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                        A C T I V E   L I F E   1. 5

                       for  OS/2 Presentation Manager


                            On-line User's Guide



                              26 December 1990

               (c) 1990 1Soft Corporation  ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.




1.  INTERFACE BASICS
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1.01  Interface Basics

If you are a new PC user, or are unfamiliar with how to use Microsoft
Windows or OS/2 Presentation Mgr, this guide is for you.

The following pages of this guide explain the basic operating
techniques you'll need for working with this graphical interface.



1.02  Click and Drag

The term "click" means to quickly press and release the mouse button.
"Double-click" means to press and release the mouse button twice
quickly.  Unless otherwise specified, use the LEFT mouse button.

The term "drag" means to hold down the mouse button while you slide the
mouse.


1.03  Window

The term "window" is defined as the rectangular area on the screen in
which the application is be viewed.  The size and shape of the window
may be altered to your specifications using commands in the Control
menu.


1.04  Focus

The term focus refers to the one active window on the screen.  The one
to which keyboard and mouse commands will be directed.  The active
window "has the focus."

Use ALT+TAB to change the move the focus from one window to the next.
ALT+TAB can be used to move to the application's main window, and back
to this guide.

You will see the color of the Title Bar of the window change when it
has the focus.


1.05  Title Bars and Menus

At the very top of the window is the "Title Bar" containing the name of
the application running in that window (e.g. 1 Team or Active Life).
The next bar across the top of the screen is called the "Menu Bar".  It
lists the titles of each menu of commands.  A menu is a listing of
commands which can be carried out  you select them.


1.06  Selecting

Before issuing commands for actions to be performed on a specific item,
that item must first be "selected".  When you make a selection, your
choice will be accentuated in some way to stand out from the other
available options.   For example, a selected menu title or command will
appear in reverse video as is the title of this page ("Selecting").  A
selected command button in a dialog box will appear with a bold border.
 In general pressing ENTER will carry out or act on the selected
option.


1.07  Selecting a Menu

To select a menu press ALT and then underlined letter in the title of
the menu.  For example, to select the Edit menu press ALT and then E.
(Once a menu is displayed, another menu can be selected by pressing the
RIGHT or LEFT arrow keys.)

Another method for selecting a menu from the Menu Bar is to press ALT
(which will select the first menu on the Menu Bar) then press the RIGHT
or LEFT arrow keys to select the menu you want and press ENTER.  The
full list of commands in that menu will then be displayed.


1.08  Selecting a Menu Command

When a menu is displayed, select a command by pressing the underlined
letter in the command name.  The command will then be carried out.  For
example, to select the Copy command while the Edit menu is displayed,
press C.

Another method for selecting a menu command is as follows:  When a menu
has appeared, the command at the top of the list will be selected.
Pressing ENTER will carry out this command. You may press the DOWN or
UP arrow keys to select other commands in the menu.  When you have
selected the command you want, press ENTER.  That command will then be
executed.


1.09  Inactive Commands

Occasionally you may see one or more command titles that appear grayed.
These commands are inactive and are not available for use at that
time.  When it is appropriate to use them, these commands will become
active.


1.10  Exiting from a Menu

If you decide that you do not want to select a command from the menu on
the screen, you can exit from that menu without executing any commands
by pressing the key marked ESC.  This will cancel the menu and return
you to the primary window.


1.11  Shortcut Commands

It is often possible to execute a command directly form the primary
window without pulling down a menu. When there is a shortcut
alternative available it will be listed in the menu after the command
title. Note: These shortcuts are for use in the primary window and
cannot be used while a menu is displayed.


1.12  The Control Menu

The Control Menu contains commands which allow you to change the size of
the window you are working in; move the window to a different place on
the screen; and to exit from, or close, the window.

The Control menu's title does not appear in the Menu Bar across the top
of the screen but is symbolized by a box containing a small bar, or
dash, in the upper left corner of the window.  To display the Control
menu, press ALT then the SPACEBAR.

If you have a mouse you may move, size, minimize, and maximize a window
directly and will not need to use the Control menu.  With a mouse, the
only time you will need to use the Control menu is for the Close and
Restore commands.


1.13  Window Moving (with keyboard)

To move the window to a different place on the screen, in the Control
menu, press M.  (The keystrokes for this are: ALT, SPACEBAR, M.)  A
four-headed arrow will appear on the screen.  Use the arrow keys to
move the window on the screen.

When you have moved the borders to the area on the screen that you want
the window to be displayed, press ENTER.  The window will reappear
within the new borders.


1.14  Window Sizing (with keyboard)

To change the size of the window, display the Control menu, then press
S.  A four-headed arrow will appear in the window.

Press one of the direction or arrow keys to select which border of the
window you wish to move in order to expand or contract the window.  For
example, press the RIGHT arrow key to select the right border of the
window.

Once the border to be moved has been determined, use the arrow keys to
adjust that border.  When you are finished moving the border, press
ENTER.  The contents of the window will be adjusted to fit within the
new borders.


1.15  Minimize (with keyboard)

To temporarily remove a window from the screen so that you may view
other windows, you may shrink the window to an icon which will appear
in the bottom left corner of the screen. To do this, open the Control
menu and press N.

To return the window to the screen, press ALT+ESC until the desired
icon has the focus, then open the Control Menu, and select the Restore
or Maximize command.


1.16  Maximize (with keyboard)

To expand the window to fill the entire screen, in the Control menu
press X.  (The keystrokes for this are: ALT, SPACEBAR, X.)  The window
will expand to the full size of the screen.


1.17  Restore

If you have changed the size of the window or changed it to an icon, and
wish to return it to its previous size, in the Control menu press  R
(or click on Restore).   The window will be restored to its previous
size on the screen.


1.18  Close

To exit from the window and the application you were running, in the
Control menu press C (or click on Close).  A shortcut is CTRL+F4 if you
are using Windows 3.0, or ALT+F4 if you have an earlier version of
Windows.


1.19  Window Moving (with mouse)

To move a window to another location on the screen simply drag the
window's title bar or icon to the desired location and release the
mouse button.


1.20  Window Sizing (with mouse)

To change the size of a window, first point at the border that you want
to change. When the pointer changes to a two-headed arrow, drag it
until the window is the size that you want and then release the mouse
button.  Note: if you drag a corner, you may adjust two sides at once.




1.21  Maximize (with mouse)

To expand a window to fill the entire screen, click on the upward
pointing triangle in the upper right-hand corner of the window.


1.22  Minimize (with mouse)

To temporarily remove a window so that you may view other windows, click
on the single downward pointing triangle in the upper right-hand corner
of the window. The window will shrink to an icon that will appear in
the lower left-hand corner of the screen.


1.23  Working with More than One Window

There is a pop-up calendar and Notebook application that run in their
own windows, apart from the schedule window.  Keystrokes and commands
entered are directed to the window that has the "focus."  The PageUp
key, for example, scrolls a schedule when the primary window has the
focus, but changes the month in the pop-up calendar when the calendar
has the focus.

You can tell at a glance which window has the focus, because it will
have a unique color.

If you are viewing the pop-up calendar, press the TAB key to switch the
focus between the primary window and the calendar window.

If you are running the Notebook, or another application, such as this
guide, press ALT+TAB to cycle the focus between different
applications.



1.24  Working in Dialog Boxes

When additional information is needed to carry out a command, a "dialog
box" will appear on the screen to enable you to enter the required
information, or to select options or additional commands.  The areas
within the dialog box that you will work with include text boxes,
option buttons, check boxes and command buttons.

To move from one area to another within the dialog box, press the TAB
key.  Press SHIFT+TAB to move in the opposite direction.  An alternate
method of moving to areas within a dialog box is to hold down the ALT
key then press the underlined letter in the area you wish to select.

You will always know where you are within a dialog box by the position
of the cursor.  However, the cursor will take different forms depending
on the area of the dialog box it is in.  In a text box, for example, it
will have the familiar appearance of a flashing, vertical line.  But in
an area of the dialog box containing command buttons, the cursor will
appear as a gray outline around the command button title.  In addition
to a window having the focus, the area identified by the cursor is also
said to have the "focus."

Certain areas of the dialog box may appear gray in color and you will
be unable to select the options they contain.  These areas are inactive
and their options and commands are unavailable at that time.  They will
become active when their use is appropriate.

When a dialog box is displayed on the screen, it may already contain
some information or have certain options highlighted.  This information
may be the default settings of the application or it may be information
you have selected previously.


1.25  Text Boxes

A text box is an area in the dialog box where you can enter text.  In an
Active Life text box, the cursor will appear as a blinking vertical
line.  Text will appear to the left of the cursor as it is entered.

If there is already text in a text box, the entire line of text will be
highlighted when it is selected.  The cursor will appear to the right
of the existing text.


1.26  Option Buttons

When an option button is selected, the button title is enclosed in a
gray box and the button itself is filled in with a black dot.  The gray
outline box around the title is the cursor.

Use the arrow keys to select a different option button in an area of
the dialog box.  The gray outline around the button title (the cursor)
will move to each button within that group.  Only one option button in
a group of buttons may be activated at one time.


1.27  Check Boxes

A check box is a small square box that needs to be marked with an X to
be selected.  The cursor will appear as a vertical gray line to the
right of the check box you are working with.

To mark a check box with an X, press the SPACEBAR.  An X will appear
inside the box indicating that it has been selected.  The spacebar is a
toggle that will alternately mark a box with an X and erase it again.
To remove an X inside a check box, select the box and press the
SPACEBAR again.

You may select more than one check box if you wish. Use the direction
keys to move  the cursor to the check boxes you wish to mark. When you
mark a check box or select an option button then move to a different
area within the dialog box, those choices will remain as selected.


1.28  Command Buttons

Command buttons will cause a command to be executed when that button is
selected.  The title of the command is located inside of the button.
When that button is highlighted, it will have a thick, heavy border and
there will be a gray box (the cursor) surrounding the title inside the
button.  After selecting a command button, press ENTER to have the
command carried out.

2.  SCHEDULING
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2.00  Overview

This scheduler contains many features which enable you to manipulate
schedules in almost every way imaginable.  Using commands in the Juggle
menu, you can quickly change the position  of an item within a
schedule, or move an item from one day's schedule to another.

With the View menu, you can display several schedules at the same time
with "Multiple Schedule Windows" or "Week at a Glance".  With commands
in the Select menu, you can page through schedules a day at a time or a
week at a time, or you can look at the schedule for a specific date.

You may create one or more pop-up notebooks in which you can keep
names, phone numbers, dates and any other information for quick and
easy reference.  The notebook contains a built-in auto-dial feature.

There is also a pop-up calendar which you can size and position
anywhere on the screen.  And a pop-up Timer with which you can time any
event; such as telephone calls or any items on your schedule.

With a little practice, you'll soon be inserting, refining, moving and
deleting items like a pro; and you'll be delighted with the ease of use
and power of this time planning system.


2.01  Schedule Statistics

Note: If you are not  familiar with this interface standard (that of
Microsoft Windows and OS/2 Presentation Manager), please first read the
first Guide entitled "Interface Basics."

The first line of each schedule shows schedule displays a convenient
summary of the schedule shown in the window.  What is displayed is the
day and date of the schedule, the number of items in that day's
schedule, the amount of time taken up by the items in the schedule, and
the amount of time left unscheduled in that day (open or free time).

If the schedule being viewed is the one for the present date, an
asterisk (*) will appear after the date in the banner line.  This
indicates that today's schedule is currently being displayed.  An arrow
(>) will appear before the title of the item that is scheduled for the
current time.

If the schedule being viewed is not the schedule for the present date,
a number will appear after the date in the banner  line preceded by a
plus (+) or a minus (-).  A number preceded with a plus indicates that
the schedule being displayed is that number of days in advance, or in
the future, of the present date.  A number preceded by a minus
indicates that the schedule shown is that number of days behind, or in
the past from, the present date.

Schedule statistcis will change as items are added, deleted from or
modified in a schedule or as schedules for different days are selected.


If any items are not marked as completed on a past date's schedule, the
number of undone items will also be reported in the banner line.


2.02  Selecting Schedules

There are many ways to move between schedule days.  You may move ahead
or back by days, weeks, months, or years.

The Select menu shows all the different commands for selecting which
day to view. Shortcuts are explained on the next few pages. In
addition, the F9 shortcut key can be used to view any day back to 1987
or ahead to 2068.


2.03  Selecting a Day at a Time

There are shortcuts to selecting the schedule for a date one day earlier
or later than the one being displayed:

Press the grey PLUS (+) key on the numeric key pad and the schedules
will advance one day.

Press the MINUS (-) key on the numeric key pad and the schedules will
roll back one day.

Or with the mouse...

Click on the right-pointing arrow at the far right end of the
horizontal scroll bar at the bottom of the schedule screen, and the
schedules will advance one day.

Click on the left-pointing arrow at the far left end of the horizontal
scroll bar at the bottom of the schedule screen, and the schedules will
roll back one day.


2.04  Selecting a Week at a Time

There are shortcuts to selecting schedules weeks apart:

Press F7 to view the day one week earlier.

Press F8 to view the day one week later.

Or with the mouse...

Click in the gray area on the left half of the horizontal scroll bar at
the bottom of the schedule window to view the day one week later.

Click in the gray area on the right half of the horizontal scroll bar
at the bottom of the schedule window to view the day one week later.



2.05  Selecting a Month at a Time

The pop-up calendar with a mouse can be used to quickly move the display
by months at a time:

Month to month moves of the pop-up calendar, are directed with the up
and down arrow keys when the pop-up calendar has the focus.

Or with the mouse...

Click on the up-facing arrow at the top end of the vertical scroll bar
on the right side of the pop-up calendar, and the calendar will advance
one month.  Then, click on the desired date in the calendar and that
schedule will be displayed.

Click on the down-facing arrow at the bottom of the vertical scroll bar
at the right side of the pop-up calendar, and the calendar will roll
back one month.  Then, click on the desired date in the calendar and
that schedule will be displayed.


2.06  Selecting a Year at a Time

The pop-up calendar with a mouse can be used to quickly move the display
by years at a time:

Year to year moves of the pop-up calendar, are directed with the PageUp
and PageDn keys when the pop-up calendar has the focus.

Or with the mouse...

Click in the gray area on the top half of the vertical scroll bar at
the right side of the pop-up calendar, and the calendar will advance
one year.  Then, click on the desired date in the calendar and that
schedule will be displayed.

Click in the gray area on the bottom half of the vertical scroll bar at
the right side of the pop-up calendar, and the calendar will roll back
one year.  Then, click on the desired date in the calendar and that
schedule will be displayed.


2.07  Returning to Today's Schedule

No matter how far you go ahead or back in the schedules, you can always
return to today's schedule by simply pressing the HOME key.


2.08  Inserting Items Into a Schedule

Select the date on which you wish to schedule your desired item, then
double-click the mouse on any open space in the schedule screen (not on
a existing item). (You can also press the INSERT key, or select the
Insert command in the Edit menu and press ENTER).  A dialog box will be
displayed which will guide you in entering the pertinent information
about your item quickly.

If you were to press ENTER, without typing any information into the
dialog box, an untitled item would be entered in your schedule for that
day at the earliest free space with a duration of 10 minutes.


2.09  Entering Item Title

The title (description) of your item can be up to 255 characters long.
When you have entered the title of your item, press the TAB key to
advance the cursor to the next text box.  Note: You may view the entire
text of a long item title by selecting the View command button.


2.10  Entering Item Duration

Here is where you enter the amount of time you think a task will take.
If you are uncertain of how much time the item will take, your best
estimate will still be helpful for planning.

You may enter complete times like "2:00" for two hours or "1:45" for 1
hour and 45 minutes, or you enter short forms.  Numbers 1 through 4 are
interpreted as hours, 5 through 99 are interpreted as minutes, while
entering 100 through 2359 will be assumed to be hours and minutes.
Therefore, 3 will appear in the  text box as "3:00", 23 will appear as
":23" and 93 will be interpreted as 93 minutes, which is 1 hour and 33
minutes.  You may enter durations of up to 24 hours.  An item with
duration zero is called a "note".


2.11  Entering Notes

To flag an item as a note, either type "note" or the digit "0" (zero) in
the Duration box.  When the item is inserted into the schedule, the
word "note" will appear on the right side of the description.  If you
choose to make the item an unscheduled item (as described in the
"Scheduled / Unscheduled Items" section below), then the item will
appear at the top of the day's schedule with the word "note" on the
left, where the begin time would ordinarily be.

A shortcut for entering notes into your schedule is to press ALT+INSERT
or select "Insert Note Item" in the Edit menu.  This will bring up a
definition dialog box for a new unscheduled item with duration zero
(i.e. a "note").  As with any unscheduled item, notes will not conflict
with scheduled items nor be calculated into the workload by the color
utilization calendar.


2.12  Entering Item Date

This is the date on which your item is to take place.  The date of the
schedule which you selected when you called up the definition (insert)
dialog box, will automatically appear in this box.  If you decide that
you'd like your item to be scheduled on another day, enter that date
here.

The date may be entered as "month/day/year" with slashes separating the
month, day and year or you may use hyphens, periods or blanks as
separators.  Examples:

6-23-90      6/23/90      6 23 90

You need use only two digits to specify the year.  Specifying values
between "90" and the "99" are assumed to be years between 1990  and
1999.  Specifying values from "00" to "68" are assumed to be years
between 2000 and 2068. If you omit the year, (e.g. 6/23) the year will
be assumed to be the next occurrence of such date between the current
date and the end of next year.

You may alternatively enter the name of a weekday.  The date of the
closest future weekday will be assumed.  You have the option of typing
the entire name of the day, such as "Monday", "Thursday", or
"Saturday", or typing in an abbreviation , like "Mon", "Th", "F", or
"SA".


2.13  Scheduled / Unscheduled Items

The "Scheduled" box gives you the option of having your item appear on
your schedule with a begin time, or you may elect to have it appear
without a time associated with it, thereby making it an "unscheduled"
item.  Designating your item or items as unscheduled is a convenient
way to post notes or comments on your schedule.

When a new item is inserted, the default setting is that it is a
"scheduled" item.  To designate this item as "unscheduled", click the
mouse on the "scheduled" check box. To replace the X, and make this a
"scheduled" item, simply click the "scheduled" check box again.


2.14  Begin Time and Floating / Fixed

When the "Begin time" text box is empty, the "Floating" option is
automatically selected. "Floating" means your item can take place over
a range of time during your day. The item will be inserted into the
schedule at the earliest open time, taking into account the duration of
the item, the bounds you specify, and any other items already
scheduled.

The scheduler will not alter the sequencing of items without your
direction. Because of this, you can prioritize items by sequencing
them, and that sequence will be maintained. YOU can change the sequence
of items by simply dragging them with a mouse (or using the commands in
the Juggle menu).

The dynamic scheduler  will do much of the scheduling work for you. To
maximize the power of the dynamic scheduler, omit the begin time for
all those tasks which have a flexible start time.  Enter a time in the
"Begin Time" box only if an item must begin at a specific time, such as
a lunch date or meeting.  As the begin time is entered, the "Fixed /
Floating" option automatically switches to "Fixed".

In 12-hour format, times may be entered as "3:00" for 3 o'clock pm,
"9:45" for 9:45 am or "6:3" for 6:30pm.  If no "a" (am) or "p" (pm) is
typed after your time, it will automatically appear between 8:00am and
7:59pm. Typing "9:30" into the text box will appear as "9:30a" and
"6:20" will appear as "6:20p".  You may also enter numerals only,
leaving out the colon completely.  Typing "4" will appear as "4:00p"
and "912" will appear as "9:12a".

24-hour time format is also supported.  "5:00" for 5am and "17:08" for
5:08pm.

Use the Windows or OS/2 Control Panel to select 12/24-hour and
international time formats.


2.15  Time Bounds

You may select a time range in which you would like to have an item
scheduled.  For example, if you need to make a phone call to a
colleague who will only be in his office between 9:00 and 11:30am
tomorrow, enter these times in the boxes labeled "Earliest" and
"Latest".  The dynamic scheduler will schedule "floating" items within
these specified bounds.

For items with a begin time the "Bounds" boxes will be seen in red, and
will be inactive.


2.16  Setting Alarms

Click on the Alarm check box or press ALT+A.  This will place an X in
the check box, to show that the alarm is now on and will also bring up
the Alarm dialog box.

In the Alarm dialog box, you have the opportunity to set the alarm to
go off either before or after an item is scheduled to begin, or before
or after an item is scheduled to end.  You can also indicate the amount
of time (up to 99 minutes) before or after the item that you would like
the alarm to go off.

If the "Begin time" box is marked with an "X", the alarm will sound
before (or after) your item is scheduled to begin.  Click on the check
box to remove the "X".  Click a second time to replace it.  You may
elect to have both the "begin time" and "end time" boxes marked so that
the alarm will go off twice, both before the item begins and before the
item ends (or after, if "After" is selected).

When the alarm sounds, a message box will appear on the screen alerting
you to the starting or ending time of the item.  The alarm will chime
every 60 seconds until you acknowledge it.  You will be asked if you
would like the alarm repeated, and if so, when.

Selecting "OK" will set the alarm with the information you have given
it and bring you back to the definition dialog box.  Select "OK" again
and the item will appear on your schedule with "-a" after it.  This
indicates that  the item has an alarm set.  An item followed by "-ar"
indicates that the alarm has gone off and has been set to repeat again
later today.  An "-ax" indicates that the alarm has gone off and will
not be repeated today.

In the Alarm dialog box pressing ESC will cause the changes just
entered to be cancelled,  however, the alarm will still be set.
Selecting "Cancel" will  have the same effect.

To disable the alarm, you can delete the "X" from the check box to the
left of the "Alarm" command button in the main dialog box.  Do this
either by clicking on the check box or by putting the cursor next to
the check box with the TAB key, then pressing the SPACEBAR.

Alarms can be just as easily set on recurring items, and the alarm will
go off each day an instance is scheduled.


2.17  Recurring Items

"Recurring" box, click on "OK" (or TAB to the OK  button and press
ENTER).  This will return you to the definition dialog box.  The "Date"
button no longer contains a date but is marked "Recur'ng".  On your
schedule the item will be followed by "-r" to indicate that it is a
recurring item.

Note: While working in the "Recurring" dialog box, you may decide that
you don't want your item to be recurring. Press ESCAPE (or TAB to the
"Cancel" button and press ENTER).

Unlike most scheduling programs, 1Soft schedulers allow you delete or
change all occurrences (instances) of a recurring item in a single
operation, so you don't have to delete each and every occurrence one by
one. The Delete All Occurrences command is in the Edit menu, and its
shortcut is CTRL+DELETE.


2.18  Recurring: Daily

When the "Recurring" dialog box first comes to the screen, the "Daily"
option button is selected.  Click on, or press TAB to move from the
"Daily" button to the text box titled "Starting".  The date in this box
will automatically be the date of the schedule you are presently
working with.  You can change this date to a later date by entering it
as "month/date/year".

Click on, press TAB again to move to the text box titled "Ending".
This text box will be blank, and if left blank will cause your item to
be inserted into every daily schedule indefinitely.  You may type in
the date of the last day that you would like your item to take place.
Click on "OK," or press TAB to select the "OK" command button and press
ENTER.  The "Recurring" dialog box will disappear and the definition
dialog box will return to the screen.


2.19  Recurring: Every __ Days

Your item may not need to take place daily but every so many days.  When
in the "Recurring" dialog box, click on (or press the DOWN or RIGHT
arrow key to select) the button labeled "Every ___ Days".  You may
chose to keep the default setting (2) or you may enter any number up to
99.  Press TAB  to bring the cursor to the text box and type in the
numerals.

Specify "Starting" and "Ending" dates as with Daily items and press
ENTER when you are finished.  Remember that leaving the "Ending" text
box blank will cause your item to be scheduled into the future
indefinitely.


2.20  Recurring: Weekly

To schedule a weekly item, in the "Recurring" dialog box, click on the
"Weekly" button, then click on the check box for each day on which you
want the item to be scheduled.

If you are not using a mouse, press the DOWN arrow key twice to select
the button labeled "Weekly", then TAB to the series of seven check
boxes labeled for the days of the week.  The cursor will appear as a
gray vertical line to the right of the check box labeled "M".  Press
the space bar to fill in this box with an "X."  Press the RIGHT (or
LEFT) arrow key to move the cursor along the row of boxes.

You may also choose to leave all the day-of-the-week check boxes blank
and tab directly to the "Starting" text box.  This will cause your item
to be scheduled once a week on the week-day that your "Starting" date
falls on.  For example, if the "Starting" date falls on a Monday, then
your item will be scheduled each week on Monday.


2.21  Recurring: Every __ Weeks

To schedule an item at an interval of every two or more weeks, click on
(or use the DOWN arrow key to select) the button labeled "Every ___
Weeks".  The default setting here is 2.  You may enter any number up to
99.  Note: Entering the number "1" in this text box will cause the
button selection to change automatically from "Every _1_  Weeks" to
"Weekly".

As with Weekly recurring items, you may check the boxes to indicate on
which day(s) of the week the item will occur.  As stated earlier, if
you chose to leave all of the day-of-the-week boxes unchecked, your
item will be scheduled on the day of the week that the "Starting" date
falls on.


2.22  Recurring: Monthly

Items may be scheduled once, several or many times each month.  In the
"Recurring" dialog box, click on (or press the DOWN arrow key to
select) the button labeled "Monthly on...".

Using a mouse, simply click on "Cardinal Month Days", then click on the
check boxes for each of the desired days.

Without a mouse, press TAB to select "Cardinal Month Days".  Press TAB
to move the cursor down to day "1" in the calendar. The cursor is now a
dotted gray outline around the check box. Mark the boxes you wish by
pressing the SPACEBAR.

Using "Cardinal Month Days", if all the check boxes are left blank, the
item will be scheduled each month on the same day of the month as the
"Starting" date.


2.23  Recurring: Ordinal Month Days

You may want to schedule your item to take place on a certain day each
month; for example, the first Friday and the second Wednesday of every
month.  To do this, select "Monthly on..." and click on the button
labeled "Ordinal Weekdays" (or press ALT+O).  You can move around this
calendar and mark the boxes in the same way as with "Cardinal Month
Days".


2.24  Recurring: Every __ Months

To schedule an item at an interval of every two or more months,  in the
"Recurring" dialog box, select the button marked "Every ___ Months...".
 The change the default setting of 2, click in, or press TAB to move
the cursor inside the text box.

As with Monthly recurring items, select the desired "Cardinal Month
Days" or "Ordinal Weekdays".


2.25  Recurring: Annually

To schedule an item once a year, in the Recurring dialog box select the
button labeled "Annually".

Click on (or press TAB to move the cursor to) the "Starting" and
"Ending" text boxes.  Fill in the dates of your choosing and click on
"OK", or press ENTER.  The item will be scheduled each year on the date
entered in the "Starting" text box.


2.26  Recurring to Non-recurring

To change a recurring item to a single-occurrence item,  in the
definition dialog box click on (to remove) the "X" from the check box
to the left of the "Recurring" button.  Without a mouse, TAB to put the
cursor on the right side of the check box, and press the SPACEBAR.
Each time you click on the check box or press SPACEBAR, the recurring
status of the item switches, from recurring to non-recurring and back
again.  An "X" in the check box indicates that the item is recurring,
while an empty check box indicates that the item is a single-occurrence
item.

When you change the status of an item to non-recurring this way and
then press OK, all occurrences of the item will be deleted with the
exception of the one instance that is selected.


2.27  Delete All Occurrences

There are two methods you can use to remove all occurrences of a
recurring item.  The first is to select any occurrence of a recurring
item on any schedule, then select "Delete All Occurrences" from the
Edit menu.

The second method is to first choose the "Alphabetical Items List" in
the View menu (ALT+V, A), select the recurring item on the list, press
the DELETE key.


2.28  Exceptions to Recurring Items

Perhaps a meeting which is normally scheduled to take place on the first
Monday of every month will be moved to the following Tuesday because of
a holiday that Monday.  Or perhaps your daily lunch, normally at 12:30
needs to be extended next Friday to 90 minutes and moved to 12:00 for
an achievement awards luncheon.

There are quick and easy ways to make exceptions.

But first the "scenic" route to help you gain an overview. Simply
select any standard instance of the recurring item on any schedule day
and bring up the definition dialog box by pressing ENTER or by
double-clicking on the item.

Now, click on the Next button (or press ALT+N) to advance the date
shown above the Next button to the date of the next occurrence of the
item.  Similarly, click on the Prior button (or press ALT+P) to display
the date of the previous occurrence of the item.  When the date of the
item occurrence that you wish to modify is showing, you may...

      Press ALT+C   --  To  Cancel (delete) this occurrence of the item
or...
      Press ALT+X   --      To  indicate that this occurrence of the item
is different in some way, then...

Make the desired changes in the upper portion of the definition dialog
box and select OK.  The schedule for the date of the modified
occurrence will appear on the screen.  To the right of the item title
will be an "-rx" to indicate that this is an exception to a standard
recurring item.

Note:  If you would like the modifications entered to become the new
standard for the recurring item press ALT+S (for Standard)  while still
in the definition dialog box.

To quickly Cancel (Delete) ONE instance of a recurring item, select
that item in the schedule on day you want it cancelled. Then press
delete.

To quickly change the date of one instance of a recurring item, select
the instance, and simply move it to another day.

To quickly change the duration (or any other details) of one instance
of a recurring item, select the instance, press enter (or double
click), when the Refine dialog box appears, press ALT+X (or click on
the Exception option). Change the information, and press OK.

When the Standard (ALT+S) option is on, changes in the Refine dialog
box affect all standard instances.

Changes in the Recurring dialog box (daily, weekly, etc) affect only
the standard instances.




2.29  Changing Item Information

To change any information for an existing item, first double-click on
the item description line on the schedule window (or select the item
and press ENTER).  Then, click on (or TAB to) the appropriate box and
enter the changes.  If the desired changes are to the "Recurring" or
"Alarm" settings, select these dialog boxes by clicking on "Recurring"
or "Alarms".

To save the changes select OK.  To return the item to the schedule
without any of the changes taking effect, press ESCAPE or click on
"Cancel" (or TAB to "Cancel" and press ENTER).

To make changes to a recurring item, select any STANDARD instance of
the item.  If you select an instance of the item that has been
designated as an exception, then the changes will only affect that
occurrence of the item.


2.30  Deleting Items

Click once on the item in the schedule (or use the arrow keys) to select
it, then press the DELETE key (or press ALT+E,D).  A message will
appear, asking you to confirm the delete command.  Click on "Yes" (or
TAB to "Yes" then press ENTER) and the item will be removed from the
schedule.  If you click on "No" (or press ENTER with "No" selected) the
item will not be deleted.


2.31  Toggling Between Two Views

At the far right end of the Schedules line (just underneath the Menu
Titles line) is a maximize button (a small rectangle with an upward
pointed triangle in it).  Clicking on this triangle will switch to the
view mode that was in effect immediately before the current view mode.
If there is no previous view mode, the Alphabetical Items List view
will be selected.

Using this feature, you can switch back and forth from single window to
Week at a Glance or Multiple Windows views and back again easily.


2.32  Red Start Times

On today's schedule, item start times will appear red if the start time
has already past.  Also, if you move an item to a spot where it
conflicts with another item or goes outside of the time bounds you
designated, the time will appear red, warning you of the conflict.
Keep this in mind when juggling items.


2.33  Juggling Items

Once an item is inserted into your schedule, you may move it to a
different position within that schedule or move it to the schedule of a
different day.  If you are not using a mouse, see the section titled
"The Juggle Menu" in the Menu Commands Guide, or pull-down the Juggle
menu and you'll see the keyboard-equivalent shortcuts.

Using a mouse, click to select the item you wish to move, then simply
drag the item up or down within the schedule. When you move a
"floating" item up or down on the schedule, the begin time of the item
will adjust automatically. Even if you have designated an item to take
place at a fixed time, it is possible to move that item up and down in
sequence on the schedule, however the time you specified remains the
same.

To move a selected item to another schedule, simply click with the
right mouse button on the desired target date in the pop-up calendar.
This is the quickest and easiest way to reschedule an undone task to
another day.

Or, while viewing schedules in multiple windows, drag the selected the
item from one schedule window to another.

When two windows automatically appear on the screen: the leftmost
schedule contains items that have not been marked as completed and the
rightmost schedule is for the present day.  This will call your
attention to the uncompleted items on the past day so that you may
reschedule them if necessary or mark them completed.  Having two
schedules displayed makes it possible to move items over to the next
day by dragging them with a mouse or using the shortcut key-command
CTRL+RIGHT arrow.  You can also use the Carry Over Undone Items command
in the Juggle menu. Better yet for apportioning across other days in
the future, click the right mouse button on chosen dates in the pop-up
calendar. This is detailed above.


2.34  Highlighting an Item

For emphasis, you may wish to highlight certain items on your schedule.
Highlighted items appears in the schedule as underlined and will be
printed when "Extended Outlook" is selected.  See the Print commands in
the File menu for more information on the Extended Outlook.

The "Highlight Item" command will underline the currently selected
item.  A shortcut for this command is to press F3 while in the
schedules window.  Press F3 again to remove the underline.


2.35  Printed Schedules

You may print reports that list your schedule for the present day and
beyond;  plus a three month calendar. This allows you to see openings
for appointments while away from your computer. All highlighted
(underlined) events for the next three months also may be listed by
choosing the Extended Outlook option. See the Print commands in the
File menu for details.


2.36  Entering Birthdays

Enter birthdays as annually recurring "notes" (i.e. unscheduled items
with a duration of zero).

In the recurring dialog box, specify "Starting Date" as the next
ocurrence of the birthday; NOT the actual birthday.  The reason for
this is that  the actual bithday may be outside of the range of Active
Life dates.


2.37  Data Saving and Making Backups

To minimize data loss from unexpected natural disasters such as power
interruptions, schedule information is saved every 60 seconds (in
TIMEDATA.PAK eg.).  Should a power interruption occur, you would lose
only the changes you made within the last minute.  As an added
precaution, a backup file (TIMEDATA.BAK) is maintained which contains
your just previously saved scheduling data.

There are few things more important than your data.  Especially the
scheduling data you rely on to plan your future and to track your
accomplishments.  On a daily basis make backups of  all *.PAK files as
well as your archived schedules (*.LOG). These backups should be made
on reliable media and stored in a safe place.


2.38  Schedule Archiving

A schedule will be "archived" when all items are marked as completed.
The completed schedule items are archived to monthly files named
according to the month and year.  For example: "Jan91.Log".  These
files are ASCII format (text) and may be displayed or printed using the
TYPE or PRINT commands of DOS, Windows notepad, or other utility
applications, including text editors.

To view archived schedules using the notepad in Windows 3.0, create a
program icon for the month with a command line such as:

notepad C:\<dir>\Jan91.Log

where <dir> is the directory where the program is.  Now, simply double
click on this icon to display the schedule items that have been
completed in the month of January 1991.  Notepad has editing and text
search capability.

To view archived schedules using the notepad in Windows 2.x, select
"File: Run" in the MS DOS Executive and enter the above command line.


2.44  Dynamic Scheduling

This scheduler provides a most powerful system for planning, managing,
and tracking one's active business and personal life. Flexible
schedules manage workflow effectively. All types of recurring items
need be entered just once. Features include a pop-up calendar, alarms,
and week-at-a-glance. Printed schedules provide portable reference and
notation.

This system from 1Soft is is designed to organize your life and
maximize your productivity; so you can plan time for everything you
want to do!

Much of the superior power and flexibility of this system is based on
its unique automated scheduling of floating tasks. These schedules are
so effective, they render to-do lists obsolete. Floating tasks are
items that would otherwise have to appear on a to-do list, but have a
duration and suggested begin time. This automated scheduling allows you
to plan more precisely and see clearly how your time is being
allocated. The benefit of using these, flexible, dynamic schedules is
tremendous. The following pages detail some of the advantages.


2.45  Rewards of Higher Achievement

Having your workflow streamlined leads directly to much higher
achievement every day!

Higher achievement has many benefits. For example...

* A heightened sense of self-worth.

* Bigger commissions, more billable hours and bonuses.

* Larger salary raises and more frequent promotions.

* Higher Academic Rewards

* Better performance in all pursuits. And more time for leisure
pursuits!




2.46  Dependability

Being able to follow-through on promises and commitments you make to
others will strengthen your reputation. People trust individuals that
have a history of doing what they say they'll do. With this system, you
can plan with confidence, knowing you can follow through on what you
plan to do.



2.47  Greatest Return

You'll use daily schedules to eliminate time wasters, planning on doing
only what will bring you the greatest return.


2.48  Knowing When You'll Get to It

Workload cycles from lulls to hurricanes can be trimmed.

Like most people, you probably feel very busy most of the time. But
once in a while things slow down. Sometimes suddenly. Maybe you can
recall a day when you thought at one point "what should I do next?" and
nothing especially urgent came to mind. So the rest of your day wasn't
fully utilized.. Lack of challenge can lead to boredom. Often after
lulls pass, a period of the being too busy comes surprisingly soon: a
crisis of not enough time.

Few of us have a life which naturally delivers opportunities to act in
a steady flow.  We can even exacerbate the ups and downs unwittingly.
We may react to a period of too little to do, by taking on more and
more. Then during a crisis of extreme busy-ness, we may refrain from
accepting any new challenges, and wind up with a lull of nothing
interesting to do, when the storm passes.

With this scheduler, you can see light periods in advance, and plan
accordingly. And you can see when future days are filling too rapidly
and not take on quite so much before a crisis of deadlines occurs.

When a lull can be anticipated weeks ahead it can be prepared for and
not be dull. Knowing you'll be ahead of  your workload a few weeks from
now could mean planning for an delightful vacation!


2.49  Reasonable Expectations

Being able to look ahead and plan reduces stress, and  allows you to
inform others. Once you have entered your pending tasks you will notice
a marked decrease in stress. Because all of your tasks are now in a
place where they can be managed effectively, you don't have to depend
on less reliable methods to jog your memory. It's all covered. You can
relax.



2.50  Schedule Pacing

Daily schedules enable you to quickly gauge whether you are behind or
ahead of schedule based on how much you have completed.


2.51  Productivity Push

When you know you have a schedule of many vital tasks planned for
accomplishment, you're more likely to use your time effectively. You
know what's next and you know that the time you've planned for the
current task is finite. Without a planned schedule, there's a tendency
to merely continue with the comfort of the current task much longer,
realizing diminishing marginal returns for the extra time spent. With a
schedule, you're much more likely to move on to the next item.



2.52  Transition Time

No more scanning long to-do lists, plus wall calendars, and appointment
books.  Smoother transitions boost productivity and effectiveness.

With a to-do list, and no schedule, you know what you have to do, but
don't have a plan of when to do it. And you don't know what length of
time the workload represents. So you select one task, and work on it
for a while. Then you go back to your list and select the next thing,
and begin doing it. This creates stress, because you know that if you
could anticipate what was coming next, you'd be better ready to attack
it. One of the big advantages of a schedule is that you know what's
next. While you're working on task A, you can be preparing to do task B
subconsciously.  You know in advance what tasks you'll encounter
throughout the day, and in what order. If you've ever watched the
Olympic track and field athletes, you know that the winning sprinter
doesn't stop between hurdles. Running fast and not slowing between
hurdles is the key to winning times. Imagine if the hurdles are all
different heights, such as the events in your day. Then anticipating
each successive hurdle becomes even more crucial. There is a natural
desire to look forward to things. To know what's coming, and prepare
for it. Schedules allow us to do so.



2.53  Window of Opportunity

People rarely forget; they just miss the window. Many tasks you seek to
accomplish can be done only between certain hours. To-do lists hide
this fact. If it's a phone call to return between certain hours, or an
errand that needs to be accomplished within a two-hour time frame, then
it's a task that cannot be done anytime. Think of all the times you've
heard yourself say "Ooops I forgot to...." You remembered the task, but
only after the opportunity was missed. A schedule provides the means to
plan time-frame sensitive tasks.


2.54  Log Files

Recall exactly what was done and when, with confidence.


2.55  Relief from Office Clutter

Another benefit is helping to keep your desktop and office less
cluttered.  A device often used to remember tasks, is to leave
something related to the task in a conspicuous place that will be
noticed. Unfortunately, for an active person with much to remember,
this can lead to an office in complete disarray.  This scheduler allows
you to file or store away task materials with the confidence that the
schedules will show pertinent tasks at the appropriate time.


2.56  Day-tight Compartments

You can focus mentally without the distraction of thinking about other
tasks: trying not to forget them, or wondering whether they should be
worked on now instead of your current task.



2.57  Increased Productivity

While you may grow accustomed to having less time-pressure stress in
your life, another major benefit will be a dramatic boost in
productivity.  You'll be amazed at how much you accomplish.  You'll get
more done in less time.



2.58  Breaking New Ground

We are introducing a new way of helping you manage your time. Instead of
having tasks merely listed in a to-do list, they can be scheduled in
the available time between the appointments on your calendar. There are
several advantages to this approach: a unified view, time budgeting,
time-frame targeting, transition smoothing, and more.



2.59  Integration: a Unified View

Having a unified view means that you don't have to split your attention
between your appointment calendar and to-do list. Everything you have
planned is arranged in the day's schedule. No longer do you have to
split your attention; you can focus.


2.60  Time Budgeting

Tasks will be scheduled automatically.  At a glance, you can see how
much can be accomplished and how much space remains in a given day.
This minimizes the number of surprises and crises that arise when
insufficient time remains to accomplish high priority tasks before a
deadline. And since a schedule is much more precise than a to-do list,
you can more easily make and keep your commitments to others. You can
tell them in advance exactly when you plan to have something done.


2.61  Doing it All

One of the most frequent causes of stress we have all experienced is the
feeling of having too much to do. More specifically, we have a lot to
do, and aren't sure if we'll get it done in time.  It's this doubt and
worry that brings on stress.  Now you can see exactly what you have to
do and how long it's going to take. Then if it cannot be accommodated
before deadlines, you can defer lower priority tasks. A renewed sense
of confidence in knowing what you can get done, and when, will greatly
lower your stress level.


2.62  Forget it Not

Another source of stress is worry over forgetting to do certain things
before they must be done. We all use methods to combat this threat.
Unfortunately the methods are not always reliable, and result in a
certain amount of stress. The key to reducing this stress is simply
finding a more reliable means to keep track what has to get done, and
being reminded of it when there's time to do it (before it is too
late).



2.63  A More Exciting LIfe

You will naturally feel more excited about life as you put this time
planning system to use. With a greater potential for higher
productivity you can accomplish all the things you need to do, and find
time for more of the things you want to do.


2.64  Daily Use

You can gain most of the above benefits even if you use a PC only about
twenty minutes each day.


2.65  The Morning Planning Session

Check-off the items you completed yesterday and reschedule the tasks you
didn't get to.  To make it easier to reschedule, open the pop-up
monthly calendar. Click the right mouse button and the selected item
will be moved to the calendar day you're pointing to. This is the
fastest way to reschedule items. You merely click the right mouse
button. Be sure to reschedule all undone items.


2.66  Add New Items

Add any new items. These might be items you're carrying in your head or
those you jotted down on yesterday's printed schedule page.


2.67  Arrange Your Schedule

Using the keyboard or mouse, move the items in today's schedule around
so that today's schedule best suits you. Often today's schedule will be
overloaded, but you can defer items by rescheduling them to future
days.  And you can adjust today's sequence so there are no conflicts,
and items are in the order you desire, bringing related items together,
for example. As you make changes, you'll notice that the schedule will
adjust automatically.


2.68  Print a Schedule Report

You'll want to print off today's schedule, and normally also the
extended outlook. The extended outlook includes a 3 month calendar, and
any highlightedl events for up to 90 days.

It's possible to print your schedule on one-side of the sheet of paper,
and turn it over and send it through the printer for the extended
outlook on the back. This means that you only have to carry a single
sheet of paper with you throughout the day, which is much easier than a
bulky appointment book, not to mention easier to update.

Jot notes on your schedule report during the day; cross-off items you
complete.  Use the extended outlook to pin-point what times are
committed so you can schedule appointments even while away from your
PC.



2.69  Suggestions and Tips

Enter the items you plan to do, including regular (recurring) items.
This can be done very quickly. In the span of about 15 minutes you can
probably enter 50 items. Don't forget to include the many things you do
everyday, such as lunch. These need be entered only once; time each day
will be reserved for them. There will be additional tasks that you'll
think of later, and you can enter them anytime.

Then plan today. If today's tasks are not already in a sequence that
suits you, arrange them and make adjustments, and then print your
schedule for the day. If you have a printer, you can make a printed
schedule to carry through the day, crossing-off items that you
complete. New items can be noted on this same page, and entered the
next morning. If you're using the printed schedules and only running
the software once daily, you'll spend about 10 to 20 inutes updating
information by marking completed events, entering new schedule items,
and adjusting your plans according to your latest
priorities.

Tasks that you want to reschedule you'll move to future days. The
pop-up calendar is handy for rescheduling, since you just click the
right mouse-button when over a calendar day and the current event will
be moved to that day. The updating process is finished when only
crossed-off items remain on yesterday's schedule. You can edit any of
the crossed-off events to alter the begin time, duration, or other
attributes. Yesterday's schedule will later be archived to log what
you've accomplished.

Uncompleted tasks are not automatically moved to the present day. This
is so you have an opportunity to reschedule yesterday's missed tasks on
a future day of your choice.  Having everything deferred to the very
next day would soon cause an excessive build-up of tasks in the
near-term, while many tasks could best be deferred to the more sparsely
scheduled days farther in the future. Also, there may be tasks on your
Friday schedule that you want to move to Monday, rather than having
them dumped onto Saturday.


2.70  International Time & Date Formats

1Soft Windows and OS/2 PM products support world-wide date and time
formats.  Use the Control Panel of Windows or OS/2 PM to select your
local time and date format.




3.  MENU COMMANDS
-----------------

3.01  About the Menus

The menu titles are displayed in the menu bar across the top of the
screen.  They are: File, Edit, Select, Juggle, View, Calendar,
Options, and Exit.

To select the menu you wish to view, press the ALT key, then press the
key of the underlined letter in the menu title, or use the RIGHT and
LEFT arrow keys to select the menu title you want, then press ENTER.


3.02  File: Print Today's Schedule

Use this command  to print the current day's schedule, regardless of the
schedule appearing on the screen.

A message will appear asking if you would like to print the Extended
Outlook.  The Extended Outlook contains a three month calendar and a
list of the highlighted items for up to the next 90 days.  To highlight
an item, use the "Highlight Item" command in the Edit menu.


3.03  File: Print Range of Schedules

The Print Range of Schedules command allows you to print out a number of
schedules between specified dates.

Selecting this command will bring up a dialog box into which you can
enter the range of the schedules you wish to print.  You can also
choose options such as the number of schedules that will appear on a
page and whether you would like the Extended Outlook printed as well.

In the first area of this dialog box, select the option button labeled
"Today" (the present date appears to the right of this button) or the
option button labeled "Date:" and enter the date of the first schedule
you would like printed.

In the second area, you may choose how many schedules you would like
printed.  Select the first option button and enter the number of days
(schedules) to be printed; or select the option button titled "Date:"
and type in the date of the last schedule to be printed.

The next area of the dialog box is where you may indicate how many
schedules to be printed per page.  Select the first option button and
enter the desired number of schedules per page; or select the second
option button to have the schedules fill the entire page.

Check the box titled "Extended Outlook" if you would like to print a
list  of up-coming highlighted events for the next three months.
Select the "OK" command button to have the schedules printed.


3.06  File: Name

The Name command will display on the screen the name of the file where
the schedule information is stored. This is helpful for 1 Team users
who have the schedules of several users active on the screen at one
time. Using this command, you will be able to verify whose schedule you
are looking at in cases where the person has not entered their name in
the banner line.


3.07  File: Save

The Save command will save changes made during the current session to
the TIMEDATA.PAK file.  However, since changes are saved automatically
every sixty seconds, use of this command is normally not necessary.



3.08  File: Exit

The Exit command will do a "File: Save" and return you to the Windows
Program Manager, the DOS prompt, or OS/2 PM; depending on which
environment you are working in.


3.09  File: About...

This command will display information about the program including
copyright information and version number.


3.10  Edit: Insert New Item

Use this command to enter new items into your schedule.  A shortcut for
this command is to press "Insert". A dialog box will appear in which
you can enter specific information about your item.

When you have completed your session in the definition dialog box,
select the "OK" command button and the item will be inserted into the
schedule.

To learn more about inserting new items and the definition dialog box,
see the help guide entitled "Scheduling".


3.11  Edit: Insert Note Item

This command will bring up a definition dialog box for entering a note
item into your schedule.  Enter the text of the note and select "OK".
The item will be labeled "note" and will not conflict with scheduled
items nor be calculated into the workload by the color utilization
calendar. A shortcut for this command is to press ALT+INSERT.

Select the "View" command button in the definition dilog box to display
the entire text of the note.


3.12  Edit: Refine Item

The Refine Item command will allow you to change previously entered
information for the currently selected item.  A shortcut for this
command is to press ENTER or double-click on an item in the schedules
window.

Selecting this command will open the dialog box which contains the
information regarding this item that you entered previously.  When you
have made the desired changes to the data in the dialog box, select
"OK".


3.13  Edit: Delete Item

The Delete Item command will remove the currently selected item from the
schedule.  A shortcut for this command is to press DELETE while in the
Schedules window.

If the item you have selected to delete is a recurring item, the
"Delete Item" command will only remove the item from the schedule you
are currently viewing.  To remove all occurrences of a recurring item,
use the "Delete All Occurrences" command; or delete the item from the
Alphabetical Items List.


3.14  Edit: Delete All Occurrences

The Delete All Occurrences Item command will remove all instances of a
selected recurring item from all schedules.  A shortcut for this
command is to press CONTROL+DELETE while in the schedules window.


3.15  Edit: Arrange a Meeting

The Meeting Maker feature is available only in 1 Team. See the help
guide entitled "Workgroup Use" for details.


3.16  Edit: Duplicate an Item

The Duplicate Item command will insert a duplicate of the selected item
into the schedule directly below the selected item.  Shortcut: press
quote ( " ) while in the schedules window.


3.17  Edit: Mark Item Done

The Mark Item Done command will cause a line to be drawn through the
selected item.  Shortcut: press SPACEBAR while in the schedule window.

Using this command on an item that is already marked with a line
through it will cause the line to be removed, indicating that the item
is uncompleted.  All items must be marked as done on a past schedule in
order for that day's schedule contents to be archived.


3.18  Edit: Highlight Item

The "Highlight Item" command will cause the selected item to be
underlined.  Using this command on an item that is already underlined
will remove the underline from that item.  A shortcut for this command
is to press F3 from the schedules window.



3.19  Edit: Schedule Item

Using the Schedule Item command on an unscheduled item will make it a
(floating) scheduled item.  If you wish to specify a particular start
time for an item, use the Refine Item command an enter a begin time.

Using the Schedule Item command on a scheduled item will make it
unscheduled.  This toggle feature makes it easy to "undo" the command
if you desire.  A shortcut for "Schedule Item" is to press F4 from the
schedule window.


3.20  Edit: Start Item

With this command the elapsed time of an item in progress can be
displayed.  The Start Item command will start recording the elapsed
time associated with the selected item.  The elapsed time along with
the duration will be displayed on the schedule line. It will look like
this: (:04/:30).  The first number is the actual elapsed time, the
second is the originally planned duration.

When the item is marked as done, the total elapsed time will be saved
and archived along with the item.

If you would like to "restart" a "done" item use the Start Item command
again.  The "done" item will remain marked as done however a duplicate
item will be created and started at the current time. With this method
you have a record of the two (or more) segments of time that the item
was worked on.

The Start Item command may also be used to manually launch an EXEC or
AUTOEXEC item earlier in the day on which it is scheduled.  A shortcut
for the Start Item command is to press F5 from the schedules window.



3.21  Edit: Cut

The Cut command deletes the selected text from the schedule. The deleted
text is placed in a temporary holding area known as the Clipboard. You
can then move the text to another Windows or OS/2 PM application with
the Paste command. In 1 Team you can also move the item to another
person's schedule.

Note: In order for the Cut or Copy commands to be available there must
be some text selected.  See the "Interface Basics" guide for
instructions on how to select text.




3.22  Edit: Copy

The Copy command copies the selected text to the Clipboard so that you
may duplicate it elsewhere using the Paste command.


3.23  Edit Paste

The Paste command inserts the text that is on the Clipboard to the right
of the cursor in the current schedule. In order for the Paste command
to be available there must be some text which as been placed on the
Clipboard via the Cut or Copy commands.

Note: The schedule item will be pasted onto the schedule coresponding
to the item's date.  To copy an item to a different date, use the
Duplicate Item command and then move the copy to the desired date.


3.24  The Select Menu

The commands in the Select menu allow you to use the keyboard to select
specific schedules and schedule items for viewing, editing or juggling.
 There are shortcut alternatives to each command in this menu.  They
are very easy to learn and use.  The shortcuts are listed to the right
of the commands in the menu.  Shortcuts are to be used while in the
schedules window, and NOT while in a pull-down menu.  To close a
pull-down menu without selecting any command press the ESCAPE key.

With a mouse you may select a schedule item by simply clicking on it.
To select a schedule for a specific date, you can click on the desired
date on the pop-up calendar.


3.25  Select: Prior Item

The Prior Item command will select the item above, or prior to, the item
currently selected on the schedule.  A shortcut for this command is to
press the UP arrow key.


3.26  Select: Next Item

The Next Item command selects the item below the item currently
selected, or the next item, on the schedule.  A shortcut for this
command is the press the DOWN arrow key.


3.27  Select: Prior Page

The Prior Page command will allow you to view the previous page of a
schedule that is too long to view on one screen.  A shortcut for this
command is to press the PAGE UP key.


3.28  Select: Next Page

The Next Page command will allow you to view the previous page of a
schedule that is too long to view on one screen.  In the Select menu,
select "Next Page" and press ENTER.  A shortcut for this command is to
press the PAGE DOWN key.


3.29  Select: Prior Schedule

The Prior Schedule command selects the schedule for the date immediately
preceding the currently selected schedule.  A shortcut for this command
is to  press the LEFT arrow key.

If viewing schedules in multiple windows, the Prior Schedule command
will select the schedule that appears to the left of the currently
selected schedule.  If the left-most window on the screen is selected,
the Prior Schedule command will change the schedule in that window to
the schedule of the previous day.


3.30  Select: Next Schedule

The Next Schedule command will select the schedule immediately following
the currently selected schedule.  A shortcut for this command is to
press the RIGHT arrow key.

If you are viewing multiple schedules, the Next Schedule command will
select the schedule to the right of the currently selected schedule.
If the right-most window on the screen has been selected, the Next
Schedule command will change the schedule in that window to the
schedule of the next day.



3.31  Select: Earliest Schedule

The Earliest Schedule command will select the earliest schedule of
uncompleted items that exists in Active Life.  Archived schedules will
not be selected.   A shortcut for this command is to press the END key.
Remember that all items on a schedule for a past day must be marked as
done before that schedule will be archived.



3.32  Select: Today's Schedule

The Today's Schedule command will make the schedule for the present day
the currently selected schedule.  A shortcut for this command is to
press the HOME key.



3.33  Select: Prior Day

The Prior Day command will select the schedule for the day prior to the
currently selected schedule.  A shortcut for this command  is to press
the gray MINUS (-) key near the numeric keypad.


3.34  Select: Next Day

The Next Day command will select the schedule for the day after the
currently selected schedule.  A shortcut for this command is to press
the gray PLUS (+) key near the numeric keypad while in the schedule
window.



3.35  Select: Prior Week

The Prior Week command will select the schedule for the day one week
prior to the currently selected schedule.  A shortcut for this command
is to press F7.


3.36  Select: Next Week

The Next Week command will select the schedule for the day one week
after the currently selected schedule.  A shortcut for this command is
to press F8.


3.37  Select: Specific Date

The Specific Date command will allow you to specify the exact date of
the schedule you want to view. A shortcut for this command is to press
F9 or simply click on the desired date on the pop-up calendar.

When you select the Specific Date command, a dialog box will be
displayed on the screen. You may type the date of the schedule you wish
to view in the text box.

Type in the date as "month/day/year" with slashes, dashes or spaces
between the month, day and year.  You may also enter the name of the
day of the week for the schedule you want ("Tuesday" or "Friday") or a
commonly-used abbreviation ("Tues" or "F").


3.38  The Juggle Menu

The commands in the Juggle menu will allow you use keystrokes to move
items within a schedule or to different schedules. If you are using a
mouse, refer to the section in Using Active Life entitled Juggling
Items.

When you move a "floating" item up or down on the schedule, the begin
time of the item will adjust automatically.  It is possible to move a
"fixed" item up and down on the schedule however the begin time you
specified will remain the same.  This way you can sequence and/or
prioritize items to your liking.

If you move an item to a spot where it conflicts with another item or
goes outside of the time bounds you designated, the time will appear
grayed (or red in OS/2 PM), warning you of the conflict.


3.39  Juggle: Earlier in Day

The Earlier in Day command will cause the selected item to be moved
immediately before the item that appears above it on the schedule, i.e.
earlier than that item.   A shortcut for this command is to press
CTRL+UP arrow.



3.40  Juggle: Later in Day

The Later in Day command will cause the selected item to be moved
beneath the item that appears directly below it on the schedule, or
later than that item.  In the Juggle menu, select  "Later in Day" and
press ENTER.  A shortcut for this command is to press CTRL+DOWN arrow.


3.41  Juggle: Prior Scheudle

The Prior Schedule command will cause the selected item to be moved to
the previous schedule.   A shortcut for this command is to press
CTRL+LEFT arrow.

If you are viewing schedules in multiple windows, the Prior Schedule
command will transfer the selected item to the schedule, or window, to
the left.  However, that schedule may  not necessarily be the prior
day.  If you are viewing schedules in multiple windows and the item you
wish to move is in the left-most schedule, then the Prior Schedule
command will cause the schedule in that window will change to the
schedule of the preceding day and the selected item will appear in that
schedule.


3.42  Juggle: Next Schedule

The Next Schedule command will cause the selected item to be moved to
the following schedule.   A shortcut for this command is to press
CTRL+RIGHT arrow.

If you are view schedules in multiple windows, the Next Schedule
command will transfer the selected item to the schedule, or window, to
the right.  If you are viewing schedules in multiple windows and the
item you wish to move is in the right-most schedule, then the Next
Schedule command will cause the schedule in that window to change to
the schedule for the next day and the selected item will appear in that
schedule.


3.43  Juggle: Prior Week

The Prior Week command will move the selected item back to the schedule
one week, or seven days, prior to the currently selected schedule.  A
shortcut for this command is to press CTRL+F7.


3.44  Juggle: Next Week

The Next Week command will move the selected item to the schedule one
week, or seven days, ahead of the currently selected schedule.  A
shortcut for this command is to press CTRL+F8.


3.45  Juggle: Carry Over Undone Items

The Carry Over Undone Items command will move all items which have not
been marked as done from the currently selected schedule to another
schedule.

If you are in the single schedule view mode, the undone items will be
moved to the next day's schedule.  If you are in either Week at a
Glance or Multiple Windows viewing mode, the undone items will be moved
to the schedule window immediately to the right of the window which has
the focus.  If the schedule with the focus is the rightmost schedule on
the screen, the items will be moved to the day following the rightmost
schedule.


3.46  The View Menu

The options in the View menu allow you to choose how you would like to
view your schedules: in a single window, in multiple windows or as an
alphabetical list.  Check marks to the left of the options in the  menu
show which options are currently in effect.


3.47  View: Single Window

Use this command to display one selected schedule at a time.


3.48  View: Alphabetical Items List

Use this command to display a list of all unarchived items in
alphabetical order. Recurring items appear only once.  Use this list to
find an item if you have forgotten where it is in your schedule.


3.49  View: Week at a Glance

Use this command to display a week of schedules top to bottom (or side
to side) on the sceen. To specify how many (up to 7) and which days of
the week you would like to appear, use the "Define Week at a Glance"
command.


3.50  View: Multiple Schedules

The Multiple Windows command allows you to designate the number of
schedules (from two to seven) that you would like to view on the screen
at one time.  Unlike Week at a Glance, which displays schedules for a
chronological series of days, Multiple Windows allows you to display
schedules for any dates, in any order, and to manipulate them
independently from one another.  In the View menu, press M to choose
the currently selected (checked) number of multiple windows; or type
the digit representing the number of windows you would like displayed.


When the scheduler is first run on a new day, two schedules may
automatically appear on the screen: the left schedule containing items
that have not been marked as completed and the right schedule for the
present day.  This will call your attention to the uncompleted items on
the past day so that you may reschedule them if necessary or mark them
completed.  Having the two schedules displayed makes it possible to
move items over to the next day by dragging them  with a mouse.  You
can also use the Carry Over Undone Items command in the Juggle menu or
the "right mouse button" technique explained in the Calendar section.


3.51  View: Horizontal

With the Horizontal command, you tell the scheduler that, when more than
one schedule is simultaneously displayed (either in Multiple Windows or
Week at a Glance), you want those schedules tiled side by side, across
the screen.


3.52  View: Vertical

With the Vertical command, you tell the scheduler that, when more than
one schedule is simultaneously displayed (either in Multiple Windows or
Week at a Glance), you want those schedules to be tiled, one above the
other, on the screen.



3.53  View: Define Week at a Glance

The Define Week at a Glance command is used to specify which days of the
week will appear simultaneously when you issue the Week at a Glance
command.

A dialog box will appear in which you will specify the desired days of
the week   When the options are set the way you want them, select "OK".
The Week at a Glance will be displayed.


3.54  The Schedules Menu

This menu (only in 1 Team) will display the names of the 1 Team users
which are currently "active" on the screen.  For more information, see
"Activating Users" in the help guide entitled "Using 1 Team". It allows
quick switching between the schedules of workgroup members.


3.55  The Pop-up Calendar

With the pop-up calendar you can quickly display the schedule of any
date from 1987 to 2068.  You may also instantly move any schedule item
to any date.

To view the calendar press ALT+C (or click on "Calendar" in the main
schedules menu bar),  then select "Open".  The first time the calendar
is used, it will appear in the upper right corner of the screen and the
date of the currently selected schedule will be highlighted.  The title
bar of the calendar will be colored to indicate that this window
currently "has the focus" (i.e. keystrokes will be directed to this
window).  To change the focus between the calendar window and the
schedules window, press TAB.

Using the calendar and a mouse, selected schedule items may be quickly
moved to any date.  Select the item to be moved, then click on the
target date (on the calendar) with the RIGHT mouse button.  This will
move the item to that date.


3.56  Calendar: Moving & Sizing

The calendar window has its own Control menu (press ALT+SPACEBAR when
the calendar has the focus).  Use the Size command to change the size
of the calendar and the Move command to move the calendar to different
places on the screen.  For more information on the Control menu, see
the help guide entitled "Interface Basics."

The size and location of the calendar is retained across scheduling
sessions in the DOS and Windows versions.

Note:  When manipulating the calendar with the keyboard keys, the
calendar must have the focus.  Use the TAB key to switch the focus
between the calendar and the main schedules window.


3.57  Calendar: Selecting Months

To display the previous month on the calendar, you can either press the
UP arrow key while the calendar has the focus, click on the UP arrow at
the top of the calendar scroll bar.

To display the next month, either press the DOWN arrow key while the
calendar has the focus, or click the DOWN arrow at the bottom of the
calendar scroll bar.

To view the calendar for the currently displayed month in the prior
year, press PAGE UP, or click in the gray area in the scroll bar
between the UP arrow at the top of the calendar scroll bar and the
scroll box (the white rectangle in the scroll bar).

To view the calendar for the same month one year ahead, press PAGE
DOWN, or click in the gray scroll bar area between the scroll box and
the DOWN arrow at the bottom of the calendar scroll bar.

You can also leap many years forward or backward easily by dragging the
calendar scroll box up or down within the scroll bar.  The scroll bar
represents the entire range of possible schedules from April 1986 to
December 2068.  You can jump to the middle of the calendar range, using
a mouse, by dragging the scroll box to the middle of the gray area in
the calendar scroll bar.


3.58  Calendar: Selecting Schedules

Press the gray minus (-) key in the numeric key pad area to select the
previous day, and press the gray plus (+) key to select one day ahead
of the currently selected day.  As days are selected, they'll be
displayed immediately in the schedules window.  Notice that the dates
prior to today are crossed-out on the calendar.

With the calendar in "standard" viewing mode ("color utilization"  not
selected), you can easily toggle between the schedules for two dates,
using the calendar and mouse.  Click on a date in the calendar with the
left mouse button to display the schedule for that date.  If you click
again on that same date on the calendar, the displayed schedule will
switch back to the previously displayed schedule.


3.65  The Options Menu

The commands in the Options menu will allow you to enter new default
settings, delete the sample items, enter your name as you would like it
to appear in the title bar and on printed schedules, and order a
program licence.



3.66  Options: Set New Item Defaults

The Set New Item Defaults command will allow you to specify the duration
and time bounds default settings that will appear each time the
definition dialog box is displayed for a new item.

When the Set New Item Defaults command is selected, a dialog box will
be displayed.  The first text box is labeled "Duration".  Type in the
amount of time you wish to appear automatically as the duration for
your scheduled items.

The next text boxes are labeled "Earliest" and "Latest".  Type in the
earliest and latest times that you wish to appear as the bounds in the
definition dialog box.


3.67  Options: Delete Sample Items

The Delete Sample Items command will remove the sample items from the
schedules.


3.68  Options: Enter Name

Selecting the Enter Name command will cause a small dialog box to be
displayed.  Type your name in the text box as you would like it to
appear on printed schedules and in the window's title bar.


3.69  Options: Order a License

Use this command to become a registered user. Selecting this command
will bring a dialog box to the screen.  Enter your name and address and
how you were introduced to this program. Use TAB to move from line to
line within the dialog box.

To print the order forms, TAB to the "Print" button and press ENTER.
Send both order forms and your check to the address on the form.  You
will receive your user ID in approximately two weeks.

Select "OK" remove the dialog box from the screen.


3.70  Options: Order a Pre-paid License

Use this command to order a license if you have already paid for it,
such as through a retail store or dealer. Selecting this command will
bring a dialog box to the screen.  Enter your name and address and how
you were introduced to this program. Use TAB to move from line to line
in the dialog box.

To print the order forms TAB to the "Print" button and press ENTER.
Please send both order forms to the address on the form.  You will
receive your user ID in approximately two weeks.

Select "OK" to remove the dialog box from the screen.



3.71  Options: Order an Upgrade

This option is available only to registered users of a previous
release.

Registered users can purchase a license for the upgraded version at a
reduced price. Upgrades offer major enhancements, while updates offer
incremental improvements of the current version.  Updates are free to
registered users.


3.72  Options: Enter User ID

When you receive your user ID from 1Soft in response to your
registration order, select the Enter User ID command. Type your user ID
into the text box that appears. The word "VALID" should appear.

If "VALID" does not appear, check the name that appears in the window's
title bar.  The name in the title bar should be exactly the same name
that printed on your order form as the licensee.  If it is not the
same, you may correct it using the Enter Name command in the Options
menu.


3.73  Options: Technical Support

This command will display the 1 Soft technical support telephone numbers
and hours.



3.74  Exit

The Exit command will exit the application program, and return you to
the Windows Program Manager, the DOS prompt, or OS/2 PM; depending on
what environment you are working in.  This command is identical to the
Exit command in the File menu but is more accessable





4.  WORKGROUP USE
-----------------

4.01  Overview

1Soft offers both Active Life, a Personal Information Manager, and  1
Team, Group Productivity Software. 1 Team has all the features of
Active LIfe, plus additional workgroup features. This section details
those additional features.

1. With 1 Team you can view and update multiple schedules on the same
screen in overlapping windows. One or more of these schedules can be
based on local area network (LAN) servers.

2. With 1 Team you can delegate tasks easily by "cutting" items from
your schedule and "pasting" them into the schedules of co-workers.

3. You can check on the status of tasks being performed by others in
the group. If the task is completed you'll see it marked done, if it is
coming up, you can see when the person plans to get to do it.

4. 1 Team enables you to  easily schedule meetings when a group of
others (and yourself) are available.

5. You can post electronic mail by inserting notes into another
person's schedule.

6. Users can be restricted in accessing and updating selected
schedules. This can be done by setting read/write permission through
the Network administration software already running on your LAN.



4.02  Activating Users

In order to look at or update others schedules you must first "activate"
the users, which means that their schedules will appear on your screen.
 A list of the "active" users can displayed by selecting the Schedules
menu.  You may "activate" users as follows:

If you are using Windows: from the Program Manager select File: Run and
type a command line such as:

Team  Bob.pak  Karen.pak  Jim.pak

where Bob.pak Karen.pak and Jim.pak are the data files of the people
whose schedules you wish to activate.  You may also create an icon with
a command line such as the one above, or create one icon for each 1
Team user's schedule.  Then, to Activate a user, you could simply
double-click on their icon.

If you are running DOS without Windows, you will type the command line
at the DOS prompt, or place it in a batch file if more convenient.
Since the .pak extension is the default, you could optionally enter the
above example as

Team Bob Karen Jim

This assumes both team.exe and all 3 data files exist in the current
directory. If, on the other hand, the data files are in 3 different
directories, the command line might look something like this:

Team k:\bob\timedata m:\karen\timedata p:\jim\timedata

The file timedata.pak is the default name used by 1 Team if you don't
give a filename when you start it. Your datafiles can be renamed and
moved any time you wish.




4.03  Major Features

1 Team is an exciting new product which is designed to enhance group
productivity,

1 Team is available in three PC editions:

    1 Team for MS-DOS 3.0+
    1 Team for Microsoft Windows 3.0
    1 Team for OS/2 PM 1.2+

Datafiles are interchangeable across all platforms, so users on the
same LAN can be
running any mix of DOS, Windows, or OS/2 workstations and still share
scheduling
information transparently.

Designed for a workgroup to use over a LAN, 1 Team has three major
features not available in Active Life:

1. Workload Balancing
2. Status Query
3. Meeting Maker

Details begin on the next page.


4.04  Workload Balancing

Supervisors who assign work can monitor the workload and priorities of
each worker in a precise way. 1 Team schedules show clearly the
workload on each day, in percentages, amounts, and even graphically
with use of color on a month-at-a-glance view.

Supervisors know ahead of time when a worker is running out of things
to do, or on the other hand, if too much work is piling up.

Supervisors can see when workers will be getting to particular tasks,
and shift the work sequence based on new priorities.



4.05  Status Query

Supervisors can check the completion status of any task at anytime,
without interrupting the worker. The worker doesn't even have to be
available, which is important if they are working at another location,
at lunch, on the phone, out sick, or on another shift. This is an
enormous time saver. If the supervisor finds the task has not been
completed, he can also see when the worker has planned to get to it.



4.06  Meeting Maker

Meetings for several 1 Team users can be planned jointly. The cost of
trying to find out when everyone in the group is free is normally quite
high, because of the amount of time it takes to interview each person
in the group and have them check their schedules, and recheck their
schedules for alternate slots. That hassle is eliminated with 1 Team's
Meeting Maker, because anyone with access to all the schedules needed
can plan a meeting that is conflict-free. When a joint meeting is
scheduled, the item is posted on the schedules of each of the
attendees.


4.07  How to Use the Meeting Maker

The Meeting Maker feature will find blocks of free time which are common
to all the 1 Team users whose schedules are currently active on the
screen of the person who is scheduling the meeting.  The Schedules menu
will display a list of the users who are active.  For information on
how to activate selected users, see the section entitled "Activating 1
Team Users".

When the "Arrange a Meeting" command is selected, a dialog box will
appear.  The 1 Team users which are active will be listed in the box
labeled "Attendees".

Enter the title of the meeting as you would like it to appear on the
attendees schedules.  Enter the duration of the meeting if different
from the default duration.  Select the appropriate check boxe(s) for
the day(s) fo the week that the meeting can occur.

The "Search Bounds" are the time constraints for when the meeting can
be scheduled.  The "Start Date" is the earliest date that the meeting
could be scheduled.  Enter the desired search bounds and start date if
different from those shown.

When the "Search" command is selected, 1 Team will search the attendees
schedules for a block of free time of the specified duration, between
the search bounds, and after the start date.  The first potential
meeting date will appear in the box below the "Search" command button.
The block of free time which is common to all attendees on that date
will appear in the "Open Range" box.  A suggested begin time will
appear in the "Begin Time" box.  If the open range is longer than the
meeting duration, you may specify an alternate begin time within the
open range.

If the first potential meeting date and open time range is not to your
liking, simply select the "Next" command.  1 Team will search for the
next block of free time (of the duration specified) which is common to
all attendees.  To return to the first potential meeting date select
the "Search" command again.

When the suggested meeting date and begin time is to your liking,
select the "Schedule" command and the meeting will be added to each
attendee's schedule.  To
exit the Meeting Maker select  the "Exit" button.




5.  PRODUCT INFORMATION
-----------------------


5.01  1Soft Products

1Soft currently offers two High Achievement Systems:

Active Life 1.5    $149.00 U.S. (1 user)
1 Team 1.0    $295.00 U.S. (2 users)

Both Active Life and 1 Team come in versions for all three of today's
most popular PC environments:

- MS-DOS
- Microsoft Windows
- OS/2 Presentation Manager

1 Team includes all the features of Active Life, but goes farther. It
is designed for multiple users. $295.00 is the price for a starter
system that includes licenses for 2 users. Additional 1 Team users on
the same LAN can be licensed for only $99.00. One licensed Active Life
user can upgrade to 1 Team (adding a second user) for an additional
cost of only 149.00.


5.02  Description of Active Life

Active Life is a powerful system for planning, managing, and tracking
one's active business and personal life. Dynamic schedules manage
workflow effectively. All types of recurring activities need be entered
just once. Active Life also includes a pop-up calendar, alarms, and
week-at-a-glance. It generates printed schedules for use throughout the
day.

With Active Life, you can plan time for everything you want to do!


5.03  Description of 1 Team

1 Team is a powerful system for planning, coordinating, and tracking the
work-flow of an entire office. Staff members can use 1 Team's dynamic
schedules to organize their work and significantly boost their levels
of achievement. If the office has a LAN running, managers can balance
the work-load of staff members, assign new items, prioritize work, as
well as check task completion status without interrupting on-going
work. 1 Team naturally automates the process of arranging meetings for
group members, posting meeting notices to all attendee's schedules.
Secretaries can post phone messages for calls to be returned, and
monitor multiple schedules to know who is where when. There's no better
time management system. 1Soft's revolutionary scheduling technology is
built into every copy of 1 Team groupware. Plus the 1 Team Notebook
lets users organize free form notes, graphics, and auto-dial customers
and contacts from an indexed phone book.

1 Team streamlines work-flow and productivity soars!


5.04  Powerful Advanced Scheduler

1Soft High Achievement Systems use the most powerful scheduler available
today. There are two key differences from other schedulers, that set 1
Team apart. First, users can enter floating items. All work that
they're doing can be entered not merely on to-do lists, but actually
into dynamic schedules. It takes no more time to enter items into
schedules, because the scheduling is all done by the program,
automatically. Schedules offer many advantages over to-do lists.

Second, single occurrences of recurring items can be altered without
losing their connection to the other occurrences. This is important in
real life situations. For example, if a staff meeting is normally every
Thursday, it may be moved to Tuesday during the week of Thanksgiving,
and again in December if it falls on Christmas eve. Being able to make
exceptions to recurring items is important flexibility. While some
other programs allow changes to recurring items, others do not allow
the occurrences to stay linked. If the occurrences are linked, it means
you can make changes to all together, or even delete them as a group.
If the meeting time is changed from 11:00am to 10:00am on a regular
basis, other programs would require changing 52 entries one by one for
the next year. With the 1Soft scheduler, you just make a single change
to the template of the recurring item, and all the occurrences are
changed to match.


5.05  Evaluation

1Soft gives users the opportunity to try out its products before buying
a license for them. Purchasing a license to use the software and
receiving a User ID is a process we call registering.

If you forget to register and are heavily using this software, a
message will pop-up on the screen reminding you that use, beyond
evaluation, requires registration. Another message will follow a couple
days later. If the messages are ignored, a 30-day grace period will
begin. At the end of the 30-days, if the program still has not been
registered, warning messages become increasingly frequent. At all
times, however, the program will continue to function fully, and the
program takes no special action against offenders other than to display
warning messages.

You are encouraged to use this program as much as necessary to see if
it meets your needs. Only after extended, very active, day-to-day use
will the 30-day grace period begin. There's no fixed evaluation term.
You may not get your first reminder messages for several days, weeks,
or even months. Should you ever need more time to evaluate the program
than has been provided, and the data you've created is purely for
evaluation purposes, you can delete your scheduling data file, causing
everything to reset.

When you register, 1Soft will generate a personalized User ID for you.
After you enter this User ID, the program will update your status to
"Registered" and not display any further reminder or warning messages.

You may make copies of 1Soft programs Active Life and 1 Team, and give
them to others to evaluate. Many people you know could benefit from
using them.


5.06  The Complete Package

When you purchase Active Life or 1 Team, the complete package includes a
User's Guide (over 100 pages) and program disks for all three
environments: DOS, Windows, and OS/2 Presentation Manager. Two formats
of disks are included: 5.25 360K and 3.5 720K diskettes.



5.07  When You're Ready to Buy

When you're ready to buy, you have two choices. You can order directly
from us, or from one of our dealers.

If you order directly from us, you use the program to generate an order
form, and mail it to us with payment. We send you back a User ID and a
complete package.

If you buy from a dealer, you contact the dealer, and purchase the
package from them. Included in the package will be a registration
certificate. You'll mail this registration certificate to us, with no
additional payment, and we'll send you back a User ID.

A list of dealers is on the following page.




5.08  Where to Buy

Beginning in 1991, Active Life 1.5 and 1 Team 1.0 will be available from
many sources at discount prices:

Major computer mail order outlets in the U.S.

- PC Connection.....800-243-8088
- PC Zone...........800-258-8088
- MicroWarehouse....800-367-7080
- Dustin Software...800-274-6611
- Compuclassics.....800-733-3888
- PC Brand..........800-722-7263
- FastMicro.........800-441-3278
- Telemart..........800-622-6659
 -GUI Clearinghse...800-522-4624

Stores to Visit:

- Soft Warehouse in Atlanta, Dallas, and many other cities
- Egghead - hundreds of locations in the U.S.


6.09  How to Register

To register, select the Options menu and choose Order a license. There
are two selections, one pre-paid, and one not. Use pre-paid if you have
a registration certificate, which is the case if you bought the
software package through a dealer. You'll fill out the form, and
there's a button to send the form to your printer. Complete
instructions appear on the printed form.


6.10  Distribution Information

All Active Life and 1 Team files are (C)Copyright 1990, 1Soft
Corporation. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. UNAUTHORIZED use is a VIOLATION of
U.S. and INTERNATIONAL LAW.

You are authorized to make only exact copies of Active Life and 1 Team
files to give to others for evaluation purposes. Modifying the original
content in any way at any time is strictly prohibited. This also
prohibits temporary modification while the binary data is in RAM.
Archiving (compressing) distribution files is permitted only for
efficient transmission and must not alter the original content.

Only individuals licensed by 1Soft Corporation are authorized to use
Active Life or 1 Team files on a continuing basis. Continued active use
without registration is prohibited. No other parties have been
authorized to sell or grant licenses. Various shareware distributors
have been authorized to sell disks containing Active Life (but not 1
Team). They are selling disks and a distribution service only. They are
not selling Active Life licenses.




6.11  Trademarks and Disclaimer

1Soft, Active Life, and 1 Team are trademarks or registered trademarks
of 1Soft Corporation.

1Soft Corporation specifically disclaims any warranty of
merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. With respect to
defects in its programs and supporting materials and service, in no
event shall 1Soft Corporation be liable for any loss of profit or any
other commercial damage, including but not limited to special,
incidental, consequential, or other damages.


6.12  Making Backups

Backing your vital scheduling data is very important. We recommend
making regular backups of you data files (*.PAK files) in case a file
should get lost or damaged. We suggest you do this daily.

Also it's a good idea to make at least one backup copy of the program
files in case something should happen to the original disk.



6.13  Free Newsletter

1Soft plans to publish a monthly newsletter beginning in 1991. It will
be packed with time management tips, suggestions on how to get the most
out of our products, and reviews of other time management systems.

Send us your name and address and we'll send you some free issues:

1Soft Corp.
Newsletter
Box 1320
Middletown, CA 95461


6.14  Send your comments and suggestions

Product questions and suggestions for enhancements are welcomed (and
always considered). Please address your comments to:

1Soft Corporation
Product Comments
Box 1320
Middletown, CA 95461



6.15  Committment to Excellence

1Soft Corporation is committed to developing better and better
generations of high achievement systems.

The chief designer (since 1982) of these products continues to lead the
development team. He has plans and designs for many exciting
enhancements over the next ten years.

As a registered user, you'll qualify for substantial discounts on
product upgrades.


6.16  Cross Licensing/Portability

Users who register are granted a cross-license for DOS, Windows and OS/2
versions automatically. No additional license is required to change
operating environments. And you can move freely between environments,
without having to make any schedule file conversions. The same .PAK
data file format is used by all three versions.