home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
-
-
-
- RELISH 32-Bit
-
- The Desktop Time and Information Organizer
-
- Developed Expressly for OS/2 Presentation Manager
- By Sundial Systems Corporation
-
-
-
- A BRIEF INTRODUCTION
-
- Relish is a personal time and information organizer that is ideal
- for coordinating tasks and/or managing time. It is organized around
- a database of notes about a variety of commitments. Just make notes
- on who, what, when, where, and why, and Relish will do the rest.
- For instance, the notes are saved, sorted by time and date, and
- reminders are set-up - all automatically.
-
- Relish is intuitively designed and intuitive to use, which makes
- managing time and information both easy and reliable. Workplace
- Shell enhancements for OS/2 2.0 add flexibility to your scheduling
- with extensive drag-and-drop support. Imagine rescheduling by
- dragging a scheduled item to the new date or time... or printing
- a day's calendar by dragging the date to the printer... It really
- is just that easy.
-
- You'll be scheduling:
- * Appointments
- * Meetings
- * Phone Calls to make
- * Programs to run
- * Anything that needs to be noted or done
-
- Relish is perfect for everything you need to be reminded about or
- that you just want to keep track of. While Relish won't attend your
- meetings, it will dial phone calls and run OS/2 computer programs.
-
- With flexible scheduling, you won't be forcing your commitments into
- arbitrarily predefined blocks of time. You decide the starting and
- ending times, and any duration is OK. In fact, you don't have to
- pick specific times, and your meetings and other events can overlap
- with each other, if that's what you need. It's really up to you.
-
- Best of all, Relish will always remind you of obligations that
- require your personal attention. Because Relish starts operation
- whenever OS/2 starts, your reminders will always be displayed while
- your computer is on, regardless of what program is running. Should
- OS/2 be shut down or your computer turned off when a reminder is
- due, Relish will alert you to it soon after OS/2 resumes operating.
-
- GROUP SCHEDULING
- Relish Net 32-Bit expands the personal scheduling capabilities of
- Relish to the LAN-based workgroup. Personal scheduling is seamlessly
- integrated with group and resource scheduling without sacrificing
- security, privacy, or individual control. For more information on
- Relish Net 32-Bit, contact Sundial Systems Corporation.
-
- THE WORKING MODEL
- Now you have the opportunity to experience Relish 32-Bit first hand.
- The Working Model is a nearly fully functional version of Relish that
- limits scheduling to within the next 48 hours and restricts
- printing, importing, and exporting. Install it now and see what
- intelligent time management is all about.
-
-
-
- INSTALLING THE RELISH WORKING MODEL
-
- Relish runs as a Presentation Manager application under OS/2 2.0
- Before using the Relish 32-Bit Working Model, it must be installed
- on your hard disk. (Note that it should never be installed on a
- floppy disk.) To install it, you need at least 1.5 megabytes of free
- space on your hard disk to contain the Relish programs and files.
-
- To install, place the distribution disk in drive A: (or any other
- floppy disk drive). At the command prompt in any OS/2 session or
- window, type (substituting the appropriate disk drive letter):
-
- A:INSTALL
-
- You can also start the installation program from an OS/2 folder
- for the floppy drive by double-clicking on it's icon.
-
- If you received the Relish Working Model electronically and the
- files are already on your hard drive, you still should install it
- before use. Just follow the above instructions, but be sure to use
- the correct drive and path (for example, C:\TEMP\INSTALL).
-
- Once you have started the installation program, follow the simple
- instructions on your screen. You must specify the disk drive and
- directory in which Relish will be installed. Unless you choose
- otherwise, Relish is installed in the \RELISH directory on the
- C: drive. If the directory does not already exist, it will be
- created automatically.
-
- Also during installation, you will be asked if you want the NOW
- Service Process to start automatically each time OS/2 is started.
- This is the portion of Relish that delivers your reminders even when
- you are running other programs. Therefore, unless you have a
- specific reason it should not be started, let the installation make
- the necessary changes to your STARTUP.CMD file.
-
- Should it for any reason become necessary, you can select Cancel or
- press the ESC key to stop the installation.
-
-
-
- RELISH IS EASY TO SPREAD
-
- Run Relish just like any other OS/2 program by selecting it with
- your mouse from the icon placed on your desktop at installation.
- Alternatively, you can run Relish from any OS/2 session or window
- by changing to the directory with Relish, and typing:
-
- RELISHWM
-
- The traditional way to use Relish through a series of "menus" and
- "dialogs." Starting from the main menu across the top of the window,
- each action keyword leads you to a menu of options, and each option
- leads in turn to a dialog where you make choices, enter information,
- or select actions to be carried out.
-
- At the same time, you can make use of the drag-and drop capabilities
- of Relish 32-Bit. For example, the Note Palette has icons representing
- the note types. These icons can be selected directly or dragged to
- times and dates for scheduling.
-
- While some functions are not available with the Relish Working
- Model, you normally can:
-
- * Edit notes
- * Add new notes
- * Choose your information display options
- * View a summary of notes
- * Lookup particular notes by their contents
- * Print your notes for a specified period of time
- * Setup processing options and device connections, and get general
- * Help information.
-
- A highlighted area on the window, and/or a blinking cursor, shows
- where you are within Relish's menus and dialogs. The message at the
- bottom of the window always gives you some information about the
- highlighted area.
-
- If you find yourself in a menu or dialog that you do not want to
- complete, you have several ways to cancel your current activity. No
- matter where you are, pressing the ESC key will always cancel the
- current dialog or menu. In addition, most dialogs contain a Cancel
- pushbutton.
-
- HELP IS ALL AROUND YOU
- Help in the menu bar will give you information on a host of topics.
- It offers information about getting help, general topics about
- Relish, special topics on detailed concepts that are relevant to
- more than one of Relish's features or functions, and keyboard usage
- and special function keys.
-
- To get specialized help information for a highlighted field, button,
- or menu item, press the F1 key or select the Help pushbutton in the
- dialog. This information generally summarizes the ways a button can
- be used or the types of information that should be entered in a
- field.
-
- Another kind of help is available when you are entering times and
- dates. You can see the assumptions Relish is making about your
- entry by first selecting Show Analysis under the Format option of
- the Choose menu. This will allow Relish to display a keystroke-
- by-keystroke interpretation of your time and date entries.
-
-
-
- EXPLORING RELISH
-
- Relish can make "time management" enjoyable. At the same time, it
- can increase your personal productivity. Try the following:
-
- * First, "Add" an appointment to your schedule for later today.
- Do this by selecting Appointment on the Add menu; or, double
- click on the appointment icon in the Note Palette; or, drag
- the appointment icon to a time on the time graph in the window.
- Notice that you can schedule this appointment to begin (and
- end) at any time, without the "normal" restrictions of
- predefined timeslots. After you OK the appointment you've just
- made, you'll see a summary of it on today's schedule.
-
- * Now, minimize Relish. While it's an icon, Relish leaves a
- small calendar for reference on your desktop. (You can turn
- this feature off if you prefer.) Click on today's date - it's
- highlighted - with your mouse, and you'll get today's schedule.
- Not only that, the "Add" pushbutton provides the opportunity to
- schedule more commitments, right then and there, even for other
- days.
-
- * If you double click on the summary line of your appointment,
- the entire appointment will be displayed, ready for any changes
- you choose to make. Thus, you can revise and add to your
- schedule while Relish is minimized!
-
- * And, when you want to restore Relish, just click on the equal
- sign icon in the reference calendar.
-
- * Later today you'll be reminded of the appointment you
- scheduled, whether you still have Relish running or not. That
- doesn't mean whether Relish is in a window or as an icon - it
- can be "closed" and you'll still get your reminders.
-
- * Also, when you get a reminder, you can take action immediately.
- Defer the reminder to a later time, snooze all reminders, or
- reschedule your commitment without ever going back to your
- schedule.
-
- Take a few minutes to explore the menus and try more of Relish's
- features. You might want to customize the chimes played with your
- reminders (with the Chime Tones options on the Setup menu). If you
- aren't sure of the proper notation, the Help menu has all the
- necessary information. And, you can "test" your creation by
- pressing the F9 key while you are in the field.
-
- Perhaps you'd like Relish to use a 24 hour clock. Or, maybe you'd
- like the ending (as well as the starting) time of your commitments
- to be included in the summarized listing. The Format option on the
- Choose menu offers you these and other alternatives.
-
- Or, you might want the time and date always displayed in its own
- window on the bottom of your screen desktop (using the Desktop
- option under Setup). Clicking on this window is another way to
- access Relish and today's schedule.
-
-
-
- WHEN YOU ARE DONE
-
- To conform to OS/2 2.0 standards, you exit from Relish 32-Bit by
- selecting Close on the system menu. Alternatively, you can just
- double click on the system menu icon. But, you really don't need
- to exit. Because Relish stores information dynamically as you enter
- it, you don't need to take special action at the end of the day.
- (Remember, you never need to "save;" with Relish it's automatic.)
-
-
-
- LAST, BUT NOT LEAST
-
- Intuitive, reliable, and time-saving: with Relish it's easy to take
- control of your calendar. Relish comes fully documented with
- explanations and hints about its host of time-saving features and
- functions.
-
- For more information, contact Sundial Systems Corporation directly
- at (310) 596-5121. We welcome your comments and suggestions.
-
- Order Relish 32-Bit toll-free at (800) 336-6644 - $189; not copy
- protected. For free shipping, tell them, "Pickle sent me."
-
-
-
- THE FINE PRINT
- The software program accompanying this information is copyrighted by
- Sundial Systems Corporation. This information is subject to change
- without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of
- Sundial Systems Corporation. The Relish 32-Bit Working Model may be
- freely copied and distributed. This information may be freely
- reproduced and distributed solely for use with the Relish 32-Bit
- Working Model.
-
- Under no circumstances will Sundial Systems Corporation be liable to
- you or to any other party for damages, including the loss of
- profits, savings, or other incidental or consequential damages,
- stemming from your use or misuse of the program - even if Sundial or
- an authorized Sundial representative has been advised of the
- possibility of any such damages. The only remedy available to you
- will be a refund of the purchase price of the program. Because some
- states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for
- consequential or incidental damages, the above limitation may not
- apply to you.
-
- Copyright 1990, 1991, 1992 Sundial Systems Corporation.
- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
-
- Relish(R) is a registered trademark of Sundial Systems Corporation.
-
- OS/2(R) is a registered trademark and Presentation Manager(tm)
- is a trademark of International Business Machines Corporation.
-
- Sundial Systems Corporation
- 909 Electric Avenue, Suite 204
- Seal Beach, California 90740
- (310) 596-5121
-