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Welcome to Gradebook Manager! │
To access the pull-down menus, press Alt-M, where M is the first letter of the menu name. To select a command from a menu, press the highlighted letter for the command you want. ¼
If you have an LCD screen, the default color palette may not work well for you. Try using the BW or MONO parameters when you run this program. At the MS/DOS prompt, type: X
   GRBOOK BW    for a black and white palette
   GRBOOK MONO  for a monochrome palette
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 Classes (Alt-C)
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The Classes menu includes commands to: µ
 ■ Make a new class
 ■ Open an existing class
 ■ Save the current class to disk
 ■ Edit class name and terms per year
 ■ Edit letter grade cutoffs
 ■ Edit grading options
 ■ Move into the next term
 ■ Move into the previous term
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 Make Class (Alt-C M or F2)
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The Make Class command allows you to create a new class. 
You will be asked to: ½
 ■ Enter a class name (up to 28 characters)
 ■ Select trimesters or quarters
 ■ Select various grading options
 ■ Enter category names and weights
 ■ Enter student names
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 Open Class (Alt-C O or F3)
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The Open Class command allows you to open an existing class. q
A dialog box will list the classes and sub-directories in the current directory. To open a class saved on disk: t
 ■ Highlight the class using cursor keys
 ■ Press ENTER to open that class, or
 ■ Press ESC to cancel this command
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If you want to open a class in another directory or on another drive: ╦
 ■ Highlight a directory using cursor keys
 ■ Press ENTER to open that directory, then
 ■ Highlight the class using cursor keys
 ■ Press ENTER to open that class, or
 ■ Press ESC to cancel this command
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 Save Class (Alt-C S or F4)
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The Save Class command saves the current class to disk. ì
The class will be saved using its current filename. If this is a new class, you will be asked to provide an MS/DOS filename for this class. '-
 Edit Class (Alt-C C)
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The EDIT CLASS command allows you to change class names and options. 4
A dialog box will display the current information: ╡
 ■ Use TAB to move from item to item
 ■ Enter the name of this class
 ■ Select trimesters or quarters
 ■ Press ENTER to accept your changes, or
 ■ Press ESC to cancel this command
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 Edit Letter Grading (Alt-C L)
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The Edit Letter Grading command allows you to change the cutoffs used to assign letter grades to percents. 0
A dialog box will display the current cutoffs: ö
 ■ Use TAB to move from item to item
 ■ Enter percents from 0 to 100
 ■ Press ENTER to accept your changes, or
 ■ Press ESC to cancel this command
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 Edit Grading Options (Alt-C G)
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The Edit Grading Options command allows you to change options used when computing student grades. 1
A dialog box will display the current settings: ε
 ■ Use TAB to move from item to item
 ■ Select how to compute grades
 ■ Select how to handle missing assignments
 ■ Select which categories to drop low scores
 ■ Press ENTER to accept your changes, or
 ■ Press ESC to cancel this command
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 Next Term (Alt-C N or Ctrl-PgDn)
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The Next Term command moves into the next term in the school year. m
This command allows you to start entering assignments in the next trimester or quarter in your school year. 'E
 Prev Term (Alt-C P or Ctrl-PgUp)
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The Previous Term command moves back one term in the school year. ¡
This command allows you to change a score from the previous trimester or quarter in the school year. Student letter grades will be updated to reflect any changes you make. '%
 Students (Alt-S)
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The Students menu includes commands to: ]
 ■ Add a new student to the class
 ■ Drop a student from the class
 ■ Edit a student's name
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 Add Student (Alt-S A)
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The Add Student command allows you to add a new student to the current class. 
A dialog box will appear: t
 ■ Enter a name for this new student
 ■ Press ENTER to accept this student, or
 ■ Press ESC to cancel this command
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Student names will be sorted into alphabetical order whenever you add a new student. %
A class may have up to 40 students. '1
 Drop Student (Alt-S D)
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The Drop Student command allows you to drop the displayed student from the class. P
A dialog box will ask you to verify that you really want to drop this student: G
 ■ Press Y to drop this student, or
 ■ Press N to cancel this command
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Be careful: there is no way to recover dropped students or their scores! '1
 Edit Student (Alt-S S)
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The Edit Student command allows you to change the displayed student's name. <
A dialog box will allow you to change this student's name: u
 ■ Enter a new name for this student
 ■ Press ENTER to accept these changes, or
 ■ Press ESC to cancel this command
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 Assignments (Alt-A)
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The Assignments menu contains commands which allow you to: î
 ■ Add a new assignment
 ■ Drop an assignment
 ■ Edit assignment information
 ■ Edit category information
 ■ Edit scores for an assignment
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 New Assignment (Alt-A N)
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The New Assignment command allows you to add a new assignment to the gradebook. '
A dialog box will allow you to enter: l
 ■ A name for this assignment
 ■ The points possible (enter 0 for bonus)
 ■ A category for this assignment

When you are done: R
 ■ Press ENTER to accept this new assignment
 ■ Press ESC to cancel this command
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If you accept this new assignment, you will be asked for a score for each student in the class. A
A class may have up to 60 assignments per trimester or quarter. '7
 Drop Assignment (Alt-A D)
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The Drop Assignment command allows you to drop the highlighted assignment from the gradebook. V
A dialog box will ask for verification that you really want to drop this assignment: J
 ■ Press Y to drop this assignment, or
 ■ Press N to cancel this command
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Be careful: there is no way to recover dropped assignments or scores! '7
 Edit Assignment (Alt-A A)
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The Edit Assignment command allows you to change information about the highlighted assignment. J
A dialog box will display the current information about this assignment: ▄
 ■ Use TAB to move from item to item
 ■ Enter an assignment name
 ■ Enter the points possible (0 if bonus)
 ■ Select an assignment category
 ■ Press ENTER to accept these changes, or
 ■ Press ESC to cancel this command
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 Edit Categories (Alt-A C)
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The Edit Categories command allows you to change information about assignment categories. 3
A dialog box will display the current categories: ┬
 ■ Use TAB to move from item to item
 ■ Enter or change category names
 ■ Enter or change category weights (0-100)
 ■ Press ENTER to accept your changes, or
 ■ Press ESC to cancel this command
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 Edit Score (Alt-A S or Enter)
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The Edit Score command allows you to change the highlighted score. `
A dialog box will appear, displaying the student, assignment, category, and the current score: º
 ■ Enter a new score for this student (0-200)
 ■ Leave the score blank for missing work
 ■ Press ENTER to accept your changes, or
 ■ Press ESC to cancel this command
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 Reports (Alt-R)
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The Reports menu includes commands to generate reports listing: ì
 ■ student grades for this term
 ■ student grades for the school year
 ■ student scores on every assignment
 ■ students missing assignments
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 Term Summary (Alt-R T)
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The Term Summary command prints a report summarizing student grades for the current term, including: c
 ■ Percent of points possible
 ■ Letter grade for this term
 ■ Breakdown by letter grade of class
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 Year Summary (Alt-R Y)
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The Year Summary command prints a report summarizing student grades for the entire school year, including: v
 ■ Letter grades for each trimester or quarter
 ■ Letter grades for each semester
 ■ Final letter grade for the year
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 Student Scores (Alt-R S)
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The Student Grades command prints a report detailing student scores on every assignment, including: É
 ■ Score and percent on each assignment
 ■ The percent correct in each category
 ■ The overall percent correct
 ■ A letter grade for this term
 
This report can be quite long! '?
 Missing Assignments (Alt-R M)
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The Missing Assignments command prints a report listing students missing assignments this term, including: î
 ■ The name of each student missing an assignment
 ■ The name of each missing assignment
 ■ The points possible for any missing assignment
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Missing bonus assignments are not listed in this report. '|
 ■ Press TAB key to move to the next item
 ■ Press ENTER to accept this information
 ■ Press ESC to cancel this dialog box
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This message reminds you that this program is distributed as shareware. If you like Gradebook Manager, and decide to use it, you should register with the author, using the form in the README.DOC file. When you register, you will receive the latest version of Gradebook Manager, with a custom sign-on message to replace this reminder. '2
This is your personalized greeting. You may change this greeting by editing the file GRBOOK.MSG using an ASCII text editor (if you use a word processor, such as WordPerfect or Microsoft Word, you must load and save the file as ASCII!!). This file may contain up to five lines of text you want  displayed. '4
There has been an MS/DOS error. Check to see that: â
 ■ Your printer is on and switched on-line
 ■ Your disk is not write-protected, and
 ■ Your disk is fully inserted into the drive
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Press ENTER to close this dialog box. '9
 Open Class (Alt-C O or F3)
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The Open Class dialog box allows you to open an existing class. s
The dialog box will list the classes and sub-directories in the current directory. To open a class saved on disk: r
 ■ Highlight a class using cursor keys
 ■ Press ENTER to open that class, or
 ■ Press ESC to cancel this command
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If you want to open a class in another directory or on another drive: ╔
 ■ Highlight a directory using cursor keys
 ■ Press ENTER to open that directory, then
 ■ Highlight a class using cursor keys
 ■ Press ENTER to open that class, or
 ■ Press ESC to cancel this command
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 Class
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The Class dialog box allows you to change the name and number of terms in the school year for the current class. 2
The dialog box displays the current information: ╖
 ■ Use TAB to move from item to item
 ■ Enter or change the class name
 ■ Select trimesters or quarters
 ■ Press ENTER to accept your changes, or
 ■ Press ESC to cancel this command
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 Filename
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The Filename dialog box allows you to enter an MS/DOS filename for the current class.  {
 ■ Enter an MS/DOS filename for this class
 ■ Press ENTER to accept this filename, or
 ■ Press ESC to cancel this command
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You may specify a complete pathname, including another disk drive for this file. If there is already a file by that name, you will be asked if you want to replace it. 'F
This dialog box warns you that there is already a file by this name. G
 ■ Press Y to replace this file, or
 ■ Press N to cancel this command
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 Letter Grade Cutoffs (Alt-C G)
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The Letter Grade Cutoffs dialog box allows you to change the cutoffs used to assign letter grades to percents. .
The dialog box displays the current cutoffs: Ñ
 ■ Use TAB to move from item to item
 ■ Enter a percent for each letter grade (0-100)
 ■ Press ENTER to accept your changes, or
 ■ Press ESC to cancel this command
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This option determines whether grades are computed based on total points earned, or based on a weighted average of the percent correct in each category. t
 ■ Use cursor keys to select an option
 ■ Press TAB to move to the next option
 ■ Press ESC to cancel this command
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This option determines whether missing assignments are counted as 0 points earned, or are excused. u
 ■ Use cursor keys to select an options
 ■ Press TAB to move to the next option
 ■ Press ESC to cancel this command
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These check boxes determine whether to drop the lowest score in a category. ñ
 ■ Use cursor keys to select a category
 ■ Press the space key to toggle the setting
 ■ Press ENTER to accept your changes, or
 ■ Press ESC to cancel this command
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Gradebook Manager will drop the score which most improves the percent correct in that category. Y
If grades are computed using total points possible, only one low score will be dropped. '
 Student
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The Student dialog box allows you to change a student's name. +
The dialog box displays the current name: y
 ■ Enter a new name (up to 20 characters)
 ■ Press ENTER to accept your changes, or
 ■ Press ESC to cancel this command
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Student names will be sorted into alphabetical order following any changes you make. '
 Assignment
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The Assignment dialog box allows you to change information about an assignment. 2
The dialog box displays the current information: Φ
 ■ Use TAB to move from item to item
 ■ Enter a new name for this assignment
 ■ Enter the points possible (0 for bonus)
 ■ Select an assignment category
 ■ Press ENTER to accept your changes, or
 ■ Press ESC to cancel this command
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 Categories (Alt-A C)
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The Categories dialog box allows you to change assignment categories. 1
The dialog box displays the current categories: ┬
 ■ Use TAB to move from item to item
 ■ Enter a name for each category
 ■ Enter a weight for each category (0-100)
 ■ Press ENTER to accept your changes, or
 ■ Press ESC to cancel this command
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 Student Score
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The Student Score dialog box allows you to change student scores. 4
The dialog box displays the current score, if any: ª
 ■ Enter a new score for the student (0-200)
 ■ Leave the score blank for missing work
 ■ Press ENTER to accept your changes, or
 ■ Press ESC to cancel this command
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You have not saved the current class. p
 ■ Press Y to save before continuing
 ■ Press N to continue without saving
 ■ Press ESC to cancel this command
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If you do not save your changes, they will be lost!! '1
You are about to drop a student from the class. B
 ■ Press Y to drop the student
 ■ Press N to cancel this command
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You are about to drop an assignment from the gradebook. E
 ■ Press Y to drop the assignment
 ■ Press N to cancel this command
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You are presently saving the current class to disk. '3
You are presently opening the class you selected. '}
Your screen shows this student's scores for every assignment. You may use the following keys to move through the gradebook: ½
  Up         Move to the previous assignment
  Down       Move to the following assignment
  PgUp       Move back 30 assignments
  PgDn       Move forward 30 assignments
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  Left       Move to the previous student
  Right      Move to the following student
  Home       Move to the first student
  End        Move to the last student
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The following command hot keys are available: }
  F1         Help
  F2         Make a new class
  F3         Open an existing class
  F4         Save changes to this class
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  Enter      Change the highlighted score
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  Ctrl-PgDn  Move to the following term
  Ctrl-PgUp  Move to the previous term
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