askSam 4 Reference Manual
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Welcome Introduction
• The askSam Manuals
• askSam and askSam Professional
• What Is The Purpose Of askSam?
Chapter 1 Overview
• Terminology Used In This Guide
• How Your Information is Stored
Chapter 2 Getting To Know askSam
• The askSam Menus
• The askSam Screen
• Getting Help
Chapter 3 Working With Files
• Starting askSam
• The Start Menu
• The File Menu
• Creating A New File
• Opening An Existing File
• Saving A File
• File Properties
• Packing A File
• Indexing a File
• Backing Up Your Files
• Closing A File
• Creating New Files
• Creating a File From an Existing Template
• Exiting askSam
Chapter 4 Working With Entry Forms
• Designing An Entry Form
• Creating an Entry Form with the Entry Form Wizard
• Manually Creating and Editing Entry Forms
• Entry Form Editor
• About Fields and Formatting Entry Forms
• Entry Form Properties
• Multiple Entry Forms
• Adding and Inserting Entry Forms
• Renaming Entry Forms
• Deleting Entry Forms
Chapter 5 Working With Documents
• The askSam Document Types
• Switching Document Types
• Adding Documents To An askSam File
• Data Entry Mode
• Using Stop Codes To Add Information
• Editing Documents
• Moving Through Your Documents
• Moving with the Go To Command
• Returning to a Previous Document with the History Command
• Using Bookmarks
• Deleting and Undeleting Documents
• Document Properties
• Naming Documents
Chapter 6 The askSam Word Processor
• Working with Text
• Moving Around Within A Single Document
• Deleting and Undeleting Text
• Selecting Text
• Cut, Copy, and Paste
• Drag and Drop Editing
• Inserting Date, Time, and Weekday
• Using Fonts and Font Attributes
• Changing Text Alignment
• The Paragraph Command
• Alignment
• Spacing
• Setting Tabs
• Formatting with Styles
• Pagination - Breaking a Document into Pages
• Using Headers & Footers
• The Zoom Functions
• Publishing askSam Documents on the Internet
Chapter 7 Working With Graphics and Other Objects
• Using Graphics in askSam
• Object Linking And Embedding
• Working With Linked Objects
• Working With Embedded Objects
Chapter 8 Searching Documents with askSam
• The Basics of Searching
• The Search Results Windows
• Wildcard Searches
• Case Sensitive Searches
• Fuzzy Searches
• Index Searches
• The Word List
• Using the Search Line
• Searching in Fields
• Numeric Searches
• Proximity Searches
• Date Searches
• Boolean Searches
• Search Dialog
• Counting Selected Documents
• Stored Searches
• Searching Through Multiple Files
• Searching for Selected Text
• Local Searching (The FIND Command)
• Search and Replace
Chapter 9 Sorting and Simple Outputting
• Sorting
• Outputting the Contents of a Field
• Outputting with the SHOW Command
• Using the TOTAL FIELD Command
• Using the COUNT WORD OR PHRASE Command
Chapter 10 Printing
• Preparing To Print - Page Layout
• The Print Dialog
• Printing A Single Document
• Printing All The Documents In A File
• Printing Selected Documents
• Printing Documents Selected By A Stored Search
• Printing Reports
• Printing Mail Merge Documents
• Changing Printers
Chapter 11 The askSam Report Writer
• Creating A New Report
• Running A Report
• Report Links
• Editing A Report
• Report Editor
• Creating A New Report From An Existing Report
• Renaming A Report
• Deleting A Report
• Designing A Report
• Selecting Documents To Include In A Report
• Sorting and Grouping Documents In A Report
• Report Layouts
• Placing Fields In A Report
• Field Settings (Insert Field Dialog Box)
• Placing Text in a Report
• Output Separator
• Including Field Totals In A Report
• Using the Show Command in Reports
• Counting Selected Documents
• Numbering Documents in a Report
• Grouping Fields
• Headers And Footers In Reports
• IF Statements
• Formatting Reports
• Editing Report Layouts
• Report Properties
• Printing Reports
• Exporting Reports
• Mailing Labels
• Troubleshooting Reports
Chapter 12 Mail Merge
• Creating A Mail Merge Letter
• Previewing A Mail Merge Letter
• Printing A Mail Merge Letter
• Editing A Mail Merge Letter
• Deleting A Mail Merge Letter
• The Mail Merge Menu
• Mail Merge Properties
Chapter 13 Importing & Exporting Information
• File Formats For Import
• The Import Dialog
• Importing A Single File As A Single askSam Document
• Importing A Single File As Multiple Documents
• Importing Multiple Files
• Importing Files onto the end of an Entry Form
• Importing Data Files (MS Access, dBASE, Paradox, Excel, etc.)
• Importing Text Delimited Data
• Importing askSam 4 Files
• Importing Email Files
• Importing HTML Files
• Exporting
• The Export Dialog Box
• Exporting A Text Delimited File
• Exchanging Information Between askSam Files
• Exporting A Subset Of askSam Documents
Chapter 14 Organizing Information with Hypertext
• Setting Hypertext Links
• Deleting a Hypertext Link
• Executing a Hypertext Link
• Returning to a Previous Link (Back and Forward)
• Modifying the Appearance of Hypertext Links
• Creating Hypertext Menus
• Creating Hypertext Documents
Chapter 15 Customization, Options, and Tools
• The askSam Options Overview
• File Properties
• Setting File Properties for All New Files
• Security (Passwords And Encryption)
• Index Options
• Global Options (TOOLS - OPTIONS)
• Changing the askSam Screen
• Customizing Toolbars
• Customizing the Keyboard
• The Spell Checker
• Automatic Field Recognition
• Two Digit Year Conversion
• Pick Lists
• Creating and Modifying Templates
• File Recovery
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