1-- Lines 2 to 27 are for the main calendar's help üALT = Access pull-down menus 5ü^L,ü^S = Toggle between the Log and Schedule modules C üTAB = Alternate among different views of the month, day, or week 6 ü<─┘ = Zoom between monthly and daily calendar views üW = Weekly view of events J üS = Six-Month calendar (and calendar calculator for locating any day) / üM = Make an entry into the schedule or log N üE = Edit/Examine an entry (change date, event description, or other item) ; üR = Re-schedule several events from one day to another > üP = Plan a (designate the steps needed to complete a ) 7 üH = Hunt for some information and produce a report L üF = Find Free Time (search for free blocks of time in the coming weeks) E üC = City Times (find the local times in cities around the world) > üD = Deadline list (up to 100 to-do's during next 30 days) H üZ = Zip a date's completed events from the SCHEDULE to the LOG file > üT = Tag an event for omission in the Omit routine (below) A üO = Omit plans, s, or individual events tagged for omission @ üU = Utilities (customizing, backup, restore, print drivers) C üI = Interval calculator (calculate the interval between dates) H ü\ = Stopwatch (elapsed time in hours, minutes, seconds, hundredths) J ü^E = Edit Recurring Events, Plans/Templates, Income-Expense Categories N ü^J = Julian date display (count days from beginning of year or other date) O ü+ ü- = Add or subtract a number of days to/from Main Menu's highlighted date F üF3 (or ü0ü.ü.ü9) = Show events for only 1 designated on calendar D üF7 = Show only one 's events on main calendar, or show them all & üA = AutoExecute (macro) function■ *-- Lines 29 to 52 are for event entry info M-> An APPOINTMENT is merely an event scheduled for a particular time and day. M A lunch date, for instance, would be entered as an Appointment. A DEADLINE L is an event for which your office is responsible. It's character is such M that failing to meet it may get you into trouble (a "to-do", for instance, M is a deadline). A deadline that's absolutely crucial should be entered as M a GOTCHA. Training or testing should be entered as an EXERCISE. The MIS- J CELLANEOUS category is a catch-all. Example: if another office is sup- K posed to answer a letter by 2 May, you would enter that event as Miscel- L laneous, since you aren't responsible for it. But if YOU are supposed to L answer a complaint by 20 May, you would enter it as a Deadline or Gotcha. G-> Each entry consists of a date, beginning and ending times, a and a K short description of the event. 17 lines of notes may also be attached. L-> A Reminder is an entry reminding you that an Appointment, Deadline, etc., M is expected at some time in the future. A Reminder must be set at least 1 K day prior to the event to which it refers. For instance, you might wish J to be reminded on Monday that you have an important briefing on Friday. G Or you might wish to be reminded that a report is due in a couple of J weeks (the due date of the report would be entered as a deadline, and a J reminder could be set two weeks prior to that date). Each appointment, ; deadline, etc., may have up to 4 reminders linked to it. E-> A Plan is a file that lists the expected events for a with which M you are involved. The listing contains the anticipated time intervals bet- B ween events. When you enter/change an event's date in the Plan, = will automatically change the dates for related events.■ #-- Lines 54 to 78 are for Plan info E-> Plans are used to chart the course that a is expected to follow. M Each Plan you use will be based upon a Template file set up with EDITX.EXE M (accessed by pressing ^E in the MAIN MENU). You should establish a separ- < arate Template for each general category of you handle. L-> Each Template (as well as each Plan derived from it) will contain a list- G ing of the tasks that usually take place in the type of covered by K the template. Each line in the template file consists of a task, an ab- L breviation for that task, the type of task (eg: Deadline or Expectation), J and notes about that task. Also included is the interval (expressed in K days) that is expected between that task and the directly preceding one, K and the date by which you expect that task to be completed. If the task I is unrelated to the immediately preceding one but IS related to one of K the other preceding ones, it's note entry should begin with a backslash, M followed immediately by the abbreviation of the related task (eg: "\inj"). M If an item is completely unrelated to any preceding one, the interval item M should be left blank. The notes item may also be left blank, if you wish, K but every line in the file MUST have both an abbreviation and a descrip- 4 tion. The template file may have NO empty lines. L-> When a Plan is displayed on the screen, one line will be highlighted. To K select the task that you want to affect, use the arrow keys or enter the appropriate ABBreviation.