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- Technical Service Associates Letterhead Generator
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- Basic Information:
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- This program provides the ability to design and print custom
- letterhead and envelopes. The system provides for an very
- simple way to design a logo, etc. to be printed on the top left
- side of the paper together with other address information printed
- on the top right.
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- The logo design is simply done using a wordprocessor or notepad
- facility such as Sidekick(tm). An x (or nonblank character)
- represents a graphic dot on the printer. A blank represents a
- space the size of a graphic dot. You design the logo using
- blanks and X's on the wordprocessor, creating the logo line by
- line.
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- Required hardware includes an Epson or IBM printer or compatible.
- An IBM type of graphics display is useful. Also a pop up type of
- ASCII text editor or wordprocessor such as SideKick(tm) is very
- helpful.
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- Program Functions:
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- 1. Display the logo on an IBM graphics screen. - This gives
- an indication of how the logo will appear when printed.
- The output from the wordprocessor file is converted to
- graphics and displayed on the IBM type graphics monitor.
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- 2. Print the letterhead. - This option will print the logo
- on the top left of the paper. If an address is provided
- on the appropriate file, it will be printed on the top
- right of the paper.
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- 3. Print Envelope - This prints an envelope with the logo on
- the top left and the senders address below in very small
- type, if desired. Additionally, the mailing address is
- requested from the keyboard and will be printed on the
- envelope.
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- 4. Display documentation. - This is a detailed description of
- how to get started.
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- 5. Change program default settings. - This option allows the
- standard program defaults to be changed. Standard
- filenames , number of letterhead copies to be printed,
- printer address, etc. may be modified.
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- Files:
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- 1. The output from the your wordprocessor (the ASCII file of
- X's and blanks) is saved with an extension of .PTN. The
- default name is LETRHEAD.PTN, but may be modified to
- anything.PTN as needed using option 5 on the main menu.
- This is the only required file.
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- 2. An optional file with an extension of .ADR contains the
- address to be printed on the top right of the letterhead.
- This also may be created with a wordprocessor. The
- default filename is LETRHEAD.ADR but may be changed to
- anything.ADR using option 5 of the main menu.
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- 3. An optional file with the extension of .ENV contains the
- address to be printed below the logo on the envelope. This
- is usually a partial address containing the street address
- and city/state. The default file name is LETRHEAD.ENV but
- may be changed to anything.ENV again using option 5 on the
- main menu. Your wordprocessor may be used to create this
- file as well.
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- Note: When creating the ADR and ENV files, experiment with
- spacing to achieve the desired effect. Adding blank lines or
- leading blanks before the address information will move the
- addresses around a bit.
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- Getting Started:
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- 1. Load the program LETRHEAD.COM.
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- 2. Try the various options using the sample logo provided on
- the included files.
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- 3. Do your own designs.
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- 4. If you like it...
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- Registration:
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- Register by mailing $5.00. If you would like the Turbo
- Pascal(tm) source code to tinker with, mail $10.00 to the
- address below. A diskette containing the latest version
- including source code will be returned to you. With either
- registration, you will be provided with notice of the next new
- release of the system. If there is enough interest and
- support, additional functions may be added such as:
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- - Mailmerge type printing of continuous form envelopes
- - Support for Hercules type of graphic displays
- - Support for additional printers
- - Customized labels
- - ?
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- Copying:
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- This program and the associated files may be freely copied and
- distributed. The only restrictions are that the program and
- files not be modified in any way and that all files be
- included in the copy.
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- Note:
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- SideKick and Turbo Pascal are trademarks of Borland
- International.
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- Epson is a trademark of Epson Corporation.
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- This program is supported by the "Shareware" concept. Help bring
- down the high cost of software. A small contribution of $5.00 is
- requested if you find this program of value. This User Supported
- Concept encourages the development of quality, low cost, and varied
- PC software. If a contribution of $10 is made, a diskette containing
- the latest version including the Turbo(tm) Pascal source code will
- be returned to you. Also, your comments are welcome... Thanks for
- your support.
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- Technical Service Associates
- 277 Sandhurst Road
- Columbia, S. C. 29210
-