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*                       Add           2                               *
*                       Delete        3                               *
*                       View          4                               *
*                       Print         5                               *
*                       Report        6                               *
*                       Special       7                               *
*                       Comments      8                               *
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                       SECTION 1 - MAIN MENU
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   When you begin CALMINDER, you will start at the MAIN MENU.
   You will have 8 major options to choose from. Use your <LEFT>
   ,<RIGHT> and <UP>,<DOWN> keys to move around. Press <ENTER> to
   choose the option. If you are using a mouse, use the left mouse
   button to choose any option.




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                       SECTION 2 - ADD
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   Basic ADD commmands:  <LEFT> or <UP> : to move to previous field
   -------------------   <RIGHT> or <DOWN> : to move to next field
                         <F4> : Get Month Conversion Table on screen.
                         SAVE : Saves entries
                         Leave : Leave screen and return back to MAIN
                                 MENU. (Does NOT save current entry.)

   This is where you can add in your reminders. Your 'reminder'
can be anything you want it to be - appointments, birthdays, anniversaries,
notes, school exams, business meetings, holidays, <anything> ...!
   The ADD option is divided up into six classes: X-DAYS, ONE-TIME,
YEARLY, MONTHLY, WEEKLY, and DAILY.


        1) X-DAYS   : Reminders that occur for X-days.
           ------     Examples : special event, business activity, project

        2) ONE-TIME : Reminders that occur once and only once would
           --------   go into this category.
                      Examples: meetings, quizzes/exams, vacations,
                                appointements.

        3) YEARLY :   Reminders that occur once a year would go here.
           ------     Examples: holidays, birthdays, anniversaries, or
                                a visit to the dentist! (NOT)

        4) MONTLY :   Reminders that occur once a month would fit here.
           ------     Examples: club meetings, 'pay bills'.

        5) WEEKLY :   Reminders that occur once a week would enter here.
           ------     Examples: weekly meetings, shopping, cleaning tasks.

        6) DAILY  :   Reminders that occur everyday.
           -----      Examples: Anything you do on a daily basis.


        When you highlight the class that you want from the MAIN MENU,
press <ENTER> or your mouse left button. You will then get an input screen.

        For WEEKLY, you'll need to type in the day of the week
(Monday..Sunday). Watch your spelling!

        For DAILY, all you need to do is type in your 'reminder'.

        For X-DAYS, you'll need to provide the starting
date and the ending date.

    If you cannot figure out what number is equilivent to the
month, press <F4> to get the Month Conversion Table. Examples could be
December = 12 or May = 05.


********************* For Calminder 3.1 registered users only **********************
 TIME
 ----
        Using this new option will keep your 'life' organized and on
time! If you are planning to use the TIMETSR program that comes with
CALMINDER 3.1, entering in the time can be very easy for you. You can
enter in the Standard time (not military time). Example: 02:00 am or
10:00 pm. ( You can enter in hour/minute AND pm/am )

X-DAYS does NOT have fields to input time due to difficulty of
implementing it in the TIMETSR.EXE program. ( See Help Section 8 for more details )
******************** For Calminder 3.1 registered users only **********************


*IMPORTANT*
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     For X-DAYS and ONE-TIME, you must input the FULL year. (19XX)


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                       SECTION 3 - DELETE
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   Basic DELETE commands :  <UP> or <DOWN> : to scroll.
   ---------------------    <SPACEBAR> or <ENTER>: to
                                 select/de-select entries.
                            <F5> to expand/contract the window
                            F10 : To delete selected entry(s) and
                                  return to MAIN MENU
                            ( If none are selected, CALMINDER will
                              not delete anything )

   This option allows you to delete any reminders you may not need
anymore. If you know what class your reminder is placed in, you
can choose that class from the MAIN MENU and you will go into the
Delete Screen. If not, you can just choose ALL to get the entire list
from ALL classes for any deletions to be made.


DELETING
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   To choose a reminder to be deleted, all you need to do is highlight
that reminder and press <SPACEBAR> or <ENTER>. The 'check mark' will
appear on the left side of your reminder saying that "this reminder
will be deleted when you press <F10>." If you change your mind, simply
press <SPACEBAR> or <ENTER> again and it will de-select it and the
'check mark' will disappear.  Unlike the previous versions, you can
delete multiple entries at one time!



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                       SECTION 4 - VIEW
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      Basic VIEW commands:  <UP> or <DOWN> to scroll.
                            <F5> to expand/contrast window
                            <F10> to exit back to MAIN MENU

      This options enables you look at the reminders you have already
inputed. You can view entries from individual classes or from all
classes. ( Holidays will not be displayed )



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                       SECTION 5 - PRINT
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      Basic PRINT commands:

      You'll be prompted to get your printer ready ( online button
is set and paper is in ).  Press <ESC> to abort before printing starts.

      You can print your reminders from individual classses or from
all classes. ( If you choose ALL, every reminder you have inputed
in will be printed out. )

PRINTER OPTIONS
---------------
       When you choose this option, the printer setup will be reset.
If you like to change the printer defaults, go to MAIN MENU.
Then choose SPECIAL option from MAIN MENU. From the SPECIAL option,
pick PRINTER SETUP. From there, you can choose your picks like
condensed, near letter quality, double print,left/right margins and
page length.  ( See Help Section 7 for more details )


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                       SECTION 6 - REPORT
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        Basic commands :  SCREEN  : Show the report on your screen.
                          PRINTER : Print out the report from your
                                    printer.
                          EXIT : Return back to MAIN MENU.
                          <F4> : Get Month Table Conversion on screen.


        This great option allows you to do a 'reminder' forecast. This
enables you find out what you need 'to do' for ANY day, for ANY length
of time.
        Report Screen has three input fields. The first is the
STARTING DATE. The starting date requires you to input the full date.
(Hit F4 if you can't remember the month-number conversion.)
Then you can EITHER input the number of days to query from starting
date OR type in the ending date. Both options are there for you to
decide which is easier for you to input.
        When you are done with the inputs, pick SCREEN if you want
the report to come up on your screen. Pick PRINTER if you want
the report to be printed out. If you want to change the printer
defaults, go to MAIN MENU,SPECIAL, and then PRINTER SETUP.
( See SPECIALS in help section 7 for more details. )


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                       SECTION 7 - SPECIAL
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PRINTER SETUP
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     Here is where you can change the printer defaults. The choices
that you can change or do are:

     Condensed : smaller prints
     Near Letter Quality : Produce (near) letter quality prints
     Double print : Prints each line twice for better quality.

     * You can choose one,some, or all three choice. *

     The other options that you can change are the left/right
margins and the page length. Choose "OK" when you are done.

* IMPORTANT *
  ---------     Whenever you enter into this option, all previous
printer options are erased and will reset the printer setup to its
default.


SYSTEM INFORMATION
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     This option gives you a window displaying your system information.
Information includes your equipment, memory and miscellenous. Choose
"DONE" when you are finished.

CHANGE DATE
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     This options allows you to change your system date. Enter
in full date and choose "OK" when finished.

CHANGE TIME
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     This option lets you to change your system time. Enter in the
Standard time ( must input hour,minute AND pm/am ) and choose "OK"
when finished.



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  -  Unlike the others, X-DAYS does not have 'time' fields. The reason is
     that it was difficult enough to implement the other options in the
     TIMETSR program. Having TIMETSR check for reminders from X-DAYS
     class would have taken many more of your system memory. Choose
     ONE-TIME in replace of X-DAYS when adding in the time fields.

*************** For Calminder 3.1 registered users only *******************
  -  TIMETSR is a separate tsr program that stays in memory once you
     manually run it ( unless you place in your AUTOEXEC.BAT ).
     Once installed in memory, it will check for any reminders every
     minute. You can work in any DOS application and TIMETSR will beep and
     display a message if you have any reminder due at that very minute.
     The message will NOT erase any previous information that it may go
     over. ( Read the textfile "TIMETSR.DOC" for more details. )
************** For Calminder 3.1 registered users only ********************

  -  CHECKER is another separate program,CHECK.EXE, that you can run anytime
     from DOS and check for any daily reminders. You can increment or
     decrement the date by using the arrow keys. You can also get
     a printout for any day you have displayed on you screen.

  -  If you have a Microsoft-comptable mouse, use it! It is very useful
     in this program. The square box in the upper-left corner means to
     "escape". And the arrows in the upper-right corner means to expand
     or contrast the window. You can also move the window around by
     placing the cursor on the window boundary, and then by holding
     down the left mouse button and moving your mouse, the window can
     move around!

     If your mouse interferes with the menus, exit the program
     and re-enter in Calminder and use the keyboard instead to avoid conflicts.

  -  Once you become familiar with this program, you can try using
     the "hotkeys" which is quicker way of picking any options. All
     of the options have a highlighted letter. To pick that option
     without having to highlight it, is to press <ALT> and the
     highlighted letter of the option at the same time.

  -  If you come across any problems or have any questions about CALMINDER,
     you are welcomed to call me at (219) 436-7762  or write me at:

                        Jeff J. Brown
                   6425 E. Canal Pointe Lane
                   Fort Wayne, Indiana  46804
                            USA

