TABLE OF CONTENTS



I. GETTING STARTED

WHAT A DATA BASE IS ......................................
BEFORE YOU START ENTERING DATA ...........................
CONCEPTS AND TERMINOLOGY .................................
A "MENU-DRIVEN" SYSTEM ...................................
WHAT HARDWARE YOU NEED ...................................
INSTALLING THE SYSTEM ....................................
STARTING UP THE SYSTEM ...................................


II. THE BASIC FUNCTIONS

REVIEW CURRENT INFORMATION ...............................
ADD NEW INFORMATION ......................................
EDIT CURRENT INFORMATION .................................
FILE MAINTENANCE .........................................
PRINT A REPORT ...........................................


III. SPECIAL FUNCTIONS

MONTHLY DEPRECIATION PROCESS .............................
MTBF ANALYSIS REPORTS ....................................
FILLING PRODUCT REQUESTS .................................
FILLING DESIGN REQUESTS ..................................
DEPARTMENTAL SUMMARIES ...................................
SYSTEM NUMBER SUMMARIES ..................................
DEPARTMENTIAL DEPRECIATION SUMMARY .......................
PRINT INVENTORY LABELS ...................................


IV. SYSTEM FUNCTIONS

CHANGE YOUR PRINTER CONFIGURATION ........................
ADDING OR CHANGING COMPANY INFORMATION ...................
TRANSFERRING DATA TO A TEXT FILE .........................
TRANSFERRING DATA TO AN MIS MANAGER FORMAT ...............
RECEIVING EXTERNAL MIS MANAGER DATA ......................
INDICATING A COLOR OR MONOCHROME MONITOR .................
BACKING UP YOUR DATA FILES ...............................
EXITING FROM THE SYSTEM ..................................


V. FILE DESCRIPTIONS .....................................


VI. REPORT DESCRIPTIONS ..................................