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DESKMATPSOFTWARE INTERFACE
The Easy-to-Use
Desktop Lets You ...
Track Addresses and
Phone Numbers
Schedule Events
and Appointments
Write Letters
and Reports
Our Most Powerful Edition of
DeskMate Integrated Software
DaskMate. - - ~- Put vour comouter to work the vervfirst dav with a
variniv of oractihal aoo~idations. DeskMate software lkts vou
Text, you'll find an easy-toluse text entry and editing system.
complete with a spelling checker! Worksheet gives you a
simple 99-row by 99-column spreadsheet. With Filer and
Form Setun. vou can keeo track of a home inventorv or taoe
Phone Accesson, to automaticailv dial important phone numbers,
or access ihe on-line PC-Link information service. Add
graphics to your work with Draw, or test your skill with the
Hangman word game. 25-1250 .................. 99.95
Enjoy the Look and Feel of
Easy-to-Use DeskMate Software
In a Wide Variety of Programs
Easy-to-use graphic design with dialogue boxes
and pull-down menus
Provides continuity between different applications
Similarity in commands and functions makes learning
new software a snap
At last-an easy-to-use graphics
interface for Tandy and other PCcomnatihle
comnuters. .... Tandv's .- .
new DeskMate User lnterfaie g ves an expanding selecton'of
MS-DOS oased appl~cations a s~milar operating environment.
This makes it easy to move from one software package to
another ... to leari new programs quickly ... and to operate
different types of software with uniform and understandable
commands.
Lntil now, wnen you bo~ght a new software program, you nad
to .earn a totally new system. Each manufacturer nad 11s own
set of commands for iis own program. Function keys Sewed
different purposesfrom program to program. In all, everything
looked and felt so different that even exoerienced users could
become frustrated an0 confuse0 when swltchlng appl'cations.
An0 nardral y, tn s problem coulo play navoc on tne new user.
The DeskMate Interface gives MS-DOS users a welcome
uniformity in operatton DeskMate has been licensed to a
number of vendors, so that each of their software packages
has the same user-friendly "look and feel."
Our proven DeskMate format uses pop-up dialogue boxes
and handy pull-down menus to select operations. Function
keys work similarly from application to application. The
graphic interface makes it simple to see where you are within
the program-so you can quickly make a selection using the
keyboard, or for even easier operation, a mouse.
The advantages are clear. Softwareiseasier to learn than ever.
New users can be up and running in no time. And the continuity
between DeskMate-based programs makes it a snap to
move on to new software applications. Look for programs with
the DeskMate logo!
DeskMate Workgroup Companion Puts PCs on Speaking Terms
Low As
Productivity is as important for an entire office as it is for an
individual. Putting a PC on everyone's desk is a great way to
improve personal productivity, but boosting office productivity
requires the creation of an efficient workgroup.
The DeskMate Workgroup Companion gives individual users
the tools they need for personal productivity, and, when interconnected
through a TandyLink or3Com workgroup, also lets
users share information throughout the office. Transfer Memos, ... From Office
Workgroup Companion enhances DeskMate with an alarm Update Schedules. .. to Office
function that reminds you of important dates and times. Talk
allows you to communicate immediately to others in the work- low cost TandyLink boards and connecting cables. Or if you
group, while Forum invites comments and helps create action already have a 3 ~om workgroup, no additional equipment is
items. Other applications include Mail Bridge, a step-saving necessary, A ~ ~ ~ workgroup d ~ requires ~ i no dedicated ~ k file
mail "transport' system, and Task Switch, which allows Tan- server, is user installable and operates on the line of
dyLink and other network software to coexist in harmony. The Tandy and other IBM@ compatible computers,
Telephone Central gives you a message center and shared
"inlout" board. Workgroup Companion. 25-1251 .............. ,149.95
The only software requirements are a copy of DeskMate TandyLink Board Plus. For Tandy 1000 HX/a.
(25-1250) at each station. Two computers can be connected 26-5602 ...................................119.95
using ordinary RS-232 cable. It's also easy to connect work- TandyLink Board PC. For all other Tandy PC-compatibles.
groups with more than two computers. You may also use the 26-5601 .................................... H9.95
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