Version 5
Lewis LETTER MAGIC
September 1997
Jump to any field
On the main name screen you can quickly jump to any field. This is particularly
useful for changing an existing record, but can also help when entering a new name.
This is much quicker than repeatedly hitting the ENTER key, or the up or down arrow
key, to move to a field elsewhere on the screen.
When you are in the change mode, just hit the F8 function key, followed by the
code for the field, such as T for Telephone, 3 for User-defined field 3.
Shorthand Phrases in Main Name Screen
This lets you quickly enter phrases that appear frequently on your main name screen
such as
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P.O. Box
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Street
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Financial Controller
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Pty Ltd
Suppose P is the abbreviation for P.O. Box. To record P.O. Box 196, just enter
The abbreviations are the same as for notepad. From the Program Menu choose S =
Setting-up; K = Notepad Abbreviations.
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Enter the left square bracket [ followed by the code.
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The code can be upper or lower case.
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You can enter two or more abbreviations in the one field.
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To enter today’s date, hit [ and the full-stop.
The Utilities Menu has been strengthened. From the Program Menu; U = Utilities.
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Temporary Backups. These backup the data onto the hard disk. Choose B = Backup,
and then a number in the range 1 to 5. Each of these 5 backs up into a different
directory. This lets you backup each day of the week onto a different area of
the hard disk. To guard against computer failure, you should also take a backup
externally from time to time.
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Restore. Lets you restore Lewis LETTER MAGIC data files. Can restore from one-disk,
multi-disk or temporary.
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Upgrade Program. Will make it easier for future upgrades.
Other Changes from Version 4.1
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When choosing a name with asterisk. The various matches are displayed one on
each line, A,B, C, etc. Choose the one you want. If you do not want any you
can immediately do another search by pressing S = Search.
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