When you edit a task or create a new one, the Task window will be displayed (see picture below).
The following information about a task could be enter:
- On the task tab: name, description, start date, due date,
status, percent completed, date completed, assigned to, category, and priority.
- On the recurrence tab: recurrence type (none, daily, weekly,
monthly and yearly), interval (how many days/weeks/months/years between each
occurrence) and when the task will end (endless, after a specified number of
occurrences or after a specified date).
- On the notification tab: email address where to send the
email (send to, cc, bcc), email subject and email message. On the bottom of
the tab it is displayed the date when the last notification was sent and if
there was an error during sending. Notification will not be sent if you do not
complete fields on this tab.
When you finish working with a task press the OK button to save it and close the window or press the Cancel button to close the window and loose any changes.
The window has a menu that allows you to perform the following operations:
File Menu
New - Creates a new task.
Save - Saves changes to the current task.
Save and Exit - Saves changes to the current task and then will close the window.
Save As - Saves the task in a text file. Select the file where you want to save
it and then click on the Save button.
Print Preview - Displays the Print Preview window for the current task.
Print - Displays the Print window. Make your printer selection and click on
the Print button if you want to print it, or click on the Cancel button if you
do not want to print it.
Close - Closes the window.
Edit Menu
Cut - Cuts the selected text.
Copy - Copies the selected text.
Paste - Pastes the clipboard content in the current text box.
Select All - Selects all text in the current text box.
Undo - Undo the last editing action.
Redo - Redo the last editing action.
View Menu
Go - Displays another task in the same window. This way you van jump to the
next, previous, first or last task in the task list.
Refresh - Reads data from the database for this task and displays it in the
same window. This option is useful in a network when multiple users may change
the same task.
The window's toolbar has buttons that allows you to perform the following operations:
Save - Saves changes to the current task.
Cut - Cuts the selected text.
Copy - Copies the selected text.
Paste - Pastes the clipboard content in the current text box.
Undo - Undo the last editing action.
Refresh - Reads data from the database for this note and displays it in the
same window. This option is useful in a network when multiple users may change
the same note.
Print - Displays the Print window. Make your printer selection and click on
the Print button if you want to print it, or click on the Cancel button if you
do not wan to print it.
Close - Closes the window.
The toolbar was designed to make common tasks easier. Below are the pictures of each toolbar button and a brief description of its function:
Saves the current
item from the list in a text file.
Cuts the selected text
Copies the selected text
to clipbord.
Pastes the text from
the clipboard.
Undoes the last editing
action.
Refreshes data
from the database. This is useful in a network where multiple users can access
the same data.
Prints the current item from the list.
Closes the window.