
│   TOPICS - "The E-Mail Librarian" 
│                      GENERAL HELP           
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│  Topics List Box     
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        The Topics list box on the left of the TOPICS window
        contains a listing of all the topics you've entered.
        You can scroll up or down the list using the vertical
        scroll bar or the UP and DOWN cursor keys, HOME, END,
        PgeUP and PgeDOWN keys.

        Click on the topic name you wish to select and the
        topic will be highlighted. The topic name will also
        appear in the Selected Topic entry field. Do not click
        in this entry field unless you wish to add a new topic.
        See below.



│  Add New Topic     
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        The 'Add New Topic' button is only available if you have
        placed the cursor in the 'Selected Topic' entry field.
        Usually this entry field will contain the name of the
        topic you have selected from the scroll list.

        To add a new topic, drag your mouse across the text in
        the selected topic field. The text will be highlighted.
        Type in a new topic name. You'll see that the "Add New
        Topic" button is now accessible. Click on the button
        and a new topic will be added.

        If you have previously deleted a topic, you can add
        a new topic where the old one was in the selection
        list. Select the "************" topic so it appears
        in the Selected Topic entry field. Highlight all the
        astericks in the entry field and type in a new topic
        name. Click on the "Add New Topic" button to replace
        the "***********" with a new topic.

        See Delete Topic for more information.


│  Add Msg Text     
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        There are two basic steps to adding message text from
        your e-mail reader to a topic in TOPICS.

        1) Highlight the text you want to add in your e-mail
           message editor and copy the selected text to the
           Clipboard.

        2) Click the "Add Msg Text" button in TOPICS.

        NOTE: The selected text will be entered under the
              topic you have previously selected. So if you
              need to change topics or add a new topic for
              the text you want to save, do so before clicking
              the "Add Msg Text" button.


│  Delete Topic     
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        Should you decide you wish to delete a topic that you
        have already set up, you can do so by selecting that
        topic and clicking the "Delete Topic" button. When you
        do this, the following happens:

        1) The text file that stored the information for that
           topic is renamed to *.BAK

        2) The Topics Selection List will display "************"
           where the topic had been. This means that you can
           add a new topic where a deleted topic now exists in
           the selection list. See "Add New Topic" above.


│  View Topic     
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        Clicking on the "View Topic" button will bring up the
        OS/2 system editor displaying the information you saved
        under the topic name presently selected. You can
        edit the information and save it. You will probably use
        this means to get rid of information you want to delete
        from a particualar topic.

        Each time you add more information to a topic, this
        information will be headlined with the date you entered
        the information and the topic name. This way you can
        keep track of how old the information is that you saved.


│  System Requirements
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        All the files included in this package are required for
        the operation of TOPICS. The only files you can safely
        delete outside of the program are the "Mnnn.TXT" files
        and "Mnnn.BAK" files which contain the information you've
        saved under the various topics. If you've deleted a
        M*.TXT file, the next time you save information under
        a topic that makes use of that file, it will be recreated.

        All setup information for TOPICS is contained in the file
        TOPICS.INI. Do not tamper with this file as you may
        damage the operation of the program. You may store a
        copy of TOPICS.INI elsewhere on your system, so that you
        can always get back to square one and start over. If you
        are going to do this, make sure that you've deleted all
        the M*.TXT files you've created first, or else things
        will be thrown out of wack.

        TOPICS is written with VX*REXX and requires the file
        VROBJ.DLL to run. This is a dynamic link library file
        that is required by all VX*REXX programs. To save space,
        you can place this file in a subdirectory pointed to
        in your LIBPATH statement in CONFIG.SYS. This way you
        only need one VROBJ.DLL file on your system and it will
        be used by all other VR*REXX programs you use. You will
        also see speed benefits in loading another VX*REXX program
        if VROBJ.DLL is already loaded into memory by having
        a previous VX*REXX program running.

        The two BMP files are an intregal part of the program
        and shouldn't be tampered with.


│  LICENSE AGREEMENT
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"TOPICS - The E-Mail Librarian" is Copyrighted, 1993 by CUSTOM DESIGN
SOFTWARE. This License Agreement outlines your and CUSTOM DESIGN
SOFTWARE's responsibilities. Please read it fully if you wish
to use this software.

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