CONTACT PLUS SHAREWARE INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

Welcome to the Contact Plus 2.18 shareware program.  This brief file 
is intended to show you how to install Contact Plus on your hard disk.

The enclosed file CPLUS218.EXE is self-extracting, that is, the program
and data files are compressed into the file CPLUS218.EXE to save disk space.
When you run the CPLUS218.EXE program, the following files will be created:

 C.HLP        - Contact Help file (help messages displayed when F1 is pressed)
 CBACKUP.BAT  - Backup batch file using the PKZIP command
 CBACKUP.XXX  - Backup batch file using the COPY command only
 CONTACT.1    - sample mail/merge file
 CONTACT.2    - sample mail/merge file
 CONTACT.3    - sample mail/merge file
 CONTACT.LBL  - sample mailing label template file
 CONTACT.FRM  - sample letter template
 CONTACT.DT   - actual Contact Plus data file
 CONTACT.HDR  - Contact Plus parameters (screen colors, printer type, etc.)
 CONTACT.NOT  - Contact Plus notefile
 CONTACT.NT0  - Contact Plus notefile index file
 CONTACT.NX0  - Contact Plus index file
 CONTACT.NX1  - Contact Plus index file
 CONTACT.NX2  - Contact Plus index file
 CONTACT.NX3  - Contact Plus index file
 CONTACT.NX4  - Contact Plus index file
 MSDEMO.EXE   - Screen demo of MicroStar (not an actual working program)
 C.EXE        - Contact Plus program
 READ.ME      - Contact Plus Instructions
 README.1ST   - This file
 INVOICE.DOC  - Invoice for registration

We suggest that you install using the following steps:

   1) Create a directory on your hard disk called \CONTACT using 
      the "make directory" command.  Type MKDIR \CONTACT then press ENTER.

   2) Change to the \CONTACT directory using the "change directory"
      command.  Type CD \CONTACT then press ENTER.

   3) Extract the Contact Plus program.  Type CPLUS218 then press ENTER.

   4) Print out the instruction file READ.ME.  First make sure that your
      printer is online and ready then type COPY READ.ME PRN.

      The instruction file will be printed out.

   5) If you have the PKZIP.EXE program available, Contact Plus will take
      advantage of that when backing up the Contact Plus database.  In
      this case simply answer 'Y' when exiting the system and you are 
      prompted to backup the database

      If you don't have PKZIP.EXE, issue the following command from
      the /CONTACT directory: 
      
          COPY CBACKUP.XXX CBACKUP.BAT

      The PKZIP command will NOT be used to make a backup copy of the database.
      You really ought to get a registered copy of PKZIP ... its very handy 
      and can be used to backup other programs and databases as well. 

   6) To run Contact Plus, simply enter C then press ENTER.

      You are on your way.  If you have any questions, call us during business
      hours at:
      
      Contact Plus Corporation
      PO Box 3992
      Albuquerque, NM  87190
      USA
      
      (505) 881-3223  Voice
      (505) 881-7781  BBS
      (505) 889-0078  FAX