
and  the  prompt  -  "HOME POSITION SET" would appear,
indicating that  on  subsequent  changes,  the  cursor
will   be   placed  in  the  MEMO  field  rather  than
appearing at the top of the screen in  the  SALUTATION
field.

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CONTACT  Menu  -  Add,  delete,  update and search for
contacts from this menu.  Send letters  at  the  press
of a key using YOUR word processor.

Dial the  phone  or  take  incoming  calls.   View the
calendars and setup appointments.   Record  notes  and
keep track of correspondence.

Press the ESC or TAB key to exit.

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CONTACT  Reports  -  Print  listings  of contacts from
this menu.  Sort and search  the  database  from  this
menu.

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CONTACT  Forms  -  print  custom form letters, rolodex
cards, mailing labels from this menu.  Also  use  this
menu  to  generate  ASCII  export  files  for use with
other programs.

Generate WordPerfect secondary  files  for  mail/merge
within WordPerfect.

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Edit  Categories  -  You  can edit all categories from
this menu.    Choose  from  24  different  categories.
Each  category  can be used to categorize the contact.
Contacts may be in multiple categories.

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Change CONTACT PLUS's idea of the CURRENT date.    The
CURRENT  date  is displayed at the top right corner of
the screen and reports.   It  is  important  that  the
correct  date  and  time  are  set  before starting up
CONTACT PLUS.

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Enter the selection code letter(s).  For  example,  if
Code  A  is the Western Region, Code B is the Northern
Region team and you wish  to  select  all  members  of
both Code A and Code B, type "ab".

Enter "a" for just the Western Region.

Enter ".", to select ALL contacts in ALL categories.

Press ESC to quit.

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Contact's  with  a  NEXT contact date of TODAY will be
printed along with the home,  and  work  phone  number
and the lines in the NEXT CONTACT MEMO fields.

If  there  are  zero contacts to meet with today, none
will be printed.

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Contact's with a NEXT contact date  of  today  thru  7
days from today will be printed.

Contacts are  sorted  in key alpha order.  This is one
report that doesn't give you a select option.

The output  is  similar  to  the  TODAY'S  APPOINTMENT
report  except  that  the  NEXT  contact date is shown
instead of the Home and Work numbers.

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Each contact selected is listed along  with  the  NEXT
contact  date  as  set in the MEMO PAGE of the CONTACT
MENU.

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Those contacts with reminder dates falling within  the
week  (today  thru  seven  days  from  today)  will be
printed as well as the reminder memo.

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Those  contacts  with  tickler  dates   matching   the
current  date  of today (upper right corner of screen)
will be printed as well as each memo.

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Each contact name is printed along with  the  address,
company name and phone numbers.

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Each  note  as  stored  in  the NOTES PAGE is printed.
Use the SELECT  NOTES  option  to  specify  particular
notes within a certain range of dates.

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Each contact is printed along with the following data:

    o  Date and time of phone call
    o  BUSY, OK, NOANS, LEFTMSG or INCALL
    o  a phone message as recorded on the
       PHONE LOG PAGE.

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Each contact is printed along with the following data:

    o  Date of letter or correspondence
    o  RECEIVED or SENT status
    o  a short note as recorded on the LETTER PAGE.

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User  Defined  Report  -  list  out  both user defined
INDEX fields.

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Tickler report - generate a list of all  ticklers  NOT
DONE, or DONE, or N/A within a certain set of dates.

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Phone  listing  -  generate  a easy to read listing of
phone numbers of each contact selected.

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City/state/zip report -  generates  an  easy  to  read
listing  of  the  contact  and  his/her city/state/zip
code.

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Category  report  -  lists  each   contact   and   all
categories that the contact belongs to.

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Worksheet  -  print  out  a  worksheet  for notations.
Each contact is printed along  with  blank  lines  for
notes.

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Memo  report  -  lists each contact and the respective
MEMO field.

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Date Report - prints out each of the  3  user  defined
date fields.

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Each  form  is a boilerplate, enabling you to send out
customized form letters.  As each form is  printed,  a
record  of  the  date and name of form is saved in the
LETTERS PAGE for each contact.  For  samples,  take  a
look at   the   files  :    CONTACT.1,  CONTACT.2  ...
CONTAC.9

Each form must be an ASCII text file.  I.e.    if  you
are   using   WordStar   -   use   nondocument   mode,
WordPerfect  users  should  use  the   TEXT/OUT   SAVE
function.

CONTACT  PLUS  is  looking  for the following files in
the current directory:

   (if "CONTACT" is the current database)
        contact.1    contact.6
        contact.2    contact.7
        contact.3    contact.8
        contact.4    contact.9
        contact.5    contact.lbl

If  the  current  database  is   business   associates
"BUSINESS",  then the following files should be in the
current directory:
        business.1  business.6
        business.2  business.7
        business.3  business.8
        business.4  business.9
        business.5  business.lbl

These files correspond to  the  menu  selection  under
the CONTACT FORMS MENU.

Field definitions are as follows:

   *d1 - current date (format - 31 Oct 87)
   *d2 - current date (format - October 31, 1987)
   *d3 - current date (format - 11/31/87)
   *t1 - current time (format - 15:23:43) military
   *t2 - current time (format - 15:23) military
   *t3 - current time (format - 03:23:43) standard
   *t4 - current time (format - 03:23) standard
   *sa - salutation
   *fn - first name
   *ln - last name
   *ti - title
   *a1 - address line 1
   *a2 - address line 2
   *st - two letter abbrev for state
   *ST - spelled out state
   *ci - city name
   *zi - zip code
   *po - phone One
   *pt - phone Two
   *co - company name
   *me - memo field
   *u1 - user defined field 1
   *u2 - user defined field 2

   *w1 - user defined date field 1
   *w2 - user defined date field 2
   *w3 - user defined date field 3
       (date format 22 Jan 88)

   *p0 - printer code 0
   *p1 - printer code 1
    .      ...   ...
   *p7 - printer code 7

   *pa - pause printer for form change

To pad with blanks and right or left justify  a  field
enter a width specification like:

  *hp%20  - home phone right just. pad with space
  *wp%-20 - work phone left just. pad with space

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Press  'y'  to  finish this session with CONTACT PLUS.
All files will by flushed and closed.

Press ESC or 'n'  to  continue  working  with  CONTACT
PLUS.

DO  NOT  shut the computer off or reboot without first
exiting CONTACT PLUS.  Doing so may  damage  the  data
files  which  will  need  to  be  repaired  using  the
database recovery program supplied with the system.

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Print screens that have been saved using the  F2  save
screen function.    The  screens  have been saved in a
file called "screen.sav".  Each time  F2  is  pressed,
the current screen is appended to this file.

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Discard  screens  that  have  been  saved using the F2
save screen function.  The file  "screen.sav"  in  the
current directory will be cleared.

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Access  different  parameter  menus  under  this menu.
Backup and open new databases from this menu.

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Access to the following functions is  made  from  this
menu:

    Open an existing database
    Delete an old database
    Copy records from one database to another
    Create a new database
    Archive database

CONTACT  PLUS  will search the current drive/directory
for all databases specified.

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Change the printer setup  string,  printer  codes  for
use  with  the  custom  forms, printer port and margin
settings.

Use your printer manual to change these settings.

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Change system parameters -  error  bells  on  or  off,
database  SYNC  frequency,  defaults  for CITY, STATE,
and ZIP when adding new entries.

Enter your company name to appear  on  all  menus  and
reports from this menu.

Enter  the  name  of your word processor, path name of
letters, dos command and  the  name  of  the  template
file when using the F6 key.

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Change user  defined  parameters  from this page.  Set
up the labels of the three user defined  date  entries
and both  user  defined  index  fields.  Give the form
files under the CONTACT FORMS MENU different names.

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Change phone  parameters  -  local  area  code,  modem
port,  pulse  or tone dialing, long distance area code
prefix.

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Backup each database from  this  menu.    The  program
PKARC  from  PKWARE, Inc. is run and will compress the
database for easy and efficient storage.   The  files:
contact.dt,   contact.hdr,  contact.nx0,  contact.nx1,
contact.nx2, and contact.nx3 will be  compressed  into
the file - CONTACT.ARC.

The  program  PKARC.EXE  must  be  accessible  for the
backup to work properly.

After archiving the database, you can then  COPY  this
file to a floppy diskette from DOS.

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Enter  a  description  for  the  printer  code used in
printing the  custom  forms.    You   can   get   this
information   in   the  Programming  Section  of  your
printer manual.

To insert a  formfeed  into  one  of  your  documents,
designate a printer code as follows:

   printer code 0 :  formfeed [ 12] [ ] [ ]

The  12  will send a formfeed character to the printer
when the code "*p0" is encountered during printing.

The description is not used in any reports by  CONTACT
PLUS, it is simply information for your reference.

Examples:

   printer code 0:  Bold on
   printer code 1:  Bold off

Each  printer  code is used in the ASCII form files of
your choice by specifying:

    *p0 - printer code 0
    *p1 - printer code 1
    ...
    *p7 - printer code 7

See "contact.5" for an example.    The  printer  codes
are setup  for  the  IBM  proprinter printer.  You can
change these at any time.

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Allows the deletion of old databases  in  the  current
directory.   The  database to be deleted cannot be the
current open database.

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Copy records from one database  to  another  database.
Both  databases  must  have  been  created  previously
using the CREATE database option.

Press ESC while copying and the remaining records  not
yet copied will NOT be copied.

Another  way  to  copy  records  from  one database to
another would be from DOS:

    > copy contact.* newsys.*

The COPY MENU option is different from using  the  DOS
command  to  copy  the  database  since  the COPY MENU
option has the side effect of compacting  all  deleted
records of  the  old  database.  Thus the new database
may actually use a little less disk space.

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Open an  existing  database;    one  that   has   been
created.   For  example,  if you are currently working
with "VENDORS" and you desire to work with "CUST"  use
this menu.

The  old  database will be written to disk and the new
database will be made current.

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Create a new database from here.  CONTACT  PLUS  makes
sure the database doesn't already exist.

Example:   If we wanted to create a new list of "CUST"
(customers) the following files would be created:

    cust.dt   - data file
    cust.hdr  - parameters file
    cust.nx0  - index file on last name
    cust.nx1  - index file on company name
    cust.nx2  - index file on user defined 1
    cust.nx3  - index file on user defined 2

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Enter a label for the code category listed.

Examples:
    Category A:  Western
    Category B:  Southwest
    Category C:  Northern
    Category D:  bananas
    Category E:  eggs

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Enter "n" if you don't have a modem attached  to  your
serial port.   Enter 1, or 2 if your modem is attached
to COM1 or COM2.

CONTACT PLUS currently  works  with  Hayes  compatible
modems only.

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Enter  "m"  if  you  have  a monochrome screen and the
screen isn't very clear.

Enter "c" if you have a color screen.

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Type "y" to turn on CONTACT PLUS's  error  bell  -  it
will beep at you if you make an input error.

Type "n" to turn off this bell.

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This  field allows you to specify how often you desire
to "sync" the database.  CONTACT PLUS's internal  file
structure    needs    to    be    physically   updated
occasionally.  The smaller this number  is,  the  more
often the  database  will be SYNCED.  Of course, small
values for the sync will slow CONTACT PLUS  down  when
adding many entries to the system.

When  entering  many  contacts  into the database, you
may wish  to  set  it  to  10.    After  entering  the
contacts,  for  maximum  file  integrity, set it to 1.
CONTACT PLUS automatically sync's its files  when  you
exit.   Be  sure  to exit CONTACT PLUS by pressing the
ESC key and answering "y" to the exit prompts.

DO NOT exit CONTACT PLUS by turning off  the  computer
or pressing  CTRL-ALT-DELETE.    This  may destroy the
index files in which case you will  have  to  use  the
CFIX  program to recover the index files or reload all
your data from scratch.

It is advisable to make backups of  the  system  after
making significant changes.

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If  you  experience  a  snow  or sparkle effect on the
screen.  Enter "y" to this  question.    CONTACT  PLUS
will  try  to  draw  the  screen  to  limit  the  snow

effect.

This may occur on certain old CGA monitors.

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The "printer  end-of-line"  is  used  to  control  the
printer output  at the end of the printed line.  There
are 4 options to  set  depending  upon  your  printer.
You  may  have  to  do a little bit of experimentation
with this to get it right.  Once it is set  correctly,
it  will not have to be changed (as long as the switch
settings on the printer do not change).

Option 1  newline  character
       2  carriage return  character
       3  newline then carriage-return character
       4  carriage-return then newline character

1) Output is double spaced -  try  setting  option  to
"cr".

2) Output is overprinting or printing on one  line   -
try   setting  the  option  first  to "nl" and if that
doesn't work, try out the options "nl/cr" or "cr/nl".

3) Output is jagged like: This is
       an example  of
                     a jagged line.

Try changing option to "nl/cr" or "cr/nl".

To use WordPerfect's mail/merge feature you should set
this option to "nl".

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Press any key to continue to  the  next  page  of  the
report, press ESC to stop the listing.

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Press ENTER to see all reports on the screen.

Select  the "printer" to send the reports to a printer
- directly.

Select "capturefile" to send the output  to  an  ASCII
file.  The  output  will  be  appended  to an existing
file.

While the report/form is printing you may press  SPACE
which will  pause  the  printer;    ESC will abort the
printout.

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Enter "y" to change the information on this page.

Press ESC, press ENTER, or enter "n" to return to  the
"MISCELLANEOUS MENU".

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Type  "y"  and  the changes made to the parameter page
will be saved into CONTACT PLUS's data files.

Type "n" and the changes will  be  discarded  and  the
old values will be retained.

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Enter  the  full name of the file you want to save the
output of the report to.

Examples:    report1.out
             a:\reports\mar.87

If the file exists and is  ASCII,  CONTACT  PLUS  will
APPEND to  it.    If  it  isn't  ASCII,  you must make
another selection.

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CONTACT PLUS cannot make contact with your printer.

CONTACT PLUS is set up to talk to LPTx:.    Check  and
make sure that the printer is online and has paper.

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The output  file "screen.sav" has been printed.  Press
any key to continue.

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The output file "screen.sav" has been cleared.   Press
any key to continue.

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Enter  "y"  to  delete the screens previously saved in
the file "screen.sav".  Otherwise, enter "n".

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Enter the sequence of decimal codes  that  will  place
the  printer  into  the mode desired (e.g. 16 pitch or
"NLQ" - Near Letter Quality) See your  printer  manual
for ASCII control codes.

For example:    sending  'ESC F' to the IBM Proprinter
will turn EMPHASIZED PRINT ON.  This would  correspond
to  entering decimal 27 then 70 into the printer setup
string.  A code of zero "0" cannot be  entered  as  it
signifies the end of the escape string.

  printer setup :  [ 27] [ 70] [ ] [ ]

What  follows  is  a  short, incomplete list of common
ASCII decimal codes.

COMMON DECIMAL ASCII CODES:

   27 - ESC        32 - SPACE      8 - BACKSPACE
    9 - HORZ TAB   10 - LN FEED   12 - FORMFEED
   13 - CAR RET    14 - SO        15 - SI
   33 - '!'        34 - '"'       35 - '#'
   36 - '$'        37 - '%'       38 - '&'
   40 - '('        41 - ')'       42 - '*'

   43 - '+'        44 - ','       45 - '-'
   46 - '.'        47 - '/'       60 - '<'
   61 - '='        62 - '>'       63 - '?'

  1  - 'CTRL-A'   65 - 'A'    97 - 'a'   48 - '0'
  2  - 'CTRL-B'   66 - 'B'    98 - 'b'   49 - '1'
  3  - 'CTRL-C'   67 - 'C'    99 - 'c'   50 - '2'
  4  - 'CTRL-D'   68 - 'D'   100 - 'd'   51 - '3'
     ...           ...         ...        ...
 25  - 'CTRL-Y'   89 - 'Y'   121 - 'y'   56 - '8'
 26  - 'CTRL-Z'   90 - 'Z'   122 - 'z'   57 - '9'

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If you wish to send an initialization  string  to  the
printer  every  time a report is printed answer "y" to
the question.

If you answer  "n",  CONTACT  PLUS  will  not  send  a
printer string.

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Enter "1"  - for LPT1:, "2" for LPT2:  or "3" for LPT3
as a printer port.

CONTACT  PLUS  doesn't  currently  support  a   serial
printer  port,  however,  you can direct the output of
the report using the "capturefile"  option  and  print
the report from DOS upon exiting CONTACT PLUS.

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Enter  the number of columns that you want the printer
to start printing.  I.e. if you enter 5, CONTACT  PLUS
will advance 5 spaces on each printed line.

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Press  "y"  and  CONTACT  PLUS will pause between each
form allowing you to change sheets  of  paper  without
having to press the off-line key on your printer.

This  is  handy  when  printing  individual  sheets or
rolodex cards.

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Feed in a new form then press ENTER to print the  next
form.  ESC aborts the printout.

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The end of the report/form has been reached.

Press any key to continue.

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Use  the  arrow keys to select the database to delete.
Press ENTER  when  the  highlight  bar  is  over  your
choice.    You   cannot   delete  the  currently  open
database.

The database will be PERMANENTLY deleted.

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Use the arrow keys  to  select  the  SOURCE  database.
Press  ENTER  when  the  highlight  bar  is  over  the
database of your choice.

The data records will be copied from this database.

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Enter  'Y'  to  delete  this   database   permanently.
Otherwise press ESC or enter 'N'.

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Use  the  arrow  keys  to  select the TARGET database.
Press ENTER  when  the  highlight  bar  is  over  your
choice.

Data  records  from the SOURCE database will be copied
to this database. Once the copy  is  started  you  may
press ESC which will stop the copy operation.

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Enter  "l"  for  last  name, "c" for company name, "1"
for user defined field 1  and  "2"  for  user  defined
field number 2.

The   records  will  be  sorted  in  alphabetic  order
according to the sort selection.

In order to print the report  press  ESC.    You  will
then   be  prompted  for  confirmation  to  print  the
report.

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Enter  a  code  or  codes  in  which  to  select   the
records.

For example:

   To select: "a,d and c", enter: "adc"

   To select all records, enter: "."

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Enter  "l"  for  last  name, "z" for zip code, "i" for
city name,  "c"  for  company  name  and  "a"  if  ALL
records will be printed.

The  "From  name"  and  "Thru" fields will specify the
range of selection.

Example:

If you want to select  a  single  record,  "SmithJoe",
enter  "l"  for  last  name  selection  at  the  "Name
selected" prompt.  Then at the "From name" and  "Thru"
prompts enter  "SmithJoe"  and  "SmithJoe".    CONTACT
PLUS is NOT case sensitive, so "smithjoe" will  do  as
well.

To  select  all  contacts with last name starting with
"r", enter "r" at "From name" and "r"  at  the  "Thru"
prompts.

To  select all contacts within certain zip code areas,
enter "z" for zip code and enter  "87"  thru  "88"  at
the range fields.

To  select  all  contacts  in  a certain city, say Los
Angeles, enter "Los Angeles" in  both  FROM  and  THRU
fields.

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Enter  the  starting  name  of  the  field you want to
select.  For example, if we want to print out  a  list
of  contacts with last names from "a" to "g" enter "a"
in the From name field, and  enter  "g"  in  the  Thru
name field.

If  the  zip  code field was selected, enter the first
few digits of the starting zip code.

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Enter the ending name in  alphabetic  order  for  this
field.

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Enter  "1",  "2",  or  "3"  for the user defined dates
respectively.  Enter "a" for ALL contacts if you  want
all contacts  printed.   CONTACT PLUS will print those
contacts whose dates fall within a certain range.

For example, if one of the date  fields  is  specified
as  a NEXT CONTACT date, we might wish to select those
individuals we need to contact tomorrow, or next  week
or next Friday or next month.

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Enter the starting date for selection.

The  quotes  in the examples that follow are not to be
entered  into  CONTACT  PLUS,  they   are   there   to
highlight the proper response.

Examples:

   To select contacts for Nov 23, 1987
   Simply enter: "23Nov87", or "112387".

   To select contacts for the month of
   December enter: 1Dec87 and 31Dec87

Shortcut examples (using date arithmetic):

   '.'       - today
   '+fri'    - next Friday
   '-wed'    - last Wednesday
   '-1m'     - last month
   '1-1m'    - 1st of last month
   '+1w'     - next week
   '+2w+fri' - 2 weeks from next Friday

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Enter a  new  date for the system.  Since CONTACT PLUS
makes extensive use  of  the  date  and  time,  it  is
important  that  the system date and time be correctly
set.

Both the date and time  are  read  from  the  computer
when first starting up.

CONTACT  PLUS  has  the ability to process dates using
date arithmetic  as  well  as  accepting  dates  in  a
variety of formats.

The  quotes  in the examples that follow are not to be
entered  into  CONTACT  PLUS,  they   are   there   to
highlight the proper response.

Examples:

   To select a date of Nov 23, 1989
   Simply enter: "23Nov89", or "112389".
   If the current year is 1989, simply enter
   the month and day.  If the current month
   is November as well, only enter "23".

Shortcut examples (using date arithmetic):

   To change the date to tomorrow: "+1"
   Last week: "-1w"
   1st of this month: "1"
   Last day of last month: "1-1"
   Next Friday: "+fri"
   2 weeks from next Tuesday: "+tue+2w"

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Enter the ending date for selection.

The  quotes  in the examples that follow are not to be
entered  into  CONTACT  PLUS,  they   are   there   to
highlight the proper response.

Examples:

   To select contacts for Nov 23, 1987
   Simply enter: "23Nov87", or "112387".

   To select contacts for the month of
   December enter: 1Dec87 and 31Dec87

Shortcut examples (using date arithmetic):

   To select contacts for today's date:
   enter ".", which is a shortcut for
   today.

   To select contacts for today thru next
   week: enter "." and "+1w", which means select
   dates from today to 1 week from today.

   To select contacts for tomorrow:
   enter "+1", which stands for 1 day
   from today.  Similarly, yesterday would
   be entered as "-1"

   Today's date is always measured from the
   date CONTACT PLUS thinks it is.  You should
   set the date when booting the system
   up.

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Enter  "y"  if you have finished choosing the sort and
selection criteria.  The reports will now be  sent  to
the screen or printer.

Enter "n" or ESC to go back to the previous menu.

Press   ENTER  to  continue  editing  the  sort/select
fields.

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Set this field if you want to speed up the process  of
adding new  entries to CONTACT PLUS.  When you type in
"a" at the CONTACT menu header page,  the  CITY  field
will automatically be set to the default.

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Set  this field if you want to speed up the process of
adding new entries to CONTACT PLUS.  When you type  in
"a"  at  the  CONTACT PLUS menu header page, the STATE
field will automatically be set to the default.

@@      

Set this field if you want to speed up the process  of
adding new  entries to CONTACT PLUS.  When you type in
"a" at the CONTACT PLUS  menu  header  page,  the  ZIP
field will automatically be set to the default.

@@        

Enter  "t"  if  your telephone is equipped with a tone
dial phone.  Enter "p" if it  is  a  pulse  or  rotary
phone.

@@          

    ENTER - change top entry
    'a'   - add a new entry
    'c'   - clear out all entries
    'd'   - delete top line only

If  there  are  no entries on the page, you must enter
"a" to add a new entry.

If you add new  entries  the  prior  entries  will  be
shifted down by one.

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Enter the date of correspondence:

Examples:

   To select correspondence for Nov 23, 1987
   Simply enter: "23Nov87", or "112387".
   other examples:
   "11JAN87"
   "11 Jan 87"
   "11 jan 87"
   "011187"

SHORTCUT FORMAT EXAMPLES
    "."    - today
    "+1"   - tomorrow
    "-1"   - yesterday
    "+1w"  - one week from today
    "-1w"  - last week
    "+1m"  - this day next month
    "1+1m" - first day of next month
    "+thu" - next Thursday from today
    "-wed" - last Wednesday
    "+1w"  - next week
    "-1w"  - last week

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Enter:
    's' - SENT letters/correspondence
    'r' - RECEIVED letters

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Enter     a     short     note     describing     this
letter/correspondence.

Examples:
    Thank you note
    Notice of deposition
    Bill payment

When the F6 key is used, this field will  contain  the
name of the template file - CONTACT.FRM.

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Enter  the  name  of  the  file  where  this letter is
stored.  This field is set automatically when  the  F6
key is pressed.

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Enter a  name  for  the  appropriate  form.  If a form
name is entered and you choose to print  the  form  or
send  it  to  a  capture  file, then this name will be
automatically recorded on the  LETTER  PAGE  with  the
form name in the MEMO field.

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Enter the  label  for the user defined field.  You may
customize this  field  in  any  way  that  suits  your
particular application.

The  user  defined  field  is a character string field
that can be sorted and searched on.

For example, we can choose  "REGION"  as  one  of  the
fields.   Then  we can sort and select the contacts by
the REGION field.  Another  example  would  be  "SSNO"
for social  security number.  The contacts can then be

sorted and selected by social security number.

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Enter your name or company name here.    Your  company
name  will  appear  at  the  top  of  the  page in all
reports and screens.

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Enter  the  path  name  of  the  directory  where  the
template files  are  stored.    The template files are
used with the word processor as specified in the  WORD
PROCESSOR field.

    c:\contact\template\

Each  template  file  in the template directory should
end with the extension - ".FRM"

The template file will look something like:

  +-------------------------------------+
  | *sa *fn *ln                         |
  | *a1                                 |
  | *ci, *st  *zi                       |
  |                                     |
  | Dear *fn,                           |
  |   blah blah                         |
  +-------------------------------------+

Pressing the F6 key will do the following:

1) CONTACT PLUS will read the template file and
   make the correct substitutions for the
   fields --

        *sa - salutation
        *fn - first name
        *ln - last name   etc.

   Refer to the documentation for a list
   of ALL fields available.

2) The substitutions will be placed in a file
   with the name "smith.001" where the first
   part of the file name is the last name of
   the individual and the extension is a 3
   digit number bumped up everytime a new
   letter is sent. The next file would be
   "smith.002."

3) Your word processing program as specified
   in the WORD PROCESSOR prompt will be started
   with the name of the file just created.

       wp \contact\letters\smith.001

The form files must be stored as ASCII files for  most
word processors.   WordPerfect  is  an exception;  the
form  files  that  you  create  with  WordPerfect  are
compatible  with  CONTACT  PLUS and need not be stored
in TEXT format.

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Enter the full path name  where  the  letters  created
using the  F6 key will be stored.  For example, if you
wish   to   store   letters   in   the   subdirectory,
"c:\corresp\contact\letters"  enter the full path name
here.

The template file will be searched  for  in  the  path
you specify.    If  the template file doesn't exist in
the path, the  current  directory  will  be  searched.
The template file must end with ".FRM"

The  word processor as specified in the WORD PROCESSOR
prompt will be called with the path name  and  created
file.  Example:

    When the F6 key is pressed:

    The form file "APOLOGY.FRM" is chosen.

    A new file - SMITH.001 is created in the
    directory "\corresp\contact\letters"using the
    fields in APOLOGY.FRM as a template.

    The word processor is called:
        wp c:\corresp\contact\letters\smith.001

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Enter  the  full  path  name of the word processor, or
simply the  name  of  the  word  processor  if  it  is
already specified in the PATH.

If  the  word  processor  is called from a batch file,
prefix the path name with  the  string  "command  /c".
Ex:

    command /c wp

Do not  enter  any  file name arguments here.  CONTACT
PLUS will automatically call  up  the  word  processor
with   the   appropriate   file   name  as  the  first
commandline argument.

The word processor will be called up when the  F6  key
is pressed.    The  current  record  will be called up
with the template fields filled in.

For example, if the editor -  "\programs\editor"  were
set  and  the  database  "BUSINESS" was called up with
the name of "Sam Smith" on the  screen,  CONTACT  PLUS
would  then  create the file - "business.smi" by using
the template specified in the TEMPLATE  field.    Then
the command is issued:

    \programs\editor business.smi

Which  automatically  places you in the word processor
with the correct file name.

You do not  need  to  specify  the  ".EXE"  or  ".COM"
portion of the file name.

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Enter a  label  for  the  date field.  Typical choices

could be:

    first,last,next contact dates
    proposal date
    invoice date
    demo date
    birthdate

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The following keys will scroll through the dates:

    Up Arrow    - Previous year
    Down Arrow  - Next year
    Left Arrow  - Previous month
    Right Arrow - Next month
    Home key    - This month

You are limited to scrolling through 20  years.    The
bell will beep when the limit is reached.

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Enter a  tickler  date :  anniversary date, birthdate,
meeting date, etc.  Enter dates as in the  other  date
fields ...

Examples:

   To enter a tickler for Mar 23, 1988
   Simply enter: "23mar88", or "032388".

Shortcut examples (using date arithmetic):

   To enter a reminder for today:
   enter ".", which is a shortcut for
   today.

   For a reminder date of tomorrow:
   enter "+1", which stands for 1 day
   from today.  Similarly, yesterday would
   be entered as "-1"

   90 days from today is entered as "+90".

   Next week is "+1w" and next month
   is "+1m".

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Enter  a  short  memo  (10 characters). This memo will
appear in the 1 month calendar page.

To delete a tickler, press the SPACE bar  followed  by
the ENTER key in this field.

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Enter:
    y  - tickler is done!

    n  - tickler is not done yet

    a  - not applicable

By  separating  your  tickler  dates  this way you can
list  out  all  outstanding   items   needed   to   be
accomplished, thus keeping you on track.

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Enter  a  short  line  giving more information than is
available in the ten character description.   The  ten
character  description  will  appear  in  the  1 month
calendar.

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Enter:
    'n'  - no answer
    'b'  - busy
    'i'  - incoming call
    'l'  - message left
    'o'  - call successful "ok"

The 'n', 'b' and 'l' keys will clear the elapsed  time
field.

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Enter   "y"   if  you  have  an  IBM/EPSON  compatible
printer.  If you do, when F2 is pressed, CONTACT  PLUS
will   save   the   screens  using  the  line  drawing
character set instead of dashes "-", plus symbols  "+"
and pipe symbols "|".

Your  saved  screens  may  look  more attractive using
this option.  If the line  drawing  characters  appear
as  a string of MMMMMMMMMMMM's, you will want to enter
"n" at this option.

To see if it works on your printer do the following:
    0)  Set this option to "y"
    1)  Discard previous saved screens
    2)  Call up a calendar page
    3)  Enter F2 to save the screen
    4)  Print the saved screen
    5)  Check the printed output

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Enter the local area code.  This  area  code  will  be
compared  with the area code being dialed using the F3
or F4 key.

If the area code matches, then the call is treated  as
a  local  call  and  the area code will NOT be dialed.
If the area code doesn't match, then  the  call  is  a
long  distance  call and the long distance prefix will
be dialed in addition to  the  full  number  including
the area code.

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Enter the  long  distance  dialing prefix.  If a pause
needs to be inserted to the dialing  sequence,  insert
commas ",".    Each  comma  inserted adds a two second
delay.

To delete the prefix, press the  SPACE  BAR  then  the

ENTER key.

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Enter   the   local  call  dialing  prefix  (if  any).
Typical local call prefixes would need  to  dial  a  9
then  a  pause  to  get out of the building or office.
Enter comma's to delay the modem.  Each comma  adds  2
seconds to the delay.

Example:

    9,,,

Dial 9 then pause for 6 seconds.

To  delete  the  prefix,  press the SPACE BAR then the
ENTER key.

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Enter "y" to clear out each entry on this page.

Press ESC or "n" to abort the clear.

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Choose a database to archive  by  pressing  the  arrow
keys.   The  selected  database will be archived using
the PKARC program from PKWARE, INC.

The  database  will  probably  be  condensed  into  10
percent of  its  original  size.  It will be stored in
"contact.arc" or <database name>.ARC.

After archiving the database, you may  then  COPY  the
ARC file to floppy.

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Enter  the name of the program you wish to be run when
the F5 key (DOS) is pressed.  If  the  program  is  in
your  search path, it will be run just as if you typed
in the command at the DOS  prompt.    You  must  first
press  ESC then save the change before the new command
will take effect.

Leave the field blank to simply run  DOS.    TO  blank
out  the  field,  press  the  SPACE bar then the ENTER
key.

If the program is a batch file,  preface  the  command
with "command  /c".    You can enter a command with up
to 4 separate parameters.

For example:

To run your word processor  which  is  run  through  a
batch file, enter:

    COMMAND /C WP

To  run  a  spreadsheet program such as LOTUS 123 that
is NOT part of a batch file, enter:

    123

If CONTACT PLUS cannot run the program try  using  the
"COMMAND /C" prefix.

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Enter one of the following letters:

   "o" - call was made ok
   "n" - no answer
   "b" - busy signal
   "l" - left a message
   "d" - didn't call at all
   "i" - incoming calls
   "a" - all calls included

Those  calls that fall within the date range specified
in  the  "FROM"  and  "THRU"  fields  that  match  the
criteria chosen will be printed.

For example:    to  search  for  all  calls  with busy
signals for today enter "b" at the  prompt  and  enter
"." in both FROM and THRU fields.

To  search  for all contacts NOT phoned, enter "d" and
fill in the appropriate FROM and THRU date fields.

Enter ESC to print the report.

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Enter one of the following:

    'd' - ticklers marked DONE
    'n' - ticklers marked NOT DONE
    'o' - ticklers marked N/A
    'a' - ALL ticklers
    's' - don't select by tickler date

Those tickler dates as displayed in the  TICKLER  PAGE
will be printed according to the selection you made.

This report is handy to ask questions like:

    "What do I need to get done this month?"
    "What was accomplished last month?"

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Enter  "y"  to  select  contacts  with  a note falling
within the dates you specify.

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Enter:
    's' - letters SENT
    'r' - letters RECEIVED
    'a' - ALL letters sent or received
    'n' - do NOT select letters

Those  contacts  with  letters  sent  and/or  received
within the dates specified will be printed.

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Record  a  short  note  to  be stored in the PHONE LOG
PAGE.  Once finished with the message  press  the  ESC
or ENTER key.

The  elapsed  time  clock  will be continually updated
while you enter keystrokes.

If you call up the HELP screen or press the  INFO  key
or  escape to DOS, you will then need to press another
key within the window to update the elapsed timer.

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First pick up the phone receiver then  press  any  key
(the  space  bar  is  easiest) to disconnect the modem
from the phone line.

If the party answers or if you get a  busy  signal  or
no  answer,  the  next prompt will give you the choice
of entering the outcome of the call.

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Enter "b" if  a  busy  signal,  "n"  if  there  is  no
answer,  "o"  if the party answered, "l" if you had to
leave a  message  and  ESC  to  completely  abort  the
logging of the call.

Any  option  other  than  the  ESC  key will add a new
entry to the PHONE LOG PAGE.

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The pause  character  -  "*pa"  has  been  encountered
within the  document.    CONTACT  PLUS  has  paused to
allow you to change the form.

Change the form then press any key to continue.

