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LABELS
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LABELS
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LABELS
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Introduction
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What is Labels, Labels, Labels?
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L.L.L. is a program which allows you to design and print fancy labels using
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Print Shop graphics, borders, fonts. L.L.L. allows you to:
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o Print color labels on supported color printers.
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o Use multi-color graphics like those found on the IIGS version of Print Shop
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and the IIGS Sampler Edition.
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o Load graphics, borders, and fonts from DOS 3.3 or ProDOS disks.
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o Design custom sized labels
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o Load and save label designs
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o Preview labels on screen
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o Merge AppleWorks database records with fancy labels
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L.L.L. can be used as a stand alone program, but it is designed to be used with
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AppleWorks, Print Shop, Print Shop GS, The Print Shop Companion, Print Shop
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Graphic Libraries, and MiniPix.
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Compatibilities
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What you will need
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Apple ][+, //e, //c, IIGS, Laser 128 or Laser 128EX
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Disk Drive (preferably two)
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At least 64K of memory, 128K for color printing
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Monitor or TV
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Dot Matrix Printer - Appendix C for list
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Printer Interface - Appendix D for list
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Using L.L.L. with Print Shop
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Some graphics, fonts, and borders have been included with L.L.L. , but many
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others are available. L.L.L. is designed to work with "Print Shop" graphics,
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fonts, and borders. These are found on the "Print Shop" program disk, the Print
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Shop Companion, and The Print Shop Graphics Libraries. Elements from The Print
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Shop Companion and The Print Shop Graphics Libraries can be used without
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modification. Using elements from The Print Shop program disk requires placing
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them on a standard data disk. For graphics, this can be done with the Graphic
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Editor on the Print Shop program disk. Fonts and borders can be saved to a
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standard data disk by using the Font Editor and Border Editor on the Print Shop
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Companion disk. See Appendix A for more details. Print Shop is a trademark of
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Broderbund Software.
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GS Print Shop
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L.L.L. works with multi-color graphics like those found in the GS version of
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Print Shop. These can be printed in color on a color printer or with gray shades
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on a B/W printer. L.L.L. does not use multi-color borders.
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MiniPix
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L.L.L. can use graphics found on the MiniPix program by Beagle Bros Software.
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MiniPix is a trademark of Beagle Bros.
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Newsroom Clip Art
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Newsroom Clip Art can be converted to a Print Shop compatible graphic with the
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PS Lovers's Utility Set (P.L.U.S.), available from the Big Red Computer Club. It
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may then be used with L.L.L.
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Using Labels, Labels, Labels
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Making a Backup Copy
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L.L.L. is supplied on a ProDOS formatted disk and is not copy protected. You can
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make archive copies for your own personal use with the ProDOS Filer or System
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Utilities disk or other disk copying program.
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Hard Disk and 3.5" Disk Installation
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L.L.L. can be used on a ProDOS compatible hard disk. To install the program on
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your hard disk, copy all of the files from the L.L.L. program disk to a
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subdirectory on your hard disk. L.L.L. will not function properly unless all the
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program files on the L.L.L. disk reside on the same directory.
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Starting the Program
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Insert the L.L.L. diskette into your disk drive with the label side up. Turn on
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the computer or otherwise boot the L.L.L. program. This will bring up the LABEL
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MENU for the program.
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Using the Menus
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Working with L.L.L. is easy because it is menu driven; that is, your choices
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appear in lists or menus on the screen. You make your selection by using the
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arrow keys to highlight your choice and then pressing the RETURN key. Pressing
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the ESC key returns you to the previous menu.
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Remember:
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Use the arrow keys to highlight your selection, press the RETURN key to perform
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the selected function. Press the ESC key to return to the previous menu.
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Cancelling Printer Operations
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It is possible to cancel all print operations by pressing the ESC key while the
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printer is working.
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Creating Labels
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The same procedure is followed for creating each of the standard size labels.
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Creating a label is a process of choosing a border, graphic(s), a font, and then
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entering any text to be printed on the label. Users with color printers can also
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specify different colors for each element of the label.
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Choose Size of Label
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Begin by highlighting the type of label you want to create from the LABEL MENU
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and press RETURN. Six standard label sizes are built into L.L.L.:
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3-1/2" X 15/16"
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3-1/2" X 1-7/16"
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4" X 15/16"
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5" X 15/16"
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5" X 3-1/2"
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Other label sizes can be created by selecting Custom Size which is explained in
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Appendix B.
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The next screen asks if you want to create a label or load a previously saved
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label. When you load a label, it is automatically converted to the size of the
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label that was selected from the LABEL MENU. Once a label has been loaded, the
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PRINT MENU is displayed. The loaded label may then be edited or printed.
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Select a Border Type
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You are first asked to choose a border or part of a border for your label. You
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can choose: no border; top only; sides only; top and sides; bottom only; top
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and bottom; bottom and sides; or full border. Highlight your choice and press
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RETURN. Choosing no border allows more room on your label for text and graphics.
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Select a Disk
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When you boot the L.L.L. program, it examines you computer to identify all disk
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drives connected to it. Each time you load a border, graphic, or font, the
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available drives are displayed by their slot and drive number. To load an
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element, place the data disk in a drive and select that slot and drive number
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from the menu. A list of the borders, graphics, or fonts on the disk in the
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selected drive is displayed and you can select the element that you want to
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load. The data disk can be either a DOS 3.3 or ProDOS disk.
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Place a disk with the desired border in one of your disk drives and choose the
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appropriate slot and drive from the menu. All of the borders on the disk are
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displayed on the screen.
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Select a Border
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Choose one of the borders from the disk by highlighting it and pressing RETURN.
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When you press RETURN, the border is loaded from the disk. If the disk has been
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removed or some type of error occurs while reading the disk, an I/O error
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message will be displayed. If an error occurs, press ESCAPE, correct the problem
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and try again.
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Select a Color
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If you have one of the supported color printers, select the color that you would
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like your border to be printed in. If you have a single color printer, you can
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choose any color, but it will have no effect on your printer.
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Select a Graphic Type
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After selecting a border, the next screen asks you to select what type and how
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many graphics you want to use on your label. The options are: no graphics; one
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single-color; one multi-color; two single-color; or three single-color.
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Highlight your selection and press RETURN. Choosing no graphics leaves more room
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on your labels for text.
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Multi-color Graphics
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Multi-color graphics are available only on the GS version of Print Shop.
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However, they may be used with L.L.L. on any Apple ][ computer.
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Select a Disk
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Place a disk with the desired graphic in one of your disk drives and highlight
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the correct slot and drive.
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Select Graphics
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If you are working with single-color graphics, you can now choose each graphic,
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a color, and a position for it. If you are using a multi-color graphic, you can
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now choose one and position it.
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Select Position for Graphics
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For each graphic selected, you can choose a position to print it on the label.
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Graphics may be printed on the left, right, or centered.
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Select a Text Format
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Once all the graphics have been selected, you are asked to select a text format
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for your label. The choices are: no text, one line of large, two lines of large,
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all large. or all small. Highlight your choice and press RETURN.
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L.L.L. works with two types of text fonts. "Large Text" refers to Print Shop
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fonts. Depending on the size of the font, and the size of the label, L.L.L. will
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allow up to five lines of large text. "Small Text" refers to the normal 10
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characters per inch font that is produced by your printer. You may have up to 5
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lines of small text on your label, depending on the size of the label and the
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number of large text lines you select.
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Select a Disk
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If you choose to have large text on your label, you have to load a font from
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disk. Place the disk with the font you want in one of the disk drives and select
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the drive and slot on the screen. A list of fonts on the disk is displayed on
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the screen.
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Select a Font
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Highlight the font that you want your large text to appear in and press RETURN.
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The font is then loaded from disk.
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Enter Label Text
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If you choose to have text on your label, your screen now displays a blinking
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cursor. You may now type the text that you want to appear on your labels. The
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program allows you to use the LEFT ARROW or DELETE key to back up and correct
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mistakes. Press RETURN after each line is entered. Press ESC to go back up to
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the previous line.
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Editing Commands
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Pressing Control-E deletes all text on the line that the cursor is currently on.
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Pressing Control-C allows you to choose a color for the current line. Control-P
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allows you to position the current line. Lines can be left, center, or right
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justified. Lines selected as centered or right justified are not displayed that
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way on the screen; however, they will appear correctly on your printed labels.
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Position and Color Indicators
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Indicators on the right side of the screen show the current color and position
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for each line. Position is indicated by an upper case L, C, or R. Color is
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indicated by the first letter of the chosen color, such as "g" for green. Black
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is indicated by a blank.
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If you choose a large font, the text is displayed in that font. The size of the
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label and the size of the font determine how many characters you can get on each
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line of the label. The program does not allow you to type in more characters
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than will fit on a line.
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If you choose one or two lines of large text, there may be room for 4 lines of
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small text, depending on the label size. Up to 29 characters can be entered on a
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line.
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When you have entered all the text to appear on the label, the PRINT MENU is
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displayed.
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Print Menu
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The PRINT MENU allows you to: Preview the Label, Print in a Single-color, Merge
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Multi-color, Print Multi-color, Merge Single-color, Merge Multi-color, Save
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Label, Change Printer Setup, or Exit to ProDOS
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Preview Label
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When you select to preview the label, a graphic representation of the label is
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displayed on your screen. This should give you a rough idea of what the printed
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label will look like. The screen display of the label is coarse since the
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screen's resolution is much lower than the printer's.
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Print Single Color
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Choose this to print your label on a single color printer to in a single color
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on a color printer. When you press RETURN, you are asked to select the number of
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labels you would like to print. Use the LEFT ARROW key to reduce the number and
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the RIGHT ARROW to increase it. Press RETURN when you are ready to print. Make
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sure your printer is on and it is selected (online). Press ESC at any time to
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stop the printing.
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Elements selected to be in color and multi-color graphics are printed using a
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gray scale when you choose to print them in single-color mode.
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Print Multi-color
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Choose this option to print labels on a color printer. When you press RETURN,
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you are asked to select the number of labels you would like to print. Use the
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LEFT ARROW key to reduce the number and the RIGHT ARROW to increase it. Press
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RETURN when you are ready to print. Make sure your printer is on and it is
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selected (online). Press ESC at any time to stop the printing.
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Merge Single-color or Multi-color
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The merge option lets you merge one of your designed labels with information
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from an AppleWorks Data Base (ADB) file. L.L.L. uses the AppleWorks Label Format
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to print your labels and the Selection Conditions to decide which labels to
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print. You must set up the Label Format and Selection Conditions ahead of time.
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When you are setting up your Label Format, remember that L.L.L. can print a
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maximum of 5 lines per label and 29 characters per line.
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Number of Copies
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When you choose one of the merge selections from the Print Menu, you are first
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asked to select the number of copies of each label to print. Use the arrow keys
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to select the number.
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Select Slot and Drive for the ADB File
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The next screen asks you to select the slot and drive in which your AppleWorks
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Database file can be found. Choose the appropriate slot and drive, place the
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disk in the drive and press RETURN.
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Select ADB File
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Now the list of all the AppleWorks Data Base files on the disk is displayed.
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Select the one you want to merge with.
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Next, a list of the Label Report Formats for the file are displayed. Choose the
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format you want to use and press RETURN. All labels meeting the Selection
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Conditions in the Report Format are then printed along with the graph elements
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for the labels.
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Select Label
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Use this option if you have created a label you want to use again or if you want
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to merge a database with this label. When you select Save Label, you are asked
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to select a slot and drive for the disk to save the label on. The disk must be
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formatted for ProDOS. Labels cannot be saved on DOS 3.3 disks. Place your disk
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in the correct drive and press RETURN. It takes about 18 blocks of disk space to
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save a label.
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The screen now displays any labels which have been previously saved on the disk.
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The selection "Enter Name For" is also displayed. Choose this selection when you
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want to enter a new name to save this label under. You may enter up to nine
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characters for the name of the label file. Once you have selected a file name or
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entered a new one, L.L.L. saves the label to disk.
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Change Printer Setup
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In order for L.L.L. to work with your particular system, you need to specify
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some information about your disk drive and printer. You can do this by selecting
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the SETUP option from the PRINT MENU. Once you have gone through the SETUP
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option, L.L.L. remembers your choices and you only have to use SETUP again if
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your Apple equipment changes. In the SETUP option, you are asked to enter the
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following information:
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Printer
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The SETUP program asks you to identify your printer from a list on the
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screen. Use the arrow keys to make your selection and then press RETURN. If
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your printer type is not shown on the screen, check Appendix C for a list of
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printers which are compatible with L.L.L.
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Printer Interface Card
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Select your interface card from the list on the screen. See Appendix D for a
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complete list of the interface cards supported.
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Printer Interface in Which Slot
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Now you need to select which slot your printer is in. This is usually slot 1.
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Exit to ProDOS
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Selecting this option takes you out of L.L.L. and into the ProDos Program
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Selector. Your current label will be lost unless you have saved it to disk.
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Appendix A
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Using Graphics from the Print Shop Disk
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Start up your computer with either Print Shop or the Print Shop Companion
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Program. Select the GRAPHIC EDITOR Program utility from the main menu. Use
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Control-G to get a graphic from the Print Shop program into the editor. Then use
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Control-S to save the graphic onto your data disk. The graphic can now be used
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with L.L.L.
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To transfer fonts or borders from the Print Shop program disk to a data disk,
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you must use the Print Shop Companion program. Select either the FONT EDITOR or
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the BORDER EDITOR and use the Control-G, Control-S options to transfer the
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desired files onto your data disk.
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Appendix B
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Creating Custom Sized Labels
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To create custom sized labels in L.L.L., you must specify the size of the label
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in border elements. Each element of a border is approximately one fifth of an
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inch wide and 14/72nds of an inch high. The first two screens ask you to enter
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the width and height of the label in border elements. The last screen asks you
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to enter an adjustment factor which is the number of 72nds of an inch necessary
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to line up the next label.
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Width
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When you choose to create a Custom Size, you are first asked to enter the width
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of the label in borders. Each border element is approximately 1/5 of an inch
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wide. Multiply the width in inches times 5 to arrive at the number to enter for
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the width. So, for a 3" wide label, you would use the arrow keys to change the
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number to 15.
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Height
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Now indicate the height of the label by entering the number of borders which
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will fit vertically on the label. To calculate this number, measure from the top
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of one label to the top of the next label. Multiply this number by 72. Now
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divide the result by 14. Enter the integer portion of the result (the part to
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the left of the decimal point) for the height. Save the first digit of the
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remainder (the first number to the right of the decimal) for the next screen. If
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the labels measure 1.5" from top to top, take 1.5 times 72 = 108/14 = 7.7. Enter
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7 for the height and 7 for the adjustment.
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Adjustment
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The next screen asks you to enter the adjustment factor. The adjustment is the
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number of 72nds of an inch that the printer needs to move down to start at the
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top of the next label. If your labels are not lining up correctly, you can
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adjust this number to correct the alignment.
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Appendix C
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Compatible Printers
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The following is a list of printers which are compatible with L.L.L.
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Epson RX80, FX80 and compatibles
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Epson EX800
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Panasonic 1091
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Citizen
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Juki 550
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C. Itoh Prowriter
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NEC 8023
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Apple DMP
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Apple ImageWriter
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Apple ImageWriter II
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Apple Scribe
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Star Gemini 10X, 15X
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Okidata 192, 193
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Appendix D
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Compatible Interfaces
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The following is a list of printer interfaces which are compatible with L.L.L.
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Apple //c Serial Port
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Apple Parallel
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Apple Serial
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Apple Super Serial
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Grafstar or Grappler
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Grappler Serial
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FingerPrint
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CCS 7710A Serial
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CCS 7720 Parallel
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CCS 7728 Parallel
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Pkaso or Pkaso U
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Printermate
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Textprint Print-It
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Dumpling 64
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Dumpling GX
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Grappler+ or FingerPrint+
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Microbuffer II
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Videx Uniprint
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Apple IIGS Serial Port
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Pro Grappler set as Apple parallel
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Laser 128 set as //c Serial
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Appendix E
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Most problems with L.L.L. can be traced to the printer or printer interface
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card. If the printer doesn't do anything or if it prints out garbage, please
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follow these steps:
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Go back to the PRINT MENU and check the printer setup options.
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If everything seems in order in the printer setup, try turning your printer off,
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pausing a few seconds to let it clear, and then turning it back on.
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LLL v1.3 update
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The version 1.3 update contains a simple database program for entering lists
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which can be merged with LLL. The database is a BASIC program and can be
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accessed by selecting Exit to ProDOS from the Print Menu. Type in /LLL when the
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screen displays ENTER PREFIX. Press RETURN. Then type BASIC.SYSTEM and press
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RETURN.
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Using the LLL Database
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A simple database program is inluded on your LLL program disk. It is designed
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specifically to be used with LLL. It allows you to enter up to 200 records in a
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file. Wach record consists of 4 lines of text (25 characters each) and a sort
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key (5 characters).
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The Sort Key
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The sort key can be used to arrange the database file in any desired order. The
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most commom entry for the sort key will be Zip Codes, but you could use the
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first five characters of a last name for an alphabetic sort. The sort key will
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not be printed on any of your labels.
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Using a Data Disk
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The program first asks for the location of your data disk. You may select drive
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1 or 2 by entering the mumber or you may select a disk or directory by E)ntering
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a prefix.
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Database Functions
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The database program is capable of performing the following functions:
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A)dd a record
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C)hange a record
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D)elete a record
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S)earch for a record
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When you run the program, any of these functions can be selected from the main
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menu by typing the first letter of the command.
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A=)0
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Searching
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When changing or deleting a record, you are asked to input the record number.
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This number changes as you add or delete records from the file. Use the search
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function to find the record you want to change or delete. The program uses a
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substring search so you don't need to entire name to find a match. A=)0
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