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NOTE: To run ACTION PLANNER you must have the file -
VBRUN100.DLL (Microsoft Visual Basic's run-time module) in your
Windows directory along with the other files contained here.
ACTION PLANNER requires hard disk, VGA color preferable, EGA
tolerable (first screen is distorted) and mouse.

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A C T I O N   P L A N N E R   1.1

B a s i c   E d i t i o n


From Human Development Systems

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CONTENTS

I.    Welcome to ACTION PLANNER

II.   Installing and running the program

III.  Registration information

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I.  W E L C O M E

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Dear Computerist,

The increasingly hectic world most of us inhabit makes it
essential that we stay focused on key tasks and activities from
day to day. ACTION PLANNER will help you to accomplish that and
more. By helping you to zero in on priority items and schedule
your day accordingly it will increase your productivity and
ultimately your level of success.

But ACTION PLANNER is more than a "to do" list, it is a higher
achievement tool which provides you a way to integrate your long
term goals into your every workday. By  enabling you to scope
out projects and define action steps and deadlines it helps you
to allocate your most precious personal resources - your time,
energy and concentration - to accomplishing the things that are
really meaningful to you. In a way, ACTION PLANNER is a
challenge to those of us who have dreams, aspirations and higher
gaols to get serious about making them happen.

The program comes in two editions, Basic and Advanced.

The Basic Edition  contains the Action and Master Plan modules
for getting a sharper focus on TODAY. It is simple and compact
so it can be taken along on your laptop. The Advanced edition
adds the Success Plan Module which provides a way to scope out
near and long term TOMORROWS. More elaborate and feature leaden
it invites you to spend time on a weekly or monthly basis
considering the larger picture of your life.

The Basic edition, which is provided here, includes these
features:

->  Define, review, update a project Master Plan containing
action steps, due-dates and notes

->  Print the Master Plan file in a variety of formats

->  Move tasks from your Master Plan to your Day Plan with drag
and drop ease

->  Organize, define your task/goal list for a given day

->  Assign priorities and sort this list accordingly

->  Drag and drop items from your task/goal list into your daily
schedule to help you allot time and structure your day

->  Add appointments and events to a color-coded daily schedule
and view it in a number of ways

->  Keep an on-going DIARY record of your schedule and a JOURNAL
for a given day 

->  Launch your most used applications right from the planner
screen

->  Post quick notes into a "reminders" board 

->  An on-line tutorial

->  A collection of motivational thoughts that can be randomly
placed in the reminders stack 

In addition to these, once you register, you get these two
powerful capabilities:

->  A prioritizing function for clearly establishing relative
importance and urgency of tasks in relation to each other and to
your long term goals

->  An expanded tutorial that contains the principles of MetaDynamics(TM) as it applies to time/self0 management. This is, in effect, a mini-seminar on disk that will help you use Action Planner more profitably.

  By registering you also become eligible for discounts on
upgrades and additional modules and you receive technical
support for 90 days. You will also receive information about
Advanced Edition and other HDS products.

We hope you'll find this program to be as useful as we do and
that, if you do, you'll be values-driven enough to send in your
payment.

Enjoy!

Lucas Perez

President, HDS



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II. 	I N S T A L L   &  R U N

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1. Installing

After extracting the files you should have:

README.TXT    - This document

ACTPLAN.EXE   - The program "executable"

MASTER.DAT    - A dummy file for your Master Plan

TODO.DAT      - A dummy file you your Day Plan

DPLAN.CRD     - A dummy Cardfile file

You should copy all of these files - except for README to your Windows directory or into a directory in your Windows
path.  This insures that you will be able to access the Windows'
programs that ACTION PLANNER uses. 

NOTE: Be sure that you have the run-time module - VBRUN100.DLL
in your Windows directory. If you don't already have this module
you can get it from most electronic bulletin boards or shareware
distributors. We will also supply this file on disk with this
program to registered users.



2. Running

ACTION PLANNER is to be used daily so you'll at least want to
add it as an icon to Program Manager or other shell you might be
using and run it from there. The program name is ACTPLAN. There
are no switches or other command line entries in version 1.1.

Better yet, since it's best used right at the start of your
workday you can have Windows run ACTPLAN on start up. See your
Windows' documentation for information on modifying your WIN.INI
file.

If you spend 80% of your time in just two or three applications as many
of us do then running your spreadsheet or word processor right
from the DAY PLAN screen will help you to "stay with your action
plan" quite literally.

Running the program is easy. USING it effectively requires some
thought. ACTION PLANNER grew out of the MetaDynamics (TM) Time Management
seminars that we have conducted with thousands of business
people around the world and it embodies a particular philosophy
about work, self-management and goal achievement. This are too
elaborate to explain here but registered users will receive
an expanded tutorial that presents the basic principles of our
Time Management system as they are expressed in ACTION PLANNER.
With the conceptual framework that this provides you'll probably
get much more benefit from ACTION PLANNER and may find that
you actually increase your capacity to get things done and your
ability to reach your goals.

3.Trouble shooting

ACTION PLANNER has been extensively tested and should present no
major problems. If you have difficulty loading your program data
and you're sure that the files are in the same directory as
ACTPLAN then you may need to re-install copies of the original
dummy files to get the program started. 

The files MASTER.DAT and TODO.DAT are ASCII and can be viewed
and printed from a text editor. However, if they are altered in
any way ACTION PLANNER may not be able to read them. So if you
decide to work on these files in a text editor for some reason
be sure that you don't alter the data structure.  

If you run into any undiscovered bugs we would certainly
appreciate your dropping us a line. If you are among the first
to report the bug we'll give you both Basic and the Advanced
Editions free of charge.



4. Diary/Journal

In version 1.1 of ACTION PLANNER Basic Edition we have not
provided for archiving of your Diary/Journal after it becomes
very large. The frequency of your use of this feature and your
file management preferences will determine how often this
becomes necessary. We recommend that on your first use of the
month you save your current Diary/Journal from the NOTEPAD use a
descriptive file name such as "DPDiary.xxx" where "xxx" is a
three letter identifier for the month. The next time you save
your diary from the ACTION PLANNER it will again be saved as
DPDiary.txt. We welcome suggestions on how to handle this in
future versions of ACTION PLANNER.

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III. R E G I S T R A T I O N

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There are two "levels of registration for ACTION PLANNER Basic Edition:

If you just wish to use the program as it is provided here you
must register with HDS.  The fee for this level is $15.00 . You
will not receive a disk or any further information but your name
will be on file and you may write in for technical service for a
period of 90 days after the receipt of your registration. You
will also be notified of upgrades and additional modules.

For $25.00 you will receive a disk with the latest version which
incorporates additional features, documentation as well as the
basic benefits of registration.

Please note that these are INTRODUCTORY prices. After June 1, 1992 the
price will be $20.00 and $30.00 respectively for each level of
registration.

The Advance Edition which should be available by 3rd qtr. 1992
will carry similar pricing.

To register please make out your check for the amount to Human
Development Systems. NJ residents please add $1.75 for tax when ordering
the disk. Please specify preferred disk format and whether you
want EGA or VGA versions. Mail to:



Human Development Systems

134 Graybar Drive

North Plainfield, NJ 07062



Thank you for your support.

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Legalities

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Human Development Systems hereby disclaims all warranties
relating to this software, whether express or implied, including
without limitation any implied warranties of merchantability or
fitness.

ACTION PLANNER is Copyright (C)1992 Human Development Systems,
All rights reserved. Microsoft Windows is a trademark of
Microsoft Corporation.

VBRUN100.DLL is the property of Microsoft corporation and may be
used without charge or royalty but may not be sold or used
commercially by other than registered users of Microsoft Visual
Basic.




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