CHAPTER  3

                   COMPLETING A PEN PAL LETTER



  Once  you  have  created  a  Pen  Pal letter, questionnaire, or 
interview and made it available to your friends  and  associates,
it is ready for them to complete.  When they choose the option to
"Answer  A  Pen Pal Letter" from the main men of the program, the 
first thing they will see is the instructions (if any)  that  you
prepared.

  When your friends and associates have read the instructions and
then  press  the  space  bar,  the  first  item of your letter or 
questionnaire will be presented to them.  The questionnaire  item
will  be presented in the upper half of the screen and a blinking
cursor will appear in the lower half of the screen.  Your friends 
and associates may then enter any response they wish and  it  may
consist  of  up to 10 lines of information.  They must enter each 
line by pressing the <cr> key at the end of  the  line.   To  end
their response, they need only press the <cr> key when the cursor
is in the first column of any line.

  Once  a  response to an item has been entered, the program will 
then present both the item and the response with a  query  as  to
whether  they  wish  to  change  their response.  If they wish to
change or correct their response, they need only press the letter 
'y' or 'Y' and the item will be presented once  more  to  receive
their  response.   When  the  respondent  indicates  no desire to 
change or correct the  response,  the  next  item  will  then  be
presented.


                     EXITING FROM THE LETTER

  The  respondent's  prompt  line  in  the  middle  of the screen
provides an option to "Exit" from the interview or questionnaire. 
A soft exit may be executed by entering an * in the first  column
of  a  line  and  then pressing the carriage return key.  This is 
useful when you are answering a long letter and you want to  take
a break.



                      AVOIDING PRYING EYES

  If  you  are answering a truly sensitive letter or completing a
very confidential questionnaire, you may not want someone to walk
by and read the material on screen.  There is a very powerful way 
to avoid that.  Just tap the Esc key once!  If you press the  Esc
key   at  any  time  while  entering  a  response,  you  will  be 
immediately taken out of the questionnaire and the program.   The
Esc  key returns you immediately to DOS.  Most important, the Esc
key blanks the screen immediately!

  When  your  friends  and  associates  have  completed a letter, 
questionnaire or interview,  they  should  send  their  "Pen  Pal
Letters"  diskette  (or a copy of it) to you so that you can then
read their replies.