

PSA Cards 3.5 for Windows 95/98 and NT 4.0

PSA Cards is an easy to use personal information manager. The user interface is an on-screen
card file with tabs for dividers and cards. To access a divider or card, just click on it. Double
click a card to edit it. As you add information to a card, it expands to accommodate the new
information. The program has a large number of features, yet the user interface remains intuitive
and uncluttered.

PSA Cards includes Internet integration for web browsing and e-mail. Right click an e-mail
address and launch your e-mail program. Right click a URL and launch your web browser.

Print Rolodex cards, mailing labels, envelopes, and a variety of address book formats. Dial phone
numbers either directly or with the Microsoft dialer.

PSA Cards is a freely distributable shareware program.  Registration costs $25.  Registration 
instructions can be found in the Help menu by clicking "How to Order".  The author of PSA Cards 
can be reached at billr@psa-cards.com or http://www.psa-cards.com.

Version 3.5 New Features and changes

 "What's This" context help.  Click the "?", then click a dialog  control for help on that control
 "Flat look" toolbars
 Minimize to system tray.  Great when you want to leave PSA Cards running but dont want it to
  occupy space on the Taskbar.
 Added Type-N-Print to toolbar and re-arranged toolbar buttons
 Auto Fill for Speed Entry
 You now get a warning when you start to edit a read-only file.
 Dates command and improved date searching
 Added COM5 through COM10 to port control page
 New card formats -- 2 x 4 labels, 3 x 5 index cards
 "Advanced" option to bypass printer driver for envelope printing
 Option in the Preferences menu to change the number of recent files listed in the Files menu
 Now possible to continue unacknowledged reminders past the reminder date

The new card formats and changes for the envelope printing "Advanced" tab required changing
the way margins for cards and envelopes are handled.  If you are replacing an earlier version of
PSA Cards, you may need to change your card and envelope margins.

Version 3.5 Bug Fixes

 Now leaves main window minimized for "minimize on start".
 Process addresses on right mouse button copy in the same way as printing label and envelope
  addresses
 Fixed export bug that sometimes exported wrong zip code when PO Box and Street  ZIP codes
  were different.
 The list view is now cleared when document fails to open.
 Fixed Auto Fill pick from list
 The tops of large entries now appear at the top of the main window
 Fixed a bug in the Address Book printing that sometimes corrupted the page order.

PSA Cards features existing in V. 3.4:

Printing

 Print Rolodex cards, envelopes, mailing labels, shipping labels and address booklets.  Address
  books can be customized.
 Separate fonts for return address, envelopes, cards, labels, address books.
 POSTNET bar codes on mailing labels and envelopes
 Optional USPS format for addresses - all caps, no punctuation for envelopes and mailing labels.
 Custom mailing label sizes as well as predefined label forms
 Option for auto size on mailing labels.
 Print one envelope without making a permanent entry (Type-N-Print)

Dialing

 Dial phone numbers, including dialing profiles that  account for differences in dialing from
  different locations.
 Dial credit card calls.
 International dialing
 Optional use of MS Dialer enables dialing out while waiting for FAXes (Not available in
  Windows 3.1).
 Unlimited number of phone numbers on each card

Internet Integration

 Right click on an e-mail address to launch your e-mail program and start a new message.
 Right click on an Internet address (URL) and launch your Internet browser with that address.
 Unlimited number of e-mail addresses and URLs on each card

Searching

 Search any field for a text string
 Search for words that sound alike.
 Search dated fields for a date or range of dates.

Import - Export

 Export any field or combination of fields to a file or the clipboard for use in a word processing
program or spreadsheet.
 Export for mail merge.
 Import data from an ASCII file or Microsoft CardFile

User Interface

 Context menus (right mouse button popup menus). The right mouse button menus allow
  common commands to be performed on entries, fields within entries, and embedded objects by
  right clicking on them.
 On-line, context sensitive help, including "What's This" ("?") pop-up help for individual
  controls in dialog boxes.
 Tip of the day, including links to relevant topics in the Help file.
 Tool tips for toolbar buttons (Not available for Windows 3.1)
 Double click an entry to edit it
 Type a letter to open a divider tab
 Speed Entry command, including entering information from a multiline edit field by
  highlighting text and clicking a field button.
 Auto Fill uses drop down lists for phone, date, e-mail, general descriptions, city, state, and
  country to automatically complete field entries.

Program Customization

 Option for displaying and printing using "last name, first name" style
 User configurable toolbars.
 Optional second toolbar.
 Dockable toolbars (Not available for Windows 3.1)
 User specified screen and printer fonts
 User specified text, tab, and entry colors
 Option for dd-mm-yy Euro style dates
 English (inches) or metric units (mm) for measurements
 European style postal codes
 User defined (general purpose) fields
 Create groups of entries for organizing various types of lists.  These lists can be used to address
  Christmas cards, invitations, and to export addresses for mail merge in a word processor.
 Powerful group editing features.

Miscellaneous

 No inherent limits on the number of entries or lengths of fields.
 Insert objects from other applications (OLE 2.0).
 Separate dialogs for residential and business entries
 Reminders for birthdays, anniversaries, or appointments
 Merge two PSA Cards files, keeping latest modifications
 File backup command and backup reminder.
 File password protection
 Written in Visual C++ for fast performance and small program size.
 Windows 3.1, Windows NT, and Windows 95/98 versions available
 Install and uninstall program
	

Installing From a Floppy Disk

Run the setup program, Setup.exe, from the Program Manager, Start menu, or Explorer.

Installing From a Downloaded File - PSANT35.EXE

Run the program, PSANT35.EXE, from the Program Manager, Start menu, or Explorer.

The install program may be prevented from loading by some virus protection programs.  Of
course, the solution to this problem to turn off your virus protection program while you run the
installation.


Uninstalling

The install program implements an uninstall feature that will remove PSA Cards from your
system.  To access this program, click on Settings command in the Start Menu, then the Control
Panel, and finally double click the Add/Remove Program icon.

If you have added files to the PSA Cards directory that you don't want to be deleted, be sure to
save them in another location before running the uninstall program.

If you are installing over an earlier version of PSA Cards

When you install PSA Cards for Windows 3.1 on a computer running Windows 95 or 98, or
when you install Windows 95 or 98 over Windows 3.1 with PSA Cards already installed, there
will be a "PSA Cards" program folder on the Windows 95/98 Start menu.

When you install this release of PSA Cards a new program icon named "PSA Cards" will appear
on the Start menu.  Since the installation routine does not check for the presence of the old PSA
Cards (from the Windows 3.1 version) program folder and program icons, you will need to
remove them from the Start menu manually.  To do this, right click on the Start menu, click
"Explore", open the Programs folder, find the old PSA Cards program folder and program icons
and, and drag them to the Recycle Bin.

Buy PSA Cards to fully enable the "Save" command

Complete instructions for ordering PSA Cards can be found in the on-line Help.  Go the PSA
Cards Help menu and click on "How to Order".  In the evaluation version, the "Save" command
can only be used 20 times.  PSA Cards costs $25.

Disclaimer

Although PSA Cards has been carefully written and tested, no claim is made as to its reliability
and freedom from bugs.  This software is provided "as-is" without warranty of any kind. In no
event shall PSA Software be liable for any damages whatsoever arising out of the use or inability
to use PSA Cards.

Known Problems Running in Windows 4.0

The Microsoft dialer sometimes fails to start when dialing.  To work around this problem,
manually start the MS dialer  from the Start menu | Accessories.

The Microsoft dialer sometimes fails to translate phone numbers to dial strings.  To work around
this problem, use the phone number to dial string translation built into PSA Cards.

Bug Reports and Feedback

Please send bug reports, and suggestions for new features to me at: billr@PSA-Cards.com or US
mail to me at:

William L. Rogers
PSA Software
PO Box 271905
Fort Collins, CO 80527-1905

You can also get the PSA Cards news and download the most recent version of PSA Cards from
the PSA Software web page:

http://www.PSA-Cards.com

I hope that you find PSA Cards useful.

Bill Rogers

