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DigiDay Reminder Main Screen
DigiDay Reminders Main Screen

Click on the part of the screen you want to learn about:

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maintoday
Click the Today button to show just the reminders for today.


mainwhole
Click the Whole Database button to view all your reminders (past and present).


mainbold
Click the Bold checkbox to bold the text in the reminder list.


mainlarge
Click the Large checkbox to increase the size of the font in the reminder list.


maindaysnumberof
#Days indicates the number of days before or after the current date that the reminder is/was set for.  For instance, “( 1 )” was due yesterday, “----” was due today, and “1” is due tomorrow.

Date displays the calendar day the reminder was set for.

Alarm displays the time the alarm was set for that reminder.

Ntc displays the number of days notice you get in advance of the reminder’s due date.  For instance, 7 means that you’ll start seeing the reminder 7 days in advance.

Nag displays important reminders that will remain in the box until you delete it.

Freq displays the frequency in which the reminder is displayed. For example, a birthday would be displayed as “1 yr” where a mortgage payment would be displayed as “1 mo”.

Reminder displays the reminder text that you entered on the “Add a reminder” screen.


maincycle
Click Cycle to move the reminder forward by the frequency it is set to. For instance, cycling a birthday on June 16, 1996 would reset the reminder to June 16, 1997.


mainadd
Click Add to add a reminder using the Add a reminder screen.  (You can also perform this function by simply pressing the Insert key.)


mainedit
Click Edit to change a reminder using the Edit a reminder screen.  You must first select a row prior to clicking the Edit button.  (You can also perform this function by simply pressing the Enter or Return key.)


maindelete
Click Delete to remove a reminder.  You must first select a row prior to clicking the Delete button.  (You can also perform this function by simply pressing the Delete key.)


DigiDay Add a Reminder Screen

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remtext
Use the Reminder Text box to enter your reminder descriptions.


begindate
Enter reminder Begin date (F3=today, F4=show calendar). Use the left/right arrows, then the up/down arrows --or just start typing.


remend
Click inside the End check box prior to entering the reminder expiration date (F3=today, F4=show calendar). Use the left/right arrows, then the up/down arrows --or just start typing. The default date is also the current date.


remadvance
Enter the number of days in advance you want to see a reminder in the Advance Notice spin box


remnag
Click Nag to nag yourself about important reminders. When Nag is checked, this indicates that the reminder will remain in the main listbox until you delete it.


remalarm
Click inside the Alarm check box prior to entering the time the alarm should sound (F2=clear, F3=current time).  Use the left/right arrows, then the up/down arrows --or just start typing.  When you enter an alarm time, another checkbox appears titled Hide Today.  If you check this, the alarm will not appear on the main list if you are looking at the Today reminders.  This allows you to have lots of alarms without having them clutter up the main list.


remonetime
 Click the One-time only button if you do not want the reminder to be repeated


remevery
Click the Every button if you want the reminder to be repeated.

Enter the number of periods between each occurrence using the spin box.

Select the frequency type using the pull-down (days, weeks, months or years). This will indicate how often the reminder will occur. You will also notice that check boxes may appear below the selection box. This will enable you to set the day of the week rather than a specific date. For instance, “First Monday in August” instead of August 1.


remok
Click the OK button to exit this screen and save your changes.


remcancel
Click Cancel to exit this screen without saving your changes.


DigiDay Edit a Reminder Screen

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Help Instructions

You can find information in DigiDay's On-Line Help by using the index or the Search feature.  To return to the Help Index after you read the instructions below, click the Back button or press the B key.

For complete instructions on how to use Help, press the F1 key while the Help window is active.

To use the Help Index

Do one of the following:

Click an underlined topic.

Press the Tab key until you highlight the topic you want, and then press the Enter key.

To scroll in the Help window

Do one of the following:

Press [image] and [image] .

Use the scroll bars with the mouse.

To return to the previous topic

Click the Back button or press the B key.

To open the Search feature in Help

Click the Search button or press the S key.

To close the Help window

From Help's File menu, choose Exit (ALT, F, X).


Suggestions

If you have suggestions for new features, or comments about errors, omissions, or validity of the information presented, please send them to one of the addresses below:

Internet

suggestions@visionx.com

U.S. Mail

DigiDay Editor

Vision X Software, Inc.

761 Sproul Road, #211

Springfield, PA 19064

Please note that we receive a large number of suggestions and comments regarding all DigiDay products and are unable to respond directly to each one.  However, be assured that your recommendations, ideas and remarks are recorded and help shape the future versions and volumes of all DigiDay products.