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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
although laptop computers equippted with  dual  floppy
drives work  well.    Since  Contact  Plus  keeps such
comprehensive records, each contact  in  the  database
consumes about  3K  of  disk space.  Thus, roughly 200
contacts  may  be  stored  on  a  single  720K  floppy
diskette.  Each new note consumes 160 bytes.

Contact   Plus   locates   your   important   contacts
quickly.  By last name, company name or by one of  the
two user  defined  index  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  the   MicroStar   word
processor while  viewing  your  clients.  Press the F6
key to  access  the  MicroStar  word  processor.     A
template  file will be used to generate the salutation
and starting text of the letter  you  wish  to  enter.
You  may  also  wish  to  use  your  word processor or
editor as long as it has an ASCII mode.

To record a new note while in the CONTACT MENU,  press
the  F7 key which adds a new date/time stamped note to
the contact record.

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.

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

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".

The  ESC  and  TAB key are used to exit menus and stop
reports at any time.  These  keys  indicate  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  the  MicroStar  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!

The F7 Key (NOTES) will display a popup menu with  the
current  date and time allowing you to make any number
of notes concerning each contact.

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

The  F10  Key  (POPUP  MENU) will display a popup menu
for many of the prompts in the CONTACT  MENU  allowing
one   key   access   to   most  fields  including  the
salutation, title, city, state, zip, country and  user
defined fields.

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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 or enter  the  first  character  of
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.  Do not enter
a period in the name.

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,
    CUST.nx2, CUST.nx3, CUST.nx4, CUST.not
    and CUST.nt0
    (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 opened.  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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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.

The mail/merge code for the salutation is "*sa".

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Enter a  miscellaneous  memo  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 memo, press the SPACE bar once then the
ENTER key at the prompt.

The mail/merge code for the memo field is "*me".

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Enter a character string  designated  by  the  prompt.
This  is  one  of  six  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 USER PARAMETER MENU to change  the  label  for
the user defined fields.

The  mail/merge  codes  for  the  user  defined  index
fields are *u1, *u2, *u3, *u4 *u5 and *u6.

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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

To blank out a date, press the SPACE BAR  followed  by
the ENTER key.  The date will become "**/***/**."

The  mail/merge  codes  for the dates are "*w1", "*w2"
and "*w3".

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
 "1+1m-1" - last day of this 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

USER DEFINED DATES
  DT

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 HIGHLIGHT
    Busy          - RED HIGHLIGHT

  LETTERS
    Sent/Received - MAGENTA

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

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 or activity 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.

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.

To add a new tickler:

     1)  Press the ENTER key twice

     2)  Using the cursor keys position the
         highlight bar over an empty TICKLER
         MEMO field

     3)  Enter the appropriate information

To delete a tickler:

     1)  Press the ENTER key twice

     2)  Use the cursor keys to position the
         highlight bar over the TICKLER MEMO
         field to delete.

     3)  Press the SPACE BAR the ENTER to
         delete that tickler

To add a new followup schedule:

     1)  Press the ENTER key

     2)  Enter "a" or "b" for follow up
         schedule A or B

     3)  The follow up dates will be based on
         today's date

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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 form files using the ARROW  keys  or
press the  first  letter  of  the form desired.  Press
the PAGEUP and PAGEDOWN keys  to  view  the  next  and
previous pages.

The  form 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 and first name
with a 3 digit sequence number as an extension.    For
example,  the  first  letter  to  Sam  Smith  would be
"SMITHSAM.001".

The form files must end with ".frm"  and  must  be  in
the FORM  FILE directory.  If a FORM FILE directory is
not  specified  in  the  SYSTEM  PARAMETER  MENU,  the
current contact directory will be searched.

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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.

If  you  don't  know  the  contact's  last name, enter
"-".  You can fill in the last name later.

Enter ESC to exit.

The  mail/merge  code  for  the  last  name  field  is
"*ln".

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Enter the contact's first name.

Enter ESC to exit.

The  mail/merge  code  for  the  first  name  field is
"*fn".

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Enter a title for the contact.

    Examples:
        Vice President
        Owner/operator

The mail/merge code for the title field is "*ti".

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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.

The mail/merge codes for these fields  are  "*a1"  and
"*a2".

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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.

The mail/merge code for this field is "*ci".

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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.

Enter ESC to exit.

The mail/merge code for this field is "*st".

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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.

The mail/merge code for the zip is "*zi".

Enter ESC to exit.

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

The mail/merge code for the country field is "*cn".

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.

The mail/merge code for the phone  numbers  are  "*po"
for phone one and "*pt" for phone two.

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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.

The mail/merge code for the company is "*co".

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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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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  displays  the  previous  15  phone  calls,
letters, and  ticklers  in  chronological  order.  The
most recent date is at the top of the page.

Busy or No answer phone calls are not listed.

This is a display page only.  The ENTER key  will  not
change the fields.

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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  each
contact.

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.

    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
    F7         - enter a note
    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 both  user  define
index fields) 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.

INDIVIDUAL LETTERS:

Press  the  F6  key  to  access  the  word  processor.
Before accessing the word processor,  make  sure  that
the  name  or  path  of  the  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".

NOTES:

Press the  F7  key  to  record  a note.  The F7 key is
accessible  from  anywhere  within  the  CONTACT  MENU
PAGES.

UPDATING A CONTACT:

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,  to  update  the  "MEMO"  field  of  all
contacts, one after another,

    1) Press the ENTER key to update
        the contact record.

    2) Position the cursor over the MEMO
        field.

    3) Press the HOME key.

Subsequent  changes  will  position  the cursor on 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 the MicroStar 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   Mail/merge  -  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.

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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 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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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 the memo attached to each
tickler.

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

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Each note  associated with each contact is printed.  A
subset of the notes by date may be printed  using  the
SELECTION MENU.

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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.

A  subset  of  letters  by  date  can  be  printed  as
selected in the SELECTION MENU.

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User  Report  -  list  out  both  user  defined  INDEX
fields.

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Contact  Profile  -  lists  out  the  contents  of the
HEADER PAGE, TICKLER PAGE, PHONE PAGE and LETTER  PAGE
and  notes  in  a  convenient  full  page  format  per
contact.

Print this report to keep in a loose leaf binder.

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Search Menu - search the MEMO  FIELD,  NOTES,  TICKLER
NOTES and PHONE notes fields from this menu.

Exact  spelling  is  not  necessary when searching for
strings and keywords.

Any match will be printed.

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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.
This is different from  the  TODAY  TICKLER  and  WEEK
TICKLER   reports   in  that  you  can  specify  which
ticklers will be printed.

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

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

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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.

If you are using MicroStar, the file is  automatically
saved as an ASCII text file.

Contact  Plus  is looking for the following mail/merge
template 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 template files should
be in the contact 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)
   *d4 - current day  (Monday, Tuesday, ... )
   *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 - state name
   *ci - city name
   *zi - zip code
   *cn - country name

   *po - phone One
   *pt - phone Two
   *co - company name
   *me - memo field
   *u1 - user defined index field 1
   *u2 - user defined index field 2
   *u3 - user defined field 3 (25 chars)
   *u4 - user defined field 4  "    "
   *u5 - user defined field 5  "    "
   *u6 - user defined field 6  "    "

   *w1 - user defined date field 1
   *w2 - user defined date field 2
   *w3 - user defined date field 3
       (date format dd mmm yy)

   *m1 - mailing labels (7 lines)
   *m2 -    "      "    (6 lines)
   *m3 -    "      "    (4 lines)
   *m4 -    "      "    (5 lines)

   *pa - pause printer for form change
   *ff - form feed

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

  *po%20  - phone 1 phone right just. pad with space
  *pt%-20 - phone 2 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 displayed 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
contact 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
    Create a new database

Contact  Plus  will search the current drive/directory
for all databases specified.

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Change the printer  setup  string,  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,
ZIP, and COUNTRY 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 all user defined index fields.  Give the  template
files under the MAIL/MERGE 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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Enter follow  up  schedules from this menu.  Follow up
schedules help automate the task of following up  with
thank you notes, postcards, calls, etc.

Followup  dates are based on relative date arithmetic,
that is,  every  4  weeks  you  may  wish  to  send  a
postcard or   letter.      There   are  two  different
schedules with up to eight different followup  tickler
dates to specify.

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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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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
    cust.nx4 - index file on zip code
    cust.not - note file
    cust.nt0 - index on note file

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Enter a  label  for  the  code  category listed.  Your
contacts may be seperated according to  each  code  in
the REPORTS MENU.

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 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'  if  you  wish  the  popup  menu  to  appear
automatically  in  the  CONTACT MENU whenever a prompt
with "..." appears.  For  example  a  popup  over  the
salutation  field  under  the  HEADER  PAGE  may  look
like:

    +-----------------+
    | A - Mr.         |
    | B - Mrs.        |
    | C - Mr. & Mrs.  |
    | D - Doctor      |
    +-----------------+

Enter 'N' and you must  press  F10  to  bring  up  the
popup menus.

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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.

@@       

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 LPT1 2 or 3.   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 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'
  5  - 'CTRL-E'   69 - 'E'   101 - 'e'   52 - '4'
     ...           ...         ...        ...
 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.

@@             

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.

@@       

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.

@@         

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

@@          

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,  "z"
for  the  zip  code,  "1" for user defined index 1 and
"2" for user defined index 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  category  or  set  or categories in which to
select the records.

For example:

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

   To select all records, enter: "."

@@          

Enter one of the following:
   "l"       Last name
   "z"       Zip code
   "i"       City
   "s"       State
   "c"       Company name
   "1" - "6" user defined fields
   "n"       DO NOT SELECT

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

Examples:

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  "n"  for  no selections and ALL
contacts will be 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

@@        

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):

   Today: "."
   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 or "y" to print.

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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, STATE,
ZIP and COUNTRY 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 letter
    'd'   - delete top entry
    'c'   - clear out all entries

The  bottom  letter  will  be discarded as new entries
are added.

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    ENTER - change any entry
    'c'   - clear out all entries

After pressing the ENTER key, move the  highlight  bar
to the  field  desired.  The MEMO field MUST be filled
in order to save the information.

The new entries will be sorted in date order.

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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

@@       

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

@@       

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.

@@       

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

@@           

Enter a name for the appropriate template file.    The
names  correspond to the TEMPLATE FILES in the CONTACT
MAIL/MERGE MENU.

If a template 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.

@@         

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

The  first  two  user  defined  fields are a character
string fields that can  be  sorted  and  searched  on.
User defined fields 3 through 6 cannot be sorted.

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 from
any one of the PAGES under the CONTACT MENU.

@@        

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

@@     

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

    c:\contact\template\

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

The form 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 form 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 "smithsam.001" where the first
   part of the file name is the last and first
   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
   "smithsam.002."

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

       ms \contact\letters\smithsam.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 form file will be searched for  in  the  path  you
specify.   If the form file doesn't exist in the path,
the current directory will  be  searched.    The  form
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:
        ms 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.

To  enter  the  MicroStar  word  processor, enter "ms"
here.

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.

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 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
 "1+1m-1" - last day of this month
 "+thu"   - next Thursday from today

 "-wed"   - last Wednesday
 "+1w"    - next week
 "-1w"    - last week

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Press  ENTER  to update ticklers on this page or enter
"a"  or  "b"  to  update  this  page  with  follow  up
schedule  A  or  B  respectively  from  the  FOLLOW UP
MENU.

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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.

The F10 key will activate the POPUP MENU.

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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.

The F10 key will activate the POPUP MENU.

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Enter one of the following options:
    '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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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.

If the program is NOT in your search path,  enter  the
full path name of the command here.

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

When  the  program  finishes,  you must press a key to
return to Contact Plus.

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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
   "s" - no selection made

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.

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Enter the  string  (words)  to  search.   Contact Plus
will search the  corresponding  notes,  memo,  tickler
and  phone  fields  for any field that closely matches
the search string specified.  Exact  matches  are  not
necessary.

The  string  is  referred to as a soundex string since
matches will usually be found even if  it  the  search
string is misspelled.

For example:

ROAD will match:

   "ROOT", "ROUTE" as well as "ROAD"

If  the string matches any one of the fields in any of
the  contact  records  as  specified  in  the  prompts
below,  the  contact and the line that matched will be

printed out.

A non-blank search string must  be  specified  and  at
least one of the search fields must be "yes".

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  'y' - search the MEMO field on
        the HEADER PAGE

  'n' - do not search the MEMO field

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  'y' - search all ticklers notes in
        the TICKLER PAGE

  'n' - do not search the TICKLER PAGE

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  'y' - search all messages in the PHONE
        LOG PAGE

  'n' - do not search all messages the
        PHONE LOG PAGE

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  'y' - as each record is printed to the
        capture file or the printer a log
        will be stored in the top entry
        of the LETTERS PAGE

  'n' - log will not be recorded

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Each  prompt  ending with "..." means that the F10 key
is available for use in that field.

Enter ESC to discard the popup.

Enter an option letter or use the UP  and  DOWN  arrow
keys  to  position  to  the  option  desired the press
ENTER to select that option.

Press the LEFT or RIGHT arrow key to ignore the  popup
and move on to the next field on the page.

To  modify  an  option on the POPUP MENU, position the
highlight bar over the field to modify then press  the
F10 key.    Make  your change then press ENTER for the
change to take effect.   The  changes  to  the  popups
will  automatically  be  saved  in  the parameter file
"contact.hdr" when you exit Contact Plus.

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Enter a 10 character tickler field  that  will  appear
in the TICKLER PAGE for the selected contact.

The  followup  tickler  is  useful  for  automatically
sending followup letters or making followup  calls  on
a schedule.

Examples:
   callback   1stletter    birthday
   meeting    2ndletter
   thanks1

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Enter a  date  offset  at the prompt.  For example, if
the first followup activity is a brochure to  be  sent
4  weeks  after  the  initial  contact  this  would be
specified using date arithmetic as "+4w".

A series of scheduled followup dates can be  specified
as follows:

  brochure   +2w  - send brochure in 2 weeks
  call1      +6w  - followup with call 6 weeks
  letterf    +10w - send a letter in 10 weeks
  giveup     +16w - final letter at 16 weeks

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Enter one of the following:
   'a'   - add a new note
   'd'   - delete a note
   ENTER - update a note
   UP    - previous note
   DOWN  - next note

Each  note  is time stamped and belongs to the contact
currently displayed.  Once  the  contact  is  deleted,
all associated notes will be deleted also.

While  editing  each  note  the  following keys can be
used:

 UP, DOWN ARROW  : position cursor
 LEFT, RIGHT ARROW

 CTRL-END : delete to end of line

 ESC :  quit edit

If the line is full, you cannot enter  any  more  text
on that line.

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Enter  "Y"  and  the  batch file "CBACKUP.BAT" will be
run.  You will be prompted to enter a blank  formatted
disk in  drive  A.    The CBACKUP batch file will then
copy the  current  archived  database  to  the  floppy
disk.

If  CBACKUP.BAT  is  not  accessible  in  the  current
directory, the archive database  will  not  be  backed
up.

Make regular backups of your data.

You  may  modify  CBACKUP.BAT using the MicroStar word
processor to backup to different drives or  to  use  a
program other than DOS COPY.

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