InContact! Ver 1.0 ... A Guided Tour -------------------------------------------- To help your review of this version of our application we have compiled a list of features. Feel free to use this sheet to guide you through many of InContact's finer points and unique features. When you first run the program it creates a file called SAMPLE if no files exist. Thereafter the program will remember and auto-load the last file used. We have included a file called (coincidentally) SAMPLE which contains 10 records. Feel free to use this file for testing purposes. When you see the About window, select the Overview and Shareware buttons. Once in the program, take a short trip through some of these features: [] All windows are movable and InContact remembers where you put them (even after you exit the program). This feature can be turned off via the Preferences dialog. [] The View menu allows you to customize the look of InContact. By selecting items on this menu you can toggle sections of the window on and off. This can help you reduce the size of the window by hiding information you are not interested in. [] All applicable fields have an auto-capitalize feature (which you may turn off in the Preferences dialog). Entry fields will capitalize each word and notes will capitalize only the first word of each sentence. [] Most date fields have a browse button (with an ellipsis "...") to the right of applicable fields. When you activate one of these buttons a popup monthly calendar appears, allowing you to easily select the appropriate date. [] In all cases where a file name is required, a browse button allows you to search for a filename via a standard file selection dialog. [] Eight user-definable "flags" have been provided to allow you to set up your own yes/no-type identifiers for each file (located at the bottom of the main window). [] In addition, InContact has two user-defined "list" fields: Category and Status. These allow you to set up your own lists of categories for each file (located toward the upper-right of the main window). [] InContact features a control bar at the top of the main window. This bar allows you to access many frequently-used functions directly with the mouse: [] The control bar contains three iconic buttons at the far right. These correspond to: File Attach, Call and Quick Mail and provide visual feedback (i.e. the Call button lights up when you are in a call, the Attach button lights up when a contact has any files attached to it, etc.) [] The Store, Cancel and Add buttons are predictable. The Locate button pops-up a dialog that contains a sorted list of all contacts on file. Once the dialog is visible, you can perform some sophisticated selects. InContact even remembers the last select operation you made for each file. From the locate dialog, you can toggle back and forth between the complete and selected list of contacts by using the check box at the bottom of the window. [] In addition, the control bar contains a scroll-bar which, when activated, will scan quickly through your contacts like flipping through pages of a document. All keyboard commands work here, too. [] Arrow keys and PgUp/PgDn work as expected. As an extra feature, you can type an alpha character (while the cursor is blinking on the scroll bar) to find the first contact on file that starts with that character. [] InContact allows you to "Attach" any number of files to any contact in any contact file via the File Attach option. You could keep: a picture of a contact (unlikely), a map with directions to their location, copies of recent correspondence, spreadsheets or darn near any file type using ENGLISH descriptions. To view any of these files, you need only select the View button on the file attach dialog. The program will search through your Windows file associations for the correct program to use with that file type. If a file association does not exist you can add a file association via Windows. [] Complete DDE support is included (look at the last portion of the file EXT.WRI for more specific information). One of the key themes with InContact is accommodating the user's wishes. We have taken much care in allowing more than one way to accomplish a given task. We try to please both mouse and keyboard users (and abusers). We appreciate your time in reviewing this product and look forward to any comments or suggestions you might have. Have a pleasant time exploring InContact! David M. Balmer, Jr. Serious Shareware P.O. Box 5523 Arlington, TX 76005-5523 CIS#: 70404,3014