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To Do
A shareware personal task manager for the Psion Series 3.
PREAMBLE
Disclaimer
==========
No warranty is given on this program. No liability for any
damage or loss to equipment, data or software will be
assumed. You use this program at your own risk.
Registration
============
The TODO program is shareware. If you like it and use it
after 14 days, you should send me †10. This will ease your
conscience and my bank balance. I will send you a small file to
disable the "nag" screens and show you as a registered user
on the About screen. If you do not have an email id, then
please ensure I have your name and address and state whether you
have a 3.5 or 5.25 inch diskette drive (PCs only I'm afraid).
Bug-fix versions will be available from the lexsoft/todo conference
on CIX and the Palmtop forum on Compuserve.
Errors
======
I don't know of any outstanding bugs (unless listed at the
end of this document) but as with any piece of software I'm
sure there are some.
The program's error handler attempts to save the current file
as ERROR.TDO before collapsing in the proverbial heap. Check
this file out if an error occurs. If it appears ok copy it
over your original file and continue. Please let me know of
any errors.
Distribution
============
This package may be freely copied, distributed as shareware so
long as the contents remain intact and are not tampered with in
any way.
The ZIP file should contain:
OUTLINE.FON
OUTNORM.FON
PROJECTS.TDP
TYPES.TDP
TODO.APP
TODO1.OPA
TODO2.OPA
TODO.TXT (this file)
INTRODUCTION
I found that the To Do list part of the built in Agenda program on the
Series 3 was not quite up to my requirements. I wanted an application
that would allow me to prioritise tasks by day, so that I could
schedule my time, and within day by priority. Additionally I wanted
to keep track of tasks that I had delegated to my staff and other
people. Ideally, tasks could be sorted by project so that I could
quickly see a list of outstanding tasks when I attended a review
meeting or when compiling a status report. A type field would also be
handy so that I could organise my todo items so as to tackle all phone
calls, electronic mail items etc. together.
Other requirements were to keep notes attached to a particular entry,
have extensive search capabilties, allocate an estimate to each task
so as to enable a summary of time estimated per day to be produced.
You've guessed it, all of these features, and others, are included
within this program.
Todo is now becoming quite a smart Personal Information Manager
although not up to those found on the PC. This is only because the
program needs to be kept to a managable size.
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
Create a directory \TDO to hold data files generated by the
application. This can reside on any local drive.
Unzip the file TODOxxx.ZIP and transfer the included files to the
Series 3 as follows:
TODO.APP Copy to the \APP directory on any drive.
TODO1.OPA Copy to the \APP directory on any drive.
TODO2.OPA Copy to the \APP directory on any drive.
PROJECTS.TDP Copy to the \TDO directory on any drive.
TYPES.TDP Copy to the \TDO directory on any drive.
Copy the two files OUTLINE.FON and OUTNORM.FON to any \OPD
directory.
The .APP,.OPA and .FON files should be kept on the same drive. All
may be kept on Flash SSD as they are only read by the program and not
changed.
Install the program on the Series 3 menu by going to the system
screen, and pressing Psion-I. In the "Install Application" dialog
box, set "Disk" to the drive to which you have copied TODO.APP, and
set the File Name to TODO.APP.
STARTING TODO
Having installed TODO, it operates just like one of the standard
applications such as Word or Data, in that a list of data files
is shown under the TODO icon. These can be opened by pressing
Enter or Shift-Enter. A new file can be created by pressing
Psion-N.
GENERAL
Commands can generally be entered in one of three ways:
- From the menu
- by pressing the key indicated on the menu
- by using the same key without the Psion prefix. One key operation
is considerably easier if you are using the Series 3 "one handed".
Up to 70 records can be held in a single file although unregistered
users will get a "nag" screen when entering each record after
the first 20.
CREATING AN ENTRY
Press Psion-E, E, the space bar or Shift-Enter. Enter up to two
lines of text in the dialog box. Use the up and down cursor keys
to move between the two lines. This text forms the main text of
the entry.
When you have pressed enter, a second dialog box appears. Complete
these fields.
Due Date: The entries are sorted by default on the Due Date field
which is usually used to denote the day on which the task is to be
carried out.
Priority: This may be set to 1 (High) down to 9 (Low).
Type and Project: These fields can be set to one of the codes that
you can enter yourself (see later in this manual).
Estimate can be used to enter, in hours, the time you expect the task
to take to complete. This field is optional (see Options settings).
Onus can be set to In, which means that next action is down to you, or
Out, which means that the next action on the item has been
allocated to somebody else. The onus of a particular item may
therefore swing between In and Out as events unfold.
DISPLAY TYPE AND FONT SIZE
The list can be shown in either of two fonts; normal or small (as
used in the spreadsheet). Use Psion-B to toggle between the two
sizes. The display can also be toggled between the full display
and a summary display using Psion-H.
MOVING BETWEEN ENTRIES
Use the up and down cursor keys to move between entries, one at a
time. PgUp and PgDn move four entries at a time (full display) or
eight entries at a time (summary display).
Ctrl-Psion-Up Arrow and Ctrl-Psion-Down Arow move to the top and
bottom of the file respectively. Psion-J/Psion-K and J/K also perform
these functions which makes it easier
EDIT TYPES AND EDIT PROJECTS
Types can be set to anything you like. I use them for different
categories of work such as Email and Phone calls, which I like to
get out of the way every morning. I also have special categories
for the people who work for me, and one for my boss. This enables me
to sort items by type when I have a meeting with one of these
people.
The higher the type in the type lists, the higher they get sorted.
So, if there is a particular category of tasks that you like to get
out of the way each morning, you should set this type at the head of
the list. The default sort order is by day, then onus in before out,
priority and finally, type.
Projects can also be used for anything you like.
Use Psion-Y to update the types and Psion-T to update Projects.
Up to 24 types and 24 projects can be defined. Processing is similar
for each, with 6 entries being shown at a time, press Enter after
each group. Blank entries are allowed but are filtered so that they
don't appear on selection dialog boxes.
The Types and Projects are saved with each file. The TYPES.TDP
and PROJECTS.TDP files are used to set the Types/Projects for new
files. Each time you amend the types and projects, you are asked if
you want to save the settings as the default for new files.
UPDATE AN ENTRY
To update the details of an entry, press Psion-U or Enter. When the
entry has been updated, the list is resorted and redisplayed.
COPY AN ENTRY
Psion-C copies the current entry and then