Copyright: boutTime Copyright (c) 1995 Stuart Seibel.
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Table Of Contents
Contents for boutTime Help

General Information

Menu Commands

Registering boutTime


General Information

BoutTime Overview

Calculator Functions


Menu Commands

File

Edit...

Options...

Help


File
File Menu

New Tape

Clears the calculator output tape.

Open Tape...

Opens a previously saved calculator tape.  All calculator tapes have a .TAP file extension.

Save Tape

Saves to a disk file the tape currently displayed.

Save Tape As...

Saves the currently displayed tape to a disk file in a selected file name with a .TAP extension.

Print Tape...

Prints the tape currently displayed.

Printer Setup...

Changes the default printer or printer setup.

Exit

Quits boutTime and returns to Windows.


Edit
Edit Menu

Copy

Copies the result of the calculation in the output window to the Windows Clipboard.  If a line is highlighted in the tape window, that line is copied to the Clipboard.  The copied contents of the Clipboard may then be pasted into another Windows application.  If a tape line is copied, it may be pasted into the calculator output window by selecting the Paste menu command.

Paste

Pastes the contents of the Windows Clipboard to the output window of the calculator.  If the contents of the Clipboard are from another Windows application, the calculator interprets raw numbers as seconds.  Hours, minutes and/or seconds should be in the HH:MM:SS, or hours, minutes, seconds, format.


Options
Options Menu

Show Tape

Toggles between showing and hiding the calculator tape.  A check mark next to the menu indicates the tape is displayed.

Convert Time

The calculated time displayed in the output window can be converted to days, film frames, television frames or spoken words.  The results may be copied to the tape.

Clock Calculator...

Opens a window to calculate the difference between two clock times.  Hours, minutes and seconds are increased by clicking the mouse on the up arrow controls and decreased by clicking on the down arrow controls.  The result of the calculation may be copied to the Windows Clipboard for pasting to the output window of the the Time Calculator or to another Windows application.

Time Zones...

Opens the Time Zone Calculator to display the current time and show calculated time between two time zones.  Time zones are selected by clicking on the list box controls.  The current time in the zones is displayed on the right side of the window in both 12 hour and 24 hour formats, along with the day and date.  The up and down arrows may be used to adjust the calculated time, which is displayed on the left side.  By clicking on Daylight Savings Time, daylight time is implemented for the selected zone.  The Zone button is used to load a time zone file.  Two files are supplied with boutTime, one contains a list of countries and the other a list of cities.

Registered users of boutTime are provided information to make their own customized time zone files.


Help

Contents

Starts help and goes to the contents section.

Using Help

Offers help on using help in Windows.

About boutTime...

Provides copyright information and the version of boutTime.


Registering boutTime

boutTime is shareware which allows you to try the product at no charge.  But, if you decide to keep boutTime, it must be registered.  The registration fee is $18.00 in U. S. Funds which includes the latest version on disk in addition to the software license.

Simply fill out the registration form contained in the register.doc file or send the registration fee, along with disk requirements and your name and address, to:

Prime:Time Software

7006 Alpine Way

Yakima, Washington 90908-1637.


boutTime Overview

boutTime is a fully functional sexagesimal calculator, or calculator for time, for the Windows operating system.  Uniquely qualified for any computation involving hours, minutes or seconds, it affords an ease of operation and appearance similar to the Calculator supplied as an accessory to Windows.  boutTime is designed to simplify time computations, such as computing time cards, adding trip segments or checking time billing.  In addition, it includes functions for time conversions and a tape record of calculations, not only useful as a double check, but it may also be printed for a record of calculations.

boutTime is easy to use with either a mouse or the keyboard.  Mouse users can use the calculator keys by clicking on the key once to enter numbers or perform the selected operation.  Times are entered by either using the hours:minutes:seconds format with colon separators or by entering a number and then using the Hours, Minutes or Seconds key to format it.  To perform a calculation, enter the time to be calculated, followed by a math operator, then the operand, or number to apply to the calculation, and press the enter key or click on the = calculator key.  Numbers not entered in a time format are considered to be either whole numbers or seconds.

Results of time calculations may be converted to hours, minutes or seconds by using the Hours, Minutes or Seconds keys to display the selected result.  In addition the result may be converted to days, film frames, television frames or spoken words.

If the calculator should reach maximum capacity, it will display Overflow.  Time calculations that result in fractions are rounded to two decimal points.

In addition to the time calculator, boutTime also has a Clock Time Calculator, in which the result may be copied and pasted to the Time Calculator, and a Time Zone Calculator for determining times in various cities and countries worldwide.


Calculator Functions

Input to the calculator may be made by clicking the mouse on the appropriate key or by depressing the appropriate key on the computer keyboard.  Keyboard equivalents to other functions are:

Button	Key	Function

+	+	Adds

-	-	Subtracts

*	*	Multiplies

/	/	Divides

:	:	Inserts a time colon for hours, minutes and seconds

.	.	Inserts a decimal point

=	Enter	Calculates result

Hours	h	 Enters amount as hours

Minutes	m 	Enters value as minutes

Seconds	s	Enters value as seconds

C 	Esc	Clears calculation

CE	Del	Clears displayed number

MC	Ctrl+L	Clears stored value in memory

MR	Ctrl+R	Recalls value stored in memory

MS 	Ctrl+S	Stores displayed output in memory

M+	Ctrl+P	Adds the displayed output to the value in memory

Back	Back Space	Deletes the rightmost digit in the displayed output

Menu Item	Key	Command

New Tape	Ctrl+N	Clears tape window

Open Tape	Ctrl+O	Opens a tape saved to a file

Copy	Ctrl+C	Copies displayed output or highlighted tape line

Paste	Ctrl+P	Pastes Clipboard to output window