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                                Home Manager 1.0

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Designed and Written by

         Linda "Machine" Lullie

1st release August 1991

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Home Manager is a productivity program written to
   encompass many areas of managing your home. It includes six
   individual applications accessible through a main screen or
   from each other.
The Contacts Manager is a standard phone and address book.
The Numbers Manager is a simple calculator.
The CashFlow Manager is a budget/balance sheet.
The Dates & ToDo is a calendar utility.
The Food Manager is a grocery list builder.
The Plastic Money Manager is credit card database.
Home Manager also provides a button for
    launching an external program of the users choice.
Future releases will include two additional applications
    for which space has already been provided.

HOME MANAGER IS SHAREWARE!!

It is freely distributable, provided all documentation and author's
notices are left intact.

Should you decide you like the program, please register by sending a
check for $15 to me, the author, at the following address:

   Linda Lullie
   10701 SouthWest 10th Court
   Davie, Florida 33324

Your registration includes subsequent years for the Dates & ToDo
portion (1992 & 1993), full printed documentation, all updates and
bug fixes, the two new applications being developed now which use
the Home Manager interface. I will also send you the latest
FoodProcessor program, in unregistered form.
FoodProcessor is an extended grocery list designer with an
interactive recipe database (only active in the registered version).
Registration for FoodProcessor is $10.

The following documentation is written as clearly and concisely
as I know how. If you are like me, you would rather use the program
than read about it. I have tried to break it down so the docs
can be used as a quick  reference guide rather than a How-To book.

I hope you enjoy the program. I use it now to keep track of things
around the house. I would appreciate any feedback on bugs or problems,
ideas or questions. Either write to me at the above address or leave
mail on GEnie to my husband and Beta Tester, J. Lullie, and he will
forward it to me.

Thanks for trying Home Manager, and I hope you find it useful.

Linda Lullie


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Requirements

Amiga 500, 1000, 2000 or 3000 with at least 1 meg Ram
AmigaDOS 1.3 or 2.0
Floppy Drive, hard drive recommended

Installation

Home Manager can be placed in any directory on your hard drive, or can
be run from a floppy.
The directories: Text and Brushes, must be in the current directory
with the application. And all the files in these directories must be
copied as well. The DeckRunner must be in your Sys:c directory.
The two supplied fonts, Pearl and Granite should be in your fonts
directory.

Starting Up

Start Home Manager by simply double clicking its icon. You will be
brought to the opening screen. Icons (buttons) located on the right
side open each application in the program with one click. The house
and the file cabinet icons are not implemented in this release.


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Contacts Manager

Clicking on the phone book icon will take you to the Contacts Manager,
an address and phone book database. The default data file, Phone.def,
is loaded automatically provided you copied the entire contents of the
Text folder to the current directory.

Sort
   Clicking once on the Sort button alphabetizes by first name the
entries listed in the window on the left of the screen.

Search
   Clicking once on the Search button will clear the Name field and
prompt you for a name to search for. If the name is in the database,
it will be displayed in the fields on the right. You are then asked if
you want to search again. A simple Y or N on the keyboard will answer
this prompt. If the name is not in the database, nothing will happen.

Print
   Click once on the Print button and the program will ask you if you
want to print names and phone numbers only, Y or N. Answer Y, and the
names and phone numbers of all the entries will be printed. Answer N,
and the names, phone numbers, addresses and memos will be printed for
each of the entries. You must answer this prompt to continue.
The print button works only if you have the type command in your Sys:c
directory.

List Window
   Double click on any of the names in this window and its entry will
be loaded into the fields on the right side of the screen.

Data Fields
   Each field on the right side of the screen is used for data input
and display. The default display reads Name, Home Phone, Business
Phone, Street, City, State, Zip and Notes (two lines). When adding a
new entry, hit the return key in a field to place the cursor in the
next field but not clear it. Any field can be cleared using the
Right-Amiga-X keyboard command.

Add Entry
   Click once on the Add Entry button to add a new entry. The name
field will clear and you can type in the information field by field,
hitting return as you go.

Save Entry
   Click once on the Save Entry button to save the entry currently
loaded. The entry will be saved with the name in the name field and
appear sorted in the list window. Be careful not to edit the wrong
name and then click save. It will overwrite the previous entry.
You must save for an entry to be listed and for it to print.

Clear Fields
   Click once on Clear Fields button to clear the information in the
fields and set it to the defaults.
If you have not saved your current entry, it will be lost.

Delete Entry
   Double click on a name to load it. Then click once on the Delete
Entry button. The entry will be deleted. Once you delete an entry you
cannot get it back.

GoTo Icons
   The icons along the bottom of the screen represent the different
applications in Home Manager. Click once on any of the buttons to go
to that program.


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Number Manager

Clicking once on the calculator icon in any window opens the
calculator. Simple math functions, addition, subtraction,
multiplication and division, can be performed by clicking on the keys
on the screen or through the numeric keypad. The calculator is capable
of one function at a time. The open parenthesis on the keypad acts as
the clear button.

GoTo Icons
   The icons along the bottom of the screen represent the different
applications in Home Manager.
Click once on any of the buttons to go to that program.


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CashFlow Manager

Click once on the money bag icon in any window and the CashFlow
manager opens, a monthly budget/balance sheet program. The fields on
the left are all your debits or cash spent; on the left are your
credits or cash received. The month field is active and ready for
input when the program opens. NO DECIMALS, all numbers must be rounded
off to the nearest dollar. Left-Amiga-C will clear all the fields.

Load
   Click once on the Load button and a file requester appears asking
you which file to load. You can load any month you have previously
saved. The file will automatically be flowed into the corresponding
fields for each entry, provided you did not alter the style of the
saved file.

Save
   Click once on the Save button and the file will be saved to the
Text folder in the current directory with the filename
BudgetMonthYear. Month and Year come from the date you enter in the
corresponding fields. Be sure there are no extra spaces in your month
and year fields as the filename is taken directly from there.

Print
   Click once on the Print button and the information you have entered
will be printed to your printer provided you have the type command in
your Sys:c directory.

Month and Year fields
   Enter the month you are calculating, ie. July. Hit return, the year
field becomes active, enter the year, ie. 1991. Hit return, the Mortgage field becomes active.

Debits and Credits fields
   Each field calls for a numeric amount to be entered. You must first
delete the zero in each or use it in your entry; if not, you will have
an extra zero in each. Hitting return in a field will take you to the
next field. You can also activate a field by clicking inside it.

Compile Buttons
   When you have entered all your data for debits, click once on the
compile button. It will add all the entries and display the sum in the
Total field. Same with credits.

Compile Totals
   When you have compiled both the debits and the credits, click once
on the Compile Totals button. It will add or subtract the figures from
the two totals fields and display the Net Income or Net Loss depending
upon whether you have made more than you spent or vice versa.

GoTo Icons
   The icons along the bottom of the screen represent the different
applications in Home Manager.
Click once on any of the buttons to go to that program.


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Dates & ToDo

Clicking once on the To Do icon in any window opens the calender
utility. This shareware version contains only the remainder of 1991.
Registered versions will contain 1992 and 1993. When the program
opens, it reads your system's date and opens the calendar for that
month and year.

Year buttons (1991,1992,1993)
   Click once on the year button to change the year. Default is the
present year set on your system.

Month buttons
   Click once on any month to change the month. The calendar in the
center of the screen will change to that month. Only July-August 1991
are programmed in the unregistered version.

Calendar buttons
   Each date on each calendar month is a button. Click once on a date
and that date will be displayed in the window below the calendar.

Data window
   Here is where you will enter all your events for a certain date.
The day is automatically entered when you click a date on the
calendar. Simply type in your data.

Load
   Click once on the Load button and a file requester will appear
asking you which day to load into the window. You can also load any
text file, so if you have kept other records in ASCII format you may
load them in rather than retype them.

Save
   Click once on the Save button to save the data presently being
displayed in the window. It will save with the filename
"ApptYear.Month.Date" of the last calendar button you clicked on.
All files saved are automatically sent to the Text folder in the
current directory. Once saved and left in that folder, the info will
come up every time you click on that date.

Print
   Click once on the Print button and the contents of the window will
be sent to your printer provided you have the type command in your
Sys:c directory.

GoTo Icons
   Dates & ToDo will only allow you to go back to the Main Menu
or to Quit.


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Food Manager

Clicking once on the grocery bag icon in any window opens the grocery
list program. Creating a grocery list is as easy as clicking on a few
lines of text and some buttons.

Load
   Click once on the Load button and a file requester will appear
asking you to load a list. The list should be in single column ASCII
format. When you select a list and click OK, the list will flow into
the window on the right, titled My List.

Save
   Click once on the Save button and the grocery list you have written
in the My List window will be saved to the Text folder in the current
directory with the filename MyGroceries.

Print
   Click once on the Print button and the list you have written in the
My List window will be printed provided you have the type command in
your Sys:c directory.
Select Item window
   When the program opens, the Select Item window lists a preset
grocery list to choose from. You can edit this list, it came with the
program in the Text folder under the name Groceries. Be sure you leave
the file in single column ASCII format with the same filename or an
error will occur next time you launch Food Manager.
Double click on an item in the Select Item window and it will be
copied to the My List window for you.

My List window
   This is where your list is written. You can either type directly
into this window or you can double click on an item in the Select Item
window to add items to your list.

GoTo Icons
   The icons along the bottom of the screen represent the different
applications in Home Manager.
Click once on any of the buttons to go to that program.


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Plastic Money Manager

Clicking once on the credit card icon in any window loads the credit
card database.
The default file, Plastic.def, must be in the Text folder in the
current directory or an error will occur. Do not alter the format of
this file. Plastic Money Manager allows you to track four major credit
cards and four miscellaneous cards in a graphic interface.

Save
   Click once on the Save button and the data you have entered will be
saved to the Plastic.def file in the Text folder. Be Careful! If you
are working on the Major Credit cards you must save BEFORE you switch
to the Other Credit cards in order to save that data. Same thing goes
for when you are working on the Other cards, you must first save
before going into the Major card screen in you want to save you data
there.

Print
   Click once on the Print button and your database will be printed
provided you have the type command in your Sys:c directory.

Major button
   The program loads with the Major Credit card section active.
The four cards, American Express, Visa, MasterCard and Discover are
preloads. Each card has a window for input. The Major Credit card
screen is active until you click on the Other button.

Other button
   Click once on the Other button and the screen changes to display
four different cards, Department Store, Oil Company, Specialty Store,
and Other Credit. Any data you entered for the Major Credit cards is
cleared and you can now enter your data for othe

GoTo Icons
   The icons along the bottom of the screen represent the different
applications in Home Manager.
Click once on any of the buttons to go to that program.

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General Notes

The Main Menu and the Quit button appear on every program. Clicking
once on the Main Menu button brings you back to the opening screen.
Clicking once on the Quit button will quit Home Manager. Of course,
the icon for the program you are in will do nothing if you click on it. It is important that all text and brush files are not altered in
any way or the program may not function properly.


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Upcoming Additions

In a later release the last two icons, house and file cabinet, will be
programmed.

In a later release the calendar will display which dates have events in the month loaded.

In a later release the user defined button will be saved to a preference file and reloaded every time. And there will be two more user defined buttons.

I would also appreciate any feedback on new features!