 
PSA Cards 3.6 for Windows 2000/ME/98/95 and NT 4.0

PSA Cards is an easy to use personal information manager. The user interface is an on-
screen card file with tabs for dividers and cards. To access a divider or card, just click on 
it. Double click a card to edit it. As you add information to a card, it expands to 
accommodate the new information. The program has a large number of features, yet the 
user interface remains intuitive and uncluttered. 

PSA Cards includes Internet integration for web browsing and e-mail. Right click an e-
mail address and launch your e-mail program. Right click a URL and launch your web 
browser.

Print Rolodex cards, mailing labels, envelopes, and a variety of address book formats. 
Dial phone numbers either directly or with the Microsoft dialer. The downloaded file is a 
ZIP compatible, self-extracting executable.

PSA Cards also includes a HotSync conduit for the Palm address book.  The HotSync 
conduit allows the exchange of information between PSA Cards on your PC and your 
Palm PDA address book.  To install the conduit, go to the PSA Cards Preferences menu 
and click on the "Palm - Install Palm Conduit" command.  This will set up the Palm 
HotSync program to synchronize your Palm PDA with the currently open PSA Cards 
data file.  See below and the HotSync topic in the on-line Help for more details.

If you or another user wish to HotSync with a different PSA Cards file, open that file in 
PSA Cards and click on the "Install Palm Conduit" command again.  If there is more than 
one Palm user on the same PC, it is important to note that all Palm users' address books 
will be HotSynced to the same PSA Cards file.  That is, to the PSA Cards file that is open 
when the conduit install command is run.

PLEASE NOTE --- The HotSync conduit has been tested extensively.  However you are 
strongly urged to back up your system, particularly your Palm Desktop files and existing 
PSA Cards files before HotSyncing between PSA Cards and your Palm PDA.  

Version 3.6 New Features and changes

· PSA Cards - Palm address book HotSync conduit.
· Added sort on first name for screen listing and printed output
· New options for default envelope titles
· Made address prefix strings "Work" and "Home" user definable
· Added "Aknowledge and Delete" to alarm notification dialog.
· Print reminder list (dated fields)
· Added View menu for show only current group, marked entries, sort by
  group, first name, etc.
· Disabled search and other cards operations for empty file
· Added DeskJet defaults to envelope printing.
· Embossed effect added to divider and card edges. 
 
Version 3.6 Bug Fixes

· Fixed focus bug when one dialog is initiated from another
· Enabled OK button for all states in Search dialog
· mailto: bug with one e-mail address and URL.
· Fix bug with ZIP Sort
· Keyboard shortcut for Duplicate command.

PSA Cards features existing in V. 3.5:

Printing

· Print Rolodex cards, index cards, envelopes, mailing labels, shipping labels and address 
  booklets.  Address books can be customized.
· Separate fonts for return address, envelopes, cards, labels, address books.
· POSTNET bar codes on mailing labels and envelopes
· Optional USPS format for addresses - all caps, no punctuation for envelopes and 
  mailing labels.
· Custom mailing label sizes as well as predefined label forms
· Option for auto size on mailing labels.
· Print one envelope without making a permanent entry (Type-N-Print)

Dialing

· Dial phone numbers, including dialing profiles that  account for differences in dialing 
  from different locations.
· Dial credit card calls.
· International dialing
· Optional use of MS Dialer enables dialing out while waiting for FAXes (Not available 
  in Windows 3.1).
· Unlimited number of phone numbers on each card

Internet Integration

· Right click on an e-mail address to launch your e-mail program and start a new 
  message.
· Right click on an Internet address (URL) and launch your Internet browser with that 
  address.
· Unlimited number of e-mail addresses and URLs on each card

Searching

· Search any field for a text string 
· Search for words that sound alike.
· Search dated fields for a date or range of dates.

Import - Export

· Export any field or combination of fields to a file or the clipboard for use in a word 
  processing program or spreadsheet.
· Export for mail merge.
· Import data from an ASCII file or Microsoft CardFile

User Interface

· "What's This" context help.  Click the "?", then click a dialog  control for help on that 
  control
· Minimize to system tray.  Great when you want to leave PSA Cards running but don't 
  want it to occupy space on the Taskbar.
· Context menus (right mouse button popup menus). The right mouse button menus allow 
  common commands to be performed on entries, fields within entries, and embedded 
  objects by right clicking on them.
· On-line, context sensitive help, including "What's This" ("?") pop-up help for individual 
  controls in dialog boxes.
· Tip of the day, including links to relevant topics in the Help file.
· Tool tips for toolbar buttons (Not available for Windows 3.1)
· Double click an entry to edit it
· Type a letter to open a divider tab
· Speed Entry command, including entering information from a multiline edit field by 
  highlighting text and clicking a field button.
· Auto Fill uses drop down lists for phone, date, e-mail, general descriptions, city, state, 
  and country to automatically complete field entries.

Program Customization

· Option for displaying and printing using "last name, first name" style
· User configurable toolbars.
· Optional second toolbar.
· Dockable toolbars (Not available for Windows 3.1)
· User specified screen and printer fonts
· User specified text, tab, and entry colors
· Option for dd-mm-yy Euro style dates
· English (inches) or metric units (mm) for measurements
· European style postal codes
· User defined (general purpose) fields
· Create groups of entries for organizing various types of lists.  These lists can be used to 
  address Christmas cards, invitations, and to export addresses for mail merge in a word 
  processor.  
· Powerful group editing features. 

Miscellaneous

· No inherent limits on the number of entries or lengths of fields.
· Insert objects from other applications (OLE 2.0).
· Separate dialogs for residential and business entries
· Reminders for birthdays, anniversaries, or appointments
· Merge two PSA Cards files, keeping latest modifications
· File backup command and backup reminder.
· File password protection
· Written in Visual C++ for fast performance and small program size.
· Windows 3.1, Windows NT, and Windows 95/98 versions available
· Install and uninstall program
	

INSTALLATION

Run the setup program, Setup.exe, from the Start menu, or Explorer.

The install program may be prevented from loading by some virus protection programs.  
Of course, the solution to this problem to turn off your virus protection program while 
you run the installation.

Installing the PSA Cards - Palm HotSync conduit

To install the conduit, go to the PSA Cards Preferences menu and click on the "Palm - 
Install Palm Conduit" command.  This will set up the Palm HotSync program to 
synchronize your Palm PDA with the currently open PSA Cards data file.  For the "Install 
Palm Conduit" command to work, the Palm Desktop (software that comes with your 
Palm PDA) must already be installed.  After installing the PSA Cards - Palm conduit, 
HotSync will no longer synchronize with your Palm desk top address book.  However, it 
will still synchronize with the remaining Palm Desktop applications and any other 
applications you may have installed.  The conduit install and restore commands write 
detailed information to an installation log.  To view this log, click on the "Palm - View 
Conduit Install Log" command in the Preferences menu.

See the on-line help topic "PSA Cards - Palm address book Conduit" for detailed 
information on using the conduit.

See the next topic to find how to go back to synchronizing with the Palm Desktop address 
book application.

Uninstalling the PSA Cards - Palm HotSync conduit

To uninstall the PSA Cards - Palm HotSync conduit go to the PSA Cards Preferences 
menu and click on the "Palm - Restore Palm Desktop Conduit" command.  The HotSync 
conduit for the Palm Desktop address is restored.  This must be done before uninstalling 
PSA Cards itself.  Uninstalling PSA Cards does not restore the Palm Desktop Conduit.  If 
you were using some other third party address book conduit before using the PSA Cards 
conduit, and want to go back to it, you must re-install that conduit.

Uninstalling PSA Cards

The install program implements an uninstall feature that will remove PSA Cards from 
your system.  To access this program, click on Settings command in the Start Menu, then 
the Control Panel, and finally double click the Add/Remove Program icon.

If you have added files to the PSA Cards directory that you don't want to be deleted, be 
sure to save them in another location before running the uninstall program.

If you are installing over an earlier version of PSA Cards

When you install PSA Cards for Windows 3.1 on a computer running Windows 95 or 98, 
or when you install Windows 95 or 98 over Windows 3.1 with PSA Cards already 
installed, there will be a "PSA Cards" program folder on the Windows 95/98 Start menu.

When you install this release of PSA Cards a new program icon named "PSA Cards" will 
appear on the Start menu.  Since the installation routine does not check for the presence 
of the old PSA Cards (from the Windows 3.1 version) program folder and program icons, 
you will need to remove them from the Start menu manually.  To do this, right click on 
the Start menu, click "Explore", open the Programs folder, find the old PSA Cards 
program folder and program icons and, and drag them to the Recycle Bin.

Buy PSA Cards to fully enable the "Save" command

Complete instructions for ordering PSA Cards can be found in the on-line Help.  Go the 
PSA Cards Help menu and click on "How to Order".  In the evaluation version, the 
"Save" command can only be used 20 times.  PSA Cards costs $25.

Disclaimer

Although PSA Cards has been carefully written and tested, no claim is made as to its 
reliability and freedom from bugs.  This software is provided "as-is" without warranty of 
any kind. In no event shall PSA Software be liable for any damages whatsoever arising 
out of the use or inability to use PSA Cards.

Known Problems Running in Windows NT 4.0

The Microsoft dialer sometimes fails to start when dialing.  To work around this problem, 
manually start the MS dialer  from the Start menu | Accessories.

The Microsoft dialer sometimes fails to translate phone numbers to dial strings.  To work 
around this problem, use the phone number to dial string translation built into PSA Cards.

Bug Reports and Feedback

Please send bug reports, and suggestions for new features to me at: billr@PSA-
Cards.com or US mail to us at:

PSA Software
PO Box 271905
Fort Collins, CO 80527-1905

You can also get the PSA Cards news and download the most recent version of PSA 
Cards from the PSA Software web page:

http://www.PSA-Cards.com

REDISTRIBUTION

PSA Cards is shareware.  It may be freely redistributed by any means with 
the provision that the end user will be aware that the fully enabled version 
will cost $25.
