1. An automated system for preparing a printed architectural specification and related instructions comprising: a master catalog including a large number of printed phrases indicating materials and construction techniques from which a specifier may choose, each phrase having associated with it a short code; order form means on which a specifier may record code selected from said catalog and representative of a desired sequence of said phrases; data processing means adapted to receive input signals representative of the code prepared by the specifier and including a Specification Data File storing signals representative of said phrases; Specification Index File means addressable by said data processing means and storing signals representative of the locations of said phrases in said Specification Data File; instruction file means storing signals representative of prepared instructions for predetermined ones of said phrases and correlated with said phrases by code; and program means for operating said data processing means for receiving said input signals representative of said code, for referencing said Specification Index File to obtain the location of phrases called for by said input code in said Specification Data File, for printing an output specification incorporating said phrases from said Specification Data File as determined by the input code, and for printing out instructions from said instruction file means corresponding to said printed specification as determined by said input code.
1. An automated system for preparing a printed architectural specification and related instructions comprising: a master catalog including a large number of printed phrases indicating materials and construction techniques from which a specifier may choose, each phrase having associated with it a short code; order form means on which a specifier may record code selected from said catalog and representative of a desired sequence of said phrases; data processing means adapted to receive input signals representative of the code prepared by the specifier and including a Specification Data File storing signals representative of said phrases; Specification Index File means addressable by said data processing means and storing signals representative of the locations of said phrases in said Specification Data File; instruction file means storing signals representative of prepared instructions for predetermined ones of said phrases and correlated with said phrases by code; and program means for operating said data processing means for receiving said input signals representative of said code, for referencing said Specification Index File to obtain the location of phrases called for by said input code in said Specification Data File, for printing an output specification incorporating said phrases from said Specification Data File as determined by the input code, and for printing out instructions from said instruction file means corresponding to said printed specification as determined by said input code. 2. The system of claim 1 further comprising second program means for operating said data processing means to check said input code and prepare an edited input file for operation by said first-named program means, said second program means checking said input code for fatal errors prior to preparing said edited input file.