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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Htm-Help" Content="ListPro Help.htm#Main_Contents"> <title>ListPro Help</title> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR=#ffffff TEXT=#000000>  <a name="Main_Contents"></a>ListPro Help <A href="ListPro Help.htm#about">About ListPro</A> <A href="ListPro Help.htm#howtouse">How To Use ListPro</A> <A href="ListPro Help.htm#features">ListPro Features</A> <A href="ListPro Help.htm#tips">Tips for Using ListPro</A> <A href="ListPro Help.htm#filesync">File Synchronization</A> <A href="ListPro Help.htm#infrared">Infrared Beaming</A> <A href="ListPro Help.htm#purchase">ListPro 30 Day Trial</a> <A href="ListPro Help.htm#more_help">Additional Help</A> Copyright 1997-2001 Ilium Software, Inc. All rights reserved. ListPro is a trademark and Ilium Software is a registered trademark of Ilium Software, Inc. Microsoft, Windows, and ActiveSync are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Third-party product and brand names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. <hr>  <a name="about"></a>About ListPro You can use ListPro to create and maintain just about any type of list you can think of. To Do Lists, Shopping Lists, Checklists and Outlines are all easy to use with ListPro. All lists have a Checkbox column so you can check off items as you work and then reset all checkboxes when you're done to reuse the list. ListPro arranges your lists hierarchically in folders so you can organize them and find your information easily. Within each list, you can either define your own columns or just work with the typically-used columns ListPro provides. You can create and edit the items in each list using ListPro's Item View, which shows you one complete list item at a time. You can see all the items in your list at once in the List Items view, which also lets you sort, filter, search and rearrange your list items to meet your needs. Additional features of ListPro include indented items for maintaining outlines, alarms based on the dates in your list items, templates to help you create preconfigured lists, calculated columns for simple math applications and File Synchronization with your Windows PC version of Listpro.  <hr>  <a name="howtouse"></a>How To Use ListPro <A href="ListPro Help.htm#uselists">Lists</A> <A href="ListPro Help.htm#usecolumns">Columns</A> <A href="ListPro Help.htm#useitems">List Items</A> <A href="ListPro Help.htm#file_io">ListPro Files</A>  <hr>  <a name="uselists"></a>Lists <A href="ListPro Help.htm#createlists">Creating a List</A> <A href="ListPro Help.htm#editlist">List Properties</A> <A href="ListPro Help.htm#fonts">Setting Fonts</A> <A href="ListPro Help.htm#catvalues">Category Values</A> <A href="ListPro Help.htm#movelists">Arranging Lists</A>  <hr>  <a name="usecolumns"></a>Columns To work with the Columns of your lists, you must use the Columns tab of the List Properties window. You'll see this window when you're creating a new list if you push the Properties button. You can see the List Properties window for an existing list by selecting the list and picking Properties from the Edit menu, or just by double-clicking on the list's name. <A href="ListPro Help.htm#coltypes">Column Types</A> <A href="ListPro Help.htm#predefined">Predefined Columns</A> <A href="ListPro Help.htm#addcolumn">Adding a Column</A> <A href="ListPro Help.htm#editcolumn">Changing Columns</A> <A href="ListPro Help.htm#movecolumn">Moving Columns</A>  <hr>  <a name="useitems"></a>List Items <A href="ListPro Help.htm#listitems">List Item View</A> <A href="ListPro Help.htm#edititem">Editing List Items with Item View</A> <A href="ListPro Help.htm#sorting">Sorting Items</A> <A href="ListPro Help.htm#hierarchies">Hierarchies and Outlines</A>  <hr>  <a name="features"></a>ListPro Features <A href="ListPro Help.htm#alarms">Alarms</A> <A href="ListPro Help.htm#templates">Templates</A> <A href="ListPro Help.htm#shopping">Two-Step (Shopping) Lists</A>  <hr>  <a name="tips"></a>Tips for Using ListPro <A href="ListPro Help.htm#keyboard">Keyboard</A> <A href="ListPro Help.htm#edittmpl">Editing Templates</A> <A href="ListPro Help.htm#generaltips">General Tips</A> <A href="ListPro Help.htm#moretips">More Tips</A>  <hr>  <a name="createlists"></a>Creating a List Create a list in the List Hierarchy View by picking New Lists from the File menu. Enter a name for your list and choose the type of list you want to create from the list of <A HREF="ListPro Help.htm#templates">Templates</A>. Click OK and the list will be created. If you want to change the list's columns or other properties, click the Properties button rather than the OK button to show the <a href="ListPro Help.htm#editlist">List Properties</a> window.  <hr>  <a name="editlist"></a>List Properties <A href="ListPro Help.htm#columnstab">Columns Tab</A> <A href="ListPro Help.htm#settings">Settings Tab</A> <A href="ListPro Help.htm#resetting">Reset Tab</A> <A href="ListPro Help.htm#colors">Colors Tab</A> <A href="ListPro Help.htm#alarmstab">Alarms Tab</A>  <hr>  <a name="columnstab"></a>Columns Tab The Columns Tab allows you to add, delete, modify and rearrange your list's columns. <A href="ListPro Help.htm#coltypes">Column Types</A> <A href="ListPro Help.htm#predefined">Predefined Columns</A> <A href="ListPro Help.htm#addcolumn">Adding a Column</A> <A href="ListPro Help.htm#editcolumn">Changing Columns</A> <A href="ListPro Help.htm#movecolumn">Moving Columns</A>  <hr>  <a name="settings"></a>Settings Tab Enter basic configuration information for the list on the Settings Tab: <UL> <LI> Check Show Item Number if you want the items in the list to be numbered. <LI> Check Show Dialog on List Completion to display a window when you've completed all items on the list. This window will allow you to reset the list. <LI> Check DonÆt Include Subitems in Totals if you donÆt want indented items to be included in the tabulation of the number checked items, flagged items and totals items that is displayed in the status bar. <LI> Check Enter Amount on Flag Item if you want to be prompted for an amount when you click a Flag. You might want to do this with a shopping list so that when you decide you need an item, you can include how many of that item that you need. <LI> Check Enter Amount on Check Item if you want to be prompted for an amount when you check an item. You might want to do this if each item is something you're buying and you want to track how much money you're spending as you shop. <LI> Check Auto-Check Parent Items to cause a parent item to be checked automatically when all of its children have been checked. If a child then becomes unchecked, the parent is then unchecked also. <LI> Check Reorder After Sorting to update the list item order each time you sort. If you donÆt check this item, sorting the list will cause the items to be temporarily displayed in sorted order, but the original order of the items will be remembered. You may want to turn this setting off if youÆve checked Show Item Number and the original item order is important to you. </UL>  <hr>  <a name="resetting"></a>Reset Tab Configure the actions taken when this list is reset using the Reset Tab: <UL> <LI> Check Flags if you want the Flag column to be cleared when you reset the list. <LI> Check Yes/No Columns if you want all the Yes/No columns you added using the Columns tab to be cleared when you reset the list. <LI> Check 3-State Columns if you want all the 3-State columns you added using the Columns tab to be cleared when you reset the list. <LI> Check Amounts if you want the Amounts column to be cleared when you reset the list. <LI> Check Highlight if you want the highlight color to be cleared when you reset the list. <LI> Select Reset All if the columns you checked on the left should be cleared in all items when the list is reset. <LI> Select Reset Only Checked Items if the columns you checked on the left should only be cleared in items where the Checkbox column is checked. </UL> If you donÆt want any columns other than the Checkbox column to be cleared when you reset, leave all the checkboxes on the left unchecked.  <hr>  <a name="colors"></a>Colors Tab Set up special colors for displaying items on the Color tab: <UL> <LI> The Color For Checked Items text box shows the color for an item that has been Checked. You can use the Change button to change this color. <LI> The Color For Flagged Items text box shows the color for an item that has been Flagged but not Checked. Use the Change button to change this color. </UL> If both options are selected, items that are both checked and flagged will be the Checked Item color.  <hr>  <a name="alarmstab"></a>Alarms Tab Set up reminders or alarms for this list on the Alarms Tab: <UL> <LI> The name of the column the alarms will be based on is displayed at the top. Alarms are always based on the predefined Date column, so the current name of this column will be displayed (which may be something other than ôDateö if you have renamed it). <LI> Check Enable Alarms for this List to turn on the alarms function for this list. <LI> Check Time of Day to Display Alarms if your Date column is Date Only and you want the alarm to go off at a certain time of date. Enter the time of day to sound the alarm in the following field. If you donÆt check this option, alarms for Date Only columns will go off at 8:00 AM. Note that this setting takes affect only if your Date column is Date Only; with Date and Time columns the alarm will always go off at the time given in the item. </UL> In order for alarms to work in your list, you must also enable alarms for the current File. You can do this in the List Hierarchy View by choosing Preferences from the Tools menu and checking Enable Alarms for this File on this Computer. Using alarms also requires that your Date column be configured as either Date Only or Date and Time. Alarms will not operate if the Date column is Time Only.  <hr>  <a name="catvalues"></a>Category Values For each Category, ListPro keeps a table of Category Values. The Category Values in the table appear in the drop-down list that is provided when you are editing a Category column in a list item. In addition to choosing from the Category Values in the drop-down list, you can always enter a value right into the field, whether it appears in the table or not. By default all new values entered for a Category are added to the table of Category Values for that Category. You can also edit each CategoryÆs table of values if you want to add new values or delete values you donÆt need. To do this, select Category Values from the Tools menu in List Items View and youÆll see the Category Values window. Choose the Category whose table you want to edit from the Category drop-down list. To add a new Category Value, enter the value into the New Value field and push the Add Value button. To delete an existing value, select the value in the table and push the Delete Value button.  <hr>  <a name="movelists"></a>Arranging Lists You can organize your lists in folders and arrange the folders and lists in any order you choose. To create a new folder, choose New Folder from the File menu. To move a list to a different folder, simply drag the list under the folder name or under a list within the folder. To move a list or folder to a different position in its folder, simply drag it to the new position.  <hr>  <a name="coltypes"></a>Column Types <UL> <LI> String - a String field simply holds a string of text, allowing you to enter just about anything into it. Strings are limited to 255 characters. <LI> Category - a Category field is like the default Category field. You can enter any text into it. ListPro will maintain a list of all the values currently used in the field. When editing the field you can drop down the list of current values and choose one of the listed values rather than typing in the text. You can also use any category field to get subtotals when using the Totals dialog box. Remember that Categories are not case-sensitive. <LI> Yes/No - a Yes/No field is like ListProÆs Flag or Checkbox fields except that you can choose one of several icons to be displayed in the field. Each icon has a set (yes) and unset (no) appearance and you toggle between them by clicking on the column in the list. You can configure your list to clear user-defined flag columns when the list is <A HREF="ListPro Help.htm#resetting">reset</A>. <LI> 3 State - a 3 State field is similar to a Yes/No field, but it has three states instead of two (they could also be called Yes/No/Maybe fields). You can select the icons for 3 State fields just like Yes/No fields. Clicking on the column in the list cycles between the three states. <LI> Number - a Number field must contain a number. You can use the Totals dialog to find the total and subtotals for any Number field. Numbers can also be simple calculations. <LI> Date - a Date field holds a date, such as the starting date or due date of a task. <LI> Linked - a Linked fields holds the name of a file or a URL. The file name can be either a full path or a partial path beginning from the directory where the current ListPro file is stored. A URL must always have the proper prefix (http://, ftp:// or file://) in order to be recognized as a URL. Clicking on the Linked column in the list will cause the URL or file to be launched. For example, clicking on a Linked field containing http://www.iliumsoft.com will cause your browser to open and show the Ilium Software web site. Clicking on a Linked field containing ôReadme.txtö will open the file ReadMe.txt in the same directory as the ListPro file. </UL>  <hr>  <a name="predefined"></a>Predefined Columns ListPro predefines the following columns for every list: <UL> <LI> Checkbox <LI> Item <LI> Flag <LI> Priority <LI> Amount <LI> Units <LI> Category <LI> Date <LI> Notes </UL> You cannot delete any of the above columns from your list, but you can choose to hide or display them at any time. Hide a column by unchecking its box in the <A HREF="ListPro Help.htm#editlist">List Properties</A> window. Information in these columns will always be available for display (by re-showing the column) even if the column is hidden.  <hr>  <a name="addcolumn"></a>Adding a Column You can create a new column by pushing the Add button. YouÆll see the Add Column dialog, where you can enter a column name and choose a <A href="ListPro Help.htm#coltypes">column type</A>. If you want, you can set the columns properties at that time by tapping the Properties button. Or you can just tap OK to get a column with default properties. If you tap the Properties button you'll see one of the following dialogs, depending on the type of column: <A href="ListPro Help.htm#catprops">Category Column Properties</A> <A href="ListPro Help.htm#numprops">Number Column Properties</A> <A href="ListPro Help.htm#dateprops">Date Column Properties</A> <A href="ListPro Help.htm#yesnoprops">Yes/No Column Properties</A> <A href="ListPro Help.htm#threeprops">3 State Column Properties</A>  <hr>  <a name="editcolumn"></a>Changing Columns Use the Delete button to delete an existing column. Note that you can only delete columns that you have added. The default columns (those with an asterisk next to them: Checkbox, Flag, Item, Category, Amount, Units, Notes, Priority, Date) canÆt be deleted. You can edit an existing columnÆs properties by selecting the column and pushing the Modify button. The dialog you see will depend on the type of column. All columns have a title property, so the Column Properties dialog will always include a Title field. String and Linked columns have no other properties, so for these column types there will be no other information to edit. In addition, the predefined Checkbox, Flag, Priority and Amt columns do not allow editing any properties other than Title. <A href="ListPro Help.htm#catprops">Category Column Properties</A> <A href="ListPro Help.htm#numprops">Number Column Properties</A> <A href="ListPro Help.htm#dateprops">Date Column Properties</A> <A href="ListPro Help.htm#yesnoprops">Yes/No Column Properties</A> <A href="ListPro Help.htm#threeprops">3 State Column Properties</A>  <hr>  <a name="movecolumn"></a>Moving Columns Use the Move Up and Move Down buttons to change a columnÆs position in the list. The order the columns appear in this list determines the order they will appear when the list is displayed. Once you have created the list, you can also rearrange the listÆs columns by dragging a column header to a new position in the List Items pane.  <hr>  <a name="catprops"></a>Category Column Details <UL> <LI> Check Automatically Add New Category Values if you want all new category values entered into any item in the list to be added to the list of category values for that column. If you want to build and maintain the list of Category Values yourself, you can uncheck this option to prevent new values from being added. To edit Category Values, use the Category Values dialog by picking Category Values from the Tools menu. </UL>  <hr>  <a name="numprops"></a>Number Column Details <UL> <LI> Choose the type of calculation for this column from the list. By default the calculation is None, which allows you to enter data into this column. Any other choice will cause this column to display the result of the calculation and entering data into the column will not be allowed. The other choices allow addition, subtraction, multiplication or division. <LI> If you chose a calculation for this column, choose the columns that are represented by A and B in the calculation. Both A and B provide a list of eligible Number and Date columns that you may choose from. You may choose Date columns only if the calculation is subtraction, and the Date columns must have the same Form. The columns chosen for A and B must either be both Numbers or both Dates. Columns that are already the result of a calculation may not be chosen. </UL>  <hr>  <a name="dateprops"></a>Date Column Details <UL> <LI> Choose a Form for the column from the list. If you choose Date Only, only a date will be displayed without a time. If you choose Date and Time, a date and time will be displayed. If you choose Time Only, only a time of day will be displayed without a date. All forms may be used with date calculations, but only Date Only and Date and Time forms may be used for alarms. <LI> Choose a Behavior for the column from the list. The default behavior is Manual, which will allow you to enter information into the field. The Auto Date/Time behavior automatically updates the column with the current Date/Time whenever the item is changed. The behavior Calculate A + B will calculate the value of the column by adding a number column to a date column. The behavior Calculate A - B will calculate the value of the column by subtracting a number column from a date column. <LI> If you chose a calculation for this column, choose the columns that are represented by A and B in the calculation. The choices for A are the eligible Date columns and the choices for B are the eligible Number columns. Only Date columns with the same Form as this column may be chosen for A. Columns that are already the result of a calculation may not be chosen. </UL> When choosing a calculation for the column, the way the Number column is interpreted depends on the Form of the Date column. If the Date column is Date Only or Date and Time, the Number column that is added or subtracted is interpreted as a number of days. If the Date column is Time Only, the Number column is interpreted as a number of minutes. Fractional days and minutes may be used. For example, 0.01 days is about 15 minutes.  <hr>  <a name="yesnoprops"></a>Yes/No Column Details <UL> <LI> Select an icon style from the Icon Style list to determine what icon will be displayed for this column. <LI> Check Invisible When Off if you donÆt want any icon to be displayed at all when the value of this column for an item is Off. The normal icon will be displayed when the value is On. </UL>  <hr>  <a name="threeprops"></a>3 State Column Details <UL> <LI> Select an icon style from the Icon Style list to determine what icon will be displayed for this column. </UL>  <hr>  <a name="movelists"></a>Moving Columns Use the Move Up and Move Down buttons to change a columnÆs position in the list. The order the columns appear in this list determines the order they will appear when the list is displayed. Once you have created the list, you can also rearrange the listÆs columns by dragging a column header to a new position in the List Items View.  <hr>  <a name="listitems"></a>List Item View The List Item View is the view you normally see when you open a list. In this view you can see a list of all your items at once. You can scroll the list vertically to see all the items and horizontally to see all the columns. If you double-click a list item, the item will be opened in Item View. You may also rearrange your items by dragging an item to a new position.  <hr>  <a name="edititem"></a>Editing List Items with Item View Item View opens when you select Add Items to List from the Items menu to create a new item. You can also open Item View with an existing item simply by double-clicking the item. Item View displays a list of all the columns that are currently showing in your list so you can enter new information for each column. In addition, an area for entering Notes is always present at the bottom. For most column types, simply click in a field and enter the new information. Category columns also provide a drop-down list so you can choose from the existing Category Values if you like. Each Checkbox, Flag and Yes/No column can be updated by clicking on its icon to toggle its state. Each Three State column can also be updated by clicking on its icon to cycle through its three states. Date columns provide a Date Picker control to allow setting their values. The checkbox at the left end can be left unchecked to indicate no date/time should be displayed. For Date Only and Date and Time columns, the button at the right end will display a Month View window that allows you to pick a date rather than typing one in. For Time Only columns, the Up/Down control at the right end allows you to adjust the time up or down by clicking rather than typing in a new time. Linked columns also provide a button that will display a dialog to allow you to choose a file to link to. To enter a URL rather than a file name simply type in the URL or paste it into the field from the clipboard. All URLs must begin with the proper prefix (http://, ftp:// or file://) in order to be recognized as a URL rather than a file name. Please note that if a date or number column is configured to display a calculated value then the current value will be displayed but you will not be able to enter in a value. Similarly, Date columns set to the AutoDate/Time form cannot be updated directly. Remember that Item View only displays the columns you have configured to show in your list. If you want to enter data into different columns, go to the Columns Tab of the List Properties window to change which columns are showing. Item View also allows you to change an itemÆs highlight color and indent level. <UL> <LI> Highlight determines the color that will be displayed as the background color in the List Items pane. Click on the Highlight control to drop down a list of highlighting colors and choose the one you want. <LI> Indent Level determines whether the item should be indented and how much. An Indent Level of zero means the item is not indented. Note that indenting an item gives it a parent/child relationship to the item above it. To change the itemÆs indent level you can either type in a new indent level value or use the < and > buttons to decrease and increase the indent level. Please note that when you change the indent level of an item its child items will be adjusted by the same amount. </UL> When youÆre done entering a new itemÆs information you can click OK to save the item and exit the Item View window. If you click New Item instead the item will be saved but the Item View window will remain open and all fields will be cleared to allow you to enter another new item. The Next and Previous buttons can be used move to the next or previous item in the list (as it is currently displayed). Any new information or changes you make will automatically be saved when you push OK, New Item, Next or Previous. If you have entered changes that have not been saved when you press the Close button, Item View will ask if you want to save the changes.  <hr>  <a name="sorting"></a>Sorting Items You can easily sort your list by a certain column by clicking on the column header for that column. Clicking once will sort the list in ascending order by that column. Clicking a second time will then sort in descending order by that column. Each list can be configured to operate in one of two modes when maintaining the order of your list items. These two modes are controlled by the Reorder After Sorting option in the Settings Tab of the List Properties window. These two modes operate as described below: Reorder After Sorting is On This is the default mode for new lists. When you sort your list, the items are rearranged into the new sorted order and the previous order is lost. In this mode, the Remove Sorting menu function is never available. Reorder After Sorting is Off In this mode, sorting your list actually causes a temporary sort order to be applied. The items will remain in their original order, but they will be displayed in sorted order. If you want to make the order permanent, you can select Reorder List from the Tools menu. Alternatively, you can remove the temporary sorting by selecting Remove Sorting from the View menu. While a temporary sort is in effect, you can not reposition the items by dragging them. In addition, new items added to the list are automatically displayed in their sorted position.  <hr>  <a name="hierarchies"></a>Hierarchies and Outlines You can increase or decrease the Indent Level of list items with Move Right and Move Left menu picks or buttons. As with moving list items up and down, you can move items right or left only when no temporary sort has been applied. Increasing the Indent Level of an item gives it a parent/child relationship with the item above it. If an item has indented items below it, itÆs name will be preceded by a minus (-) if the items are showing or a plus (+) if they are not showing. You can click on the plus or minus to expand or collapse the hierarchy, showing or hiding all indented items below the clicked item. All subitems that are indented below an item will automatically follow that item wherever it goes. When you move, delete, cut, copy or paste an item, all the subitems that are indented below the item will be moved with it. This is true regardless of whether the itemÆs hierarchy is collapsed or not, and regardless of whether all the subitems are showing or not. To separate the indented child items from their parent item, move the child items out of the hierarchy rather than moving the parent. When you sort a list, an itemÆs subitems will follow their parent item to its new position in the list. Within each hierarchy, subitems at a given level with a common parent will be sorted as well. When you filter a list, a parent item will be displayed if any of its subitems match the filter, even if the parent itself does not match. In this case, the parent item will be displayed in gray to indicate that it does not match the filter.  <hr>  <a name="alarms"></a>Alarms HereÆs how to set up an alarm for one of your lists: <OL> <LI> Make sure alarms are enabled for your ListPro File. To do this select Preferences from the Tools menu and make sure Enable Alarms for This File on This Computer is checked. <LI> Open the List Properties window for your list and select the Columns Tab. Find the predefined Date column and make sure its checkbox is checked so you can use the column. The predefined Date column will have an asterisk at the end of its entry in the type column (ôDate*ö). ItÆs OK to rename this column to something other than ôDateö if you want to. <LI> Select the Date column and push the Modify button to open the Column Properties window for this column. Alarms will work if the columnÆs Form is set to Date Only or Date and Time, but not Time Only. If the Form is Date and Time, the itemÆs current value will determine both the date and the time of day that the alarm goes off. If the Form is Date Only, the current value will determine the date, but the time of day will depend on the setting in the Alarms Tab (see step 4 below). Close Column Properties. <LI> Select the Alarms Tab of the List Properties window. The name of the column that will be used for Alarms is noted at the top, so make sure it is the column you plan to use. Then make sure the Enable Alarms for this List option is checked. If your Date column is using the Form Date Only, make sure to check Time of Day to Display Alarms and enter the time of day you want the alarms to go off. If you donÆt enable this option the alarm will go off by default at 8:00 AM. If your Date column is using the Form Date and Time, the Time of Day to Display Alarms option is ignored. <LI> Make sure to set the Date column in each item in your list that you need an alarm for. </OL> When an alarm goes off, the Reminder dialog will pop up on your device to telling you the item name, list name and file name for the alarm.  <hr>  <a name="templates"></a>Templates When you create a new list, the Create New List dialog allows you to enter a list name and choose the type of list from a list of Templates. Each template is configured with appropriate columns, category values, settings and fonts for a certain type of list. The Basic Checklist template contains just Checkbox and Item columns. The names of the other templates describe the type of list they can be used to create. The list of templates is a hierarchical list, so if you see a ô+ö in front of a name in the list, it is really a folder of templates and you can click on the ô+ö to open the folder and see the templates inside. Folders organize the templates into groups so you donÆt have to scroll through a large list to find the template you want. See also: <A href="ListPro Help.htm#edittmpl">Editing Templates</A>  <hr>  <a name="edittmpl"></a>Editing Templates One of the best things about templates is that they are just ListPro lists, so you can add new ones and change the existing ones if you want to. The templates are stored in a file called ôTemplates.clfö in the directory in which you installed ListPro (\Program Files\Ilium Software\ListPro, by default). You can open this file with ListPro to add new templates and edit the current ones. Each folder in the Templates file shows up as a folder in the templates list, so you can rearrange the lists and folders in the Templates file to change how the templates appear when you create a new list.  <hr>  <a name="generaltips"></a>General Tips Use ListPro for any kind of list: instructions, tasks, shopping. It's especially useful for steps in a process you do frequently, but that doesn't recur at regular intervals, for example, releasing a new product. Special features for <A href="ListPro Help.htm#shopping">shopping lists</A> create another very useful way to use ListPro. Ordered lists combined with Notes give you a way to record detailed instructions. Resetting your list lets you easily use lists over and over. Categories and Notes let you group items in many ways. Amounts lets you add values (any kind: dollars, minutes, cups, boxes, etc.). Use ListPro as a powerful, multi-level Notes organizer. Use list items as your note titles, and put your notes into the Notes field for each item. Then organize the notes into lists, folder and list files, just the way you want them. You can easily move lists between files using the Clipboard. Just choose a list in one file a pick Copy from the Edit menu to copy it. Then close the file and open another one and paste it into the file by picking Paste from the Edit menu. You can also use the clipboard to move items between lists. You can sort the items in your lists by any column, just by tapping the column header. When you sort the list by tapping on a column header, items with the same value remain sorted in the previous sort order. For example, if you'd like to look at your items grouped by Category, but you'd like to see them in order by Amount within each Category, simply tap the Amount column header first and then the Category column header. Use the Notes Pane to see and edit longer notes, or add information to items. You donÆt need to have the Note column selected for display in the list - the Notes Pane will show this information for the selected list item. You can move items in a list by dragging them up or down to a new position. You can add a password to your ListPro file by choosing Set Password from the File menu. YouÆll be prompted for the current password, if any, and then asked to enter the new password. Once youÆve set the password, youÆll be prompted to enter it whenever you open the file. Setting a password does not encrypt your data. It simply prevents a casual user who does not know the password from opening the file in ListPro.  <hr>  <a name="moretips"></a>More Tips Check Ilium SoftwareÆs website at http://www.iliumsoft.com for new sample and useful lists. You can find more tips in the <A href="ListPro Help.htm#more_help">Help file</A> for the Windows PC version of ListPro.  <hr>  <a name="filesync"></a>File Synchronization If you have the Windows PC version of ListPro, you can use File Synchronization to keep the ListPro files on your PC in sync with the ListPro files on your Handheld PC. See the File Synchronization section of the Help in the Windows PC version of ListPro for more information about setting this up.  <hr>  <a name="infrared"></a>Infrared ListPro on Windows CE allows you to send an individual list to another CE device via Infrared (IR) using the steps below: Sending CE device: <UL> <LI>Select the individual list you want to send from ListPro <LI>Select File->Infrared->Send <LI>When the file has been sent you can press the close box on the Send dialog</LI></UL> Receiving CE device: <UL> <LI>Start ListPro and open a list file that you want to receive the incoming list <LI>Point the IR port on the receiving device at the IR port on the sending device (see your hardware manual for instructions on using the IR port) <LI>Select File->Infrared->Receive <LI>When the file has been sent you can press the close box on the Receive dialog </LI></UL> <hr>  <a name="keyboard"></a>Keyboard <UL> <LI> The tab key may be used to tab between the List Hierarchy pane, the List Items pane and the Notes pane (if it is showing). <LI> If direct editing is being used in the List Items pane, the tab key may be used to tab from one field to the next. If the tab key is used when direct editing the last field of the last item in the list, a new blank item will be added and the first field in the list will be opened for direct editing. <LI> The Space Bar may be used to start direct editing on the currently selected item. <LI> The up and down arrow keys may be used as with any list to move the current selection up or down in the list. If the control key is down when an arrow key is used, the focus item will move up or down, but the selection will not change. The space bar may subsequently be used to select or deselect the focus item. If the shift key is down when an arrow key is used, the item the focus is moved to will be selected in addition to the currently selected items. The Page Up, Page Down, Home and End keys also function as usual for a list. <LI> The left or right arrow keys may be used to select an individual column of the current focus item in the list. The focus rectangle will change to surround only the focus column rather than the entire item. If you press the space bar when an individual column has the focus, that field will be opened for direct editing, unless it is a check or flag field. If it is a check or flag field, the field will be toggled. <LI> If the current focus item has indented items under it, the plus (+) and minus (-) keys may be used to expand or collapse the itemÆs indented subitems. <LI> The Enter key (as well as Alt-Enter) may be used to open the Item View window for the current focus item. <LI> The æXÆ key may be used to toggle the Flag field of the focus item. <LI> The æCÆ key may be used to toggle the Checkbox field of the focus item. </UL>  <hr>  <a name="file_io"></a>File Operations Use the New and Open picks on the File menu as usual to create new ListPro files or open existing ListPro files. You can also double-click on a ListPro file in a Windows Explorer window to open that file in ListPro. Choose Recent Files from the File menu to see a list of recent files that you have opened. Pick one to open it again. To make a copy of your current ListPro file, pick Make Backup from the File menu and enter the name of the new file.  <hr>  <a name="shopping"></a>Two-Step (Shopping) Lists ListPro allows you to create and use lists in two steps. First, choose some of the items in your list and flag them. Then, tap the Flag Button (or Show Only Flagged Items View setting) to display only those items that have been flagged. You can treat this newly built list just like any list and check items as you complete them. When you've completed all the items and you reset the list, all the checks and flags are cleared from any items which have been checked. Flagged items which have not been checked will not be cleared. The best example of a two-step list is a shopping list. When you first create the shopping list, you enter into the list any of the items you might buy when you do a particular kind of shopping (for example, office supplies, or groceries). Whenever you think of something you need on that list, you flag that item. Then, when you go to the store, you tap the Flag Button, and the list you see will contain only those items that you've flagged! You then have a shopping list of just those things you've decided earlier that you need. As you shop, you check each item, and, when you're done, you reset the list. This clears both the checks and the flags so you can again start flagging items to buy as you think of them. Use Two-Step lists any time you want to do (or pick up, or include) only some of the things on your list. For example, you could make a list of all the places you might need to stop on the way home. As you realize another stop you need, you can flag that item in your list. Then, when you're leaving work, you can easily show just the stops you need to make that day. Keep in mind that you can add the Flag Item column to an existing check list at any time, or remove the column from a list, using <A href="ListPro Help.htm#editlist">List Properties</A>. You can also use the flag column as the second (rather than first) step of a list, by flagging items for inclusion in another list when you check them. For example, if you create a list of people you've invited to a party or conference, you can check their names as they respond to your invitation. Rather than duplicating the list when you need to see who will be attending, you could use the Flag Item column to designate people who will be there. Then, not only can you easily see who has not yet responded to your invitation (with the checks), you can also easily see a list of who will be there with the Flag Tool.  <hr>  <a name="fonts"></a>Fonts Choose Fonts from the Edit menu to open the Fonts dialog. For each list, you can select a default list font. For each column, you may choose to use the default list font or select a custom font. When you change the default list font, all columns that do not have a custom font selected will display the new default list font. In addition, the column header names and the Notes Pane will be displayed using the default list font. Select Default List Font from the Field Name list to change the list font for any columns you have not explicitly selected a font for. With this item selected, either choose Default System Font or Custom Font. With Custom Font selected, you can use the Change pushbutton to choose a custom font for the list. Select any field from the Field Name list to change the font for that field. With a field selected, either choose Default List Font or Custom Font. With Custom Font selected, you can use the Change pushbutton to choose a custom font for the field. <hr>  <a name="more_help"></a>Additional Help To save space on your Windows CE device, this help file has been intentionally kept small. If you would like to review the full help file, you can download the full Windows PC version from our support area and read it on your PC. To get the full help file, go to www.iliumsoft.com, select ListPro from our Support page and you will find the full Windows PC documentation. <hr>  <a name="purchase"></a> ListPro 30 Day Trial Ilium Software makes available a 30 Day Trial version of ListPro that you may download from our web site. You can tell if youÆre using a Trial version of ListPro by opening the About ListPro window. If you see a Register button, you are using an unregistered 30 Day Trial. If you donÆt see a Register button, but the version number ends in T, you are using an unlocked trial version. Otherwise, you have an unrestricted, registered version of ListPro. If you have the Trial Version of ListPro, you may evaluate it free of charge for 30 days. After that period, the application will stop functioning until you register it. When you purchase an ListPro license, Ilium Software will send you a new version of the program which has no time restriction. All of your information will transfer automatically to the new version. To purchase ListPro from Ilium Software: Use our secure web server at http://www.iliumsoft.com Call: (888) 632-5388 (toll free) or +1 (734) 973-9388 Email: orders@iliumsoft.com Fax: (734) 973-2640 Mail to: Ilium Software 3759 Prospect Rd Ann Arbor, MI 48105  </BODY> </html>