RELISH 32-Bit The Desktop Time and Information Organizer Developed Expressly for OS/2 Presentation Manager By Sundial Systems Corporation A BRIEF INTRODUCTION Relish is a personal time and information organizer that is ideal for coordinating tasks and/or managing time. It is organized around a database of notes about a variety of commitments. Just make notes on who, what, when, where, and why, and Relish will do the rest. For instance, the notes are saved, sorted by time and date, and reminders are set-up - all automatically. Relish is intuitively designed and intuitive to use, which makes managing time and information both easy and reliable. Workplace Shell enhancements for OS/2 2.0 add flexibility to your scheduling with extensive drag-and-drop support. Imagine rescheduling by dragging a scheduled item to the new date or time... or printing a day's calendar by dragging the date to the printer... It really is just that easy. You'll be scheduling: * Appointments * Meetings * Phone Calls to make * Programs to run * Anything that needs to be noted or done Relish is perfect for everything you need to be reminded about or that you just want to keep track of. While Relish won't attend your meetings, it will dial phone calls and run OS/2 computer programs. With flexible scheduling, you won't be forcing your commitments into arbitrarily predefined blocks of time. You decide the starting and ending times, and any duration is OK. In fact, you don't have to pick specific times, and your meetings and other events can overlap with each other, if that's what you need. It's really up to you. Best of all, Relish will always remind you of obligations that require your personal attention. Because Relish starts operation whenever OS/2 starts, your reminders will always be displayed while your computer is on, regardless of what program is running. Should OS/2 be shut down or your computer turned off when a reminder is due, Relish will alert you to it soon after OS/2 resumes operating. GROUP SCHEDULING Relish Net 32-Bit expands the personal scheduling capabilities of Relish to the LAN-based workgroup. Personal scheduling is seamlessly integrated with group and resource scheduling without sacrificing security, privacy, or individual control. For more information on Relish Net 32-Bit, contact Sundial Systems Corporation. THE WORKING MODEL Now you have the opportunity to experience Relish 32-Bit first hand. The Working Model is a nearly fully functional version of Relish that limits scheduling to within the next 48 hours and restricts printing, importing, and exporting. Install it now and see what intelligent time management is all about. INSTALLING THE RELISH WORKING MODEL Relish runs as a Presentation Manager application under OS/2 2.0 Before using the Relish 32-Bit Working Model, it must be installed on your hard disk. (Note that it should never be installed on a floppy disk.) To install it, you need at least 1.5 megabytes of free space on your hard disk to contain the Relish programs and files. To install, place the distribution disk in drive A: (or any other floppy disk drive). At the command prompt in any OS/2 session or window, type (substituting the appropriate disk drive letter): A:INSTALL You can also start the installation program from an OS/2 folder for the floppy drive by double-clicking on it's icon. If you received the Relish Working Model electronically and the files are already on your hard drive, you still should install it before use. Just follow the above instructions, but be sure to use the correct drive and path (for example, C:\TEMP\INSTALL). Once you have started the installation program, follow the simple instructions on your screen. You must specify the disk drive and directory in which Relish will be installed. Unless you choose otherwise, Relish is installed in the \RELISH directory on the C: drive. If the directory does not already exist, it will be created automatically. Also during installation, you will be asked if you want the NOW Service Process to start automatically each time OS/2 is started. This is the portion of Relish that delivers your reminders even when you are running other programs. Therefore, unless you have a specific reason it should not be started, let the installation make the necessary changes to your STARTUP.CMD file. Should it for any reason become necessary, you can select Cancel or press the ESC key to stop the installation. RELISH IS EASY TO SPREAD Run Relish just like any other OS/2 program by selecting it with your mouse from the icon placed on your desktop at installation. Alternatively, you can run Relish from any OS/2 session or window by changing to the directory with Relish, and typing: RELISHWM The traditional way to use Relish through a series of "menus" and "dialogs." Starting from the main menu across the top of the window, each action keyword leads you to a menu of options, and each option leads in turn to a dialog where you make choices, enter information, or select actions to be carried out. At the same time, you can make use of the drag-and drop capabilities of Relish 32-Bit. For example, the Note Palette has icons representing the note types. These icons can be selected directly or dragged to times and dates for scheduling. While some functions are not available with the Relish Working Model, you normally can: * Edit notes * Add new notes * Choose your information display options * View a summary of notes * Lookup particular notes by their contents * Print your notes for a specified period of time * Setup processing options and device connections, and get general * Help information. A highlighted area on the window, and/or a blinking cursor, shows where you are within Relish's menus and dialogs. The message at the bottom of the window always gives you some information about the highlighted area. If you find yourself in a menu or dialog that you do not want to complete, you have several ways to cancel your current activity. No matter where you are, pressing the ESC key will always cancel the current dialog or menu. In addition, most dialogs contain a Cancel pushbutton. HELP IS ALL AROUND YOU Help in the menu bar will give you information on a host of topics. It offers information about getting help, general topics about Relish, special topics on detailed concepts that are relevant to more than one of Relish's features or functions, and keyboard usage and special function keys. To get specialized help information for a highlighted field, button, or menu item, press the F1 key or select the Help pushbutton in the dialog. This information generally summarizes the ways a button can be used or the types of information that should be entered in a field. Another kind of help is available when you are entering times and dates. You can see the assumptions Relish is making about your entry by first selecting Show Analysis under the Format option of the Choose menu. This will allow Relish to display a keystroke- by-keystroke interpretation of your time and date entries. EXPLORING RELISH Relish can make "time management" enjoyable. At the same time, it can increase your personal productivity. Try the following: * First, "Add" an appointment to your schedule for later today. Do this by selecting Appointment on the Add menu; or, double click on the appointment icon in the Note Palette; or, drag the appointment icon to a time on the time graph in the window. Notice that you can schedule this appointment to begin (and end) at any time, without the "normal" restrictions of predefined timeslots. After you OK the appointment you've just made, you'll see a summary of it on today's schedule. * Now, minimize Relish. While it's an icon, Relish leaves a small calendar for reference on your desktop. (You can turn this feature off if you prefer.) Click on today's date - it's highlighted - with your mouse, and you'll get today's schedule. Not only that, the "Add" pushbutton provides the opportunity to schedule more commitments, right then and there, even for other days. * If you double click on the summary line of your appointment, the entire appointment will be displayed, ready for any changes you choose to make. Thus, you can revise and add to your schedule while Relish is minimized! * And, when you want to restore Relish, just click on the equal sign icon in the reference calendar. * Later today you'll be reminded of the appointment you scheduled, whether you still have Relish running or not. That doesn't mean whether Relish is in a window or as an icon - it can be "closed" and you'll still get your reminders. * Also, when you get a reminder, you can take action immediately. Defer the reminder to a later time, snooze all reminders, or reschedule your commitment without ever going back to your schedule. Take a few minutes to explore the menus and try more of Relish's features. You might want to customize the chimes played with your reminders (with the Chime Tones options on the Setup menu). If you aren't sure of the proper notation, the Help menu has all the necessary information. And, you can "test" your creation by pressing the F9 key while you are in the field. Perhaps you'd like Relish to use a 24 hour clock. Or, maybe you'd like the ending (as well as the starting) time of your commitments to be included in the summarized listing. The Format option on the Choose menu offers you these and other alternatives. Or, you might want the time and date always displayed in its own window on the bottom of your screen desktop (using the Desktop option under Setup). Clicking on this window is another way to access Relish and today's schedule. WHEN YOU ARE DONE To conform to OS/2 2.0 standards, you exit from Relish 32-Bit by selecting Close on the system menu. Alternatively, you can just double click on the system menu icon. But, you really don't need to exit. Because Relish stores information dynamically as you enter it, you don't need to take special action at the end of the day. (Remember, you never need to "save;" with Relish it's automatic.) LAST, BUT NOT LEAST Intuitive, reliable, and time-saving: with Relish it's easy to take control of your calendar. Relish comes fully documented with explanations and hints about its host of time-saving features and functions. For more information, contact Sundial Systems Corporation directly at (310) 596-5121. We welcome your comments and suggestions. Order Relish 32-Bit toll-free at (800) 336-6644 - $189; not copy protected. For free shipping, tell them, "Pickle sent me." THE FINE PRINT The software program accompanying this information is copyrighted by Sundial Systems Corporation. This information is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Sundial Systems Corporation. The Relish 32-Bit Working Model may be freely copied and distributed. This information may be freely reproduced and distributed solely for use with the Relish 32-Bit Working Model. Under no circumstances will Sundial Systems Corporation be liable to you or to any other party for damages, including the loss of profits, savings, or other incidental or consequential damages, stemming from your use or misuse of the program - even if Sundial or an authorized Sundial representative has been advised of the possibility of any such damages. The only remedy available to you will be a refund of the purchase price of the program. Because some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages, the above limitation may not apply to you. Copyright 1990, 1991, 1992 Sundial Systems Corporation. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Relish(R) is a registered trademark of Sundial Systems Corporation. OS/2(R) is a registered trademark and Presentation Manager(tm) is a trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. 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