Copyright: (C) Copyright   Jonathan P Hill (Quest) 1995


Intime for Windows Help Contents

To learn how to use Help, press F1 or choose Using Help from the Help menu

General

PowerBar	General	Menus

Organizer

Opening	People	ToolBar

Initials	Diary	Printing

Sections	Todo	Searching

Adding	Anniversary	Alarm

Deleting	Notes

Entries	Convert

Closing	Graphs

Accessories

Calendar	Clock	Alarm

Setup

Setup	Help	Hardware


Power bar

The Intime Power bar is a menu system that always remains visible infront of other applications and is used to run applications that form part of the Intime suite of programmes.

To run the Power bar double click on the following icon

The following will be visible in the top right of the screen and can be used to run applications by clicking on the relevant icons

The icons run the following applications :-

Organizer

Calendar

Alarm

World Clock

Iconeditor

Lottery

Help

Close / Exit the Power bar.


General

Running a Application

To run a application Double click on the Icon.

Closing a Application

To Close a Application click on the box with a horizontal line in the box then select Close alternatively just double click on the Box. The box is located in the top left of the associated window.

Move Between Controls and Input Boxes

To move between input boxes etc. use the press the TAB key alternatively click on the required box etc. with the Mouse and select or type in the required information.

Drop Down List Boxes

To change the text in the drop down list boxes click on the down arrow with the mouse and then click on the required option.

Alternatively use the Up and Down arrow keys to scroll through the options or hold down the Alt key and press the arrow down key to display the list.


Menus

Menu location

The Menus are located at the top of the Window

Moving Around the Menus

To select a Menu item press the Alt Key, then use the Arrow keys to move Left, right, up and down the menus or click on the menus with the Mouse.

Fast access keys are included to access menu items with a Keyboard  i.e. Without selecting any of the menus hold down the Ctrl key and press A this will add a Entry.

Each Menu item has a Underlined character by Holding down the Alt key and pressing the relevant letter will access the Menu or button etc. i.e. Alt + C will display the Controls Menu then press the relevant letter on the menu as required i.e. N to move to the next entry.


Opening
Opening Intime Organizer

After running the Organizer will be seen on the screen. The organizer can be opened using one of the following methods :-

1) Click on the Open tab

2) Use the Menu File and then Open

3) Press the Tab key on the keyboard Twice.


Initials

To change the initials at the bottom of the Organizer front cover Click on the letters or press the tab key once and delete the current initials and add your own.

When Exiting the Organizer the Initials will be saved to the Hard disk.


Sections

To change the current section in the Organizer use one of the following methods

1) Select the Sections menu and then the relevant section as required (See below).

2) Click on the relevant tabs

3) Press F5....F9 as required (See function key descriptions below).


Adding

To add additional entries in the organizer such as new people, Notes, Graphs and new Diaries click on the Add word located at the top of the organizer spine.

Alternatively the Entries menu can be used or Hold down the Ctrl key and press the A key.


Deleting

To delete entries in the organizer such as people, Notes, Graphs click on the Del word located at the bottom of the organizer spine.

Alternatively the Entries menu can be used or Hold down the Ctrl key and press the D key.

Notes :-

The last record cannot be Deleted so create a new record first


Entries
 Entries Next / Previous

Next entry

To move to the next entry in the people, Notes and Graph sections etc. click on the turned up corner of the right hand side page.

Alternatively the Entries menu can be used or Hold down the Ctrl key and press the N key.

Previous entry

To move to the previous entry in the people, Notes and Graph sections etc. click on the turned up corner of the left hand side page.

Alternatively the Entries menu can be used or Hold down the Ctrl key and press the P key.

Moving to the First / Last Entry

The Entries menu can be used to move to the first or last record.

To move to the First Entry	Ctrl + F

To move to the Last Entry	Ctrl + L


Closing
Closing Intime

Exit the application

To exit the application select File menu and Exit or press Ctrl + E

Alternatively double click on the control box symbol in the top left of the active window.

  Control box


People
Organizer People Section

Selecting the Required Section

To enter information on people select the peoples Section

Adding / Deleting Entries

To add entries use the Add Symbol or the Entries Menu.

To delete entries use the Del Symbol or the Entries Menu.

Moving Between Entries

To move between entries either use the Next or Previous Entries or select from the alphabetical list on the left hand side page.

The < Symbol at the top of the list moves to the very first entry and the > Symbol at the bottom of the list moves to the last entry.

Selecting the Persons Title

To select a persons title click on the down arrow key and select the required title i.e. Mr or type in the required title if it is not in the list.

User Defined Field

To amend the user defined field label click on the label and remove the existing title and type in the required text for the fields label.

Searching and Printing

To search for a person see the Searching help section or to print reports see the Printing help section.


Diary
Organizer Diary Section

Selecting the Required Section

To enter information on dates and appointments select the Diary Section

Adding a New Diary

To add a new diary use the Add Symbol or the Entries Menu.

Opening a Diary

When the Organizer is opened the last Diary edited will be Loaded.

To open a different Diary click on the Open Diary icon  [image] which is located at the top of the left hand side page next to the date.

Moving Between Entries

To move between entries/dates either use the Next or Previous Entries or select from the planner on the left hand page.

Selecting the Images for the Year Planner.

To select a image for the Year planner double click on the date required on the year planner and the Images window will be displayed, Click on the required image and the picture will be transferred to the Planner.

You can set four projects per year planner by editing the Blue labels.

Searching and Printing

To search for a person see the Searching help section or to print reports see the Printing help section.


Todo
Organizer Todo Section

Selecting the Required Section

To enter information on items Todo select the Todo Section

Amending Entries

To amend items click on the required line and add or delete the text using the keyboard.

Moving Between Entries

To move between entries use the arrow keys or the mouse.

Order.

To view the Todo items in order enter a priority rating from 0-9 in the Order column (9 being the highest priority thus appearing at the top). When the priority rating is entered the entries will be sorted as soon as the next row is selected. This will allow other modifications the same line to be carried out first.

Entering Information and Selecting the Date.

To enter a date in the date column Click on the required line in the date column and type in the date alternatively Double click on the date section of the line and a calendar will be displayed. Select the date by double clicking on date in the calendar.

Searching and Printing

To search for a person see the Searching help section or to print reports see the Printing help section.


Anniversary
Organizer Anniversary Section

Selecting the Required Section

To enter information on Anniversary items i.e. Yearly occurrences  select the Todo Section

Selecting the Month

Select the required month to be edited by using the Drop Down List Box

Amending Entries

To amend items click on the required line and add or delete the text using the keyboard.

Moving Between Entries

To move between entries use the arrow keys or the mouse.

Order by Date.

To view the Anniversary items in order enter a Day from 01-31in the Day column.  When the day is entered the entries will be sorted as soon as the next row is selected. This will allow other modifications the same line to be carried out first.

Searching and Printing

To search for a person see the Searching help section or to print reports see the Printing help section.


Notes
Organizer Notes Section

Selecting the Required Section

To enter information on General Notes select the Notes Section

Adding / Deleting Entries

To add entries use the Add Symbol or the Entries Menu.

To delete entries use the Del Symbol or the Entries Menu.

Moving Between Entries

To move between entries either use the Next or Previous Entries or select from the alphabetical list on the left hand side page.

Adding a Picture

To add a picture select the directory where the picture is located and click on the file name in the file list box and the picture will be displayed in the Picture box. Valid pictures are WMF,BMP and ICO. To remove a picture click on the Remove Picture Button.

The file location to the picture is located in the box at the bottom of the right hand side page.

Pictures loaded into the Organizer will require the file to be present in the loaded directory at all times.

Searching and Printing

To search for a person see the Searching help section or to print reports see the Printing help section.


Convert
Organizer Conversions Section

Selecting the Required Section

To convert numbers and figures etc. select the Graph Section

Converting Numbers

1) Select the required group from the option buttons.

2) Enter the required figure in the top text box.

3) Select the required conversion by using the Drop Down List Box

4) The answer is shown in the bottom text box.


Graphs
Organizer Graph Section

Selecting the Required Section

To enter graph data and display graphs select the Graph Section

Adding / Deleting Entries

To add entries use the Add Symbol or the Entries Menu.

To delete entries use the Del Symbol or the Entries Menu.

After adding a Entry add the required data in the Text boxes.

Moving Between Data Entries

To move between entries either use the Next or Previous Entries or select from the alphabetical list on the left hand side page.

Moving Between Graphs

To move between the graphs when shown on the screen use the two arrow buttons bottom left and right of the screen or use the Entries menu as follows.

To move to the Next Entry	Ctrl + N

To move to the Previous Entry	Ctrl + P

Displaying a Graph

After entering at least two Text and value items click on the graph Icon at the top left of the right hand side page and the graph will be displayed on the screen.

Changing Graph Types.

To change the Type of Graph Select the Types menu and select the required graph or press F5 .... F9. The graph must be Visible to Change the Types and Options.

The different types of graph are :-

       2D Bar chart	F5

       3D Bar chart	F6

       2D Pie chart	F7

       3D Pie chart	F8

       Line Graph	F9

Changing Graph options.

The following items can be changed from the Options Menu.

Format 	I.e. Horizontal or Vertical bar chart etc.

Titles 	Sizes of text for the Main titles and Labels etc.

Legend	Pie chart Legend Style and Size

Grid	Horizontal Vertical None or Both.

Colours	Various Colour Schemes

Searching and Printing

To print a graph you must have the graph displayed on the screen.

To search for a person see the Searching help section or to print data reports see the Printing help section.

Clipboard

The Graph can also be placed on the Clipboard for pasting into other Windows applications such as word processors, graphic packages etc.

While viewing the graph select the Print Menu then Clipboard Menu and the graph will be copied into the clipboard for pasting into other applications.


Toolbar
Organizer Toolbar

The Toolbar can be used to select various options in the Intime suite of programs and other windows accessories.

The Icon buttons have the following uses :-

Searching

Printing

Toolbar Appearance

Windows Write Application

Windows Paintbrush Application

Windows Terminal (Communications) Application

Windows Calculator Application

Intime Calendar Application

Intime World Clock Application

Intime Alarm


Printing

Selecting the Report

Click on the ToolBar icon button with the picture of a printer and the printing options screen will be displayed then select the following information.

1) Select the Section of the Organizer to be printed from Drop Down List Box

2) Enter the search string in the white Text Input box.

3) Select the Field to be Searched in from the Drop Down List Box

4) Select the required report from the Drop Down List Box

5) Select the order which the report is to be listed from the Drop Down List Box

6) Select if the report is to be displayed to Screen or direct to the printer from the Drop Down List Box

Printing the Report

Select the Print button to print the report to the screen/Printer

The report Will be Shown to the Screen first if requested.

Print Report Icons

Once the report has been displayed on the screen the following icons will be displayed at the bottom of the print window.

To move between pages click on the arrow icons.

(Bottom left of the print screen)

Various layouts can be displayed by clicking on the icon with squares

Print out the report by clicking on the printer icon and enter the number of copies etc.

Select the number of copies and pages required

Click on OK to Continue and print

To close the report double click on the square box with a line in, at the top left of the print report screen

Notes :-

The case icon at the bottom of the report screen is used for exporting the report to other formats such as Microsoft Word etc..

If a Database Entry is changed the report must be re-produced by selecting the report from the Print menu etc.

Paper - All reports are set for printing on A4 paper.


Searching

Searching Options

Click on the ToolBar icon button with the picture of a Magnifying Glass and the searching options screen will be displayed then select the following information.

1) Enter the required search string in the text box i.e. Hill

2) Click on the square boxes to search within particular sections

3) Click on the search button or select search from the File menu

Green ticks will appear if the Text is found in the section and red crosses will appear if the text is not found in the section.

To goto the found text click on the relevant Tick associated with the section and the relevant record within the Organizer will be displayed.

At the bottom of the Organizer two mini Magnifying glasses will be displayed.

These are for further searching forwards and backwards through the section to find other entries associated with the text.

Notes :-

The searching facility will match both upper and lower case entries and words within words i.e. It will find Car within Motorcar.


ALARM
Organizer Alarm

Running the Alarm

To run the Intime Alarm click on the following bell icon on the Organizer ToolBar.

Computer System Time.

The Windows clock setting found in the control panel is used to trigger the alarm, ensure that it is set to the right time.

The system time is displayed in the top left of the Alarm screen

Select the Alarm Time and Reminder

To select the relevant alarm time in the alarm clock click on the down arrows on the list boxes and select the relevant hour and minutes.

Text can be entered into the text box to remind the user what the alarm is for.

Arming / Cancelling the Alarm

To arm the alarm click on the Set Alarm button

To Reset the alarm click on the Cancel Alarm button


Calendar
Calendar Application

Running the intime Calendar.

To run the Intime calendar click on the following icon which can be found on the Windows program manager, on the Power bar.

Changing the displayed year.

To change the year on the Calendar use the scroll bar on the left of the screen. To increase the Year click on the bottom arrow or to decrease the year click on the up arrow.

Changing the displayed year by searching.

To locate a Year quickly use the Menu Goto.

Type in the Year required or use the scroll bar and then select OK and the calendar will be updated to the required year.


Clock
Clock Application

Running the intime Clock.

To run the Intime clock click on the following icon which can be found on the Windows program manager, on the Power bar and in the Organizer tool bar.

Computer system time.

The Windows clock setting found in the control panel must be set to GMT to display the correct world times.

Select World Time

To display the relevant world time on the clock click on the relevant part of the map. The red square marker will show the relevant place on the map to which the clock time is related.

Clock Display

The clock displayed is in 24 Hour format both in Analogue and digital clocks. The red figure i.e. -06 states that the current location selected on the map is 6 hours behind GMT. The clock displays the correct time for the selected location where as the top centre of the screen displays the System time setting (GMT).


Alarm
Alarm Application

The Alarm is a totally independent alarm clock to the one found in the Organizer.

Running the Alarm

To run the Intime Alarm click on the following icon which can be found on the Windows program manager, on the Power bar and in the Organizer tool bar.

Computer System Time.

The Windows clock setting found in the control panel is used to trigger the alarm, ensure that it is set to the right time.

The system time is displayed in the top left of the Alarm screen

Select the Alarm Time

To select the relevant alarm time in the alarm clock click on the down arrows on the list boxes and select the relevant hour and minutes.

Alarm Type

The alarm can sound in three different tones Phone Alarm Clock and Wrist watch, select the relevant ring type by clicking on the Option buttons.

Arming / Resetting the Alarm

To arm the alarm click on the Set Alarm button

To Reset the alarm click on the Reset Alarm button


Setup

It is recommended that all files with the extension .DLL and .VBX should be placed into the Windows System directory i.e.

C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM

It is recommended that all other files be placed in a directory called Intime on the C: drive i.e.

C:\INTIME

It is recommended that the Alarm clock icon is added to the Startup group in windows to ensure that the alarm clock is initialised every time windows is used.

Load the following Icons on to the Program Manager

  	Intime Menu System

 	Organizer

 	Calendar

 	Alarm Clock  (Preferably In the Start up Window)

 	World Clock

Icon Editor / Viewer

Lottery

Help Files

Should you encounter problems ensure that share is loaded this will enable file  sharing which is sometimes required in a Windows environment. This is only required on windows version 3.1 or below.

Make sure that share is in the path or the path to the file is included i.e.

Enter the following line in the Autoexec.bat file

        C:\DOS\SHARE.EXE /L:500 /F5100

A Space is required before the /


Help

Obtaining Help

Help can be accessed from the Help Menu or by pressing F1

About

Should you require further information select the About menu to Display the About screen which details the Address and Telephone number of Quest technology

Please note that Telephone support can be a chargeable service.


Hardware

 Recommended system requirements.

   IBM or 100% Compatible Personal Computer

   Hard Disk. 8 Megabytes Min.

   Windows 3.1 and MSDOS 5.

   386 or above Processor and 4 Megabytes of RAM 8 recommended. (the more the better)

   Colour VGA screen + 256 colour display.