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HELP THE HELP MENU . . THE HE LP MENU OFFERS YOU CAPSULES OF .INFORMA TION ABOUT EACH OF THE SELEC- .TIONS AVAILABLE. AFTER YOU HAVE CALLED .UP A HELP FILE, IT WILL LOAD, AND THE .FIRS T PAGE OF THE HELP FILE WILL BE .DIS - PLAYED. THE BOTTOM LINE TELLS YOU .TO PRESS THE SPACE BAR OR THE FIRE .B UTTON TO READ THE NEXT PAGE. WHEN YOU . REACH THE END OF THE FILE YOU WILL BE .RETURNED TO THE HELP MENU. AT ANY TIME .YOU MAY PRESS 'STOP' TO RETURN TO TH E .HELP MENU. . . NOW FOR SOME HELP W ITH VIP TERMINAL .IN GENERAL. . . . . . . . HOW VIP TERMINAL WORKS . . T HE FOCUS OF VIP TERMINAL IS THE TER- .MI NAL MODE. THIS IS WHERE YOU ACTUALLY .T ALK TO OTHER SYSTEMS. THE REMAINING . PORTIONS OF THE PROGRAM REVOLVE AROUND .THE TERMINAL MODE. THERE ARE MENUS DE- .VOTED TO ALTERING COMMUNICATION PARAME - .TERS, STORAGE OF DATA, PRINTING OF D A- .TA, ALTERING OF THE SCREEN DISPLAY, EN- .TRY OF PHONE NUMBERS AND LOG-ON PR OTO- .COL, AND "PROGRAMMING" OF KEYS FOR .AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION OF SHOR T MES- .SAGES WHEN IN THE TERMINAL MODE. . . ONCE YOU HAVE USED THE PROGRAM AND .SELECTED YOUR SCREEN DISPLAY SIZE AND .COLORS, CHANGED PARAMETERS, MADE TELE- .PHONE DIRECTORY ENTRIES, AND PROG RAMMED .MESSAGES, YOU CAN SAVE THIS "E NVIRON- .MENT". WHEN YOU NEXT USE THE PROGRAM .AGAIN, YOU CAN LOAD THIS CUSTO MIZED EN- .VIRONMENT TO REPLACE THE DEFA ULTS. . GETTING AROUND IN VIP TERMINA L . . VIP TERMINAL HAS BEEN MADE TO BE EASY .TO USE, NO MATTER YOUR EXPERIENCE. US- .ING VIP TERMINAL IS JUST PLAIN FU N! IT .IS CONSTRUCTED WITH NINE SELE CTIONS, .ALL REPRESENTED BY ICONS AT THE BOTTOM .OF THE SCREEN. THESE OPTIONS ARE SEL- .ECTED BY USING THE JOYSTICK TO POINT .THE HAND AT THEM, OR BY USI NG THE KEY- .BOARD. . . TO USE THE JOYS TICK, MOVE THE HAND AS .IF YOU WERE PLAY ING A GAME. YOU CAN .MOVE IT ALL OV ER THE SCREEN, AND POINT .IT TO THE LEF T OR RIGHT. WHEN YOU .POINT AT ONE OF THE ICONS AND PRESS THE .FIRE BUTTON OR 'RETURN', THE MENU GOV- .ERNED BY TH AT ICON WILL APPEAR. THE .SAME ICONS ARE GOVERNED BY THE FUNCTION .KEYS AND THE 'RESTORE' KEY. PRESSING .THESE KE YS WILL ALSO ACTIVATE THE MENU .GOVERNE D BY THE ICON. . ONCE IN A MENU, YOU WILL BE OFFERED .SEVERAL SELECTIONS. T O MAKE A SELEC- .TION, MOVE THE HAND TO THE SELECTION .AND PRESS 'FIRE' OR ' RETURN'. THE LINE .WILL NOW BE HIGHLIGH TED. IF YOU DECIDE .YOU WANT A DIFFEREN T SELECTION, PRESS .'FIRE' OR 'RETURN' AGAIN. . . WITHIN MANY OF THE SELECTIO NS YOU MAY .ALSO CONTROL A "PENCIL" TO CHOOSE FROM .THE SEVERAL OPTIONS. THE PENCIL IS .CONTROLLED BY THE JOYSTIC K. WHEN THE .PENCIL IS OVER THE BOX NE XT TO YOUR SE- .LECTION, PRESS THE FIRE BUTTON OR PRESS .'RETURN' AND THE SELECT ION IS MADE. TO .USE THE KEYBOARD INS TEAD, PRESS THE .NUMBER CORRESPONDING TO YOUR SELECTION. . . WHILE IN VIP T ERMINAL YOU HAVE NINE .MENU CHOICES. T HESE CHOICES MAY BE .MADE AT ANY T IME EITHER BY USING THE .HAND AND JOYSTI CK OR BY USING THE KEY- .BOARD. THE NI NE MENUS ARE: . HELP THE QUESTI ON MARK IS FOR .HELP. WHEN YOU SELECT THIS ICON, EI- .THER BY PRESSING 'F1' OR BY USING YOUR .JOYSTICK, YOU WILL BE GIVEN A HELP MENU .TO AID YOUR UNDERSTAN DING OF THE PRO- .GRAM. . . OPTS "OPTS" STANDS FOR SYSTEM .OPTIONS. THIS MENU GOVERNS SUCH THINGS .AS COLOR OPTIONS, NUMBER OF CHARACTERS .PER LINE , AND TERMINAL PARAMETERS. . . TALK TALK IS THE TERMINAL MODE. .IT PUTS YOU INTO THE SCREEN USED WHEN .YOU TALK TO OTHER SYSTEMS. IT IS FROM .HERE T HAT YOU CONTROL THE TRANSMISSION .OF FIL ES. FROM THIS OPTION YOU CAN AL- .SO CO NTROL MANY OF THE OPTIONS OF THE .TERM INAL META COMMANDS USING THE COMMO- .DOR E KEY PLUS A LETTER OF THE ALPHABET. .TA LK HAS ITS OWN META KEY HELP TABLE TO .M AKE EVERYTHING EASY. . . TIME TI ME IS THE MENU IN WHICH .YOU SET THE DAT E, TIME AND ALARM, AND .CONTROL DISPL AY OF THE CLOCK ON THE .SCREEN. . . PRINT THIS MENU GOVERNS SETTING .U P VIP TERMINAL TO MATCH YOUR PRINTER. . YOU MAY ALSO PRINT YOUR WORKSPACE FROM .THIS MENU. . . KEYS IN THIS MEN U YOU MAY PRO- .GRAM UP TO TWENTY KEYS TO SEND SHORT .MESSAGES. THESE MESS AGES ARE SENT BY .PRESSING THE '..' OR ' ..' KEY PLUS ONE .OF THE KEYS FROM 0 TH RU 9. . . FILE THE FILE MENU PROV IDES THE .MEANS TO VIEW, EDIT, PRINT, SAVE AND .LOAD FILES, PROGRAMMED KEYS, TELEPHONE .DIRECTORIES, AND THE LIKE. FROM HERE .YOU ALSO GET TO PERFORM MAN Y OTHER DISK .FUNCTIONS SUCH AS CALL A D IRECTORY, RE- .NAME FILES AND SCRATCH FI LES. . TEL # THIS IS THE TELEPHONE DIR- .ECTORY. IN THE TELEPHONE DIRECTO RY YOU .CAN CREATE UP TO 16 LISTINGS. T HE LIS- .TINGS WILL INCLUDE THE NAME OF THE PER- .SON YOU CALL, THE TELEPHONE NU MBER WITH .ANY PRE-DIALING INSTRUCTIONS TO THE MO- .DEM FOR AUTO-DIAL, COMMUNICA TIONS PRO- .TOCOL FOR THAT PERSON AND AN IDENTIFI- .CATION STRING FOR EASY L OG-ON. FROM .THIS MENU YOU CAN INSTIT UTE AUTO-DIAL, .AUTO ANSWER AND E-MAIL. . . RESTORE THE EXIT SIGN SHOWS Y OU .THE WAY OUT. YOU MAY GO BACK TO THE .DESKTOP ENVIRONMENT OR TO BASIC. . . . . . . . . . IN ADDITION, YOU MAY G ET HELP WITH .ASCII CHARACTER CODES B Y SELECTING THE .ASCII HELP LINE. THIS WILL DISPLAY A .CHART OF THE 128 ASCI I CHARACTERS WITH .THEIR DECIMAL EQUIVAL ENTS. THE ASCII .CHART IS ESPECIALL Y USEFUL FOR DETER- .MINING THE DECIMAL VALUE OF THE CHARAC- .TERS TO BE USED TO OPEN AND CLOSE YOUR .WORKSPACE, THOSE USED TO PAUSE AND RE- .SUME TRANSMISSIO N, AND THE DECIMAL VA- .LUES OF CHARAC TERS TO BE STRIPPED AND- .OR REPLACED. THESE OPIONS ARE ALL .DEALT WITH IN THE TERMINAL PARAMETERS .MENU. . . . . . . . . . . HERE'S A TYPICAL ROAD MAP FOR USING .VIP TERMINAL. WHEN YOU S TART THE PRO- .GRAM YOU ARE IN THE TIME MENU. THIS IS .THE NATURAL PLACE TO ST ART SINCE YOU .WILL USUALLY WISH TO SET THE DATE AND .TIME OF DAY. FROM TH ERE YOU WILL US- .UALLY GO TO THE FILE DIRECTORY TO LOAD .YOUR "ENVIRONMENT", CONTAINING YOUR .PRE- FERRED D EFAULTS, TELEPHONE .DIRECTORY, PROGRAM MED MESSAGES AND ANY .FILES YOU MAY WIS H TO UPLOAD. THE NEXT .STOP IS USUALLY THE TELEPHONE DIRECTORY .FROM WHICH YOU WILL DIAL THE TELEPHONE. .ONCE YOU HAV E CONNECTED, THE SYSTEM .WILL AU- TOMA TICALLY SEND YOU TO TALK. ..S..;
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