Copyright: Zip Code Book Copyright ®1994-95 Ultimate Software


CONTENTS
Zip Code Book for Windows

Copyright ©1994-1995 Ultimate Software

 Registration

Introduction

Find Zip Code from City Name

Find City Name from Zip Code

Looking Up a State

Looking Up an Area Code

 Looking Up Additional Records

 Using the Windows Clipboard to Copy and Paste

 Changing Screen Colors

 Ultimate Software Catalog


Registration

If you have already registered Zip Code Book, then we want to thank you for your purchase and support.  THANK YOU!

If you are using the shareware version of Zip Code Book, then we want to thank you for trying it.  You are granted a limited 30-day license to evaluate this product.  If plan to use Zip Code Book beyond this 30-day evaluation period, you must register.  Zip Code Book is protected by Copyright laws, and failure to comply with the terms of this limited-use license is a serious copyright violation.

Zip Code Book registration costs only $25.  With registration you receive an enhanced copy of Zip Code Book which has the latest zip code database.  The database supplied with the registered version is over twice as large (over 75,000 records) as the one included with the shareware version.

The databased used by the Zip Code Book is highly compressed.  Registered users will also receive a .DBF version of the database which can be used by any database program which can read (or import) standard .DBF files.

For an extra $15 (that's a total of $40), you can also sign-up to receive the next three quarterly zip code database updates when available.  Most People choose this option.

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Introduction

Zip Code Book is a zip code (and city, state, area code) lookup program for Windows.  Enter a zip code to find the corresponding city, state and area code.  You can also find a zip code by entering a city name and two-digit state abbreviation.  Zip Code Book supports copy and paste to and from other Windows applications (like word processors, spreadsheet programs and databases). Contains a database of over 75,000 zip codes and city/place names.

Zip Code Book comes with the most recent database of all the city and place names and corresponding zip codes recognized by the US Postal service.  We use information from the official Post Office database of zip codes as well as information from other sources.  We ship updates of the database in March, June, September and December of each year.

Annual subscriptions (four quarterly database updates) are available from Ultimate Software for $20 per year.  If you only want to update your database once a year, you can order any individual update for $10.


Finding Zip Codes

To find a city name from a zip code, simply enter the city name in the city field and the state abbreviation in the state field (example CA=California).  If the city was found in the database, the first zip code matching the city name will appear instantly.

If you are unsure of a city's spelling, you can type in just a part of the city name.  For example, to find a zip code for Schenectady, New York, enter "S" in the city field and "NY" in the state field.  Since there are many cities in New York that start with an "S" that are alphabetically before Schenectady, another city's information appears.  However, if you click on the "More" button, you can scroll down through the list which appears until you find Schenectady.  Since Schenectady is a large enough city to have multiple zip codes, there are a few different zip codes for the city.  Choose one of them to bring up zip code and area code information for Schenectady.

Looking Up Additional Records

Using the Windows Clipboard to Copy and Paste


Additional Records

Any time that Zip Code Book completes a search for a zip code (or city name) a button with the caption "More" will appear on the Zip Code Book window.  Clicking on the "More" button allows you to search additional records.

If your search was on zip code (you entered a zip code and hit enter), the list that pops up after you click the "More" button will be of consecutive zip codes from the zip code you entered down through the next 100 zip codes.  You can double-click on any of the records to display the full information for that record including the city, state, zip code and area code.

If your search was on city name (you hit enter whenl the cursor was in the city or state field), you can click on the "More" button to view additional city names in alphabetical order.  You can double-click on any record in the list to bring up full information for that record including the city, state, zip code and area code.

The "More" button is very useful, especially since there is often more than one zip code for a city and more than one city (or place name) with the same zip code.


Windows Clipboard

Zip Code Book supports the Windows clipboard.  This means that you can copy a zip code or city name to the clipboard from within another program and paste it into one of the Zip Code Book fields.  More importantly you can click on the "Write to Clipboard" icon (pictured above) to save Zip Code Book information to the Windows clipboard.  You can then paste this information into your other application.

Example

For this example we will use the "Write" program that comes with Windows, however, you can follow along using any program which supports the Windows clipboard.  In Write type in the zip code for your city.  Now highlight the text by holding down the left mouse button and dragging the mouse pointer over the five digits of your zip code.  The zip code should now be highlighted.  Now hold the "Ctrl" key and press "C" while holding down the "Ctrl" button.  This will copy your zip code to the clipboard.  Now go into Zip Code Book.  Click on the zip code field (the text box to the right of the words "Zip Code."  Now hold "Ctrl" and press "V."  Your zip code should now be in the zip code field.  Press Enter and your city, state and area code should instantly appear.

To copy information from Zip Code Book to your application, click on the "Write to Clipboard" icon.  This brings up a list of options including "Do not copy to clipboard", your city name, state, zip, area code, city address line, city address line with a comma after the city name, and city/state/zip with a return after each field.  Choose this last option by clicking on it.  Now go back to your other application (Write or whatever application you are using for this example).  Click somewhere on the window to bring up a cursor on your application's window.  Now hold down "Ctrl" and press "V."  This should copy your city name, state and zip code to the screen.  Each should be on a different line.


Finding City Names

To find a city name, enter a zip code in the zip code field and press Enter.  If you have entered a valid zip code, the city name, state abbreviation and area code will instantly appear.

To look up additional cities, continue to enter zip codes in the zip code field.  You can enter as little as the first three digits of the zip code.  The first zip code in the database which begins with the three digits you entered will appear.  Use the "More" button to search through up to 100 zip codes which follow the database record currently displayed.  Click on any record you wish to display.

Looking Up Additional Records

Using the Windows Cipboard to Copy and Paste


Looking Up a State

Click on the down arrow on the combo box labeled "State Lookup" to bring up a list of state names (spelled out).  Choose a state to insert the two digit abbreviation for that state in the state text box.  For example, select INDIANA to insert IN in the text box labeled "State."

When looking up zip codes by city name and state, it is necessary to use the two digit state abbreviation.  If you do not know the correct abbreviation for a state, you can use the state lookup to find it.


Looking Up an Area Code

To find out what state an area code serves, click on the down arrow on the combo box labeled "Area Code Lookup."  Scroll through the list to find a particular area code.

This is useful when you get a telephone message from someone, but you don't know what state that person lives in.  Say that you get a call from someone with a 503 area code.  You want to return the call, but you do not want to call too early or late.  Using the area code lookup, you will find that the 503 area code serves the state or Oregon.

When you select an area code, the state abbreviation is inserted into the text box labeled "State."


Changing Screen Colors

To change the background color of the Zip Code Book window, simply click on the "Change Color" button (pictured above).  There are eight possible background colors to choose from.  When you exit Zip Code Book, the last color setting used is set as the default.


CATALOG
Ultimate Software Product Catalog

The descriptions below refer to the registered versions of the various products in the Ultimate Software product line.  The shareware versions of these products will  differ slightly.  Shareware versions of any of the following can be obtained for $5 directly from Ultimate Software, or from your favorite shareware vendor, BBS, on-line service or user group.  Prices for the fully-registered versions are listed with the product descriptions.  Click on any title below to see a product description.

Windows Programs

Cherry Delight Video Slots

Double Dynamite Video Slots

Dream Home Loan

Home Stretch

Lucky Stars Video Slots

Noisy Video Blackjack

Noisy Video Poker

REAL Video Blackjack

REAL Video Poker

Ultimate Language Tutor for Windows

Ultimate Solitaire Collection

Zip Code Book

DOS Programs

Ultimate Geography

Ultimate Language Tutor for DOS


Cherry Delight Video Slots

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Double Dynamite Video Slots

Another in our series of popular nine-wheel slot machine games.  Has eight pay lines on which you can bet up to eight credits each (up to 64 total credits bet per spin).

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Also includes the Big Blast Board, a pyramid with 15 boxes to choose from.  You can risk your winnings from any winning spin and go for the 5X multiplier (or hear your money flush down the drain).

     o Double Dynamite Video Slots $20

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Choose from Cherry Delight, Double Dynamite and Lucky Stars Video Slots.


Dream Home Loan

Dream Home Loan is a very easy-to-use loan amortization, comparison, and analysis program.  But really, Dream Home Loan is much more than that.  Dream Home Loan is useful even after your home purchase because it is a powerful financial tool which helps you "manage" your mortgage.  Want to make extra mortgage payments of a fixed or variable amount either every month or here-and-there?  No problem.  Dream Home Loan will track your current and future loan balances.  Find out how much faster you can pay-off your mortgage with extra payments and a well thought-out mortgage management plan..

     o Dream Home Loan $20


Home Stretch

HOME STRETCH is the most realistic and fun horse racing and wagering simulation available.  Includes several betting options (Win, Place, Show, Quinella, and Exacta) and allows multiple bets per race.  Supports up to four human or computer players.  Computer players place their own bets.  There are several game options such as distance (6 furlongs or 1 mile), surface (dirt or turf), field (5 to 12 horses per race), and race type (Claiming, Maiden, Allowance, and Stakes races).  The registered version includes 100 pre-made horses, allows you to add additional horses (up to 1,000), and to edit horses (name, color, and speed attributes).  You'll love the included digitized sounds (real track sounds).

Unlike the other horse racing simulations you may have seen, HOME STRETCH gives you real past performances for each horse in a race.  This allows you to make informed betting decisions.  The odds are based upon the past performances of the horses.  When you place a bet, your bet is added to the betting pool and affects the overall odds.

There are two registered versions available.  The basic registration package includes everthing mentioned above.  The HOME STRETCH PRO version includes everything in the basic registration package, plus HORSE OWNERSHIP!  Horse Ownership adds a whole new dimension to HOME STRETCH.  You can claim horses in claiming races, you can sell any of your horses through auction, you choose which races to enter, you choose which instructions to give the jockey, and you can decide whether or not to bet on your (or any other) horse.

   o Home Stretch Basic Package $20
   o Home Stretch Pro Package $30


Lucky Stars Video Slots

Lucky Stars is not your grandmother's slot machine!  Lucky Stars is a realistic simulation of the new breed of video slot machines sweeping the U.S.  Unlike traditional slot machines, Lucky Stars has nine separate spinning wheels.  This results in eight separate pay lines.  There are also a variety of bonuses that actually bring strategy to slot machine play.  The graphics are beautiful, and the wheels really look like they are spinning.  Also includes a double-or-nothing high/low card game option which you may choose to play after a winning spin.

     o Lucky Stars Video Slots $20

Special Offer!!!

You can save up to $25 off regular proces when you buy all three of Ultimate Software's slot machine games.

     o Any one slot machine game $20
     o Any two slot machine games $30 (save $10)
     o All three slot machine games $35 (save $25)

Choose from Cherry Delight, Double Dynamite and Lucky Stars Video Slots.


Noisy Video Blackjack

Noisy Video BlackJack for Windows is a simulation of the coin-operated video blackjack machines in casinos.  You choose how many coins to wager and whether to stand, hit, double-down, split pairs, buy insurance, etc.  In this version the dealer must stand on a hard 17 or higher and hit on a soft 17.  Blackjack and Insurance pays 2-1.  You can double-down on a 9,10 or 11.  You can split pairs.

This is a beautiful simulation with cards that look real.  The user interface makes game-play easy, and you can play as fast as you want because a minimum number of mouse clicks are required.

When you order Noisy Video BlackJack for Windows, you can get Noisy Video Poker for Windows for just $5 more.  That's a $15 savings off the regular price of $20 for each game.

     o Noisy Video BlackJack $20
     o Both BlackJack and Poker $25


Noisy Video Poker

Noisy Video Poker for Windows is a very fun and very beautiful simulation of the video poker machines you find in casinos.  Included are JACKS or BETTER, JOKERS WILD, and DEUCES WILD versions of the program.

Besides very realistic sounds like coins dropping into a metal tray (just like at the casinos) there are a variety of wacky sounds that play randomly when you don't have a winning hand.  These sounds really add to the entertainment value of this program, but what really sets this game apart from others is the graphics and user interface.  You can play this game with a minimum of mouse clicks which allows you to play rally fast.  And the cards!  Unlike a lot of other poker games you may have seen, the cards in this game look completely real.

When you order Noisy Video Poker for Windows, you can get Noisy Video BlackJack for Windows for only $5 extra.  That's a savings of $15 since both games are $20 each when purchased separately.

     o Noisy Video Poker $20
     o Both Poker and BlackJack $25


REAL Video Blackjack

Beautiful card designs (they look REAL), digitized sounds, and ease of play make this the most realistic video blackjack game available.

REAL Video Blackjack registration is only $20, but for an additional $5 (that's $25 total) you can get the registered versions of both REAL Video Blackjack and REAL Video Poker.  REAL Video Poker is a very realistic video poker simulation--just like the video poker machines found in casinos.  REAL Video Poker Includes JACKS or BETTER, JOKER's WILD, and DEUCES WILD versions of video poker.

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     o REAL Video Blackjack $20
     o REAL Video Blackjack and REAL Video Poker $25
     o REAL Video BJ & Poker and Noisy Video Poker & BJ $30


REAL Video Poker

Beautiful card designs (they look REAL), digitized sounds, and ease of play make this the most realistic video poker game available.  Includes JACKS or BETTER, JOKER's WILD, and DEUCES WILD versions of video poker.

REAL Video Poker registration is only $20, but for an additional $5 (that's $25 total) you can get the registered versions of both REAL Video Poker and REAL Video Blackjack.  REAL Video Blackjack is a very realistic video blackjack simulation--just like the video blackjack machines found in casinos.

SPECIAL OFFER!!!  For a total of $30 you get the registered versions of both REAL Video Poker and REAL Video Blackjack, and you also get the registered version of Noisy Video Poker & Blackjack.  Noisy Video Poker & Blackjack is different from any other poker or blackjack program you have seen (or heard).  The wacky sounds (glass breaking, donkey, explosions, and many others) make this game so fun that you will laugh even when you lose.

     o REAL Video Poker $20
     o REAL Video Poker and REAL Video Blackjack $25
     o REAL Video Poker & BJ and Noisy Video Poker & BJ $30


Windows Language Tutors

The Ultimate Language Tutor for Windows is a vocabulary learning system currently available in four languages.  This program offers a variety of drills and quizzes that help you learn, master, and test your vocabulary skills.  The Flashcard module is particularly useful.  It allows you to read in a list of words (or words you missed during a quiz) and have the words and their translations automatically flashed on-screen at a user-set rate.

The Ultimate Language Tutor for Windows also allows the user to add a chosen list of vocabulary in different language libraries.  This library builder is particularly useful to students taking a language course and using the Ultimate Language Tutor as a supplement to that course.  The student can add a distinct new library that matches the vocabulary for the chapter being studied.

The built-in quiz score tracker is particularly useful for teachers wishing to make this program available to their classes.  Quizzes are tracked by student.  Each student's profile shows scores and a description of the quizzes taken by the student.  The program also manages a top-ten list of the students with highest overall quiz scores.

The Ultimate Language Tutor for Windows is available for the following languages:

     o Spanish $20
     o French $20
     o German $20
     o Italian $20


Ultimate Solitaire Collection

The Ultimate Solitaire Collection is a bundle of nine different solitaire card games for Windows.  The games include Klondike, Canfield, Golf, Poker, Beleaguered Castle, Four Seasons, Pyramid, King's Audience and Monte Carlo Solitaire.  There are a lot of excellent solitaire games besides just the Klondike game which comes with Windows.  Some games are easier, some harder, some based more on skill than luck, some are more relaxing, and others just look nicer on the screen.  You will probably never want to play the solitaire game that came with Windows ever again when this solitaire package gives you so much more variety.

Learning a new solitaire game takes no more than five minute with the on-line manual and context-sensitive help system.  And for a mere $25 you get all nine games.  That's under $3 each!

        o The Ultimate Solitaire Collection $25


Zip Code Book

Zip Code Book is a zip code (and city, state, area code) lookup program for Windows.  Enter a zip code to find the corresponding city, state and area code.  You can also find a zip code by entering a city name and two-digit state abbreviation.  Zip Code Book supports copy and paste to and from other Windows applications (like word processors, spreadsheet programs and databases). Contains a database of over 75,000 zip codes and city/place names.

When you purchase Zip Code Book, you receive a database of the latest quarterly update.  For an extra $15 ($40 total), you will also receive the next 3 quarterly updates when available.  Updates are currently issued in March, June, September and December of each year.

The databased used by the Zip Code Book is highly compressed.  Registered users will also receive a .DBF version of the database which can be used by any database program which can read (or import) standard .DBF files.

     o Zip Code Book $25
     o Zip Code Book plus the next three quarterly updates ($40)


Ultimate Geography

This program sports a beautiful map of the United States.  Select a state with your mouse or with the keyboard, and the program displays a variety of census information.  You can also choose a census category (like population growth) and the map will highlight all states according to their national ranking.

Besides being a graphical almanac of U.S. information, Ultimate Geography is also a quizzing program which can teach and test state capitals, state locations, etc.

The teacher's version includes a test score tracker which can be used to administer tests and quizzes and record the scores of individual students.

     o Standard Edition $15
     o Teacher's Edition $30


DOS Language Tutors

The Ultimate Language Tutor for DOS is a vocabulary learning system currently available in Spanish and French.  This program offers a variety of drills and quizzes that help you learn, master, and test your vocabulary skills.

The Ultimate Language Tutor for Windows also allows the user to add a chosen list of vocabulary in distinct language libraries.  This library builder is particularly useful to students taking a language course and using the Ultimate Language Tutor as a supplement to that course.  The student can add a distinct new library that matches the vocabulary for the chapter being studied.

The built-in quiz score tracker is particularly useful for teachers wishing to make this program available to their classes.  Quizzes are tracked by student.  Each student's profile shows scores and a description of the quizzes taken by the student.  Scores can also be graphed on-screen.

The Ultimate Language Tutor for DOS is available for the following languages:

     o Spanish $20
     o French $20