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- INSTALLATION NOTES file : readme
-
- Note: There must be a 'FILES=25' statement in file C:\CONFIG.SYS. The number
- of files must be at least 25. If you need to change the value, simply edit
- the file with your word processor.
-
- To make WPMerger easier to access you can:
- ∙ place a 'c:\wpm' in your 'path=...' statement
- (located in file C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT)
- ∙ delete file c:\WPM.BAT.
- (see your DOS reference manual for more specific information about PATHs)
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- Sample databases OFFICE and ADDRESS have been provided to help first time
- users become more familiar with WPMerger. Database ADDRESS is an example of
- how a friends and family database might be designed. OFFICE can be used as
- a sample office database.
-
- The following merge documents are sample reports to be used with database
- OFFICE. They illustrate the merge commands necessary to merge data from a
- merge data file with a word processor merge document to create a report.
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- SAMPLLTR.WP5 (Word Perfect - >= 5.0 versions)
- SAMPLLTR.WP4 (Word Perfect - < 5.0 versions)
- SAMPLLTR.DOC (Microsoft Word)
- SAMPLLTR.SPR (Borland Sprint)
- SAMPLLTR.PW2 (SPC Professioinal Write 2.0)
- SAMPLLTR.WS (MicroPro WordStar)
- SAMPLLTR.ED (PC-Write)
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- Also included with this install is a SAMPLE SHAREWARE DISTRIBUTOR DATABASE.
- This database is not a complete list of nationwide distributors by any
- means, but has been included to demonstrate how WPMerger can be used to
- generate mailing lists. The SamplLtr documents can easily be modified to
- be used with this database. To use them simply delete references to fields
- Saluation, Add2. MName and Gen (these fields do not exist in the database.
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- An ASCII (text) file called WPMMAN.TXT located in the program directory
- (C:\WPM) is a program manual that can be viewed or printed using your
- word processor. Load the file into your word processor as a text file,
- not as a word processing document.
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- To execute WPMerger simply enter: WPM
- and press the enter key
-