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- -> An APPOINTMENT is merely an event scheduled for a particular time and day.
- A lunch date, for instance, would be entered as an Appointment. A DEADLINE
- is an event for which your office is responsible. It's character is such
- that failing to meet it may get you into trouble. A deadline that's abso-
- lutely crucial should be entered as a GOTCHA. Training or testing should
- be entered as an EXERCISE. The MISCellaneous category is a catch-all.
- For instance, if another office is supposed to answer a complaint by
- 20 May, you would enter that event as Miscellaneous, since you aren't res-
- ponsible for it. But if YOU are supposed to answer a complaint by 20 May,
- you would enter it as a Deadline.
- -> Each entry consists of a date, beginning and ending times, a project and a
- short description of the event. 17 lines of notes may also be attached.
- -> A Reminder is an entry reminding you that an Appointment, Deadline, etc.,
- is expected at some time in the future. A Reminder must be set at least 1
- day prior to the event to which it refers. For instance, you might wish to
- be reminded on Monday that you have an important briefing on Friday. Or you
- might wish to be reminded that a report is due in a couple of weeks (the
- due date of the report would be entered as a deadline, and a reminder could
- be set two weeks prior to that date). Each appointment, deadline, etc.,
- may have up to 4 reminders linked to it.
- -> A Plan is a file that lists the expected events for a project with which
- you are involved. The listing contains the anticipated time intervals bet-
- ween events. When you enter or change an event's date in the Plan, TickleX
- will automatically change the dates for all related events accordingly.
