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- Copyright WordPerfect Corporation 1993
- All Rights Reserved
-
- README.STA 2/1/93
-
- This README file is in DOS text format and is 2 pages long.
-
- Student Tracking and Reporting lets you register students for a
- specific course and shows current class availability. You can
- also record student assignment and test scores and keep track of
- semester and cumulative grade point averages. The reports let
- you print out a class schedule sorted by department, a roll for
- each class, a schedule of classes for each student, and a grade
- report for each student. The database is designed for use with
- DataPerfect 2.3.
-
- You may copy and modify this database for your own or your
- company's use. You may not copy the database and resell it.
- Please be aware that while WordPerfect Corporation is happy to
- provide support on DataPerfect questions, only limited support is
- available for these predefined databases. No support is
- available for the databases if they have been modified.
-
- PANELS
- Student Tracking and Reporting (STAR) was created with a built-in
- menu to make navigating it easier. STAR contains 11 panels and
- 16 menu options. Most of your work can be done by accessing one
- of the menu options. However, if you need to work directly with
- the panel list, you can enter 99 to bypass the menu.
-
- As you tab through each field in a panel, a help message at the
- top of the screen explains what to do while in that field. Press
- Help (F3) twice for further information about the field.
-
- REPORTS
- Student Tracking and Reporting provides 7 custom reports in
- addition to Built-In Short Reports. Each report is available
- from the menu (options 11-15 and 21-22). Using DPPrint when
- running reports is recommended. For more information about
- DPPrint, see Appendix L: Utilities--DPPrint in DataPerfect
- Reference.
-
- USING THE DATABASE
- Selecting a menu option will access a database panel or will
- begin a report. The menu options for adding, editing, or looking
- up are described below.
-
- Menu option 1 allows you to view or edit information about
- teachers (e.g., their name, address, phone number and
- extension, Social Security Number, and hire date), and gives
- access to their teaching history.
-
- Menu option 2 allows you to view or edit information about
- students (e.g., their name, address, phone number and
- extension, Social Security Number, and application date),
- and gives access to their transcripts and major.
-
- Menu option 3 allows you to edit or view class information,
- including department name, class title, teacher, notes about
- the class (requirements, prerequisites, etc.), and the class
- schedule(s), locations, credits, and ID. The Department,
- Class Title, and Teacher fields allow you to select from a
- lookup list while creating a new record.
-
- Menu option 4 allows you to enter information about your
- school. The information you enter here is used in various
- reports.
-
- Menu option 5 allows you to read notes about the database
- and its intended purpose.
-
- Menu option 6 allows you to look up or add class names to a
- panel (for inclusion in the class information, available
- from menu option 3).
-
- Menu option 7 allows you to look up or add department names
- to a panel (for inclusion in the class information,
- available from menu option 3).
-
- Menu option 8 allows you to add or look up or add majors to
- a panel (for inclusion in the Student Information (Major)
- panel available from the Majors link from option 3).
-
- Menu option 9 allows you to add or look up class
- assignments.
-
- The menu options for reports are described below.
-
- Menu option 11 prints a list of teachers by department.
-
- Menu option 12 prints all report cards by semester.
-
- Menu option 13 prints a list of classes by department.
-
- Menu option 14 prints a single student's transcript. You
- can enter the student's social security number or select the
- student from a lookup.
-
- Menu option 15 exports a single student's information in
- WordPerfect named merge field format. You can select the
- student from a lookup.
-
- Menu options 21 will mark an individual record so you will
- not see it in your normal work.
-
- Menu option 22 will unmark an individual archived record so
- you can continue to work with it.