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COMTRAC  is a shareware filing system that keeps track
of companies.   Phone  calls,  appointment  dates  and
correspondence are  logged.    COMTRAC  is  full  menu
driven and has extensive on-line help.  A  phone  call
timer  is  available for those that need to keep track
of time spent on phone calls.

COMTRAC is distributed as  shareware  -  meaning  that
you  are  encouraged  to  try  this  version out for a
while and if you like and use it, you are expected  to
register.   Registering  accomplishes  two things, one
it ensures that you are on  a  mailing  list  for  any
updates  and two you have a voice in the future design
of this product since  you  can  communicate  directly
with the author.

Registering   this   program  entitles  you  to  phone
support, a calendar generation program  based  on  the
COMTRAC  data  files,  and  an  ASCII  import  program
allowing you to import names and addresses from  other
rolodex programs.    Share  this  program  freely with
others - just don't  distribute  it  in  any  modified
form.

COMTRAC locates  companies  quickly.  By company name,
SIC code or products sold.    COMTRAC  allows  you  to
enter  the first few characters that make that company
unique.

COMTRAC allows you to interface with ASCII text  files
and  has a mail/merge feature. You can customize forms
using  an  ASCII  text  editor  such  as  Wordstar  or
Sidekick.   You  can  create  rolodex  cards,  mailing
labels, personalized form letters, custom  reports  in
formats of your choosing.

Each  company  can  be  in  up  to  12  different user
defined categories.

A contact system provides the user with easy  ways  of
keeping   track   of   future   events,  appointments,
meetings, call backs, etc.

A  contextual  help  system  is  available  throughout
COMTRAC to  aid you in using the system.  Press the F1
key (FUNCTION 1 KEY) and COMTRAC  will  place  a  help
window  upon  the  screen  similar  to the one you are
viewing now.  It will give you brief  and  informative
messages about the screen currently being viewed.

COMTRAC  has  an  AUTODIAL feature that will work with
Hayes compatible modems.  While in  the  company  menu
press  F3  to  dial the phone number 1 and press F4 to
dial phone number 2.  COMTRAC will start up  the  dial
sequence  and  you  can  simply pick up the phone when
someone answers the line.

COMTRAC will also record your incoming calls.   Simply
press  F9  from  the COMTRAC menu and the call will be
recorded in the PHONE LOG PAGE.

COMTRAC also keeps  track  of  correspondence.    Both
received and sent correspondence can be tracked.

You  can  use  your printer manual to set up different
fonts:  boldface, italics, compressed print  for  your
particular printer.

The  ESC  key  can  be  used  to  exit  menus and stop
reports at any time. This indicates  to  COMTRAC  that
you  are  finished  looking  at  the  display  on  the
screen.  This key is used GLOBALLY through the  system
as an  escape  hatch. It is ALWAYS available.  The TAB
key functions like the ESC key.

The LEFT ARROW Key will move left one field while  you
are updating a record.

The  RIGHT  ARROW  Key will move right one field while
you are updating a record.

The UP ARROW Key is used to move up one field  if  you
are  in  an  update  mode  or  the  menu  options  are
showing.  If you are in the COMPANY MENU it will  move
to the prior record.

The  DOWN  ARROW Key is used to move down one field if
you are in an update mode  or  the  menu  options  are
showing.   If you are in the COMPANY MENU it will move
to the next record.

The F2 Key (FUNCTION 2) is used to make a copy of  the
screen.  Each  time  F2 is pressed, the current screen
is appended to the file "screen.sav"  in  the  current
directory.   This  has  the  advantage  over  pressing
SHIFT  PRTSCRN,  in   that   screens   are   paginated
correctly.

The  F9  Key (FUNCTION 9) will record an incoming call
while in the COMPANY MENU for the displayed company.

The F10 Key (FUNCTION 10)  is  an  information  screen
which displays information about registering.

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Enter the  name  of  the  company.    This is an index
field  meaning  that  the  companies  are  sorted   in
alphabetic  order  by  company name when the "company"
index is chosen.

Press ESC to exit.

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Enter the SIC code.  This is also an index field.   If
the  index is set to "SIC CODE", the companies will be
sorted and accessed by SIC code.

If you don't use  SIC  codes  to  classify  companies,
This  field  can  be  used for anything other than SIC
codes since data need not be numeric in this field.

Press ESC to exit.

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Enter the product(s) the company sells.    This  field

is an  index field.  If the index is set to "PRODUCT",
the companies will be sorted and accessed  by  PRODUCT
name.

Press  the  UP and DOWN arrow to view the previous and
next companies.

Press ESC to exit.

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Enter  the  name  of  the  contact  person   at   this
company.    Enter   the   full   name   including  the
salutation as this field may be  used  in  the  custom
forms.

Examples:

    Mr. John Davis
    Dr. Tom Surgeon

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Enter the title of the contact person.

Examples:
    Vice President
    Director of Technology
    Associate Engineer
    Marketing Rep.
    Consultant

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Enter a name appropriate for a personal letter.

The  "dear"  field  allows a personal touch when using
the custom form letters.

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Enter a short  memo  field,  useful  info  here  could
include:

    o  spouse name
    o  birthdate
    o  salesperson handling this account
    o  account number
    o  any extra information

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Enter a  10  character  memo.  The memo will appear in
the 1 month calendar page.

To delete an entry,  press  the  SPACE  BAR  then  the
ENTER key.
Examples:

    Meeting
    Anniversry
    Lunch 11am

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This  field  provides  more space for details that the
MEMO field cannot handle with 10 characters.

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Enter "n" for company name, "s" for SIC code, "p"  for
product.

The  index will be changed so that you will be able to
recall the companies by name,  SIC  code  and  product
name.

You  are  able  to  abbreviate the name when searching
for a company ---

To search for "Joe's Bakery", set  the  index  to  "n"
company name  and  enter  "joe"  at  the  prompt.  The
company name is the default index.

To search for the first  company  selling  "automotive
supplies",  change  the  index  to "product" and enter
"aut".

To search for companies by SIC code, change the  index
to  "Sic  code"  and enter the first few digits of the
SIC code.

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The form file could not  be  located  in  the  current
directory.   COMTRAC is looking for the following file
names in the current directory:

       Form 1  - comtrac.1
       Form 2  - comtrac.2
       Form 3  - comtrac.3
       Form 4  - comtrac.4
       Form 5  - comtrac.5
       Mailing Label - comtrac.lbl

These must be ASCII files and must be in  the  current
directory.   COMTRAC  verifies that each file is ASCII
before proceeding.

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Press "y" if you wish to add this company  permanently
to the  database.   Otherwise, press "n" - the company
will not be added to the database.

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Press "y" if you wish to  save  the  changes  made  to
this company  permanently.  Otherwise, press "n" - the
changes will be abandoned.

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Press "y" if  you  wish  to  permanently  DELETE  this
company from  the  database.    Otherwise, press "n" -
the company will remain in the database.

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The code letters  on  this  page  have  the  following
meanings:

 PHONE CALLS
 Bsy - busy             No - noanswer
 In  - incoming call    Ok - phone call ok

 LETTERS
 Rcv - received         Snt - sent

Press  the  down/up  arrow  to  view next and previous
company, or enter a key.

Press the ENTER key to view different months.

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The current month is at the lower left corner  of  the
screen.   On  MONO  display  screens, those dates that
have  phone  calls  or  letters  will  be  in  INTENSE
white.   On  COLOR display screens, the same dates are
in RED.  Contact dates will be blinking.

Press the ENTER key to view different months.

Press the down/up arrow  to  view  next  and  previous
company, or enter a key.

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The  code  letters  on  this  page  have the following
meanings:

 PHONE CALLS
 b - busy phone call          n - noanswer phone call
 i - incoming phone call      o - ok phone call

 LETTERS
 R - received letter          S - sent letter

 CONTACTS
    blinking dates

Press the down/up arrow  to  view  next  and  previous
company, or enter a key.

Press the ENTER key to view different months.

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15  different contact appointment dates are kept track
of from this page.

In typing the contact, move  to  cursor  to  an  empty
slot or  simply  type  over an old reminder date.  You
must fill in the memo  field  in  order  to  save  the
reminder.

Don't  worry  about the order you insert the reminders
since COMTRAC automatically sorts the  reminders  with
the  earliest  dates  at  the  top  when  you save the
changes.

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This page is a log of the last 15 phone calls made  to
this company.    Press  ENTER  to  change the memo and
status of call.

The fifteenth call will drop off the list.

If you don't have a modem connected to a  handset  you
can still  use  phone  call  logging.    Set the MODEM
PARAMETER in the SYSTEM PARAMETER PAGE to "n".

Press F3 or F4 and the call will be placed  "manually"
- by  you.  The call and its result (Busy, Noanswer or
Ok) is saved along with the current date and time.  If
you  wish  to receive incoming calls, pressing F9 will
log an incoming call in the same  manner  as  outgoing
calls.

You  cannot  make  or  take  a call while updating the
PHONE MEMO or STATUS  fields  -  COMTRAC  will  simply
beep at you if you try.

Press  the DOWN arrow or UP arrow to view the next and
previous company.

Enter the first few letters of the  key  of  which  to
search.

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Enter an short comment next to the most recent call.

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Enter  the  address  of  the  company.  If the address
spans two  different  lines,  use  both  ADDRESS1  and
ADDRESS2.

Example:
         ADDRESS 1:   1580 Main Avenue
         ADDRESS 2:   Suite 120

Press ESC to get out of the update mode.

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Enter the  company's  city.    If you are entering the
same city repeatedly for new entries, enter  the  city
name  in  the  DEFAULT  CITY  field  under  the SYSTEM
PARAMETER MENU.

Press ESC to get out of the update mode.

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Enter the state.  If you are entering the  same  state
repeatedly  for  new  entries,  enter the city name in
the DEFAULT STATE field  under  the  SYSTEM  PARAMETER
MENU.

Enter  a  two  letter code, this will be expanded to a
full name by COMTRAC.

I.e.  nm - New Mexico
      fl - Florida
      ca - California
      dc - Dist of Columbia

In addition  to  the  50  states  you  can  enter  the

following two letter codes for US territories:

    cm - Northern Mariana Is.
    tt - Trust Territories
    as - American Samoa
    cz - Canal Zone
    vi - Virgin Islands
    pr - Puerto Rico
    gu - Guam
    na - Not Applicable

Press ESC to get out of the update mode.

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Enter the  zip code.  If you are entering the same zip
code repeatedly for new entries, enter  the  zip  code
in  the  DEFAULT  ZIP field under the SYSTEM PARAMETER
MENU.

Press ESC to get out of the update mode.

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Enter the company's phone number. There is extra  room
to add a comment next to the phone number.

    PHONE 1 :  Info Ctr 444-2321

Make sure the comment doesn't contain an 'X'.

COMTRAC  normally  ignores  all non-numeric chars when
autodialing for  you.    Thus  this  number  would  be
correctly dialed when F4 is pressed.

Note  also that you can signify an extension by making
an 'X' in the number.  COMTRAC will ignore all  digits
appearing after the 'X'.  For example:

    PHONE 1 :  2554433x444

COMTRAC will dial "2554433" ignoring "444".

A  comma  ","  will  cause  the  modem  to pause for a
moment.  This is used when there is a need to  dial  9
to get an outside line.

Press ESC to get out of the update mode.

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Enter   the   code(s)  that  are  applicable  to  this
company.  The selected codes will be  highlighted  and
marked with an asterisk '*'.

A  company  may belong to up to twelve different codes
or categories.

To enter this company into codes A, B and  C  -  enter
"abc".

Enter ESC to get out of the update mode.

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This  page  records  the last 15 letters/memos sent or
received from this company.    Press  ENTER  twice  to
update the  top  entry.  Press ENTER then enter 'a' to
add a new entry, moving all prior entries down.

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It is  from  this  page  that  you  can  add,  delete,
change, or search for company.

Enter:
    a - add a new company
    d - delete an old company
    i - change the index
    F3 - dial phone 1
    F4 - dial phone 2
    F9 - log an incoming call
    ENTER - change/modify the company

After entering  F3  or F4 if the phone is busy:  enter
"b".  If nobody answers  enter  "n",  otherwise  press
the space bar.

Press  the DOWN arrow or UP arrow to view the next and
previous company.  You will notice that the  companies
are  sorted  in  alphabetical  order according to what
index is set.  Try changing  the  index  to  SIC  then
press the DOWN arrow key to see what happens.

To  change  the  index,  enter  "i" then enter "n" for
company name, "p" for product, and "s" for SIC code.

To search for a particular  company  enter  the  first
few letters of the company name.

Example:

To find the company "John's Hotub Service"

Entering  "jo"  will search the database for the first
occurrence of a company starting with "jo".  If  there
is  a  "Joe's  Diner"  in  the  database, it will find
"Joe's Diner" instead  of  "John's  Hotub",  as  "Joe"
appears alphabetically  before "John".  Press the DOWN
arrow key to the next record:  "John's Hotub"

Note:  While searching  for  companies,  COMTRAC  does
NOT  make  a  distinction between upper and lower case
names.  I.e., there is  NO  difference  between  "Joe"
and "joe" and "JOE".

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COMPANY  MENU  -  Add,  delete,  update and search for
companies from this menu.  Use the UP and  DOWN  arrow
keys  to  change  the selection bar or enter an option
number.

Also, you can change the index from this  menu.    The
default index is the company name.

Press ESC to exit COMTRAC.

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COMPANY  Reports  -  Print  listings of companies from

this menu.    There  are  a  total  of  12   different
reports,   6  of  which  can  be  customized  as  form
letters, envelopes, rolodex cards or mailing labels.

For custom printouts see the files:

  comtrac.lbl comtrac.1 comtrac.2
  comtrac.3 comtrac.4 comtrac.5

They must all be ASCII files and live in  the  current
directory.

Press ESC to exit COMTRAC.

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Edit Codes  -  Edit  all codes from this menu.  Choose
from 12 different  codes.    These  are  custom  codes
which can have any designation.

Use your imagination in using the code fields.

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Change COMTRAC's  idea  of  the  CURRENT  date.    The
CURRENT date is displayed in the  upper  right  corner
of the screen and is set by the DOS date initially.

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Use this  menu  to  manipulate  your  file systems.  A
file system is a grouping of companies.    Instead  of
grouping  companies by the category code, you can make
larger separations by classifying the  companies  into
separate file systems.

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Enter the  selection  code letter(s).  For example, if
Code A is the  Paper  Suppliers,  Code  B  is  the  Ad
agencies  and  you  wish to select all members of both
Code A and Code B, type "ab".

Enter "a" for just the Paper Suppliers

Enter  ".",   to   select   ALL   companies   in   ALL
categories.

Press ESC to quit.

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A telephone directory is printed in this report.

Each  company is printed along with both phone numbers
and a contact name.

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Those CONTACT DATES scheduled for today  are  printed.
See the CONTACT PAGE of the COMPANY MENU.

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Those  CONTACT  DATES  scheduled  for this week (today
through 7 days from today) are printed.

See the CONTACT PAGE of the COMPANY MENU.

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A standard company list is printed in this report.

Items listed are company name, product, SIC code,  and
location.

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Each  company  is  printed  along  with  the following
data:

    o Date and time of phone call
    o BUSY, OK, NOANS, or INCALL
    o a phone message as recorded on the
       PHONE LOG PAGE.

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Each company  is  printed  along  with  the  following
data:

    o Date of letter or correspondence
    o RECEIVED or SENT status
    o a short note as recorded on the LETTER PAGE.

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COMTRAC  is  looking  for  the  following files in the
current directory:
        comtrac.lbl
        comtrac.1
        comtrac.2
        comtrac.3
        comtrac.4
        comtrac.5

Note:  Do not use TABS in the form  file,  use  spaces
instead.

If   you   choose  option  "Form  2."  then  the  file
"comtrac.2" will be used as a form file.    This  file
must be   an  ASCII  text  file.    To  use  the  form
capabilities the following fields are defined:

   *d1 - current date (format - 31 Oct 87)
   *d2 - current date (format - October 31, 1987)
   *d3 - current date (format - 11/31/87)

   *t1 - current time (format - 15:23:43) military
   *t2 - current time (format - 15:23) military
   *t3 - current time (format - 03:23:43) standard
   *t4 - current time (format - 03:23) standard

   *na - company name
   *a1 - address line 1
   *a2 - address line 2
   *st - two letter abbrev for state
   *ST - spelled out state
   *ci - city name
   *zi - zip code
   *co - contact name

   *de - dear salutation
   *ti - title of contact
   *me - memo field
   *pr - product
   *si - SIC code
   *po - phone One
   *pt - phone Two

   *p0 - printer code 0
   *p1 - printer code 1
    .  ...  ...
   *p7 - printer code 7

To pad with blanks and right or left justify  a  field
enter a width specification like:

  *na%40 - company name right just. pad with space
  *na%-40 - company name left just. pad with space

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Press 'y'  to  finish  this session with COMTRAC.  All
files will by safely closed.

Press ESC or 'n' to continue working with COMTRAC.

DO NOT exit COMTRAC by shutting off or  resetting  the
computer!   Doing  so may require that the COFIX (data
file repair) program be run  or  in  the  worst  case,
restoring a backup copy.

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Print  screens  that have been saved using the F2 save
screen function.  The screens have  been  saved  in  a
file called  "screen.sav".    Each time F2 is pressed,
the current screen is appended to this file.

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Discard screens that have  been  saved  using  the  F2
save screen  function.    The file "screen.sav" in the
current directory will be cleared.

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Modify system parameters from this menu:

    printer parameters
    modem line
    screen - mono or color
    error bells - on or off
    default city, state and zip

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Change the printer setup  string,  printer  codes  for
use  with  the  custom  forms, printer port and margin
settings.

Use your  printer  manual  to  change  some  of  these
settings.

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Change system parameters -

    error bells on or off,
    file system SYNC frequency
    COM port assignment
    defaults for CITY, STATE, and ZIP

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Enter  a  description  for  the  printer  code used in
printing the  custom  forms.    You   can   get   this
information   in   the  Programming  Section  of  your
printer manual.

The  description  is  not  used  in  any  reports   by
COMTRAC,   it   is   simply   information   for   your
reference.

Examples:  printer code 0:  Bold on  printer  code  1:
Bold off

Each  printer  code is used in the ASCII form files of
your choice by specifying:

    *p0 - printer code 0
    *p1 - printer code 1
    ...
    *p7 - printer code 7

See "comtrac.3" for an example.    The  printer  codes
are setup  for  the IBM printer.  You can change these
at any time.

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Enter a name for the code category listed.

Examples:
    Code A:  Suppliers
    Code B:  Vendors

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Enter "n" if you don't have a modem attached  to  your
serial port.    Enter  1,  2,  3 or 4 if your modem is
attached to COM1, 2, 3 or 4 respectively.

COMTRAC currently works with Hayes  compatible  modems
only.

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Enter  "m"  if  you  have  a monochrome screen and the
shades that COMTRAC is using are not acceptable.

Enter "c" if you have a color screen.

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Type "y" to turn on COMTRAC's error  bell  -  it  will
beep at you if you make an input error.

Type "n" to turn off this bell.

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This  field allows you to specify how often you desire
to "sync" the file system.   COMTRAC's  internal  file
structure    needs    to    be    physically   updated
occasionally.  The smaller this number  is,  the  more
often the  file  system  will  be  SYNCED.  Of course,
small values for the sync will slow COMTRAC down  when
adding many  en-  tries  to  the  system.  This may be
intolerable on a floppy based system.

When entering many companies into  the  database,  you
may wish  to  set  it  to  10.   COMTRAC automatically
sync's its files when you  exit.    Be  sure  to  exit
COMTRAC  by  pressing the ESC key and answering "y" to
the exit prompts.

DO NOT exit COMTRAC by turning  off  the  computer  or
pressing CTRL-ALT-DELETE.   This may destroy the index
files in which case you would have to reload all  your
data from scratch.

It  is  advisable  to make backups of the system after
making significant changes.

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If you experience a snow effect on the screen.   Enter
"y" to  this  question.   COMTRAC will try to draw the
screen to limit the snow effect.

This may occur on some CGA monitors.

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The "printer  end-of-line"  is  used  to  control  the
printer output  at the end of the printed line.  There
are 4 options to  set  depending  upon  your  printer.
You  may  have  to  do a little bit of experimentation
with this to get it right.  Once it is set  correctly,
it  will not have to be changed (as long as the switch
settings on the printer do not change).

Option 1 newline character
       2 carriage return character
       3 newline then carriage-return character
       4 carriage-return then newline character
1) Output is double spaced -  try  setting  option  to
"cr".

2) Output is overprinting or printing on one  line   -
try   setting  the  option  first  to "nl" and if that
doesn't work, try out the options "nl/cr" or "cr/nl".

3) Output is jagged like: This is
       an example  of
                     a jagged line.

Try changing option to "nl/cr" or "cr/nl".

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Press any key to continue to the next page of the  re-
port, press ESC to stop the listing.

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Press ENTER to see all reports on the screen.

Select  the "printer" to send the reports to a printer
- directly.

Select "capturefile" to send the output  to  an  ASCII
file.   The  output  will  be  appended to an existing
file.

While the report/form is printing you may press  SPACE
which  will pause the printer, or ESC which will abort
the printout.

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Enter "y" to change the information on this page.

Press ESC, press ENTER, or enter "n" to return to  the
"MISCELLANEOUS MENU".

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Type  "y"  and  the changes made to the parameter page
will be saved into COMTRAC's data files.

Type "n" and the changes will  be  discarded  and  the
old values will be retained.

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Enter  the  full name of the file you want to save the
output of the report to.

Examples:  report1.out
             a:reportsmar.87

If the file exists and is ASCII, COMTRAC  will  APPEND
to it.    If  it  isn't  ASCII,  you must make another
selection.

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COMTRAC cannot make contact with your printer.

COMTRAC is set up to talk to an LPT:    port.    Check
and  make  sure  that  the  printer  is online and has
paper.

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The output file "screen.sav" has been printed.   Press
any key to continue.

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The output  file "screen.sav" has been cleared.  Press
any key to continue.

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Enter "y" to delete the screens  previously  saved  in
the file "screen.sav".  Otherwise, enter "n".

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Enter  the  sequence  of decimal codes that will place
the printer into the mode desired (e.g.  16  pitch  or
"NLQ"  -  Near Letter Quality) See your printer manual
for ASCII control codes.

Use a zero or blank space to clear out a field.    The
fields  to  the  right  of  the cleared out field will
also be cleared out.  Since COMTRAC  uses  zero  as  a
place  marker to clear out a field, you cannot enter a
zero into a print code field.

For example:  sending 'ESC F' to  the  IBM  Proprinter
will turn  EMPHASIZED PRINT ON.  This would correspond
to entering decimal 27 then 70 into the printer  setup
string.

  printer setup :  [ 27] [ 70] [ ] [ ]

What  follows  is  a  short, incomplete list of common
ASCII decimal codes.

COMMON DECIMAL ASCII CODES:

   27 - ESC        32 - SPACE      8 - BACKSPACE
    9 - HORZ TAB   10 - LN FEED   12 - FORMFEED
   13 - CAR RET    14 - SO        15 - SI
   33 - '!'        34 - '"'       35 - '#'
   36 - '$'        37 - '%'       38 - '&'
   40 - '('        41 - ')'       42 - '*'
   43 - '+'        44 - ','       45 - '-'
   46 - '.'        47 - '/'       60 - '<'
   61 - '='        62 - '>'       63 - '?'

  1  - 'CTRL-A'   65 - 'A'    97 - 'a'   48 - '0'
  2  - 'CTRL-B'   66 - 'B'    98 - 'b'   49 - '1'
  3  - 'CTRL-C'   67 - 'C'    99 - 'c'   50 - '2'
  4  - 'CTRL-D'   68 - 'D'   100 - 'd'   51 - '3'
     ...           ...         ...        ...
 25  - 'CTRL-Y'   89 - 'Y'   121 - 'y'   56 - '8'
 26  - 'CTRL-Z'   90 - 'Z'   122 - 'z'   57 - '9'

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If you wish to send an initialization  string  to  the
printer  every  time a report is printed answer "y" to
the question.

If you answer "n", COMTRAC will  not  send  a  printer
string.

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Enter "1"  - for LPT1:, "2" for LPT2:  or "3" for LPT3
as a printer port.

COMTRAC doesn't currently  support  a  serial  printer
port,  however,  you  can  direct  the  output  of the
report using the "capturefile" option  and  print  the
report from DOS upon exiting COMTRAC.

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Enter  the number of columns that you want the printer
to start printing.  I.e. if you enter 5, COMTRAC  will
advance 5 spaces on each printed line.

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Press  "y"  and  COMTRAC  will pause between each form
allowing you to change sheets of paper without  having
to press the off-line key on your printer.

This   is   handy  when  printing  individual  sheets,
envelopes, or rolodex cards.

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Feed in a new form then press ENTER to print the  next
form.  ESC aborts the printout.

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The end of the report/form has been reached.

Press any key to continue.

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Enter "n"  for  company  name.   Enter "p" for product
name, "s" for SIC code.

The  records  will  be  sorted  in  alphabetic   order
according to the sort selection.

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Enter   a  code  or  codes  in  which  to  select  the
records.

For example:

   To select:  "a,d and c", enter:  "adc"

   To select all records, enter:  "."

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Enter "n" for company name, "s" for SIC code, "p"  for
product  name, "z" for zip code, and "o" if you do NOT
want to select records.

The "From name" and "Thru"  fields  will  specify  the
range of selection.

Example:

If  you  want  to select a single record, "Cononotel",
enter "n" for key selection  at  the  "Name  selected"
prompt.   Then  at  the "From name" and "Thru" prompts
enter "cono"  and  "cono".    COMTRAC  is   NOT   case
sensitive, so "CONO" will do as well.

To  select  all  companies  in the zip code 87100 thru
88000, enter "z" at the  "Name  Selected"  prompt  and
"87100"  at  "From  Name" and "88000" at the thru name
prompts.

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Enter the starting name  of  the  field  you  want  to
select.   For  example, if we want to print out a list
of companies with SIC codes names from  "10"  to  "11"
enter  "10"  in the From name field, and enter "11" in
the Thru name field.

If the zip code field was selected,  enter  the  first
few digits of the starting zip code.

If  the  product  field  was selected and we wanted to
select "software", enter "software" in both  the  From
and Thru fields.

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Enter  the  ending  name  in alphabetic order for this
field.

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Enter "c" to select a company by the contact  date  in
the CONTACT  PAGE.    Those  companies  that have been
contacted within the date range you  specify  will  be
printed.

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Enter the starting date for selection.

The  quotes  in the examples that follow are not to be
entered into COMTRAC, they are there to highlight  the
proper response.

Examples:

   To select companies for Nov 23, 1987
   Simply enter:  "23Nov87", or "112387".

   To select companies for the month of
   December enter:  1Dec87 and 31Dec87

Shortcut examples (using date arithmetic):

   To select companies for today's date:
   enter ".", which is a shortcut for
   today.

   To select companies for today thru next
   week:  enter "." and "+1w", which means select
   dates from today to 1 week from today.

   To select companies for tomorrow:
   enter "+1", which stands for 1 day
   from today.  Similarly, yesterday would
   be entered as "-1"

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Enter a  new  date  for  the  system.  COMTRAC has the
ability to process  dates  using  date  arithmetic  as
well as accepting dates in a variety of formats.

The  quotes  in the examples that follow are not to be
entered into COMTRAC, they are there to highlight  the
proper response.

Examples:

   To select a date of Nov 23, 1989
   Simply enter:  "23Nov89", or "112389".
   If the current year is 1989, simply enter
   the month and day.  If the current month
   is November as well, only enter "23".

Shortcut examples (using date arithmetic):

   To change the date to tomorrow:  "+1"
   Last week:  "-1w"
   1st of this month:  "1"
   Last day of last month:  "1-1"
   First day of next month:  "1+1m"

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Enter the  ending  date.    The companies with CONTACT
dates as shown in the CONTACT PAGE will be printed  if
they fall within the start and end date.

The  quotes  in the examples that follow are not to be
entered into COMTRAC, they are there to highlight  the
proper response.

Examples:

   To select contacts for Nov 23, 1987
   Simply enter:  "23Nov87", or "112387".

   To select contacts for the month of
   December enter:  1Dec87 and 31Dec87

Shortcut examples (using date arithmetic):

   To select contacts for today's date:
   enter ".", which is a shortcut for
   today.

   To select contacts for today thru next
   week:  enter "." and "+1w", which means select
   dates from today to 1 week from today.

   To select contacts for tomorrow:
   enter "+1", which stands for 1 day
   from today.  Similarly, yesterday would
   be entered as "-1"

   Today's date is always measured from the
   date COMTRAC thinks it is.  You should
   set the date when booting the system
   up.

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Enter  "y"  if you have finished choosing the sort and
selection criteria.  The reports will now be  sent  to
the screen or printer.

Enter ESC or "n" to go back to the previous menu.

Press   ENTER  to  continue  editing  the  sort/select

fields.

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Set this field if you want to speed up the process  of
adding new  entries  to COMTRAC.  When you type in "a"
at the COMTRAC menu header page, the CITY  field  will
automatically be set to the default.

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Set  this field if you want to speed up the process of
adding new entries to COMTRAC.  When you type  in  "a"
at  the COMTRAC menu header page, the STATE field will
automatically be set to the default.

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Set this field if you want to speed up the process  of
adding new  entries  to COMTRAC.  When you type in "a"
at the COMTRAC menu header page, the  ZIP  field  will
automatically be set to the default.

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Enter  "t"  if  your telephone is equipped with a tone
dial phone.  Enter "p" if it  is  a  pulse  or  rotary
phone.

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Press  ENTER to change the top entry. Enter 'a' to add
a new entry or enter 'c' to clear out all  letters  on
this page.

If  you  add  new  entries  the  prior entries will be
shifted down by one.  The 15th letter  at  the  bottom
of the page will be discarded.

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Enter the date of correspondence:

Examples:

   To select correspondence for Nov 23, 1987
   Simply enter:  "23Nov87", or "112387".
   other examples:
   "11JAN87"
   "11 Jan 87"
   "11 jan 87"
   "011187"

SHORTCUT FORMAT EXAMPLES
    "." - today
    "+1" - tomorrow
    "-1" - yesterday
    "+1w" - one week from today
    "-1w" - today last week
    "+1m" - this day next month
    "1+1m" - first day of next month
    "+thu" - next thursday from today
    "-wed" - last wednesday
    "+1w" - next week
    "-1w" - last week

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Enter  an  's'  for SENT letters/correspondence and an
'r' for received letters.

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Enter a short note describing this letter.

Examples:
    Thank you note
    Notice of deposition
    Bill payment

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Enter a name for the appropriate  form.    If  a  form
name  is  entered  and you choose to print the form or
send it to a capture file,  then  this  name  will  be
automatically  recorded  on  the  LETTER PAGE with the
form name in the MEMO field.

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The following keys will scroll through the dates:

    Up Arrow - Previous year
    Down Arrow - Next year
    Left Arrow - Previous month
    Right Arrow - Next month
    Home key - This month

Press ESC or the ENTER key to exit.

You are limited to scrolling through 10  years.    The
bell will beep when the limit is reached.

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Enter a  contact  date  :    meeting  date, deposition
date, appointment, etc.  This date and its  associated
memo   will  appear  in  the  calendar  pages  and  is
integrated with  the  "TODAY'S  CONTACT"  and  "WEEK'S
CONTACT" reports.

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Enter  a  short  memo  (10 chars) which will appear in
the 1 month calendar page.

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Enter "n" for no answer, "b" for  busy,  "o"  for  ok"
and "i" for incoming call.

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Enter   "y"   if  you  have  an  IBM/EPSON  compatible
printer.  If you do, COMTRAC  will  save  the  screens
using  the  line  drawing  character  set  instead  of
dashes "-", plus symbols "+" and pipe symbols "|".

Your saved screens  may  look  more  attractive  using
this option.    If  the line drawing characters appear
as a string of MMMMMMMMMMMM's, you will want to  enter

"n" at this option.

To see if it works on your printer do the following:
    0)  Set this option to "y"
    1)  Discard previous saved screens
    2)  Call up a calendar page
    3)  Enter F2 to save the screen
    4)  Print the saved screen
    5)  Check the printed output

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Open an  existing  file  system;    one  that has been
created.  For example, if you  are  currently  working
with  "COMTRAC" and you desire to work with "CUST" use
this menu.

The old file system will be written to  disk  and  the
new file system will be made current.

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Create a  new  file  system  from here.  COMTRAC makes
sure the system doesn't already exist.

Example:  If we wanted to create a new list of  "CUST"
(customers) the following files would be created:

    cust.dt   - data file
    cust.hdr  - parameters file
    cust.nx0  - index file on key
    cust.nx1  - index file on firstname
    cust.nx2  - index file on company

@@         

Allows  the  deletion  of  old  file  systems  in  the
current directory.  The  file  system  to  be  deleted
must not be the current open file system.

@@       

Copy  records  from  one  file  system to another file
system.  Both file  systems  must  have  been  created
previously using the CREATE file system option.

Press  ESC  while  copying  and  the remaining records
will NOT be copied.

Another way to copy records from one  file  system  to
another would be from DOS:

    > copy contac20.* newsys.*

The  COPY  MENU option is different from using the DOS
command to copy the file system since  the  COPY  MENU
option  has  the side effect of compacting all deleted
records of the old file system.   Thus  the  new  file
system may actually use a little less disk space.

@@        

Use  the  arrow  keys  to  select  a pre-existing file
system in the current directory.

The old file system will be flushed and the  new  file
system will become active.

@@         

Enter the  name  of  a  new  file system.  It must not
already exist.  Use up to 8 characters.

Example:

    To create a customer file system, call it
    "CUST".

    The following data files will be created:
    CUST.hdr, CUST.dt, CUST.nx0, CUST.nx1 and
    CUST.nx2  (these files comprise a file system)

This option must be run before trying to copy  records
from one file system to another file system.

@@         

The filesystem  you  specified could not be open.  Try
using a backup copy of the file system.

@@       

Use the arrow  keys  to  select  the  file  system  to
delete.   Press  ENTER  when the highlight bar is over
your choice.

The file system will be permanently deleted.

@@          

Use the arrow keys to select the SOURCE  file  system.
Press  ENTER  when  the  highlight  bar  is  over your
choice.

The  data  records  will  be  copied  from  this  file
system.

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Enter  'Y'  to  delete  this  file system permanently.
Otherwise press ESC or enter 'N'.

@@          

Use the arrow keys to select the TARGET  file  system.
Press  ENTER  when  the  highlight  bar  is  over your
choice.

Data records from  the  SOURCE  file  system  will  be
copied  to  this file system. Once the copy is started
you  may  press  ESC  which   will   stop   the   copy
operation.

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Press the  ENTER  key  to  update  the  top entry.  TO
clear out the phone log page - enter "c".

You may want to use F2 to  save  and  file  the  phone
calls away in paper files before clearing this page.

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Enter  "y"  to  clear  out  each  entry  on this page.
Press "n" or ESC to abort the clear.

