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Filename : HELP6.AST

ASTROL8 gave users the ability to save charts to file. A large
number of charts will fit on a diskette because each chart record
is only 256 bytes. You can fit about 685 charts in a space of
200K (this calculation includes the space necessary to create and
recreate the pointer file). The program limits unregistered
users to a maximum of 150 saved charts.

ASTROL9 gives registered users the ability to delete selected
charts from the chart database. This option is in the File
Utilities menu.

The File Utilities menu gives all users the option to sort the
index of saved chart names into alphabetical order. To do this
the DOS external command file SORT.EXE must be in the same direc-
tory as the program or the PATH command must have been used to
set up a path to the directory that contains SORT.EXE.

The File Utilities menu provides an option to print a hardcopy of
the birth data and record numbers of all the individuals on file.
This can be handy to have if you are recreating your chart file
or if you want to find an individual's record number without
paging through a lot of chart names to get it.


Users who want to review their saved charts will first see the
prompt: `Review names on file? Y/N'. Answering `N' or hitting
return will prompt for the first and last names of the chart that
you wish to display. Answering `Y' will display the names and
record numbers of the first twenty charts in the chart index
file. If there are more than twenty saved charts, entering `M'
for More will page to the next twenty chart names. If you
already know the record number of the chart that you want to see,
perhaps because you printed out the birth data hardcopy, you can
simply enter it without paging through the chart names. Entering
`X' will return you to the Main Menu.

Just as with calculated charts, the chart aspects and midpoints
can be displayed for saved charts.

The graphic chartwheel display for saved charts is superior to
that for calculated charts because the person's name appears in
the center of the wheel.