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^C^BINTRODUCTION^B

ODM INDEXER is an electronic software catalog that makes it easy
to locate programs of interest.  To help you find just the right
software for your needs, you can search for programs in a variety
of ways by title, author and subject matter.

As an example of ODM INDEXER's power, the contents of the first
64 issues of ^UOn Disk Monthly^U are included in a sample catalog
(see ^UODM^U BACK ISSUE CATALOG below).

^C^BCATALOG FILES^B

ODM INDEXER stores information about your software collection in
catalog files.  Each catalog file should contain information
about some group of related programs.  For example, you may wish
to keep one catalog file for all your IBM software and one for
all your Macintosh software; or you may wish to keep a catalog of
all your shareware and public domain software.

Each entry or member of a catalog file refers to one individual
program or software package.  In the sample catalog, the entries
are either programs or articles which have appeared on ^UODM^U. Each
catalog file may contain up to 2,000 entries.

^C^BGETTING STARTED^B

^UUsing the menus:^U

Most of the menus in ODM INDEXER appear as buttons. Each button is
labeled with a specific action.  To choose an action, simply
highlight the appropriate button by using the cursor keys and
press ^UEnter^U to select.  You may also press the first letter of an
action to move to that button.  On some screens, menu options are
also labeled with a function key (e.g. ^UF1=Help^U).  To choose these
options, you may either press the indicated key, or highlight the
button and press ^UEnter^U.

^UHow to get help:^U

The bottom line of the screen usually contains summary
instructions on how to operate the current screen or mode of ODM
INDEXER.  For example, on the Main Menu, instructions about how
to chose a menu item are displayed.  If the summary information
is not sufficient, press ^UF1^U for additional help; this will call
up one or more help pages about the current activity.


^C^UTHE ODM BACK ISSUE CATALOG^U

The included sample catalog contains the programs and articles
from the first 64 issues of ^UOn Disk Monthly^U.  The hardware
requirements for each catalog entry are as accurate as could be
determined, but should serve primarily as guidelines.  If the
monochrome adapter field is not checked, then the program
requires a graphics adapter to run.

^COutside ^UOn Disk Monthly^U

To run this program outside ^UOn Disk Monthly^U, type:
^BODMINDEX^B.

If you have a black and white (monochrome) monitor, please type
^BODMINDEX M^B to run ODM INDEXER; this will insure that the program
will work properly with your monitor.

^BDisk files this program uses:^B
^FODMINDEX.EXE
^FODMINDEX.TSL
^F*.BID