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- * Fixtures Menu *
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- The way in which fixtures are handled appears complex.
- It's not, but some background info can help ...
-
- Pro-Football needs lists of fixtures to work from.
- Some users will just want to predict the pools. Others will
- want to just bet on the Bookies Long List or Sections List,
- others will want to bet on a combination of them all.
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- What you need to do is create a 'Main List' of fixtures.
- From this main list, you can then go on to create as many
- sub-lists as you like.
-
- This is probably as clear as mud, but rest assured that as
- you use the program it will suddenly click into place, and
- you will realise how beautifully simple it is.
-
- Some specific examples would be ...
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- You want to predict just the pools. The pools coupon would be
- your main list - that's it - end of story.
-
- You want to predict the pools and the long list. The long
- is normally best as your main list, as it tends to include
- most of the pools matches as well. A separate pools list
- would be created semi-automatically (more on that soon).
-
- The advantage of this system is that later on, you can ask
- Pro-Football to find all of the draws on the pools list, or
- all of the aways on the long list etc. Lets take one more
- example ...
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- You want to predict the pools, long list, and the sections
- list. You would set up the long list as your main list. The
- pools list is created for you from this, and you can then set
- up the sections list (If the sections list contains 6 sections
- then you would set them up as Sections List A, B, C, D etc,
- that way, you can ask for the draws from section A etc).
-
- OK, so let's look at the fixtures menu.
-
- We'll actually cover the options in reverse order.
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- LOAD/DELETE FIXTURE FILE
- Each set of lists is saved on disk as a single Fixture File.
- This option lets you either load in a set of lists that you
- created earlier in the week, or delete one that you no longer
- require.
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- CREATE/AMEND FIXTURE LISTS
- When you select this option, Pro-Football looks to see if you
- have already loaded a fixture file - if so then it assumes that
- you want to view/alter these lists (this is covered later,
- when you come to it).
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- If no file has been loaded it gives the choice of either
- loading one, or creating your MAIN LIST.
-
- So how do we create this famous 'Main List'?
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- All the letters of the alphabet will appear on screen. Simply
- click on the first letter of the Home Team's name, then the
- second and so on. Pro-Football looks at all of the
- possibilities and tries to guess which team you are referring
- to, displaying a list of teams down the right hand side of
- the screen. You can either click directly on one of the
- team names, or select another letter to narrow the list
- down further.
- When you have the required team, repeat for the away team.
-
- A box will then appear on screen containing the match
- details and 4 icons.
-
- The icons are ...
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- ON-POOLS
- Either a tick for yes, or a cross for no.
- You can alter the setting by clicking on the icon.
- Remember, this is your main list that you are creating. A
- separate pools list is generated - it is made up of all of
- the matches in your main list that have been defined as
- being 'on-pools' (although you can add extra matches to it
- if necessary).
- As default, all matches are set to being 'on-pools', if you
- are entering data from the long list, you will find that very
- few matches aren't on the coupon, so you will only need to
- alter this setting occasionally.
- Of course, if you are doing JUST the pools, then all matches
- will be 'On-Pools' so you can leave the setting alone.
-
- REDO
- Lets you re-enter the last match if you made a mistake.
-
- NO MORE
- When you have entered all the matches to be included on the
- main list, select this option.
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- NEXT
- When you have checked that the two teams in the match, and
- the pools setting is correct, click on next to go onto the
- next match on the list.
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- This process is repeated until all matches have been entered.
- Surprisingly, once you get used to it, it only takes a few
- minutes to enter all of the weekends fixtures!
-
- This was a fairly long chunk of HELP to take in, but if
- you've read it all, then it should all become clear when you
- start to enter data.
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