# ScheduleKeeper 1.2.4 Online Help

## Table Of Contents

About ScheduleKeeper
Version Differences
Starting ScheduleKeeper
The Main Screen
The Menu System
Writing Events
Options

## About ScheduleKeeper

ScheduleKeeper 1.2.4
©2000 Joshua Foster
All Rights Reserved
Website: http://all.at/joshua
Email: joshua_70448@ureach.com
Voicemail: (877)381-0303, ext. 734

## Version Differences

1.1.2 to 1.2.0
1.2.0 to 1.2.1
1.2.1 to 1.2.2
1.2.2 to 1.2.3
1.2.3 to 1.2.4

### 1.1.2 to 1.2.0

#### New Features

- No last name or address fields
- Minutes changeable
- Descriptions list
- Most Recently Used file list
- Print options for multiple dates
- Added options:
- Backup schedule every __ minutes
- Removed options:
- Auto-delete old events
- Save printer options
- File name in title bar
- Copy to Date and Time

#### Bug Fixes

- Main calendar-date picker miscommunication

### 1.2.0 to 1.2.1

#### New Features

- Copy to number of days ahead
- Tabbed options window
- ToolTips added

### 1.2.1 to 1.2.2

#### New Features

- Drag-and-drop functions
- Form-fitting options dialog box
- Simpler About box
- Link to the Word97 help document
- Added options:
- Event alarms
- Default screen
- Word97 help file location

### 1.2.2 to 1.2.3

#### New Features

- Apply and Default buttons added to Option window
- Added options:
- Visual customization options

#### Removed Features:

- Drag-and-drop functions (see Bug Fixes)
- Form-fitting options dialog box (too confusing)

#### Bug Fixes

- Lock-up on close (removed drag-and-drop)

### 1.2.3 to 1.2.4

#### New Features

- Added Date Listing view to view all appointments in one list
- Added options:
- Default Screen - Main Screen options

#### Bug Fixes

- Schedule Name-Backup Path overwrite bug

## Starting ScheduleKeeper

To start ScheduleKeeper, double-click on its icon.
Click on an area of the dialog box that comes up to see an explanation:

### Open Existing Schedule

Clicking this button brings up an Open Schedule... dialog box.
Once you select a schedule and click OK, the main screen is brought up.

### Create New Schedule

Clicking this button brings up a Create New Schedule... dialog box.
Type in a new schedule name and click OK to go to the main screen.

### Exit ScheduleKeeper

Clicking this button exits ScheduleKeeper.

## The Main Screen

Once you get a schedule opened or started, the SK main screen is shown. This can either
be in Calendar View or Date Listing view. To change the schedule's name, click the status bar panel at the bottom left corner.
If you have any events (appointments) for the current day, the number shows up in the
panel next to the schedule name.

### Calendar View

You can change the month and year by clicking on the dropboxes at the top right corner.
To see the schedule for a certain day, double-click it.
To view the number of events for any given day, click that day, and the number of
events will show up in the panel next to the schedule name.

### Date Listing View

To edit an event listed, click on it once.

## The Menu System

Below is a list of the menu system and a description of each command:

Menu | Command | Shortcut | Description
File | New... | Ctrl+N | Creates a new schedule in a user-specified file.
| Open... | Ctrl+O | Opens a previously-created schedule.
| Save |  | This command is disabled. (See below)
| Page Setup | Ctrl+T | Brings up the Page Setup dialog box, where you can edit the printer settings.
| Print... | Ctrl+P | Prints a specified set of dates in a month. (See Print section)
| MRU List | Ctrl+F1-F4 | Opens the selected file from the Most Recently Used file list.
| Exit | Ctrl+X | Exits ScheduleKeeper.
Tools | Options | Ctrl+I | Brings up the Options dialog box.
View | Calendar | Ctrl+C | Shows the Calendar view.
| Date Listing | Ctrl+D | Shows the Date Listing view.
Help | Contents | F1 | Brings up this help document in either Netscape or IE.
| About... | Shift+F1 | Brings up the About ScheduleKeeper screen.
Context | New... |  | Creates a new schedule in a user-specified file.
| Open... |  | Opens a previously-created schedule.
| Print... |  | Prints a specified set of dates in a month. (See Print section)
| Options |  | Brings up the Options dialog box.
| Help |  | Brings up this help document in either Netscape or IE.

#### A note on saving

You don't need to save with ScheduleKeeper. The program automatically saves everything that
you do when you do it, so manual saving is not needed. The only reason the Save command is
still included in the menu system is to avoid scaring people.

## Writing Events

If you double-click a date in the Calendar view, the Date Listing dialog box is brought up.
When there are no events for a certain time slot, the message "No job assigned to this slot."
appears in the slot. If there is an event for a time slot, the exact job time shows up in the
box, and up-and-down arrows appear on the right side. Use these to move up and down and view
the name of the client and the description of the job.
If you want to change the date shown without going back to the main screen, use the box at the
bottom of the screen. If you click the down arrow, you can use a drop-down calendar to change it.
To view and edit the details of a certain job, click the time button next to it.
Once you click a time button next to a job, or click an event in the Date Listing view, the Add
Event dialog box is brought up. Scroll down to a section to view help about it.

### Schedule Date and Time

This shows you what date and time you're editing. You can also view this in the caption
of the dialog box. You can not edit anything in this field but the minutes, which goes
up and down.

### Client Name

This box holds the client's name.

### Job Description

This box holds a description of the job. It is highly recommended that you use a short-hand
for this if you want to be able to read it in the main edit schedule screen.

### OK Button

This writes the new info to the schedule.

### Cancel Button

This cancels the operation, and returns you to the previous window.

### Delete Button

This deletes the current event from the schedule. If this event can't be found, then the operation
is canceled.

### Copy Button

This sends the client name, job description, and minutes to a clipboard file which you can paste
to another time and/or date, or sends them directly to another time and/or date.

### Paste Button

This places the information on the clipboard file to the current event slot. This is only enabled
after you copy something to the clipboard.
***NOTE: This is not the same as the Windows clipboard!***

## Options

A dialog box is brought up when the Tools-Options command is selected, with six tabs along the left:

- Startup
- Backup
- Alarms
- File Paths
- Backgrounds
- Calendar Custom

### Startup

#### Notify of appointments upon loading

This tells the program to alert you when you load the program as to how many appointments you have
for the current day when you start up the program and load a schedule.

#### Auto-load schedule

This tells the program to automatically load a certain schedule.

#### Default screen

Pick which window you want shown when ScheduleKeeper first starts up, and, if you select Main,
which view you want the Main window to show.

### Backup

#### Save backup schedule every __ minutes

This tells the program to save a backup copy of the schedule every specified number of minutes, to a
specified path. The length of time is the same for all schedules, but every schedule has its own
backup file path.

### Alarms

#### Event alarms

This section tells the program to check every specified number of minutes to see if any events are coming
up. You can tell it how many days, hours, and minutes in advance you want to be notified.

### File Paths

#### Default Save Path

This is the folder that the program will automatically load from.
(If you haven't noticed yet, this should be called the Default Load Path...error from a time past...)

#### HTML Help File Location

This tells the program where to look for this help file.

#### Word97 Help File Location

This tells the program where to look for the Word97 help file.

### Backgrounds

#### Startup Background Color

Click this button to change the background color of the Welcome window. The current color shows up in the
box to the right.

#### Main Background Color

Click this button to change the background color of the main window. The current color shows up in the
box to the right.

#### Date Listing Background Color

Click this button to change the background color of the date listing window. The current color shows up in the
box to the right.

#### Add Event Background Color

Click this button to change the background color of the add event window. The current color shows up in the
box to the right.

#### Change All

Click this button to change all of the window background colors.

### Calendar Custom

#### Header

##### Show Header

Tells the calendar whether or not to display the day of the week header.

##### Day Length

Tells the calendar what lengths to display the days of the week in. Examples:

- Short: M
- Medium: Mon
- Long: Monday

##### Font Color

Click this button to change the font color of the header. The current color shows up in the
box to the right.

#### Title

##### Show Title

Tells the calendar whether or not to display the title.

##### Show Date Selectors

Tells the calendar whether or not to display the date selector boxes at the top right corner.

##### Font Color

Click this button to change the font color of the title. The current color shows up in the
box to the right.

#### Grid

##### First Day

Tells the calendar what to display as the first day of the week. Default is Sunday.

##### Font Color

Click this button to change the font color of the day of the month grid. The current color shows up in the
box to the right.