---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TimeSheet(c) Version 1.2 Tempis Software 1993 Copyright (c) 1992-1993, Tempis Software Information in this file and the accompanying software are copyrighted and all rights are reserved by Tempis Software. Copying, duplicating, or distributing this program by electronic means is allowed under terms of the shareware agreement. Tempis' shareware agreement is as follows: You may use this program for 30 (thirty) days from the date of installation of the program without charge. If you find the program valuable and wish to continue using it, you must purchase a registered copy. Complete ordering information is provided in the Order.hlp file. Registered copies will not contain the opening screen urging purchase of a registered copy! You may share this shareware version of the program with others. You may not share the registered copy with others. Selling, or distributing this product for profit without prior written authorization is prohibited. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disclaimer: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tempis Software makes no warranty as to the fitness of this software for any particular purpose. The software is sold "as is" without any expressed or implied warranty. Any damage arising from improper use, loss of data, consequential, or incidental damage to hardware or software is solely the responsibility of the user. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What is TimeSheet? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TimeSheet is a Windows Program to be used by anyone wishing to keep track of the amount of time used to complete a project. Anyone who bills time by the hour should find this program very useful. The program provides information on computer usage time and acts as a stopwatch for timing any portions of a project which is not computer related. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- System Requirements for TimeSheet: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TimeSheet is a Windows program and runs on either version 3 or 3.1 . TimeSheet requires Windows standard or enhanced modes to operate. TimeSheet requires a minimum of 500,000 kilobytes of free disk space. More space may be required as your data file grows. TimeSheet requires VGA or better display and will work with either color or VGA black & white. TimeSheet should work on all screen display sizes currently supported by Windows. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Installing the TimeSheet program: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- With the Windows program loaded, insert the floppy disk in the drive. In Program Manager at the top left of the menu bar click on File . Then choose Run from the drop down menu. In the text box type: A:\Install ,Press Enter- or if appropriate: B:\Install ,Press Enter- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Short Tutorial for using TimeSheet: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Run TimeSheet. Using the arrow shaped mouse pointer, click once on the Project Window entry for Project 2. The line should change to black showing this line as the highlighted, chosen project. 2. Use the mouse pointer to click once on Modify on the Menu Bar. The bottom of the screen will change to show the selection of Project 2 with 2 hours and 2 minutes as the project to modify. First use the keyboard delete key to remove the text Project 2. Type Davis Contract and press the enter key. The cursor moves to the hours window. Use the delete key to remove the 2 and replace it with zero. Press enter. Remove the 2 minutes and replace with another zero. Use the mouse pointer to press the button Change Project or simply press the enter key. You have now modified Project 2 to read: Davis Contract with 0 hours and 0 minutes of time. 3. With the Davis Contract highlighted in the Project Window, use the mouse pointer to click once on the Computer Button. The TimeSheet screen will disappear. The menu bar at the top of the Program Manager window will flash. This reminds you that TimeSheet is active and in a waiting mode. The TimeSheet icon will be the highlighted icon. Single click on any other icon to move the focus away from TimeSheet. Then using a watch or a clock with a second hand note the time to the second and immediately double click start any program icon (Remember! Do not click on the TimeSheet icon because it is already running in the background.) 4. Watch the clock. Wait 65 seconds. Then Exit this program. 5. TimeSheet will automatically restart. The Project Window should have the Davis Contract highlighted in black. The Hours Window will show 0 and the Minutes Window will show the 1 minute that you used in the program you just started and ended. 6. Now use the mouse pointer to highlight Project 3. The Project Window will highlight Project 3 in black. The Hours Window will show 3 hours and the Minutes Window will show 3 minutes. Chose Delete from the Menu Bar. Project 3 will disappear. 7. Now chose Add from the Menu Bar. The bottom of the screen will show a blank text box with 0 hours and 0 minutes. Type Jones Job in the text box and use the mouse pointer to single click on the Add Project button. The Add box will disappear. The Project Window will now show the Jones Job as the last entry. Jones Job should be highlighted in black. 8. Use the mouse pointer to single click on the Clock button. The TimeSheet screen will disappear. A screen saver screen will appear. This screen can be left on for long periods without burn-in damage to your monitor. Look at the time entry beneath the Jones Job line. This line shows how long this screen has been on. Use this screen to time any work that requires a timer but is not work done on the computer. Leave this screen on until this line shows 2 minutes. Then press any keyboard key or the right mouse button. The regular TimeSheet screen will return. The Jones Job entry in the Project Window will now show 2 minutes elapsed time. 9. Use the mouse pointer to highlight the Davis Contract entry. Notice that when the Davis Contract entry is highlighted the hours and minutes windows changes to 1 minute. Now use the mouse pointer to again highlight the Jones Job. Notice that the hours and minutes windows show 0 hours and 2 minutes. 10. Highlight the Davis Contract entry in the Project Window again. Then chose Quit from the Menu Bar. TimeSheet will end at this point. Now restart TimeSheet by double-clicking the icon. TimeSheet's Project Window will again show the Davis Contract as the chosen, highlighted entry. All file saving is handled automatically by TimeSheet. TimeSheet never forgets anything. This tutorial demonstrates each of the major functions of the TimeSheet program. The Computer Button is used to time work done on the computer by timing the use of any Windows program. The Clock Button is used as an automatic stopwatch timer for any work that is not done on the computer. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT ! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Click the Computer button and TimeSheet will disappear! The standard Windows screen will then appear. * TimeSheet IS STILL ACTIVE ! - THE MENU BAR WILL FLASH * * TimeSheet is waiting for you to start a new program * Move the mouse pointer to any icon other than TimeSheet. Start the program. When you exit this program; TimeSheet will reappear showing how long you used the program. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- How to use the computer button: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This button is used to keep track of the amount of time you use any Windows software application. Clicking once on the Computer button causes TimeSheet to disappear. The normal Windows screen appears. Start a program as you normally would and a timer will begin. The timer will continue until you exit the program. After you exit, TimeSheet will reappear showing how long you used the program. The recorded time is cumulative so you may start and stop the program as many times as you like. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- How to use the clock button: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This button is used to keep track of non-computer time. Clicking once on the Clock button starts a screen saver timer. You may exit this screen at any time by clicking the mouse button or pressing any keyboard key. The amount of time that elapsed while this screen was active will be added to your project upon return to the regular TimeSheet screen. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Project Window: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You cannot type directly in this window. All times kept by the Computer button and the Clock button are shown in the Hours & Minutes window and are stored with the currently selected project. To select a new project, put the mouse pointer on the desired project and click the left button. This line in the Project Window changes to black and becomes the selected project. When you close TimeSheet, the last selected project will be the selected project the next time you start TimeSheet. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Menu Bar: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To delete a project, select the project with the mouse pointer. Then chose Delete from the Menu above the Project window. To add new projects to the Project Window, chose Add from the Menu above the Project Window. The new project is added to the bottom of the list and becomes the selected project .Scroll bars appear if more projects are added than can fit in the Project Window. You may have up to 32,000 different projects. To change any project name or the time associated with it, select the project with the mouse pointer then chose Modify from the Menu line above the Project Window. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using TimeSheet without a mouse: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TimeSheet can be used without a mouse. The following keys will activate the various functions of the program: FROM THE MENU BAR... Alt-Q To exit the program Alt-P To print a timesheet log Alt-A To add a new project Alt-D To delete the highlighted project Alt-M To modify the highlighted project IN THE PROJECT WINDOW... Up Arrow Scrolls the highlight bar up Down Arrow Scrolls the highlight bar down FOR THE CLOCK OR COMPUTER BUTTONS... Tab key: Moves the focus from the project window to each button in turn. If a button is active the button is highlighted. A highlighted button can be activated by pressing the Enter key. To again move around the Project Window you must press the Tab key until neither the Clock Button or the Computer Button is highlighted. SELECTING IN THE ADD OR MODIFY BOXES... Enter key: Moves from the Project box to the Hours or Minutes boxes. Pressing Enter in the Minutes box accepts the current additions or changes and modifies the Project Window accordingly. Escape key: Pressing the Esc key in the Project Box closes the Add or Modify box without making any changes. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Setting or changing the Time or Date: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To set the clock or change the date chose SET TIME/DATE from the Menu above the Project Window. Click the mouse pointer on the section of the time or date you wish to change. Use the up or down arrows to the left of either box to increase or decrease the current setting. A setting may also be changed by selecting the section, holding down the left mouse button and dragging across the desired number to be changed. The number should change to highlighted text. Type in the correction to replace the highlighted text. Closing the Date and Time Change Box involves closing two boxes. Pressing the Enter key or clicking on the OK button accepts any changes and closes the first box. Then either select the square box drop-down menu in the upper left corner and chose Close or press the Alt-F4 keys simultaneously. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Automatically Starting TimeSheet: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you find that you use TimeSheet all the time, you may wish to run TimeSheet automatically when windows starts. This can be accomplished in at least three ways. 1. If you start Windows in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file, change the line that starts Windows from: WIN to read WIN C:\TS\TS.EXE This will start TimeSheet each time you start your computer and it reads the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. If you close Windows and return by typing Win alone, TimeSheet will not start with Windows. 2. You could edit the WIN.INI file to automatically run TimeSheet. In the first section at the top of WIN.INI labeled [Windows] locate the line that reads run= and change the line to read: run=C:\TS\TS.EXE This method starts TimeSheet each and every time Windows starts. 3. If you are using Windows 3.1 simply drag the TimeSheet icon into the StartUp Group Window. This also starts TimeSheet each time Windows begins. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TimeSheet and screen savers: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TimeSheet does not like screen savers. Please do not run screen savers while you use TimeSheet. Screen savers slow down Time Clock's ability to work efficiently with Window's Program Manager. Besides, TimeSheet has a screen saver built into the program. If you need a screen saver, just click the Clock button. If you don't need to time the use of the screen saver, simply start with a project with 0 hours and 0 minutes and modify the project back to 0 hours and 0 minutes when you finish. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Keeping Time for Multiple Programs with TimeSheet: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IT'S EASIER TO USE TIMESHEET IF YOU DO ONLY ONE THING AT A TIME! If you have very much experience with Windows, you know that you can start and run several programs at the same time. Although it is easier to use TimeSheet if you only work with one program at a time. You can work with several programs at once. TimeSheet will then time the use of the group. It doesn't matter what order you start the group of program or what order you exit each program. TimeSheet will return when all the programs you started have been closed. In the situation of working with multiple programs; TimeSheet performs timekeeping services for the whole group not just the first program you start. TimeSheet will only return when all the programs you started are closed. You cannot switch to TimeSheet while you have either one or several programs started with the Computer button. You must close all the programs you started after clicking on the Computer button. TimeSheet will return automatically. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saving Files in TimeSheet:: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TimeSheet's menu bar does not contain a File choice. This is because TimeSheet handles all file saving chores automatically. Each and every change in the Project Window or the Hours & Minutes windows are recorded immediately. All file saves and retrieves are done automatically. Because all information is saved as you go, you may quit the program at any time and the next time you start TimeSheet the Project Window and the Hours & Minutes Windows will be exactly as you left them. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- How TimeSheet Keeps Time: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Computer button starts keeping time from the second any program is started from the regular Windows screen. NO TIME IS KEPT UNTIL A NEW PROGRAM IS STARTED. You could remain at the regular Windows screen for an hour, start a program, and exit it in a few seconds. When TimeSheet returns, no time will be logged in the Hours & Minutes Windows. Only the time in the program is recorded, not the time at the regular Windows Screen. The Clock button keeps time from the second you start the screen saver until you exit by clicking the mouse or pressing any key. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Obtaining a registered copy of our software: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please use this form when ordering by mail. Tempis Software 1.0 ( no nagger screen ) and manual. NAME _______________________________________________ APARTMENT or RURAL ROUTE._________________________ STREET ______________________________________________ CITY__________________________________________________ STATE_________________________ ZIP_________________ TELEPHONE NUMBER_________________________________ Disk Size preferred 3.5"_________ 5.25"__________ TimeSheet 1.0 disk & manual $30.00 ______ Tennessee residents add 8.25% sales tax (2.48) ______ Shipping/Handling - US or Canada $ 4.00 ______ Shipping/Handling - Outside of US or Canada $15.00 _______ ================= TOTAL in US Funds drawn on a US Bank.... $____________ Make checks payable to: Richard Boles Mail to: Tempis Software Richard Boles 2909 Smallwood Drive Knoxville, Tennessee 37920-4769 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Software Updates: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you desire to join our mailing list for the newest version information concerning TimeSheet software and other fine Tempis Software products address correspondence to: Tempis Software Mailing List 2909 Smallwood Drive Knoxville, TN 37920-4769 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Windows is a copyright trademark of Microsoft Corporation. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------