








                ----------- HOW TO USE QUICK SCHEDULE ----------




                               Table of Contents



                A.  USING ON-LINE INSTRUCTIONS  . . . . . . .  1

                B.  QUICK SCHEDULE IN ACTION  . . . . . . . .  1

                      Installing & Running the Program  . . .  2

                      Getting Around  . . . . . . . . . . . .  3

                      Getting Help  . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5

                      Exiting the Program . . . . . . . . . .  5

                C.  WORKING WITH QUICK SCHEDULE . . . . . . .  5

                      Creating & Adjusting Task Bars  . . . .  6

                      Moving Task Bars  . . . . . . . . . . .  6

                      Deleting Task Bars  . . . . . . . . . .  7

                      Creating Task Note Cards  . . . . . . .  7

                      Creating Line Headings  . . . . . . . .  9

                      Inserting and Removing Task Lines . . .  9

                      Changing the Date Scale . . . . . . . .  9

                      Working with Schedule Files . . . . . . 11

                      Printing Schedules & Reports  . . . . . 12






                      Copyright 1987 Channelmark Corporation
















       A.  USING ON-LINE INSTRUCTIONS

       Be sure to read the material in the Read Me First card packaged
       with your disk.  And be sure you have followed the instructions
       that appear on your screen when you type INSTALL at the DOS
       prompt.

       These instructions are contained on a series of screens you can
       view at any time while using Quick Schedule.  Press F2, and the
       instructions will appear on your screen.  Use the PgUp and PgDn
       keys to page through the instructions.  To return to the Table of
       Contents, press Home.  To leave the instructions and return to
       Quick Schedule, press Esc.

       To print these instructions, first check that your printer is on-
       line and loaded with paper.  Then press F1 while any page of the
       instructions is on the screen.  Use continuous-form paper; the
       program does not pause during printing.  The printed instructions
       are 15 pages long.


       B.  QUICK SCHEDULE IN ACTION

       Quick Schedule creates Gantt charts--the best way to convey the
       essence of a project and all its components.  Gantt charts are
       easy to understand because they clearly show the relationship of
       each element to the total project.  Creating and communicating a
       schedule is easier than ever before--and so is staying on
       schedule.  Just a glance at the clearly drawn chart tells you
       where you are.

       In contrast, a typical handwritten schedule is rarely visual:  it
       requires study before its full implications are grasped.  Should
       elements change--and they always do--it's tough to adjust a
       handwritten schedule without copying the whole thing over from
       scratch.  Quick Schedule deals with these problems simply and
       effectively.

       You enter each project element directly as a horizontal "task
       bar."  Given the time required to finish each step, it's easy to
       come up with a realistic project completion date; given a
       required completion date, it's easy to adjust steps to meet it.
       Task bars also work well for scheduling resources such as people
       and equipment.  Project schedules, team assignments, inven-
       tory flow charts, all are easy to create with Quick Schedule.

       You can lengthen or shorten task bars, insert new ones, move bars
       around, and place sequential tasks in a single row.  When dates
       change, it's easy to shift the entire schedule, or just a portion
       of it.  An on-screen time scale, marked by day or week, keeps you
       on track.  A "zoom" feature lets you expand the time scale for
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       You can attach a 20-line "note card" to each task bar.  Use note
       cards to record important information:  they pop up at a
       keystroke, so they're always handy.  You can print both the chart
       and the note cards as separate reports.  Charts print "sideways"
       along the length of the paper.

       Unlike complex, expensive, project-management software, Quick
       Schedule doesn't require study to be useful.  You can create your
       first schedule just minutes after starting the program.  If you
       make schedules, Quick Schedule is the right tool.


       INSTALLING & RUNNING THE PROGRAM

         Make a working copy of the program diskette, and then save the
         original diskette as a backup.  Use the backup copy when
         running Quick Schedule.  If you have a hard disk system,
         install the program and its data in its own subdirectory.
         Here's how to proceed:


         MAKING A WORKING COPY:  First, format a blank diskette.  Next,
         copy Quick Schedule to the formatted diskette.  Consult your
         DOS manual if you are uncertain about the DOS commands for
         formatting and copying.

         Here is an example for making a "self-booting" copy of Quick
         Schedule.  Press Enter at the end of each line in the example.
         To begin, put your DOS diskette in drive A and a blank diskette
         in drive B.  Type:

                     A:
                     FORMAT B:/S


         When the formatting is complete, remove the DOS diskette.  Put
         the Quick Schedule diskette in drive A, and then type:

                     COPY A:*.* B:


         INSTALLING THE PROGRAM ON A HARD DISK:  We recommend you create
           a sub-directory on your hard disk and copy the files from the
           program diskette into that subdirectory.  Consult your DOS
           manual if you are unsure about the DOS commands for creating
           subdirectories and for copying files.

           Here is an example for installing Quick Schedule in a
           subdirectory called SCHEDULE.  Press Enter at the end of each
           line.





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                     CD  C:\
                     MD  SCHEDULE
                     CD  SCHEDULE
                     COPY A:*.*


         STARTING THE PROGRAM.  To start Quick Schedule, type QS at the
           appropriate DOS prompt.  The sign-on screen will appear
           briefly, followed by the Gantt chart screen.  Quick Schedule
           is ready to start creating a new schedule or to retrieve an
           existing one.


       GETTING AROUND

         When you work with Quick Schedule, you create and edit on-
         screen, then print the results.  Whether you're editing or
         printing, the available commands are always displayed on your
         screen.  The screens are simple:


         THE GANTT CHART SCREEN.  Quick Schedule's primary screen
           represents a Gantt chart.  On top is the date scale, in weeks
           or months.  On the left is the headings area, where you enter
           descriptions or legends for each line of tasks.  The rest of
           the screen is the task area.  This area contains the bars
           that represent the tasks in your schedule.  You enter task
           information by creating and manipulating task bars directly
           on the screen.  A task bar represents the duration of a task:
           the bar's left edge marks the task's start date, the right
           edge its completion date.

           When you first start Quick Schedule, the cursor appears in
           the task area.  To use Quick Schedule you move the cursor
           where you want, then use easily remembered one-key commands
           to create, name, describe, move, and delete tasks.  Here's
           how to move the cursor:

             Arrow keys                  Up/down one line; left/right
                                         one character.

             Ctrl-left/right arrow       Left/right five characters.

             Tab/Shift-tab               Next/previous task.

             Home                        Moves cursor to schedule start
                                         date and remains on the current
                                         line.

             End                         Moves cursor to schedule
                                         completion date and remains on
                                         the current line.



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             Ctrl-Home                   Changes the display one screen-
                                         width left.

             Ctrl-End                    Changes the display one screen-
                                         width right.

             PgUp/PgDn                   Up/down one page.

             H                           Moves cursor into headings
                                         area.

             Esc                         Moves cursor from note cards
                                         and headings back to task area.

           You can create schedules up to ten years long, with up to 500
           tasks.  The amount of time that appears on a single screen
           depends on the time scale and zoom factor selected (see
           below).  Your schedule probably will be longer than will fit
           on a single screen.  If so, as you add tasks, Quick Schedule
           will scroll the task area to the right to show later dates,
           and back to the left to show earlier dates.

           Schedules print from the starting date to the end, without
           breaks or interruptions.  If your schedule contains more
           lines than will fit on the paper, Quick Schedule prints the
           additional lines at the end of the printout.  Fasten the
           printouts together along their long edges to complete the
           schedule.


         NOTE CARDS WINDOW.  A small text-entry screen where you write
           task note cards that name the tasks and provide additional
           information.  Note cards add vital detail to the visual Gantt
           chart presentation.


         FILE NAMES WINDOW.  This window identifies a previously saved
           schedule for Quick Schedule to read.  Previously saved files
           have the extension .QS.


         PRINT REPORT WINDOW.  This window tells Quick Schedule how you
           want your schedule or note card report printed.


         THE COMMAND AREA.  Quick Schedule displays messages in the
           bottom three screen lines.  The first two lines tell you
           which commands are currently available.  To use a task-area
           command, you simply press the key indicated in bold:  Ins to
           start a task, Q to quit, or P to print, for example.  The
           commands are easily-remembered mnemonics, as these examples
           illustrate.



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           When the cursor is in the headings or note-card area, you
           hold down the Control (Ctrl) key as you type the key
           indicated in bold.  The Control symbol ( ^ ) appears before
           the command letter when this rule applies:  thus ^O means to
           press Ctrl and O simultaneously to open a new line.  The last
           line is reserved for messages and requests for information.


       GETTING HELP

         Press F1 when you have a question about current program
         activity, and a help screen will appear.  For more detail, or
         to read about other parts of the program, press F2, and these
         instructions will appear.


       EXITING THE PROGRAM

         To exit Quick Schedule, press Q (Quit) when the cursor is in
         the task area.  You'll be asked to confirm the command.  If
         there is no schedule in memory, or if you haven't changed the
         current schedule since it was last saved, type Y (yes) to exit,
         or N (no) to return to Quick Schedule.

         If you have changed the schedule currently in memory since it
         was last saved, Quick Schedule will ask if you want to save the
         schedule before you exit.  Press Y (yes), N (no), or Escape.
         When you press Y, a File prompt appears.  If you have
         previously saved the schedule, its filename also appears; if
         not, the prompt is blank.  Type a new name or confirm the old
         one, and then press Enter.  Quick Schedule will save the
         schedule and then exit to DOS.  (You can enter a new drive and
         path at the File prompt, if needed.)  When you press N, Quick
         Schedule exits immediately to DOS without saving the current
         schedule.  When you press Escape, Quick Schedule returns you to
         your previous position in the task area.


       C.  WORKING WITH QUICK SCHEDULE

       You'll find that working with Quick Schedule is easy and
       intuitive.  Available commands are always displayed, and the
       screens always show you just what your printouts will look like.
       You'll work with task bars, note cards, and the chart format.
       Finally, you'll save and print your work.

       To start off on the right foot, read all of the following
       sections before working with Quick Schedule.  Then experiment
       with the sample schedule CALENDAR.QS, included on the program
       diskette.





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       CREATING AND ADJUSTING TASK BARS

         To create a new task bar, first move the cursor to the starting
         point for the bar.  Press the Insert (Ins) key to mark the left
         edge of the bar.  Next, press the space bar repeatedly--or hold
         it down--until the right edge of the task bar reaches the
         completion date.  The bar will lengthen in one-day increments.
         To shorten the bar, press the Delete (Del) key.  The bar will
         shorten by one day each time you press the key.  When the task
         bar covers the desired period of time, use the arrow keys to
         move the cursor to the starting point for the next task bar.
         Repeat the process to create more task bars.

         When a new task begins on the day a previous task ends, and
         both tasks are in the same line, place the cursor on the final
         day of the earlier task, and then press Insert.  A symbol
         indicating the end of one task and the beginning of another
         will appear.  Use the space bar to lengthen the new task.  Then
         move the cursor as desired to create or adjust other tasks.

         Remember:  a task bar is never "locked in."   Whenever the
         cursor is on a task bar, either when you first create the bar
         or when you move the cursor back to it, the bar can be
         lengthened, shortened, or moved.  Use the space bar to make the
         task bar longer, the Delete key to make it shorter.  The right
         edge of the bar sets the task's completion date.  To change
         the start date you'll need to move the task bar as a unit
         (see below).


       MOVING TASK BARS

         To move a single task bar, place the cursor anywhere on it; to
         move a group of tasks, place the cursor on the left-most task
         bar of the group.  Then type M (Move).  The message lines will
         change to offer you three options:


         SINGLE TASK:  Press S to move only the task the cursor is on.


         LINE OF TASKS:  Press L to move the task the cursor is on, plus
           all tasks to its right in the same line.


         ALL TASKS:  Press A to move the task the cursor is on, plus all
           tasks to its right and tasks on lower lines that have the
           same or a later start date.  Tasks with earlier start dates
           are not moved.

         When you press S, L, or A, the command lines change again to
         show that you can use the arrow keys to move the task or group



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         of tasks in any direction.  The only limitation is that no task
         can be moved above the top line, nor can any task start date be
         moved to the left of the chart's start date.  When you are done
         moving, press the Escape key (Esc).


         SHORTCUT METHOD:  For convenience, you can use function keys to
           move tasks without first pressing M.  F5 moves single tasks,
           F6 moves a line of tasks, and F7 moves all tasks (as defined
           above).  Position the cursor, press the appropriate function
           key, and then use the arrow and Escape keys as described
           above.

         As you work, you can move a task or group tasks over other
         tasks on the chart.  You can even leave them there, although
         this would obscure the underlying tasks.  Just remember that
         even though you can't see them, the underlying tasks are still
         there.  It's as if you had moved pieces of paper around on your
         desk and temporarily covered some up.  Simply move the
         overlying tasks to see the ones that lie beneath.


       DELETING TASK BARS

         To delete a task, place the cursor anywhere on the task to be
         removed, and then press D.  At the bottom of your screen, Quick
         Schedule prompts you to confirm this command.  Press Y for yes
         or N for no.


       CREATING TASK NOTE CARDS

         Task note cards let you name and describe the tasks on your
         schedule.  They enrich your schedule with important details and
         help you document and flesh out the graphic presentation
         provided by the Gantt chart.  To add a note card to a task,
         place the cursor anywhere on the task bar, press N, and Quick
         Schedule will display the note card screen.  The note card
         screen consists of two sections:  Name and Notes.

         In the Name section you can type the task name or anything else
         you like, up to 29 characters.  Quick Schedule automatically
         places this name in the task bar.  If you type a longer name
         than will fit in the task bar, only the part that fits will
         appear; if you later make the task bar longer, or use a higher
         zoom factor (described below) more will be included.  The full
         name always appears on the note card and in the note cards
         report.

         In the Notes section you can enter any information you want,
         such as the resources required by the task, names of suppliers
         or customers, special cautions or conditions, important dates,



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         and so on.  Unlike the task name, the task notes are not
         displayed on the chart.   To see them, position the cursor on
         the task and call up its note card as described above.  Or
         print the Note Cards report, a text report listing every task
         on the schedule, its start and completion dates, and its notes.
         The Note Cards report is described in the section on printing,
         which follows.

         When you move the cursor into the Notes section, the command
         lines display a set of text-entry commands.  Here is a guide to
         the text-entry commands:

           ^C     COPY CARD:  Press Control-C to copy the text from the
                  last note card you created or edited into the current
                  note card.

           ^E     ERASE CARD:  Press Control-E to erase the text from
                  the notes section of the current note card and remain
                  on the screen to add new text.

           ^O     OPEN LINE:  Press Control-O to add a new line at the
                  cursor position and to move the cursor-location line
                  and all subsequent lines down.

           ^K     KILL LINE:  Press Control-K to delete ("kill") all or
                  part of the line the cursor is on.  If the cursor is
                  at the beginning of the line, the whole line is
                  removed and lower lines are moved up.  If the cursor
                  is one or more characters into the line, only the
                  portion from the cursor position to the end of the
                  line is removed, and lower lines are not moved up.

           ^HOME  BEGINNING OF LINE:  Press Control-Home to move the
                  cursor to the beginning of the line it is currently
                  on.

           ^END   END OF LINE:  Press Control-End to move the cursor to
                  the end of the line it is currently on.

            INS   INSERT:  Press the Insert key (Ins) to change between
                  insert and
                  overwrite modes.

            ESC   SAVE:  Press Escape (Esc) to save the current note
                  card and return to the task area.

           ^N     TASK NAME:  Press Control-N to move from the Notes
                  section back to the Name section.







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       CREATING LINE HEADINGS

         To enter headings, descriptions, or legends for the lines of
         task bars, press H (Headings) when the cursor is in the task
         area.  The cursor will move into the headings area, and the
         command lines will change to display the text-entry commands.
         (These commands are identical to the ones used for writing task
         note cards--see above.)  Headings can be up to 33 characters
         long, of which 18 characters will appear on your screen.  To
         exit the headings area and return to the task area, press Esc.


       INSERTING AND REMOVING TASK LINES

         To insert a new line above an existing line in the chart, move
         the cursor to the existing line, and then press O (Open Line).
         The line the cursor is on, together with all lines below it,
         will move down.  Corresponding lines in the headings area also
         move down.  The cursor remains on the newly opened line, ready
         for your next command.

         To remove a line from the chart, move the cursor to the line,
         and then press K (Kill Line).  You will be asked to confirm the
         command.  When you press Y (yes), the whole line is removed and
         all lines below it move up.  When you press N (no), the command
         is abandoned.


       CHANGING THE DATE SCALE

         To change the date scale, press T (Schedule Time) when the
         cursor is in the task area.  The command lines will change to
         show three prompts: Start Date, Scale, and Zoom Factor.  The
         cursor appears on the Start Date prompt; to move between
         prompts, press Enter or the tab key.


         START DATE.  The start date is the first date on your
           schedule's date scale; it may or may not be the date the
           first task begins.  When you first run Quick Schedule, the
           system date set by your computer appears as the start date.
           When you load a previously saved schedule, the date scale
           changes to show the schedule start date saved as part of the
           schedule file.  Printed schedules extend from the start date
           through the month containing the last task on the schedule.
           Your schedule must begin sometime before the year 2000.

           Quick Schedule always maintains the interval you specify
           between the start date and the events in the schedule.
           (Schedules look best if there is a little space between the
           start date and the first task.) If you change the start date
           after entering tasks, the dates of the tasks will change to



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           preserve the interval.  This feature makes it easy to
           transfer entire schedules to different times of the year.
           When you create a new schedule, however, always set the start
           date you want.  If you simply accept the system date, create
           a schedule, then change the start date, all the events will
           move.

           Quick Schedule bases weekly and monthly increments on the
           start date.  For example, if you set the start date of a
           weekly schedule as a Monday, divisions appear between each
           Sunday and Monday on the scale; if the start date is a
           Friday, they appear between each Thursday and Friday.
           Monthly schedules are marked off by weeks, with a date
           appearing at each mark.  If the start date is a Monday, the
           weekly dates are also Mondays; if the start date is a Friday,
           the weekly dates are Fridays.


         SCALE.  Quick Schedule offers weekly and monthly time scales.
           The weekly scale is divided into days, the monthly scale into
           weeks.  To change back and forth between scales, move the
           cursor to the Scale prompt, and then press the left or right
           arrow key to change scales.  Changing scales doesn't affect
           the dates of the tasks, nor the start date.  The task bars
           stay correctly aligned, regardless of format.


         ZOOM FACTOR.  The zoom factor determines the number of
           character positions used to display and print each date
           increment.  There are five zoom factors.  Higher factors
           use more space to display or print a given period of time;
           lower factors use less.

           Increasing the zoom factor means that a shorter time period
           is displayed on the screen at one time and that a printed
           schedule creates a wider report.  (Remember that the Gantt
           chart report prints sideways, so a wider report simply uses
           more sheets of paper.)  Higher zoom factors allow long task
           bar titles to be displayed without cropping the text.

           The zoom factor is represented as a bar divided into five
           segments.  When just the first segment is highlighted, the
           lowest zoom factor (the default value) is in effect.  When
           all segments are highlighted, the largest factor is in
           effect.  To change the zoom factor, first move the cursor to
           the Zoom Factor prompt; then press the left or right arrow
           keys until the desired zoom factor is highlighted.

         Date-scale and zoom-factor changes are reflected in the screen
         display as you make them.  Thus the easiest way to learn the
         effects of using the Schedule Dates function is to experiment
         for yourself.  (The sample file, CALENDAR.QS, is provided for



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         just such experiments.)  Remember that date-scale changes never
         change the time period represented by the task bars, nor do
         they affect the locations or relative positions of the bars.


       WORKING WITH SCHEDULE FILES

         Quick Schedule saves your charts and notes cards as individual
         schedule files.  You can save and retrieve these files as
         needed from within Quick Schedule; you can delete them at the
         DOS level.  DOS subdirectory support is provided, so you can
         set up separate directories for your schedules as required.


         SAVING A SCHEDULE.  To save the schedule currently in memory,
           press S (Save Schedule) when the cursor is in the task area.
           A File prompt will appear on the message line.  If the
           schedule was loaded from disk or was saved previously, the
           original schedule name will appear at the prompt; if it's a
           new schedule, no name will appear.  At the prompt, either
           type a DOS filename for the chart or accept the one that's
           there.  Press Enter to save the schedule.  You can enter the
           name of any valid drive or directory at the prompt.

           When you save a schedule that has been saved before, Quick
           Schedule asks if you mean to overwrite the prior version.
           Press Y (yes) if you intend to replace the prior version with
           the new one, N (no) if you don't.  When you answer "no," you
           must use the Save command again, this time giving the
           schedule a new filename.  Use a new filename for each version
           of a schedule you want to keep.

           Quick Schedule automatically adds the filename extension .QS
           to its files.  This distinguishes schedule files in directory
           listings of your disks.  Quick Schedule also saves its files
           on the disk and in the directory from which you ran the
           program.  To specify a different drive and path, backspace
           over the entry at the File prompt and then type the new
           entry, following standard DOS rules.


         READING A SCHEDULE.  To read (retrieve) a schedule you have
           previously saved on disk, press R (Read Schedule) when the
           cursor is in the task area, and the filenames window will
           appear.  The window displays the files in the drive and
           directory from which you ran the program.  Use the arrow keys
           to highlight the file containing the schedule you want, and
           then press Enter.  The schedule will appear on your screen.

           If the schedule is in another directory, press F10 when the
           filenames window appears.  The cursor will move to the Direct
           Entry prompt.  Enter a new drive, path, and filename.  Press



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           Enter and the schedule will appear.  If you enter just the
           drive designator, or a just a drive and path combination (A:
           or C:\MYDATA, for example), Quick Schedule displays the
           appropriate listing.  Then you can highlight a file to
           retrieve.


         ERASING A SCHEDULE.  To erase the currently displayed schedule,
           press E (Erase Schedule) when the cursor is in the task area.
           Quick Schedule will ask you to confirm your request.  Press Y
           (yes) or N (no).  When you press Y, the screen (and memory)
           are cleared; when you press N, you are returned to the task
           area.  The Erase Schedule command erases the schedule from
           the screen (from memory) only.  Use the DOS DELETE or ERASE
           command to remove a schedule from disk; see your DOS manual
           for details.


       PRINTING SCHEDULES AND REPORTS

         To print your schedule, press P (Print Schedule) when the
         cursor is in the task area.  The Print Schedule screen will
         appear.  This screen uses several prompts to define the report
         to be printed.  Each prompt displays default or previously
         entered responses.  Check each prompt, and then press Enter to
         move to succeeding prompts.  At each prompt, press the left or
         right arrow key to cycle through the possible entries.  Here is
         what you'll see:


         REPORT  TYPE:  Choose Schedule (the Gantt chart) or Note Cards,
           a printed report that lists all tasks, their dates, and the
           contents of all the task note cards in the schedule.


         OUTPUT TO:  Choose Printer or Disk File.  If you choose Disk
           File, you will be prompted for a filename when you press F10.
           The prompt is the same one used at the Direct Entry prompt
           when you save a schedule.  (See "Saving a Schedule," above,
           for details.)

           The Disk File option provides a convenient way to transport
           note cards and other parts of a schedule into a word
           processor or text editor--something you might want to do when
           preparing fully detailed reports.  Disk files are in ASCII
           text format and can be read by any software that reads ASCII
           files.


         PAPER SIZE:  Choose Narrow for 8.5" wide paper (80-column
            printers); choose Wide for 14" wide paper (132-column
            printers).



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         TYPE SIZE:  Choose Small, Medium, or Large.  Larger type looks
           neater than smaller type, but uses more paper and takes
           longer to print.


         PRINTER TYPE:  Pick your printer from the list that cycles
           through as you press the left or right arrow key.  If your
           printer does not appear, but is compatible with one that
           does, pick the compatible printer.


         SCHEDULE TITLE:  Enter your schedule title, using up to ten
           lines of 59 characters each.  Available text-entry commands
           appear at the bottom of your screen.  The title is printed
           above and centered over the schedule, and is used for both
           the Gantt chart and the Note Cards.  The title is saved along
           with the rest of the chart whenever you save your schedule.

         When each prompt is filled in, press F10 to print the report.
         Press Escape if you need to halt printing for any reason.


         PRINTING PROBLEMS:  Printing problems can be caused by the
           size of your schedule, or by your hardware.  Here are some
           troubleshooting guidelines:


           SCHEDULE-SIZE PROBLEMS.  Quick Schedule allows a maximum of
           500 tasks per schedule.  The schedule must begin sometime
           before the year 2000, but can extend for any length of time.
           No other time constraints apply.  There are, however, two
           additional size constraints:  the amount of memory in your
           system and available disk space.  Although it's unlikely on
           most systems, these limits may come into play when you
           prepare to print your schedule.

           Quick Schedule creates a temporary disk file when it formats
           the schedule for printing.  Both memory and disk space are
           required to create this temporary file.  Should there be
           insufficient memory or disk space, one of the following
           messages may appear when you try to print your schedule:
           "Not enough memory to print schedule file," or "Not enough
           disk space for print file."  Very long schedules and
           schedules filled with numerous long note cards are the ones
           most likely to cause problems--especially if your system has
           limited memory and/or is floppy-disk-based.

           If your machine has at least 312K of memory, you probably
           will not encounter memory problems.  Should a problem occur,
           check to see if you are running memory-resident programs.  If
           you are, use a disk that contains only DOS to reboot your
           system.  This eliminates the resident programs, and leaves



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           more memory for printing your schedule.  If this procedure
           doesn't work, split your schedule into two parts.  First,
           save a copy of your schedule file under a new name.  Then
           erase half of the schedule lines from one file, and the other
           half from the other file.  Print the two files separately and
           fasten the printouts together.

           You will probably encounter disk-space problems only on a
           floppy-disk system.  If you run out of space, load the
           schedule file you want to print.  Then, before printing,
           remove the data diskette you are currently using and replace
           it with a diskette you know has at least 150K of space
           available.  Quick Schedule will use this disk for its
           temporary file.


           HARDWARE-RELATED PROBLEMS.  First check your equipment; then
           analyze your printout.  If the printout is enlarged,
           condensed, broken, or the printer prints "garbage," turn the
           printer off, wait a moment, and then turn it on.  Try
           printing again.

           If your printer refuses to print, check the following, then
           turn your printer and computer off for a minute and try
           again:

           1   Make sure your printer cable is tightly plugged into both
               the computer and the printer and that the printer is on-
               line and is not out of paper or ribbon.

           2   Make sure you've specified the right printer selection
               and that your printer has any required options.

           3   Make sure that all printer switches are properly set to
               print graphics (see your printer manual for details).

           4   If you are using a serial printer, make sure the COM port
               has been properly configured with the DOS MODE command
               (see your DOS manual).

           5   If you are using an Okidata printer, try selecting the
               IBM option when you specify your printer on the Print
               Schedule screen.




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