fastmenu PLUS Phone Book Module. ===============================:> You may access all options in either of two ways. 1)- Press the letter inside the parenthesis of the prompt you want to access. 2)- Point the mouse at the option you want and then press the left button. Option Reaction to option ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Q)uit................. Use this option to return to the fastmenu applications menu. (I)nsert............... Use this option to insert a new record to the phone book. The new record will be inserted just above the highlight bar. If the highlight bar is at bottom of file, the new record will be added to the end of the file. If you want, you can insert a new record ahead of an existing record by moving the highlight bar to that record, then choosing the insert option. After choosing the insert option you will be given a new slot to enter the information for this record. The Name, Address and City fields will automatically case format. The State field will auto convert to uppercase. The Zip Code field will only accept numbers. The phone number field will auto format for area code and phone number. (C)hange............... Use this option to change or correct an existing record. To change a record, just move the highlight bar to the record that you want to change, then choose the (C)hange option. When using the change option, the field that the cursor is located in will become blank waiting for new information. If you want to skip this field without changing it just press enter, the original information will be replaced and you will be taken to the next field. (D)elete............... Use this option to remove an existing record from the phone book. To remove a record, just move the highlight bar to the record that you want to remove, then choose the (D)elete option. You will be prompted to verify this deletion. (S)ort................. Use this option to sort all records on any field. After choosing the (S)ort option you will be asked to choose the field that you want to sort on. Do this by moving the highlight bar to that field and then press enter. (L)ocate............... Use this option when you want to locate a record or group of records from the phone book database. After choosing this option you will be presented with a screen that has all fields listed in vertical order. To choose a field to enter search information in, just move the cursor to that field and press enter. This field will then open up and await for you to enter your instructions. One or all fields can be used for a search. After entering all your search information you will want to move the cursor to the Continue: (Show search list) option and then press enter, after which you will be taken to a new screen with all records listed that match your search instructions. Up-Dn.................. These options represent the up and down arrow keys. Using them will move the highlight bar up or down one record at a time. Continuing to hold one of these keys down will cause the highlight bar to scan until you release the key. PgUp-PgDn.............. These options represent the Page Up and Page Down keys. Using them will move the highlight bar up or down a full page at a time. Continuing to hold one of these keys down will the highlight bar to rapid scan until you release the key. (H)elp................. This help file. Note ! The phone book module uses a file oriented database and is limited in the number of records only by your disk size. Also the sort routine uses a disk sort that does not require calling all records to memory for sorting, eliminating the need for large amounts of memory for sorting a large database.