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LETTERWRITER
version 1.1
MANUAL
Edward Reasor June, 1985
P.O. Box 290539
Tampa, FL 33617
Copyright 1985 by Edward Reasor. All rights reserved. The
LetterWriter distribution diskette, containing a copy of this
manual, may be freely copied and shared. Printed copies of
this manual may NOT be shared without prior written
permission from the author.
Page 2
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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What is Shareware? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
What is LetterWriter? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
The Benefits of Using LetterWriter . . . . . . . . . . . 6
LetterWriter Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Starting LetterWriter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
The Functions of LetterWriter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Planned Enhancements to LetterWriter . . . . . . . . . . 15
Page 3
WHAT IS SHAREWARE?
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Shareware is a marketing concept. The term was probably
originally coined by Bob Wallace of Quicksoft, Inc. Mr.
Wallace wrote PC-Write (r), a full-feature text editor that
will be sent to you if you think LetterWriter is worth at
least $75. Many of the Shareware ideas in LetterWriter come
directly from PC-Write(r) and I offer my public thanks.
LetterWriter is distributed under the Shareware concept.
Under shareware, you receive the software first and pay only
what you think the software is worth. You are free, and
encouraged, to share the distribution diskette with others.
If you feel that LetterWriter is useful to you, send what your
conscience dictates. However, if you send at least $35 you
will be mailed the next upgrade to LetterWriter, free. If
you send at least $75 you will receive: the next upgrade to
LetterWriter, the source code for LetterWriter - in Pascal, my
sincere thanks, a copy of PC-Write (r) - a full feature text
editor - fully compatible with LetterWriter, and access to a
help line for questions, all free.
You are asked to pay for LetterWriter if you find the software
useful. Those who pay for LetterWriter will obtain support
for their software for free. The level of support is based on
the amount paid.
In order to pay for LetterWriter simply print the file FORM by
issuing the command: COPY FORM PRN then filling out the form
and mailing it, along with your check or money order, to:
Edward Reasor; P.O. Box 290539; Tampa, FL 33617.
You are encouraged to print and fill out the file FORM and
send it in regardless of what you think LetterWriter is worth.
Mail for LetterWriter can be sent to: Edward Reasor; P.O. Box
290539; Tampa, FL 33617.
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WHAT IS LETTERWRITER?
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LetterWriter is a computerized version of your address book,
and a whole lot more. LetterWriter keeps track of all your
adresses for you. You may organize your lists of addresses
into as many files as you choose and you may have as many
addresses per file as you want. You can have an unlimited
number of addresses in an unlimited number of files. The only
limit in LetterWriter is that the number of addresses in any
single file must be 300 or less in order to do file sorting.
A good way to organize files might be to have one file called
FRIENDS, which has the addresses of all your friends, another
called BUSINESS, which has all your business adresses, and
several other "speciality" files. Speciality files might be
files like POLITICS, where you keep a list of all your
pertinent politician's addresses, so you can get to all of
them at once, and AUTO, where your keep a list of addresses
relating to your automobile.
LetterWriter also uses the addresses in its files to print
letters and envelopes in a variety of ways. Look at the
letter example below:
__________________________________
| |
| your address |
| |
| date |
| |
| target name & address |
| |
| salutation |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| BODY |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| complimentary close |
| |
| your name |
| |
| :lw |
|__________________________________|
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In the above example, LetterWriter does everything excluding
the BODY of the letter. It prints your address, gets the date
from the computer and prints that, prints the target address,
prints "Dear xxxxxxx" - where xxxxxxx is the name of the
person you want the letter to go to, reads in the BODY from a
file you have created using ANY text editor, prints a
complimentary close of your selection, and prints your name,
leaving enough space for a signature.
LetterWriter can print any length of letter, and automatically
numbers the pages for you. LetterWriter can use any word
processor or text editor as long as it can create a standard
ASCII file for the BODY. Some editors, such as Wordstar(r)
and Multimate(r) require that you export the file first, but
they are still totally usable.
One of the nicest features of LetterWriter is that you can use
the same BODY to print all of the letters in a single address
file. For example, if you are moving, you can write a short
BODY that le