PHONEMAN Help

               * INDEX to on-line help *

    Introduction to PHONEMAN  . . . . . . . . . .  1
    Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
    Using a mouse with PHONEMAN . . . . . . . . .  5
    The PHONEMAN Main Menu  . . . . . . . . . . .  7
    Options from DISPLAY  . . . . . . . . . . . .  9
    FILES Menu  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
    Adding and Editing entries  . . . . . . . . . 14
    The File Selector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
    Printing  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
    Dialing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
    Comments about files and formats  . . . . . . 18



       PHONEMAN (tm) Personal Phone Book Manager (c)
                       Version 1.1

              * Special Evaluation Edition *

                      TASCS Company
                      P.O. Box 2326
              Redondo Beach, California 90278

            Copyright 1990, all rights reserved

                       Introduction
PHONEMAN from TASCS helps you maintain personal phone and
address books on your computer.  PHONEMAN features include:

   * Easy to use with built-in Microsoft(R) Mouse support
   * Automatic alphabetical sorting by last name
   * Pressing a single key, locate all names in your book
     that begin with that letter
   * Automatically dial numbers using a modem
   * Up to 1000 records per book subject to memory size
   * Create phone or address lists on your printer
   * Label printing on single-width labels
   * Search phone books from DOS command line using WHOIS,
     a program sent free when you register this software

                      Getting Started

  The file MANUAL.TXT contains the manual for this software.
Please print this file as possible for detailed instructions.
Also check the file READ.ME for the latest modifications and
additions to the manual.  Quick instructions for installing
PHONEMAN can be found in the READ.ME file.
  To start PHONEMAN, change the DOS default disk and
directory to those containing PHONEMAN files, type PHONEMAN,
and press Enter.  PHONEMAN will initially load its default
book, ADDRESS.PBK.  If you run PHONEMAN from a 360 kByte
diskette you will not have enough room to store your address
book on this diskette.  To load another diskette of store the
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                Getting Started (continued)

contents of the book currently in your computer's memory, use
the FILE UTILITIES option from the Main Menu, then select the
desired action.  For more information, consult the FILE
UTILITIES Menu section of this manual or the user's manual.

  To access the Main Menu from PHONEMAN's initial DISPLAY
mode, press either the Esc key or the F10 key.


                  Using a mouse for input

  PHONEMAN allows you to use a Microsoft(R), Logitech(R), or
compatible mouse for input.  If you have such a pointing
device, PHONEMAN automatically uses it provided the
Microsoft(R)-compatible mouse driver has been loaded.  If
the mouse driver is detected, PHONEMAN initializes the mouse
and shows the cursor on the screen.  The mouse cursor is
initially located at the extreme upper left corner of the
screen and moves in response to the mouse rolling across the
desktop.
  PHONEMAN uses menus to list possible actions.  The mouse
can be used in lieu of the ketboard.  Move the mouse cursor
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             Using a mouse for input (continued)

to overlap that line and press the LEFT mouse button (click).
PHONEMAN interprets this action as if you had pressed the
corresponding key on the keyboard.
  The mouse can be used to answer yes/no questions when
"screen buttons" appear.  Point to the screen button with the
mouse cursor and "press" it by clicking.
  DISPLAY mode shows an alphabetical index at the right if a
mouse driver is found.  Point to a letter and click to "flip"
quickly to the page for that letter.
  The mouse can mimic pressing the Esc key, often used to quit
an action or menu.  Simply press both buttons of the mouse at
the same time.  PHONEMAN will confirm with a low, short tone.


                    Main Menu Options

  The main PHONEMAN menu presents these options with or
  without a phone/address book record has been loaded.

  F1/HELP     Starts this help facility.
  F4/CREATE   Clear any previous information from memory and
              start a new book.
  F5/FILE     Access the File Utilities Menu.  Described
              elsewhere in this help file, FILE allows you to
              load, save, rename, copy, and delete PHONEMAN
              phone/address books.
  F10/QUIT    Exits the program. 'Esc' has the same effect.


           Main Menu Options (phone book exists)

These menu options are available ONLY when there is a 
current book in memory.

 Enter/DISPLAY Display the contents of the PHONEMAN file
               currently in memory.  All changes to the
               file are made from DISPLAY.
 F6/PRINT      Access the print functions.  Selected from
               the main menu, all entries of the book in
               memory are printed.  To print data for a single
               entry, activate DISPLAY, select the name to
               print, and start PRINT from DISPLAY.



                   Options from DISPLAY

The DISPLAY screen lists the last and first names of the
entries in the current phone book.  There are two methods of
accessing the remaining information saved in the records.  By
highlighting the entry of interest (move the highlight bar
using the arrow keys, point and click with the mouse, PgUp/
PgDn, etc.) and pressing any of the function keys defined in
the DISPLAY menu, that action affects the highlighted entry.
Alternately, selecting the VIEW option (Enter) displays all
information for the highlighted entry.  All actions (except
"ADD" remain available from this mode.
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                   Options from DISPLAY

   F1/Help      Display this help file
   Enter/View   Show contents of highlighted entry; continue
                to allow modification to this entry
   F3/Add       Add a new entry to the current book
   F5/Delete    Delete the highlighted entry
   F6/Print     Print the highlighted entry (see Printing)
   F7/Edit      Edit the highlighted entry
   F9/Dial      Dial using autodial modem (see Dialing)
   F10/Done     Return to Main Menu (from DISPLAY) or to
                DISPLAY (from View)



                File Utilities Menu Options

  The File utilities menu accesses PHONEMAN files:

  F1/HELP     Starts this help facility.
  F3/LOAD     Presents a list of files in the current
              directory of the default disk.  Use the file
              selector to locate a file, highlight its name
              and press Enter to load that file.  Select the
              "> UP DIR < \" entry to move up one directory
              level or a subdirectory name to locate files in
              that directory.
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           File Utilities Menu Options (continued)


  F4/RELOAD   Automatically load the default book ADDRESS.PBK
              located in the initial start-up directory.
  F6/DELETE   Delete a file using the file selector.
  F7/RENAME   Select a file using the file selector and
              rename it.
  F8/COPY     Select a file using the file selector and
              make a copy.
  F10/Return  Return to the Main Menu.

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           File Utilities Menu Options (continued)


  These choices are provided ONLY when phone/address records
  exist in the computer memory:


  F2/SAVE     Save the current file to disk.

  F5/COMBINE  Retain the current file in memory and append
              another PHONEMAN file from disk to it.


                Adding and Editing Entries

  To Add or Edit an entry, begin in DISPLAY mode.  Press F3 to
Add.  To Edit an existing entry, move the highlight bar to the
entry to change then press F7.
  To Add, supply all information requested, pressing Enter
after each one.  As each piece of data is entered, it is
displayed on the screen with the other information and the
next information is requested.  When done, review the
information then press any key to complete Add.
  Edit shows all data stored the record being edited and high-
lights the surname field.  Move the highlight bar with the
arrow keys and press Enter to identify an entry.  Edit this
information, then press Enter. Press F10 to return to DISPLAY.


                     The File Selector

  The File selector shows all files in the current directory &
disk.  It runs automatically when needed to identify a file.
Move the highlight bar over the desired file then press Enter.
To move up one directory level, select "> UP DIR < \".  To
move down into a subdirectory, select the subdirectory name
from the list.  Subdirectory names are identified with a "\"
at the end.  They also appear first in the list of files.
Press F9 to choose a new disk drive to load from.  Enter its
name (A, B, C, etc.) when prompted to select the new disk.
  The File selector is used for virtually all features on the
File Utilities menu.


                         Printing

Three steps are required to print:

1) Choose between Label and Record print formats and press the
   function key that corresponds to the one you select.
2) Verify and change as required the parameters used for
   printing, then press Enter.
3) Select the specific output style using the arrow keys to
   page through the available options.  Press Enter when the
   style you want appears in the window to begin printing.
Specify printing parameters (port number and default spacing,
etc.) using PSETUP.  This must be done BEFORE runing PHONEMAN.


                          Dialing

  To dial, highlight a name in DISPLAY mode and press F9
(dial).  PHONEMAN will try to initialize your modem and will
abort if an error occurs.  Select between primary & alternate
numbers using the arrow keys, then press Enter to dial.  To
return control of your phone to you after dialing, press any
key. To abort Dial before placing a call, press Esc.
  Note: Dialer parameters must be specified using PSETUP and
the default Dialer type is None.  You may select any modem
type or Auto to request automatic detection of your modem.
Regardless of the modem type identified, PHONEMAN will use the
modem at 300 baud.

              Format of the Phone/Address Records


         1.  Last name                (17 characters)
         2.  First name(s)            (22 characters)
         3.  Address Line 1           (36 characters)
         4.  Address Line 2           (36 characters)
         5.  City                     (18 characters)
         6.  State                    (14 characters)
         7.  Zip                      (10 characters)
         8.  Primary phone number     (25 characters)
         9.  Alternate phone number   (25 characters)
        10.  Comments                 (38 characters)

                 Record format (continued)

PHONEMAN maintains first and last names separately rather
than as a single entry.  This allows you to use the same
book with different output formats to produce phone or
address lists with one format (eg. LAST NAME, First name)
and labels with different formats (eg. First Last).

The maximum length for each entry in a PHONEMAN record is
driven by the width of a typical address label (3-1/2").
Zip codes may be up to 10 characters to accomodate ZIP+4
codes, phone numbers can be as long as 25 characters 
(to allow business extensions and the like), and each line 
of the address can be up to 36 characters.

                Special Modem Information

  Phone number entries in PHONEMAN can contain up to 25
characters.  For ease of automatically dialing numbers,
enter phone numbers with area code as you would dial them
on your telephone.  Most telephone systems require area
codes for long distance calling but not for intra-area
dialing.  Add the area code to the number if required
to simplify automatically dialing numbers.
  You may include hyphens and parenthesis as required for
clarity.  They will be ignored by the modem when dialing.
The asterisk and "pound" keys mimic the operation of the
corresponding keys on a push-button telephone and may be
included if required.


             The Comma and the Modem Dialer

  The comma [,] causes a short pause in the dialing
activity.  Use this feature if you need to wait for a
second dial tone, as you may when accessing special long
distance services or dialing outside a local PBX system.
For example, 9,555-1234 would first dial the 9, pause, 
then complete the rest of the call.  The dialer option
from within PHONEMAN allows you to enter a suffix and a
prefix.  Use these if you do not want certain information
permanently affiliated with the phone number in your phone
book such as a code you use to access your long distance
service.

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       PHONEMAN (tm) is a trademark of TASCS Company
