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           College II - Tracking Your College Career with ease!

          Copyright 1990 by Randle K. "Dan" Dye - All Rights Reserved

I.  What does it do?

    College will provide a transcript on the screen or printer in an
    instant!  It will print out a class schedule with locations, days
    and times for any semester! It will track all the classes you have
    from your freshman year through graduate work! It will keep track
    of class assignments, papers due, or other notations for any or all
    classes. It will give you a GPA for the current semester or an overall
    GPA with the press of a key or two.  It keeps track of credit hours
    too!  It keeps track of elective and required courses.  And just for
    convenience, College provides a Current Calendar and a full functioning
    Calculator, with floating or fixed point calculations.  A full TEXT
    EDITOR is included to "do your home work" with, or to write letters
    or any word processing with PRINTING that you need!!

II. Starting Up...

    The program has extensive help screens and prompts, so this instruction
    manual will not go into any great detail.  The program is as "user
    friendly" as I could make it!!

    College is a stand-alone program that requires no external drivers to run.
    It creates its own data files for the classes you enter.  It is best run
    on a system with 512K or more and a hard drive, though it will run on a
    floppy system well.  It does require a color monitor and color graphics,
    whether CGA, EGA, or VGA...  For a hard drive system, copy COLLEGE.EXE
    into its own directory.  All data files created by COLLEGE will be in
    this directory also.  Therefore, always run College from the directory
    or floppy where the XXXX.CLG files are located.  Simply type COLLEGE
    at the DOS prompt and press ENTER to start the program.

III. Entering Data (Classes)

     Choose 'A' from the main menu to enter data for any semester.  A listing
     of semesters and college years will be displayed.  Choose the one you
     wish to enter data for with the number or letter to the left of it.
     If it is a "clean" file, a data input screen will appear.  If you have
     data already for that semester and year, the program will tell you this.
     To enter data for a "clean" semester, simply follow the prompts on the
     bottom of the screen.  You can press ESCAPE to get out of a data entry
     field.  To abort an entry, simply press ESC and follow the instructions
     in the pop up window on the screen. The fields are defined with [ ]
     brackets and a highlight to show you how much room you have for entering
     data.  Any data that overlaps the brackets will be truncated. After an
     entry is completed and saved, you will be prompted to enter another or
     quit.  Select yes to enter more classes, or No when finished.  Enter the
     data from your current class schedule in this area.  Be sure to enter a
     GRADE!!  If you are currently enrolled in the class enter your current
     grade (Enter an A if you aren't sure, and you can edit this later when
     you know your grade!) But be sure to enter a grade!!

IV.  Viewing/Editing data (Classes)

     Choose the appropriate menu selection to edit a class file.  Select the
     semester and year to view or edit.  This function is the heart of the
     program.  You may add class assignments, test dates or scores, or any
     information you like in the comments section for each class.  Keep up
     with paper assignments, tests, etc this way.  If you drop a class, it
     may be deleted with a simple key stroke from this function.  There is a
     help line at the bottom of each screen, giving instructions for each
     function.  The ESC key will return you to the main menu from any function
     in this area, except the editing... you must key in all fields or hit
     enter to go to the next... the screen help line will prompt you...

V.   GPA display

     Choose this menu item to display any one semester or an overall GPA!
     This is calculated from the class schedules.  Be sure to put in your
     current grade for any course you are currently taking, and the final
     grade for any course you have completed so the GPA will be accurate!

VI.  Print/Display a Transcript

     This function will display/Print a listing of all courses, the
     instructor, hours earned and grades, whether the course was a (M)ajor
     or (E)lective  and will give you a total for the hours and a GPA....
     Simply follow the screen prompts!

VII. A full function TEXT EDITOR may be accessed by selecting 'E' from the
     Main Menu.  An Editor Menu will be displayed. Approximately 4 Pages may be
     entered into any one file, and as many files as necessary may be created.
     Editor functions are outlined below.  To quit the text editor (abort the
     edit), press ESC.  You will be returned to the main menu and no changes
     will be made in the file, if you are editing one, and no file will be
     created if it is a new document.  When you have entered all your text
     and wish to save the document, press F-1.  You will be prompted for a
     file name.  Enter up to eight characters but DO NOT ENTER AN EXTENSION!!
     Pressing ESC or ENTER without entering a filename aborts the function and
     ALL TEXT WILL BE LOST, if it is a new document!!  Press enter after
     entering a filename and the document will be saved to that file name with
     the extension .CTX.  For a NEW DOCUMENT, select A from the Editor menu.
     Enter the text and then F-1 to save it, as above.  Select B to edit an
     existing document.  A directory of documents will be displayed.  Select
     the one you want with the up and down ARROW keys.  When the document you
     wish to edit is highlighted, press enter.  The editor will be displayed
     with the text from that document.  Select C to print a document.  Again,
     select the document you wish to print with the ARROW keys and press enter.
     If the printer is ready, the document will begin to print.. If the printer
     is not ready, a warning window will be displayed.  Press ESC to abort the
     printing, or make the printer ready and press the SPACE BAR to print
     the document.  Selecting Q from the Editor Menu will return you to the
     Main Menu, as will ESC.

     EDITOR FUNCTIONS

     (Up-Arrow)                     Move UP one line
     (Down-Arrow)                   Move DOWN one line
     (PgUp)                         Move UP one Page
     (PgDn)                         Move DOWN one Page
     (Home)                         Move to the leftmost column, or
                                    the beginning of a line
     (End)                          Move to the END of the current line
     (Insert)                       Toggle Insert/Overstrike modes
     (Del)                          Delete the character at the cursor
     (Backspace)                    Delete the character to the left of the
                                    cursor
     (Tab)                          Move one tabstop to the right
     (Control-Right)                Move right one Word
     (Control-Left)                 Move left one Word
     (Control-Home)                 Move to the first line of text
     (Control-End)                  Move to the last line of text
     (Control-N)                    Insert a line at the current row
     (Control-T)                    Delete the word the cursor is on
     (Control-Y)                    Delete the Current Line

     (F-1)                          Save the current Document
     (ESC)                          Abort the Edit (no Save)


VIII.A current CALENDAR or a full function CALCULATOR can be accessed by
     pressing 'F' from the Main Menu.  An alternate Menu will be displayed.
     Press 'A' for a monthly calendar, or Press 'B' for a full function
     CALCULATOR!  Press ALT-D for integer or ALT-F for fixed-point calculations
     (financial calculations).  The C key clears all entries, E key clears
     the current entry.  When the calculator is selected, the number lock is
     automatically set to on.  When leaving the calculator,
     the number lock is returned to off (unless it was already on when the
     calculator was selected).  Press ALT-Q, ALT-R, or ESC to quit the
     calculator and return to the main menu... THE LAST CALCULATION IS SAVED!!!
     If you return to the calculator, the last calculation is still there,
     allowing you to leave the calculator and return to it with the last
     calculation intact!

IX.    Print a Schedule

       This function will print out a semester/year schedule of your choice.
       This was a very needed function for me when I was in college, as I never
       could remember at the first of a semester where I was supposed to be, or
       where a class was located... this is a nice function!  Days, times,
       locations, and instructor are listed...

X.     Quit

       Exits to DOS

XI.    Final Words.......

       This Program was written by.......

       Dan Dye
       272 S. Main Street
       Pontotoc, Mississippi  38862


       If you enjoy and use COLLEGE II, a registration fee of $10 is
       required to continue using it.  Send Check, Money Order or
       (if adventurous, Cash) to the above address.

       Support is provided via BBS - PLAYER BBS  [phone]
       24 hours a day, 7 days a week.  Plenty of files, games, etc!

       PLAYER BBS has been on-line since January, 1989, and is dedicated to
       SYSOP support and Programming.  Many Assembly language libraries and
       utilities are available for downloading, as are many other MS-DOS
       Programs and files.  There are no fees nor registration required for
       full access to PLAYER BBS!

       [phone]    24 hours a day  8-N-1   ANSI supported!!