





         The VIEW ITEMS screen has five choices. They are:


         (V)iew Catagories - This will present you with a list of
         fourteen different catagories of items for you to choose
         from. The number in parenthesis beside the catagory name
         indicates the number of items that have been entered into
         that catagory. You choose a catagory and the program will
         show you a list of all the ads that are in that catagory. At
         the bottom of the list it will prompt you for the "Item to
         View".  Each item has up to a full page of information on it,
         and when you enter your "Item to View" number, you will be
         shown the full screen information on that item. After you
         view the item full screen, you will be returned to the list
         of items beginning at the last item number you viewed full
         screen.

         (S)earch All Catagories - Here you can do a "word search"
         across all catagories, or you can list ALL items in the
         database. The 'word search' will match any word in the item
         name or full page item description with the word or phrase
         you input. The less you put here, the more matches you are
         likely to get. For example if you put "Hard Drive" in for the
         search, and someone had entered an item called "Hard Disk",
         it would NOT match...but on the other hand, if you simply
         entered "Har" it would match BOTH "Hard Drive AND Hard Disk"
         (and "Harley, hardly, etc..). If it brings too many items
         back for you, then be a LITTLE more specific next time.
         Pressing ENTER at the prompt will list ALL items in the
         database.

         (L)ist Specific Type - This will list the header information
         for ALL ads of a specific type. It will prompt you for which
         type (For Sale, Wanted, Trade, or Giveaway) you want to list.
         It will then list all the 'For Sale' ads in ALL categories,
         or all the 'Wanted Ad's...etc ..

         (H)elp - The file you are reading now.

         (R)eturn to Main Menu - Returns you to the Main Menu choices.
