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- WHATSNEW.317 -- NEW FEATURES FOR PHONEDISC SINCE VERSION 3.00
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- Current Release: PhoneDisc Version 3.17 9/93
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- Improved cursor control in Address index (Reverse, Business, and New York &
- New England).
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- Improved data entry. PhoneDisc automatically inserts spaces after commas where
- needed. e.g. if you type "SMITH,J", PhoneDisc converts it to "SMITH, J". This
- is in effect in the Name index, and the City/State field of the Address index.
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- Comment/Attention line now included in Tagged & Delimited formats (see below).
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- New Pager/Cellular blocks included in PhoneDisc New York & New England.
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- Blocks of telephone numbers appear as shown below:
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- GREATER NEW YORK CITY AREA JUNE - 1993╔══════════════════════════════════════╗
- ║ 212-216-2000-5999 ║
- ║ 212-218- NEW YORK ║
- ║ 212-218-0000-0999 ║
- Enter Phone Number: 212-218-1 ║ 212-218-1000-9999 ║
- ║ 212-220- BRONX ║
- ║ 212-220-0781 ║
- ║ 212-220-3897 ║
- ║ 212-210- NEW YORK ║
- ║ 212-211- NEW YORK ║
- ╔═════════════════════════════╗ ║ 212-213- NEW YORK ║
- ║ Press ─┘ to see entry ║ ║ 212-214- NEW YORK ║
- ╚═════════════════════════════╝ ║ 212-214-0000-0499 ║
- ║ 212-216- NEW YORK ║
- ║ 212-216-0000-1999 ║
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- Press enter to see who the block of numbers is assigned to:
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- GREATER NEW YORK CITY AREA JUNE - 1993╔══════════════════════════════════════╗
- ║ 212-216-2000-5999 ║
- ║ 212-218- NEW YORK ║
- ║ 212-218-0000-0999 ║
- Enter Phone Number: 212 ║ 212-218-1000-9999 ║
- ║ 212-219- NEW YORK ║
- ║ 212-220- BRONX ║
- ╔══════════════════════════════════════╣ 212-220-0781 ║
- ║ PAGER/CELLULAR NUMBER ║ 212-220-3897 ║
- ║ PAGING NETWORK OF NEW YORK INC ║ 212-220-4675 ║
- ║ 332 W 48TH ST ║ 212-220-7300 ║
- ║ NEW YORK, NY 10036 ║ 212-220-7301 ║
- ║ ║ 212-220-7302 ║
- ║ ║ 212-220-7303 ║
- ║ ║ 212-220-7304 ║
- ║ 516-506-6000 * Business * ║ 212-220-7305 ║
- ╚══════════════════════════════════════╣ 212-220-7306 ║
- Esc Quit ║ 212-220-7307 ║
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- NEW LIMIT FIELDS AVAILABLE BY PRESSING F2:
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- Normal Limit Screen
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- ╔═══════════════════Limit by:════════════════════╗
- ║ City(s) ║
- ║ State Code(s) ║
- ║ Street(s) ║
- ║ ZIP Code(s) ║
- ║ Area Code(s) ║
- ║ Business Only No Yes ║
- ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────╢
- ║ Fill in one or more of the lines above. Use ║
- ║ Tab to move; ─┘ go limit; F3-Get Last Input.║
- ║ Separate multiple entries per line with commas.║
- ║ Use minus sign in front to exclude: -BRONX. ║
- ║ Ctrl < > changes amount of last name included. ║
- ╚══════════════════F2-More Limits═══════════════╝
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- Expanded Limit Screen (press F2 again)
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- ╔═══════════════════Limit by:════════════════════╗
- ║ City(s) ║
- ║ State Code(s) ║
- ║ Street(s) ║
- ║ ZIP Code(s) ║
- ║ Area Code(s) ║
- ║ Within Name ║
- ║ House Number ║
- ║ Business Only No Yes ║
- ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────╢
- ║ Fill in one or more of the lines above. Use ║
- ║ Tab to move; ─┘ go limit; F3-Get Last Input.║
- ║ Separate multiple entries per line with commas.║
- ║ Use minus sign in front to exclude: -BRONX. ║
- ║ Ctrl < > changes amount of last name included. ║
- ╚══════════════════F2-More Limits═══════════════╝
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- Street(s): (CHANGED) PhoneDisc now searches street directionals if entered.
- To retrieve "N OAK ST", enter "N OAK ST".
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- To retrieve all "OAK" streets without regard to
- directionals (E, W, N, NE, NW, S, SE, SW), enter "OAK".
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- (NEW) To perform a substring search, place an '!' before
- the street name. Entering "!OAK" retrieves "OAK AVE",
- "WILLOW OAK RD","OAKMONT BLVD" etc.
- You can specify placeholder characters with a '?'.
- Entering "!CAPIT?L" retrieves "CAPITAL" and "CAPITOL".
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- House Number:(NEW) Retrieves full & partial matches to house numbers.
- "120" retrieves "120", "1202" "12035", etc.
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- Within Name: (NEW) A substring search is performed on Names. Entering
- "ERN" retrieves "ERNEST", "BERNARD", etc.
- Multiple entries can be used to search nicknames:
- "BOB,ROB" retrieves "BOB","BOBBY","BOBBIE",etc. AND
- "ROB","ROBBY","ROBERT", etc.
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- NEW PRINT/TRANSFER OPTIONS:
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- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════╗
- ║ Print/Transfer Listings ║
- ╠══════════════════════════════════════════╣
- ║ Print current listing ONLY ║
- ║ Print Selected listings ║
- ║ Transfer current listing ONLY ║
- ║ TRansfer selected listings ║
- ╟──────── Listing Format Options ──────────╢
- ║ Listing Format: Single Line ║
- ║ Name Order: Last Name, First Name ║
- ║ Include Phone No.: Yes ║
- ║ Label SiZe: 6 Lines ║
- ║ Comment/Attention: None ║
- ║ Load Options ║
- ║ SAve Options ║
- ╚══════════════════════════════════════════╝
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- NEW/CHANGED LISTING FORMATS OPTIONS
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- Listing Format: Listings may be printed/transferred in any of the
- following formats:
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- Single Line
- This is the format that appears on the
- name index screen.
- Mailing Label (IMPROVED! see below)
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- Comma Delimited (NEW)
- Fields are enclosed in quotes, with commas
- between fields with a CR/LF pair at the end
- of each listing.
- Empty fields appear as "".
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- EXAMPLE
- "Name","123","MAIN ST","LAUREL","MD","20777","301-490-7000","R","9999","COMMENT"
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- Tagged (NEW)
- Individual fields are identified by a two
- character tag folloed by a comma. Each field
- appears on a line by itself, with one blank
- line between listings.
- Empty fields are omitted.
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- EXAMPLE
- NA,BILL'S FUNDRAISING (Name)
- HN,1600 (House Number)
- RD,PENNSYLVANIA AVE NW (Street/Road)
- CY,WASHINGTON (City)
- ST,DC (State)
- ZP,20016 (Zip)
- PH,202-555-1212B (Phone + 'B' or 'R')
- SC,9999 (Business listings only)
- CM,THIS IS A COMMENT (User supplied comment)
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- Name Order: When set to "Last Name, First Name" residential listings
- appear "SMITH, JOHN".
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- When set to "First Name Last Name" residential listings
- appear "JOHN SMITH".
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- Name order applies to all formats for residential
- listing only.
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- Include Phone No.: When set to "Yes", the phone number is included with the
- printed/transferred listing. Set to "No" for Mailing
- Labels and other times when the phone number is not
- desired.
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- Label Size: Use this option to set the label size in lines. A one
- inch label is six lines long for most printers.
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- Load Options: Allows you to load previously saved options.
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- Save Options: Allows you to save options described above.
- Note: Comment/Attention line settings are not saved.
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- Other Changes & Enhancements
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- Limit Speedup: Pressing page down while limiting is much faster than
- in previous versions.
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- Temp Directory: If you have a TEMP or TMP environment variable that
- points to a non-existent directory, that directory will
- be created. Prior versions ended with a fatal error #3,
- after issuing the message:
- "Can't open page file, path not found"
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- Dialer Info: Additional information is displayed when dialing. This
- information is useful when trouble shooting dialer
- problems.