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Day By Day 1.2

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Contents:

    Change Password

    Default Daily Task List

    Diary

    Enter Password

    Master Task List

    Master Task Window

    Print Screen

    Schedule

    Task List Window

    Text Search Window

    To Do List

    ToolBar

Menus

   File

   Setup

Ordering Information:

The registered version of Day By Day 1.2 is available for $19.95, plus $3.95 shipping and handling.

To order Day By Day via credit card, call the Public (Software) Library at 1-800-242-4775 (1-800-2424-PSL), or 1-713-524-6394.  These numbers are for CREDIT CARD ORDERS ONLY.  We accept VISA, MasterCard, American Express, and Discover.  Specify PsL Product Number 11688.

To order on-line via CompuServe, GO SWREG and register ID# 3923.

Tech Support:

For free technical support, registered users may call us at (201)635-1824, or leave e-mail at Compuserve ID# 76336,3271.  Unregistered users must rely on this help file for support.

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File

Choosing File from the Main Menu causes the File Sub-Menu to be displayed:

Menu

   Open

   Exit

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Setup

Clicking Setup from the Main Menu will cause the Setup Sub-Menu to be displayed:

Menu

   Change Password

   Master Task List

   Default Daily Task List

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Text Search Window

Clicking the Text Search button from the Diary page will cause the Text Search Window to be displayed:

 	To begin a text search , enter the string for which you wish to search in the Search String text box.  If you wish your search to be case sensitive , click the Case Sensitive check box.

Clicking the OK returns you to the Diary page and presents you with your resulting recordset .  You may scroll through this recordset using the data control  in the Diary page.  (While in Text Search mode, the calendar control on the Diary page is disabled.)

To come out of Text Search mode, click on the End Search button in the Diary page.

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Master Task Window

This window is displayed when adding or editing a task in the Master Task  List:

 	The Master Task Window provides a method of adding and editing tasks within the Master Task List, as well as designating a task as a Default Daily Task .  Master Tasks are those which you may wish to perform often, although not necessarily on a regular basis.  "Wash Car" or "Get Haircut" might be good examples of  Master Tasks, since they must be done repeatedly, but not necessarily at the same day and time every single week.  A Default Daily Task on the other hand, is one which qualifies as a Master Task since it is not only performed repeatedly, but it is also done the same day and time every week.  "Sales Meeting" might be a good example of a Default Daily Task, if you're expected every Monday at 9:00 AM.

To add a Master Task, simply type in the name of the task in the field provided.  If you wish to designate the task as a Default Daily Task, first check the Default Daily Task checkbox.  Then, check the days of the week during which this task is to be performed each week.  Then, scroll through the Times List on the right side of the Master Task Window and click on the appropriate time.  (Be careful not to mistake AM for PM or PM for AM.)  To save your task to the Master Task List (and Default Daily Task List if so indicated), click OK.  Clicking the Cancel button aborts the operation.

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Enter Password...

This Enter Password... screen is displayed each time Day By Day is loaded:

Passwords in Day By Day are case-sensitive.  In other words, 'BLUE' and 'blue' do not match.  When entering your password to run Day By Day, if the wrong password is entered an alarm is sounded and Day By Day is automatically closed.  In this way, all of the data you enter in Day By Day is protected from unauthorized viewing.

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Default Daily Task List

Choosing Default Daily Task  List from the Setup Sub-Menu causes this screen to be displayed:

The Default Daily Task List is a grid which shows you all of your Default Daily Tasks at a glance.  Listed is each Default Daily Task, along with the day of the week and the time of day at which it is scheduled.

Clicking the OK button closes this window.

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Task List Window

The Task List Window is displayed when choosing Edit Task or Delete Task from the Master Task  List Sub-Menu:

The Task List Window is used to choose a Master Task to edit or delete.

If you are editing a task, highlight the task and click OK.  You will be brought to the Master Task Window in order to edit the task information.

If you are deleting a task, highlight the task and click OK.  The task will be deleted from the Master Task List.

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To Do List

 	Choosing To Do List... from the Open SubMenu causes the To Do List page to be displayed:

The To Do List page can also be displayed by clicking on the To Do List icon in the ToolBar on the Main Screen, or by clicking on the To Do List tab while working on the Schedule page or the Diary page.

The To Do List page allows you to create a list of tasks which are to be completed on a given day.  To add a task to the To Do List, you have the option of typing in the name of the task, or choosing a task from the Master Task  List.  To choose from the Master Task List, click the Master Task List button in the upper right corner of the To Do List page.  This causes the Master Task List to be displayed, at which point you may choose one by clicking on it and then clicking the OK button beneath the Master Task List.  This will cause the task to appear in the Uncompleted Tasks  list box.  You may also add a task to the To Do List by typing it in as mentioned above.  After typing the task into the New Task field, click the Add A New Task button.  If the task is not already in the Master Task List, a message box will be displayed informing you of this fact and asking you whether you would like it to automatically be added to the Master Task List as well as to the day's To Do List.  If the task is a recurring task such as "Pay Bills", you may wish to do so by choosing Yes.  (You may also do this directly through the Master Task List Window itself, but this saves you the trouble.)  If the task is one that will most likely not be recurring such as "Go to daughter's wedding", you'd probably choose No.

Once you have completed a particular task, you may move it over to the Completed Tasks  list box.  To do this, simply click on the task in question in the Uncompleted Tasks list box, and then click the Complete button.  Should you wish to move a task from the Completed Tasks list box back to the Uncompleted Tasks list box, simply click on it in the Completed Tasks list box and then click on the Incomplete button.

To remove a task from a given day's list entirely, simply click on it in the Uncompleted Tasks list box, and then click on the Remove Task button.

At the end of the day, if you have not completed all of the tasks in the Uncompleted Tasks list box, you may wish to push them into the next day's (or any subsequent day's) Uncompleted Tasks list box.  Clicking the Push All  button causes the Push window to appear, and allow you to specify to which date you would like to push all of the uncompleted tasks.  Clicking the OK button in the Push window causes this action to be performed.  Clicking Cancel in the Push windows aborts this operation.  Similarly, you can pull tasks from a previous day's Uncompleted Tasks list box into the current day by clicking the Pull All  button.

The To Do List page works in conjunction with the Default Daily Task  List.  For example, if you've designated a Default Daily Task named "Sales Meeting" to be performed each Monday, every time you turn to any given Monday you will see that "*Sales Meeting" is entered automatically in the Uncompleted Tasks list box.  The asterisk(*)  is used in the To Do List page to designate either a Default Daily Task or one that has been scheduled via the Schedule Task button (see below).

The To Do List page also works in conjunction with the Schedule page.  You may actually assign a scheduled time for a task from within the To Do List page without having to turn to the Schedule page.  To do this, click the desired task in the Uncompleted Tasks list box.  Then click the Schedule Task button.  This will cause a Times List to appear.  Click the appropriate time in the Times List.  (Be careful not to confuse AM and PM.)

The calendar on the left of the To Do List page is used to change dates.  If you want to view the To Do List for a particular date within the current month, simply click that date on the calendar and that date's To Do List will be displayed and made available for editing.  To back up or advance a month, click the left or right scroll buttons respectively.  To back up or advance a full year, click the scroll bar to the left of the middle scroll button or to the right of the middle scroll button.

You may save all your changes in the To Do List page by clicking the Save button, or by changing dates on the calendar.  If you turn pages or click the Exit button prior to saving, some or all of your changes will be lost.

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Schedule

Choosing Schedule... from the Open Sub-Menu will cause the Schedule page to be displayed:

The Schedule page can also be displayed by clicking on the Schedule icon in the ToolBar on the Main Screen, or by clicking on the Schedule tab while working on the To Do List page or the Diary page.

The Schedule page can be used to schedule appointments or any other events on any given day.   The Schedule page contains fields for every half-hour from 8:00 AM through 6:00 PM, and every hour throughout the night.  Night-time fields are easily distinguishable since they use white type on a dark grey background as opposed to black on white for the day-time fields.  To schedule an appointment or event, you may click on the appropriate time field within the appropriate date, and type in the information you desire.  Each time field holds up to 30 characters.

The Schedule page works in conjunction with the Default Daily Task  List.  For example, if you've designated a Default Daily Task named "Sales Meeting" to be performed each Monday at 9:00 AM, every time you turn to any given Monday following the date upon which you designated "Sales Meeting" as a Default Daily Task you will see, sure enough, that in the 9:00 AM time field for that day the words "+Sales Meeting" are entered automatically.  The plus sign (+)  indicates that this is a Default Daily Task and was not scheduled manually.

The  Schedule page also works in conjunction with the To Do List page, in that tasks can be placed directly in the Schedule page from within the To Do List page if desired.  This is discussed further in the To Do List help topic.

The calendar to the left of the time fields is used to change dates.  If you want to view the schedule for a particular date within the current month, simply click that date on the calendar and that date's schedule will be displayed and made available for editing.  To back up or advance a month, click the left or right scroll buttons respectively.  To back up or advance a full year, click the scroll bar to the left of the middle scroll button or to the right of the middle scroll button.

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Diary

Choosing Diary... from the Open Sub-Menu causes the Diary page to be displayed:

The Diary page can also be accessed by clicking the Diary icon in the ToolBar on the Main Screen, or by clicking the Diary tab while working on the To Do List page or the Schedule page.

The Diary page allow you to keep a journal of your daily thoughts, activities, etc.  You may type in up to 64,000 characters of notes per day in the text window .  The calendar to the left of the text window is used to change dates.  If you want to view the entry for a particular date within the current month, simply click that date on the calendar and that date's entry will be displayed in the text window and available for editing.  To back up or advance a month, click the left or right scroll buttons respectively.  To back up or advance a full year, click the scroll bar to the left of the middle scroll button or to the right of the middle scroll button.

The Diary page features a powerful Text Search feature.  Clicking the Text Search button activates this feature and causes the Text Search Window to be displayed.  A Text Search returns all entries containing a string of text which you specify in the Text Search Window, allowing you to view (and edit) all entries pertaining to a particular person, place, event, etc.  You can navigate through this recordset  using the data control  located underneath the text window.  For further information on performing a text search  you may view the Text Search Window topic.  Once you've completed your text search operation, clicking the End Search button returns the Diary page to its normal function.

A daily entry in the Diary page can be saved by clicking the Save button.  An entry is also automatically saved if you change dates.  Clicking the Undo button returns the entry to its previous state after it was last saved.

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ToolBar

 To Do List icon

 Schedule icon

 Diary icon

 Print Screen icon

 Exit icon

 Help icon

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Change Password

Choosing Change Password from the Setup Sub-Menu causes the Change Password window to be displayed:

To change your password you must enter your old password first, then enter your new password twice.  The characters you type are not displayed on the screen for reasons of security.  Your password must be between four and eight characters in length.

Note: Passwords in Day By Day are case-sensitive.  In other words, the passwords 'BLUE', and 'blue' do not match and will result in an error.

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Master Task List

Clicking Master Task  List from the Setup Sub-Menu causes the Master Task List Sub-Menu to be displayed:

Menu

   Add Task

   Edit Task

   Delete Task

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Open

Choosing Open from the File Sub-Menu causes the Open Sub-Menu to be displayed:

Menu

   To Do List...

   Schedule...

   Diary...

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Print Screen

Clicking on the Print Screen icon [image] from any point within Day By Day will cause the entire screen to be printed out on your printer.

The Print Screen feature is useful, for example, if you wish to take a hard copy of your day's To Do List and/or your Schedule along with you as you travel away from your office.

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Glossary

A

asterisk(*)

C

case sensitive

Completed Tasks

D

data control

Default Daily Task

M

Master Task

P

plus sign (+)

Pull All

Push All

R

recordset

T

text search

text window

U

Uncompleted Tasks


text window

The text window in the Diary page is used to display and edit each day's diary entries.


recordset

A recordset is a set of records.  In the Diary page, it refers to the set of records returned during a text search.


data control

The data control is used to navigate a recordset.  With the data control you can move to the first, last, previous, or next record in a recordset.


text search

A text search allows you to view all records in the Diary page containing a specific string of text.  This is useful when you wish to view all entries pertaining to a specific person, place, event, etc.


Default Daily Task

A Default Daily Task is a task which you wish to have scheduled on a regular basis, at a particular time and day of the week.  A Default Daily Task must also appear in the Master Task List, and can be designated as such from within the Master Task Window.


Master Task

A master task is a task which is performed repeatedly. When adding a task in the To Do List page, you can pick the task from the Master Task List rather than having to type it in each time.


plus sign (+)

The plus sign is used in the Schedule page to designate a task that was inserted automatically from the Default Daily Task List, as opposed to one that was scheduled manually.


case sensitive

Passwords in Day By Day are case sensitive.  A text search within the Diary page can be case sensitive if you desire.  A case sensitive search will NOT return a match if you enter 'BLUE' or 'Blue' as your search criteria, and the system encounters the word 'blue'.  A non-case sensitive search would include those records.


Uncompleted Tasks

Refers to a list of tasks in a given day's To Do List page which have yet to be completed.


Push All

The Push All button on the To Do List page allows you to push all Uncompleted Tasks from the current date to a future date.


Pull All

The Pull All button on the To Do List page allows you to pull all Uncompleted Tasks from a previous date into the current date.


asterisk(*)

The asterisk(*) is used in the To Do List page to designate a task which is either a Default Daily Task, or one which has been scheduled.


Completed Tasks

Refers to a list of tasks in a given day's To Do List page which have already been completed.