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The Telcom Tutorial
The Telcom tutorial gives step-by-step instructions for establishing a
communications connection. For these examples, we assume that you have
a subscription and an account number with which to access your host. We
also assume that you have the two computers properly connected.
To run the Telcom application, place the cursor over
TELCOM
on the
System Manager screen. Choose the Run command, and press
t
ENTER
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Creating a Phonebook and a Listing
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Before you use TeIcom, you create your phonebook using the File program.
I. Use the arrow keys to place the cursor over and highlight
FI LE
on the
System Manager screen.
2. Press I
ENTER
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3. Press I
TAB
I to move to the file field. Type
phonebook
as the filename.
4. Press
I
ENTER
I. A File screen appears.
First, decide how many columns (fields) you want the phonebook to
contain. A phonebook file
must
contain at least 3 fields: name, number,
and settings. You can, however, enter more than these 3 fields. They are
simply ignored by Telcom. The cursor appears in the first column, next to
NEW. Edit
is the proposed command menu response.
Formatting the Phonebook File
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Now, format the phonebook columns. The default File column width is 10
characters. We will change the name, number, and settings columns to 16,
10, and 8 characters, respectively.
I. Use[]] to move the cursor to the
FORM
row of column I
(NEW).
This
will be the name column.
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