You can track the time it takes to develop topics or assign a block of time for which to work on topics. This is a handy feature if you need to closely watch the time it takes to work on your project or come up with a work estimate.
Click the Topics tab.
Select the topic(s). To select multiple topics, press and hold CTRL while you click each one.
Click Properties
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Click the Status tab.
In Hours, enter a number.
It's up to you to determine how to use this field. For example, you can enter the estimated number of hours required to author a topic. Or you can record the actual number of hours spent authoring a topic.
Click OK. The hours are assigned to the topic. You will see this information when viewing the Project Status report for your project. The report indicates the total number of topics as well as the total estimated time. The Topic Properties report breaks down the hours on a topic-by-topic basis.
Notes: You can also change topic status, assign priorities, enter your own comments, and assign To Do tasks to the topic at this dialog.