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                             ReadMe.txt
                   Phone Book Maker - Version 1.7
                         Update: June, 1996

                         Table Of Contents

 1. File List after installation and running the program . . .  1
 2. Requirements   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  2
 3. Installing from diskettes  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  2
 4. Installing from hard drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  2
 5. General Information  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
 6. Registration   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6
 7. Distribution   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  7
 7. Ombudsman Statement  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  7
 8. Disclaimer Of Warranty and Agreement   . . . . . . . . . .  7


 1. File List after installation and running the program
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   PhonBook                The main directory (default)
      Phn.exe                 Phone Book Maker execution file
      Opt.dbf                 User's options data file
      FoxW250b.esl            FoxPro for Windows library file
      FoxUser.dbf             Keeps diary information
      FoxUser.fpt             Keeps diary information
      ReadMe.txt              This file
      Register.txt            Registration form
      File_ID.diz             Brief program description
      Dat                  Data files directory
         Sample.dbf           A sample phone book file
         Sample.fpt           Sample Phone Book memo file
         {Prefix.dbf          Prefixes
         {Title.dbf           Titles or Positions
         {Country.dbf         Countries
         {Group.dbf           Groups
      Axl                  Auxiliary data files directory
         Phn_a.dbf            Phone Book Auxiliary file
         Phn_a.fpt            Phone Book memo Auxiliary file
         Pfx_a.dbf            Prefixes Auxiliary file
         Titl_a.dbf           Titles Auxiliary file
         Ctry_a.dbf           Countries Auxiliary file
         Grp_a.dbf            Groups Auxiliary file
         Mrg_a.dbf            Merge Auxiliary file
         Mrg_a.fpt            Merge Auxiliary memo file

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      Hlp                  Help directory
         Phn.Hlp              The help file
      Idx                  Index directory
         Tmp.idx              A temporary index file
      Rpt                  Reports directory
         List.frt             These two files are used to print
         List.frx             record lists

 2. Requirements
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   80386 DX-33 MHz CPU  (80486 DX-100 or faster recommended)
   8 MB RAM             (16 MB recommended)
   4 MB hard disk space
   Windows 3.1 or better
   A printer            (Laser or Inkjet recommended)

 3. Installing from diskettes
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   1. In Windows, select File (in Windows 95 select Start) and
      then Run
   2. Put Phone Book Maker diskette No. 1 in the floppy drive
      A: (or B:)
   3. Type A:Setup (or B:Setup) and press ENTER

 4. Installing from hard drive
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   If you downloaded Phone Book Maker from a BBS or received it
   in the form of archive files from some other source, perform
   the following steps:

   1. Make two directories named Disk1 and Disk2, copy the
      PhMkr17A.xxx to directory Disk1 and PhMkr17B.xxx to
      directory Disk2

   2. Extract each archieve file in its own directory

   3. Delete the archieve files. Now you can copy the contents of
      Disk1 and Disk2 directories to two diskettes for
      installation from diskettes or giving them to your friends.

   4. In Windows select File (in Windows 95 select Start) then Run


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   5. In Windows select Browse (in Windows 95 select Have Disk)

   5. Highlight Setup.exe file from directory Disk1

   6. Click OK to select Setup.exe file

   7. Click OK to run Setup.exe

 5. General Information
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   Phone Book Maker is a professional mailing list manager
   written on Microsoft FoxPro for Windows.  It provides quick
   and efficient access to data while remaining user friendly.

   Features:

   1. Powerful record filtering:
      Using Filter and Tag utilities, you can easily select your
      desired records by choosing any number of criteria. Each
      record can be assigned to 3 groups.

   2. Quick record indexing:
      The records can be indexed by Last Name, First Name or
      Company in a second.

   3. List Printing:
      The records are printed according to the index, the filter
      and the field order you choose. Fields and their order can
      be selected individually.

   4. Phone book printing:
      Letter Size          8.5" x 11"
      Half-A-Letter Size   5.5" x 8.5"
      Pocket Size          3"   x 4.75"

      Phone books are printed on both sides of the paper, with
      automatic alphabetical indexing.  They can be indexed on
      Last Name, First Name or Company Name.

   5. Envelope Printing:
      Envelope size 6 3/4:  3 5/8" x 6 1/2"
      Envelope size 10   :  4 1/8" x 9 1/2"

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   6. Label and rotary card printing:
      1" x 2 5/8"        Avery 5160, 5260, 5660, 5970, 5971, 5972,
                               5980, 5982, 5983, 6460, 8160, 8660
      15/16" x 2 1/2"    Avery 4144 - Dot Matrix continuous
      1/2"   x 1 3/4"    Avery 5167, 5267, 5667, 5967, 6467, 8167,
                               8927
      2 1/6" x 4"        Avery 5385 - Rotary Card

      The program calculates and sets the best font size for
      delivery addresses to fit in labels.

   7. Makes a Mail Merge Data File out of your filtered records,
      sends it to your word processor data directory and run the
      word processor to continue the merging process.

   8. Converts variety of alternate files to Phone Book Maker
      format. You may start your data entry in Phone Book Maker
      or import your data from another application.

       Available import file formats:
       1. Other dBase files (.DBF)
       2. Microsoft Excel spreadsheets ver. 2, 3, 4 (.XLS)
       3. Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet versions 2.x (.WK1), 3.x (.WK3)
          1-A (.WKS), 1.0 (.WRK), 1.1 or 1.2 (.WR1)

   9. Converts Phone Book to a variety of alternate file formats.

       Available export file formats:
       1. Microsoft Excel spreadsheets ver. 2, 3, 4 , 5 (.XLS)
       3. Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet versions 2.x (.WK1), 3.x (.WK3)
          1-A (.WKS), 1.0 (.WRK), and 1.1 or 1.2 (.WR1)
       4. ASCII text - SDF (System Data Format)
       5. ASCII text - delimited with comma
       6. ASCII text - delimited with Tab









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   Available fields per record
   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      Field Name       Maximum Length
      -------------------------------
      Last Name         20 Characters
      First Name        20 Characters
      Company           35 Characters
      Prefix            15 Characters
      Title or Position 15 Characters
      Country           15 Characters
      Home Phone 1      13 Characters
      Home Phone 2      13 Characters
      Work Phone 1      13 Characters
      Work Phone 2      13 Characters
      Fax               13 Characters
      Pager             13 Characters
      Cellular Phone    13 Characters
      Country Code      10 Characters
      E-Mail            35 Characters
      Home Address      35 Characters
           City         15 Characters
           State         2 Characters
           Zip Code     15 Characters
      Work Address      35 Characters
           City         15 Characters
           State         2 Characters
           Zip Code     15 Characters
      Birth Date         8 Characters
      Anniversary        8 Characters
      Note               Unlimited (Limited by available memory
                         and hard disk capacity)

   Networking
   ~~~~~~~~~~
      If you want to share your data with other computers and
      you use Windows 3.1, make sure the file SHARE.EXE is
      already loaded into memory, This can be achieved by
      adding the following line to your AUTOEXEC.BAT file:
      C:\DOS\SHARE.EXE
      Later versions of Windows do not need this.



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 6. Registration
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   You can register this software by filling and sending the form
   in file Register.txt, with $35 and your product ID,
   (See "About Phone Book Maker" in the program menu under "Help"
   for your Product ID Number) to the following address:

      Ronnie Tsedek
      5151 White Oak Ave. # 212
      Encino   CA   91316
      USA

      CompuServe ID: 103612.3256
      Internet:      103612.3256@CompuServe.com

   The non-registered software is A COMPLETE PROGRAM and performs
   ALL of the functions with NO TIME LIMITATION and NO NAG SCREENS
   , but prints up to 50 records AT A TIME. More records can be
   printed, using the non-registered program, by applying
   appropriate filters.  For example a phone book file with 93
   records may be printed as two phone books:
   from A to M   and   from N to Z.

   Registered users:
   *  Get 2 ID passwords (for 2 computers). ID password removes
      the above restriction
   *  Will find out about product updates
   *  Get 60% discount on upgrades
   *  Get 6 month mailing support (will be renewed with each
      upgrade)

   The registration fee will license TWO copies for use on any TWO
   computers at any ONE time.  Any suggestions from registered and
   non-registered users are welcome.









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 7. Distribution
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   Shareware distribution gives users a chance to try software
   before buying it. Feel free to share it with your friends.
   The essence of "user-supported" software is to provide personal
   computer users with quality software without high prices.

   Anyone distributing Phone Book Maker for any kind of
   remuneration must first contact the author at the address above
   for authorization.  This authorization will be automatically
   granted to distributors recognized by the (ASP) as adhering to
   its guidelines for Shareware distributors, and such
   distributors may begin offering Phone Book Maker immediately.
   However the author must still be advised so that the
   distributor can be kept up-to-date with the latest version of
   Phone Book Maker.
   Please refer to Vendinfo.diz file for more information.

 8. Ombudsman Statement
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   Phone Book Maker is produced by Ronnie Tsedek a member of the
   Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP).  ASP wants to
   make sure that the Shareware principle works for you.  If you
   are unable to resolve a Shareware-related problem with an ASP
   member by contacting the member directly, ASP may be able to
   help.  The ASP Ombudsman can help you resolve a dispute or
   problem with an ASP member, but does not provide technical
   support for members' products.  Please write to the ASP
   Ombudsman at 545 Grover Road, Muskegon, MI 49442-9427 USA, FAX
   616-788-2765 or send a CompuServe message via CompuServe Mail
   to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536.

 9. Disclaimer Of Warranty and Agreement
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   PHONE BOOK MAKER IS SUPPLIED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES AS
   TO PERFORMANCE OF MERCHANTABILITY OR ANY OTHER WARRANTIES
   WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED.  BECAUSE OF THE VARIOUS HARDWARE
   AND SOFTWARE ENVIRONMENTS INTO WHICH THIS PROGRAM MAY BE PUT,
   NO WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE IS OFFERED.
   GOOD DATA PROCESSING PROCEDURE DICTATES THAT ANY PROGRAM BE
   THOROUGHLY TESTED WITH NON-CRITICAL DATA BEFORE RELYING ON IT.
   THE USER MUST ASSUME THE ENTIRE RISK OF USING THE PROGRAM.

