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- THE HELP SYSTEM:
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- HOW TO USE HELP:
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- Most of the operations in the system have help screens assigned to them.
- For all of the functions that do have help screens assigned to them,
- the access is F1. When F1 is pressed, either a scrolling help system
- will appear or a small idea box will pop up.
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- < End of THE HELP SYSTEM >
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- LOG ONTO SYSTEM:
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- HOW TO LOG ON:
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- Move the menu bar to LOG ONTO SYSTEM and press enter. At the new screen
- move the menu bar to the user that you want to activate and press enter.
- If successful, the white text on black background on the main menu screen
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- will display the user that is logged on and that user's level; otherwise,
- NONE will be displayed for the user and access is denied to everything
- except QUIT, LOG ONTO SYSTEM, and SYSTEM HELP.
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- ABOUT LOG ON:
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- If this is the first time the program is to be used, the password for
- user (OWNER) is (MASTER). It is advised that the password for master be
- changed to another password and that you write the password down and
- save it somewhere. To LOG OFF of the system select any user and press
- enter.
-
- ** NOTE, all passwords are case sensitive.
-
- < End of LOG ONTO SYSTEM >
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- PASSWORD PROTECTION:
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- ABOUT PASSWORD PROTECTION:
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- There are two functions under password protection. One is the password
- editor, which allows a database owner to assign users, user passwords,
- and user access level. NOTE - the users assigned will appear in the
- log on box. The other function is the access class. This function
- allows a user to customize the program for what level functions the
- users will be capable of accessing.
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- < End of PASSWORD PROTECTION >
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- CREATE DATABASE:
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- ABOUT CREATE DATABASE:
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- Create database allows users to easily create databases to be used
- by this system or other systems that use X-BASE type databases.
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- < End of CREATE DATABASE >
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- MODIFY STRUCTURE:
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- ABOUT MODIFY STRUCTURE:
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- Modify structure allows users to modify X-BASE databases by field
- deletion, field insertion, or field addition. Also, users are allowed
- to change field types and field lengths.
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- < End of MODIFY STRUCTURE >
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- EDITOR/QUERY:
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- ABOUT EDITOR/QUERY:
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- EDITOR/QUERY allows user to locate, sort, and do math routines on
- databases by using menu driven structured techniques. The user has
- the option to load as few or as many fields from a database as desired.
- Also, the user may do simple utility functions to the database - pack
- and zap. Data entry may also be performed if desired.
-
- < End of EDITOR/QUERY >
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- SYSTEM UTILITIES:
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- ABOUT SYSTEM UTILITIES:
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- System utilities allow users to delete files or copy files by menu
- driven options via following the paths through the system.
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- < End of SYSTEM UTILITIES >
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- ASCII FILE EDITOR:
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- ABOUT ASCII FILE EDITOR:
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- This is a simple word processor. Users are able to open and alter
- existing files on the system, and users are able to create new files
- on the system.
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- NOTE - all of the help files were written on this system. If there is
- some user defined help that a user would like to include in the help,
- it is as easy as opening the file and making the modifications.
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- < End of ASCII FILE EDITOR >
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