User's Manual
By C-era Software
SERMON
SAVER - PRODUCT LICENSE INFORMATION
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Contents
License
Agreement................................................................................................................................... ii
Chapter 1 Getting Started 1
Overview.................................................................................................................................................... 1
Quick Start................................................................................................................................................. 1
System Requirements............................................................................................................................... 3
Product Support........................................................................................................................ 3
This Manual.............................................................................................................................................. 4
Representation Conventions.................................................................................................. 4
User Responses........................................................................................................................ 4
The Keyboard........................................................................................................................... 4
Installation Instructions.......................................................................................................................... 5
Configuring Sermon Saver...................................................................................................................... 6
User Information....................................................................................................................... 6
File Locations............................................................................................................................ 6
Data Files................................................................................................................................................... 7
Databases.................................................................................................................................. 7
Chapter 2 Sermon Tab 8
Sermon List................................................................................................................................................ 8
Sermon Detail............................................................................................................................................ 9
Dates/Locations...................................................................................................................................... 10
Filtering Data........................................................................................................................................... 11
Setting the Filter...................................................................................................................... 11
Clearing the Filter.................................................................................................................... 11
Sermon Statistics.................................................................................................................................... 11
Sample Session....................................................................................................................................... 13
Chapter 3 Daily Journal 14
Overview.................................................................................................................................................. 14
Chapter 4 Rolodex 15
Overview.................................................................................................................................................. 15
Address Tab............................................................................................................................................ 15
Contact Tab............................................................................................................................................. 16
Personal Tab............................................................................................................................................ 16
Family Tab............................................................................................................................................... 16
Notes Tab................................................................................................................................................ 17
Chapter 5 Prayer List 18
Overview.................................................................................................................................................. 18
Request.................................................................................................................................... 18
Answer..................................................................................................................................... 18
Chapter 6 Screen Layout 20
Main Menu.............................................................................................................................................. 20
Tool Bar.................................................................................................................................................... 20
User Interface.......................................................................................................................................... 21
Chapter 7 Registration 22
Overview.................................................................................................................................................. 22
Register by Mail...................................................................................................................................... 22
Sermon Saver Order Form...................................................................................................................... 23
Register by Internet................................................................................................................................ 24
Chapter 1
Getting Started
Welcome to Sermon Saver!
You'll find Sermon Saver to be a vital tool in your personal Bible
study, lesson preparation, or devotion log using your IBM PC or compatible
computer
Sermon Saver aids you in sermon preparation by allowing
you to electronically store your sermon notes for later retrieval and allows
you to search for particular sermons based on criteria you supply.
Through the use of external Bible search programs such as
"The Online Bible" or Parson’s "Quick Verse" Sermon Saver
lets you save the results of your Bible exploration for use in your sermon
notes.
Because Sermon Saver was designed for a Pastor, you're
getting a wealth of features in a very easy to use program Many people will be using most if its
capabilities within minutes of installation!
Please read the section on installation carefully. If using a computer is new to you, keep this
manual close at hand while you try a few sample entries.
We think you'll find that the simplicity and versatility
of Sermon Saver will make your Bible study more efficient, thorough and
enjoyable.
If you've just received Sermon Saver, no doubt you're
eager to get started. And if you've
discovered that it isn't always necessary to read the entire manual before
getting started--that's true; but it's also true that many user problems arise
from not understanding just how the software is supposed to work. In addition there are several things you must
know before starting. So, before you start copying files onto your
hard disk, go through the manual and look for the instructions in the section
titled "Installation".
21829
Regents Park Circle, Dulles, VA 20166
(703) 444-4672 · e-mail: cerasoft@cerasoft.com
Dear Customer:
We are very pleased to bring you Sermon Saver, the
electronic Sermon filing cabinet. C-era Software has developed Sermon Saver to
assist Pastors in their sermon preparation by giving them an easy to use
software program at an affordable price.
Sermon Saver is the "flagship" of our company
and one of our first commercial products.
Several other individuals made significant contributions
to the Sermon Saver project during the testing and review phases, and we would
like to acknowledge their efforts. Particular thanks go to Pastors David L.
Pittman and Joe D. Mims of Temple Baptist Church in Herndon, VA, who provided
the original idea and helped with the design and testing of this program.
After you've had a chance to use Sermon Saver, we hope
you'll write to us and let us know what you think of it. We'd appreciate hearing from you so please
write to us at: C-era Software, 21829 Regents Park
Circle, Dulles, VA 20166.
Our many thanks to you loyal users, and to those of you
who are about to join their ranks. Thank
You!!
Sincerely,
C-era Software
James A. Jensen III
President
This section presents an overview of the operating
requirements for Sermon Saver, and our Product Support Policy.
Proper installation and operation of Sermon Saver requires
the following hardware and software configuration:
Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP.
Minimum of 4 megabytes of disk space. (Additional space is
required for data)
If you experience difficulties in installing or using
Sermon Saver, we recommend that you first consult the appropriate section of
this manual. If you are unable to find
help for the problem you are experiencing, you can contact Technical Support at:
E-mail: Support@CeraSoft.com
If it turns out the problem you're experiencing is due to
a "bug" in the software, we will fix the bug as soon as possible and
provide the update on our website www.cerasoft.com.
This section presents the representation conventions used
throughout the manual to show Sermon Saver and DOS system prompts and your
responses. It also briefly outlines the
information presented in each chapter of the manual.
A standard representation format is used throughout the
manual to distinguish the computer system prompts and your response commands.
Your responses or entries to the system are shown in a
different typeface, for example:
A:\SETUP.EXE
is a user response.
Although we show your entries as capitals, you can use either lower case
or capital letters or any combination of both in you commands. User entries which are words or sets of
characters are simply shown in the different typeface. For example LOVE
or A:.
If you are not familiar with the computer (as opposed to a
typewriter) keyboard, you should take a few moments to become familiar with
it. You will find a number of keys that
are not usually found on other keyboards.
These unusual keys fall into several groups.
Moving Around the Screen
The first group you should locate are the arrow keys or
cursor keys. These are referred to as
up-arrow left arrow and so on. These are
usually located on the numeric keypad keys, on the numbers 2, 4, 6 and 8. The numeric keypad looks like a calculator
keypad and is located on the right side of your keyboard. Also on the keypad are the end, pgdn, home
and pgup keys on keys 1, 3, 7 and 9 respectively. The uses of these keys vary somewhat with
the software, but in general they are used to move about the screen or window.
Function Keys
You will note a group of keys that have letters and
numbers on them "F1, F2 etc. these are referred to as the function
keys. Individually they are referred to
by the letters and numbers on their faces: F1, F2, and so on. The use of these keys varies with the
software, and sometimes as in the case in Sermon Saver, with where you are in
the software. Pressing one of these
keys, when active, causes a preset function or series of keystrokes to execute.
Escape and Enter Keys
The keyboard also has several specialized keys. There are two you need to be familiar with
such as the <ESC> key and the <Enter> key. In most cases the ESC key is
used to cancel an operation and ENTER is used to confirm an operation.
For those of you who jumped ahead to this
section...HOWDY! Obviously you've done
this before. Now on with it!
Installing Sermon Saver is quick and easy. This section of the manual will guide you
through this simple process. We suggest
you take a few minutes to familiarize yourself with these instructions. Using this section to guide you through the
installation will help ensure trouble-free operation of this software.
Before we start:
Be
sure your system meets the minimum requirements.
Make
backup copies of the master disks.
If you have done the above you are ready to start.
Sermon Saver is shipped as a single, self-extracting,
compressed file. To install Sermon Saver
on your system, follow these steps:
1. Insert
the Sermon Saver installation disk 1 into your floppy drive.
2. Select
Start | Run from Windows.
3. Type
A:\SETUP.EXE (or B:\SETUP.EXE) and press <Enter>
or click [Ok].
4. Answer
the questions as they are presented by the installation Wizard.
5. From
the Start menu select Programs |
Sermon Saver for Windows.
The first time you start Sermon Saver the following
configuration screen will appear prompting you for user setup information.
User Information
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Fields
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Description
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Serial Number
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Enter your serial number as it appears on the program
diskette.
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User Name
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Enter your name as you want it to appear in the sermon
notes and in reports.
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Registration Key
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Enter the registration key obtained from C-era Software.
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File Locations
