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^CRichard Wong

    Whether in a business environment or in the course of getting your personal
 life organized, you probably often find a need to keep track of information in
 a consistent format.  Of course, you might use your PC to computerize it,
 using a database program to keep the information you need.  We've published
 some programs of this sort in the past, and will have more in the future, for
 tracking some form of information, whether specialized or general.

    However, you're not at your keyboard every minute of every day, so there is
 still often the need to enter the data on paper first, perhaps transferring it
 to computer later.  Or perhaps you must receive information from other people
 in a consistent format, and they don't all have computers with which they can
 give you the data on disk.  In these cases, what you need is a paper form
 which provides clearly-ruled spaces for all the necessary information.  For
 instance, here at Softdisk, we have a number of forms, including the order
 forms and program submission forms that you may have already encountered, and
 numerous other forms used internally in the process of evaluating program
 submissions, processing orders, hiring employees, and the like.  Much of this
 is computerized, but it will likely be well into the next century before the
 need for paper forms is completely eliminated at all stages.

    FormKing lets you use your high-tech computer to generate low-tech paper
 forms for whatever purposes you might need them.  You can move around the file
 and enter text like in any word processor, but there are also some specialized
 features designed entirely for form generation.  For instance, you can draw
 lines and boxes anywhere you want.

    FormKing is designed to work with a number of different printers, so that
 you can print out your forms when you're done creating them even if your
 printer isn't normally compatible with the IBM character set.  Make sure you
 configure FormKing for your printer before printing a form.  If you select a
 printer from the pre-configured list and your forms still print out
 incorrectly, you probably need to change the character width.  Go into the
 Custom Configuration section, and run the test on this option to determine the
 correct setting.

    There is extensive online help within the program to help you discover how
 to use its features.  When you first run FormKing, read the help screens in
 each section of the program for descriptions of the commands and other
 information.

    Forms are limited to 100 lines, so each page of a multi-page form must be
 entered in separate files.  Load and edit the file TUTOR.FRM for tips on
 creating forms.  (Select the "Load/Create" option, type the name TUTOR, then
 select "Edit Form" from the main menu to bring it up on the screen.)

    There is little space left on this disk, so you may be unable to save your
 forms to disk on BIG BLUE DISK.  Copy this program to your own disk or select
 another drive and path for saving.

    To run this program separately from BIG BLUE DISK, type ^1PASRUN FORMKING^0.

DISK FILES THIS PROGRAM USES:
^FFORMKING.CHN
^FPASRUN.COM
^FRETURN.CHN
^FFORMKING.000
^FFORMKING.HLP
^FFORMKING.CFG
^FTUTOR.FRM