P.O.P Version 1.3 INSTALLATION 1) In DOS, create a directory named POP. Certain special features of this program will not function unless you do. 2) Copy POP13.ZIP into the POP directory. 3) Within the POP directory, unzip POP13.ZIP. If you're desperate for hard disk space, delete the POP13.ZIP file. 4) To load POP, type POP at the POP prompt. For your convenience, POP has a blackout screen saver that takes over after five minutes of inactivity. Press any key to return to the program. At the title screen, hit to open POP. You will see the following menu selections: CHOOSE DATABASE Personal Database Business Database Current Date and Time Appointments Quit If you select PERSONAL DATABASE, you see the following menu: Quick Phone Number Search Add, Update, or Review a Record Birthdays, Anniversaries, Etc. Diary Reports Cl ose QUICK PHONE NUMBER SEARCH Select this and see the search window. Key in NAME you are searching for, last name first, and . If an entry for this name has been put into the system, if will appear. ADD, UPDATE, OR REVIEW A RECORD When you select this, you see Search Record by Name screen. To UPDATE an existing record, Search for it by last name and follow the directions to make changes. When your changes are complete, you may use Ctrl- to save them. To ADD a new record, hit the INS key and fill in the information. Save with Ctrl-. To DELETE a record, locate the record with the SEARCH feature, use the DEL key to delete, and . BIRTHDAYS, ANNIVERSARIES, ETC. When this feature is selected, you see the Special Events screen. Please note: when typing the date for this feature, you must follow the mm/dd/yyyy format. To SEARCH, type the date you are looking for. If that date is not listed in the program, POP will show you the date nearest to it. To ADD a date, use the INS key. Type the date in the correct format, name of the event, and any information you may wish to include. You have three lines for remarks. Save the information with Ctrl-. To DELETE a date, first perform the SEARCH function and highlight the entry you wish to remove. Use the DEL key to bring up the record, to delete. DIARY To browse the diary listings, you can use the arrow keys to scroll the list, or bring up a specific date by typing it in the correct format. to bring up the information about the date you selected. To ADD a new date, use the INS key to bring up a new record screen Type the date to be added in the correct format and include any notes in the space below. Ctrl- to save the information. To DELETE an existing entry, scroll the list and select the date you wish to delete (or type it in the correct format and .. Use the DEL key to bring up that record. will remove the record. REPORTS This feature is not available in the shareware version of POP. BUSINESS DATABASES With this selection, you will see the following menu: Quick Phone Number Search Add Record with Comments Search by Company Search by Contact Look Up Comments Print Reports Quit Quick Phone Number Search functions the same as in the Personal Databases section. ADD RECORD brings up the SEARCH RECORDS by NAME screen. If you are looked for a specific record, type in the name of the person or company and to bring up that record. To UPDATE an existing record from this screen, Search and retrieve the desired record. Make any changes and Ctrl- to save those changes. To ADD a record, use the INS key. Type in all necessary information. Use Ctrl- to save the information. To DELETE a record, locate the record to be deleted with the Search feature.. Use the DEL key to remove the record. SEARCH BY COMPANY You can SEARCH by typing in the name at the prompt. You can also ADD and DELETE from this feature. SEARCH BY CONTACTS In each business record, POP allows you to enter the names of two business contacts. If you need to, you can SEARCH the records by contact names. Make this selection and type in the contact name at the prompt. POP will show you in order any records where this name is listed as a contact. LOOK UP COMMENTS Make this selection for the Remarks/Comments screen. At the prompt, type in the name and . The box below will display the Comments you included on that record. PRINT REPORTS This feature is not available in the shareware version of POP. CURRENT DATE AND TIME This feature will display the current date and time. HOWEVER, it will be correct only insofar as your PC's clock is accurate. APPOINTMENTS Please note: this feature can be run independent from the rest of POP by typing CALENDAR at the POP prompt. When you select APPOINTMENTS, you will see the following menu selections: Retrieve of Create a File Select Personal Scheduler then Add/Change Appointments Quit This personal scheduler feature can maintain eight separate records. For example, eight people could maintain their personal daily schedules. RETRIEVE OR CREATE A FILE On the Getting Started screen, in order to retrieve a file here, scroll the list. When your selection (for example, your name which would indicate your personal calendar) is highlighted, to make that file active You must now use F10 to exist Getting Started in order to access the file. Select Add/Change Appointments to bring up the Calendar feature. What you see is the calendar for the current month. Use the PgUp, PgDn keys to go to previous or future months. (All this and more information is available in F1 Help.) To ADD an appointment, use arrow keys to move to the correct day. F2 brings you the day in hourly increments using military time. Type in the information at the correct time, save that entry with F10. If you wish, you can simply browse the day's appointments and Exit with F8. Please note: some IBM systems will not allow you to Exit unless something is entered and saved on this screen. We have no idea at this time why that is. To CREATE a new record (for example, to set up a schedule for another person), at the GETTING STARTED screen, to move the cursor to the blank, Type the name of the person (8 characters max) and . That name will be added to the list. To EXIT from the GETTING STARTED screen, you must have an Active File selected before being able to Exit.