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Overview
Why upgrade to Pro?
The Pro version improves popup reminders to show pictures,
web pages, or event descriptions. Links contained within
event descriptions are clickable from the reminder window.
The popup reminder window is displayed to remind you of
upcoming or past-due events. Popup reminders can be
configured in the Event Editor.
- Reminders can play media, such as a wav file, mp3 file,
or video.
- By default, all reminders will be combined and listed in
one instance of the popup reminder window. You can choose to
display individual reminders in separate popup reminder
windows via a Reminder Option.
- When multiple reminders are displayed, you can select a
reminder by clicking its row in the list. The selected and
currently displayed reminder will be indicated with a green
arrow.
- Depending on what content was selected to display for the
current reminder, the reminder content area of the window will
vary.
- If you'd like to make the content area larger or
smaller, you can resize the window. The content will
automatically resize to fill the available area. The
aspect ratio of videos will be preserved when
resizing.
- The date format displayed in the Start Time column is
controlled by a Calendar
Option.
- The initial placement of the popup reminder window can
also be controlled with a
Reminder Option. You can choose to have the window
initially docked to one of the corners of the screen, or it
can redisplay in a previous location.
Window Properties
The popup reminder window provides "Always on top" and
"Window opacity" properties at
the bottom of the window. These properties are saved and will be used
the next time a popup reminder window is displayed.
- You can choose to have the popup reminder window always
display above any other windows. This will ensure
you see the window when a reminder comes due. To toggle this
option, click the "Always on top" box.
- You can also adjust the opacity of the window, to fade
it so any windows behind the popup reminder window won't be
obscured. The opacity can be adjusted using the slider in
the bottom-right corner of the window. Sliding to the left will
decrease opacity, while sliding to the right will increase
it. If the slider is all the way to the right, the window
will be totally opaque.
Reminder List
Why upgrade to Pro?
The Pro version adds to ability to define tasks, which like
events, can be configured to show popup reminders.
When a reminder comes due, the reminder window will display
and the reminder will be selected in the list for display.
- If
there are other reminders due, they will also be listed and
automatically sorted by starting date and time. Or, if the
Reminder Option has been
set to display reminders in separate windows, only the
reminder associated with the window will be listed.
- You can switch
to displaying a different reminder by selecting it from the
list, if applicable. The actively displayed reminder will be
indicated with a green arrow to the left of the reminder's
name in the list.
- Each reminder in the list will be formatted to match the
appearance of its associated event.
- If you double-click an event in the list, it
will be opened in the Event Editor, where additional details can be viewed or
modified.
The reminder list contains the following columns.
You can sort reminders by clicking one of these column headers:
- Title - The title of the associated
event.
- Calendar - The calendar that the
associated event belongs to.
- Start Time - The time
the event is scheduled to begin. If the event is
all-day, only the date will display. Otherwise, both
the date and time will be shown.
- Due In - The amount of time left until
the event begins. If the current time is
past when the event started, this will
indicate the item is overdue. When an item is due in less than a minute, the Due In column will
show a second-by-second countdown.
Video Reminder
Below is an example of a reminder that plays a video. The
video will start as soon as the reminder is activated. You can
use the controls below the video to pause or skip to a different
area of the video. Reminders that play songs or wav files will
also have controls to pause or stop the media.
Snoozing Reminders
- Reminders can be snoozed by clicking the Snooze button.
- When the mouse is hovered over the Snooze button, text
will be displayed at the bottom of the window indicating
when the reminder will be displayed again, if snoozed with
the currently selected snooze duration.
- You can select a different snooze duration from the
drop-down list. You can also type in your own custom snooze
length, using any number of minutes, hours, days, weeks, or
months.
- After snoozing a reminder, it will be added to the
Recent Reminders window, along with
when the reminder will be displayed again. You can redisplay
the reminder, without waiting for the snooze time to be
reached, by selecting the reminder and clicking the
Redisplay button the the
Recent Reminders window.
You can also undo snoozing via the Undo command on the
Edit menu.
- If there are multiple reminders displayed, you can
choose to snooze them all by clicking the Snooze All button.
Dismissing Reminders
- Reminders can be dismissed by clicking the Dismiss
button.
- Recently dismissed reminders will be displayed in the
Recent Reminders window. If you
accidentally dismiss a reminder and would like to re-enable
it, you can select the reminder and click the Redisplay button in the
Recent Reminders window.
You can also undo dismissing a reminder by using the Undo
command on the Edit menu. The
reminder will immediately re-appear.
- The events for dismissed reminders will be automatically
marked as completed if the corresponding
program option is set.
- If there are multiple reminders displayed, you can
choose to dismiss them all by clicking the Dismiss All
button.
- After being dismissed, the reminder won't be displayed
again, unless its for a recurring event,
in which case it will display before the next occurrence.
- You can view and modify the event associated with the
selected reminder by clicking the Open Item button. The
event will be opened in the
Event Editor. Note that this won't dismiss
the reminder. Any changes made to the event will be
reflected in the reminder window automatically.
Opening and Deleting
- The event associated with the displayed or selected
reminder can be opened or deleted.
- To open or delete an event, click the provided button.
If the desired command is not reflected in the button's
label, you can click the down arrow and select either Open
or Delete.
- When deleting an event, you will be prompted to confirm
deletion. The reminder will be removed from the list and the
popup reminder window will be closed if there was only one
reminder listed. If you accidentally delete an event, the deletion can be undone using the Undo command on
the Edit menu.
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