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quickstart modified by shiromiko

shiromiko — Wed, 20 Jul 2016 03:55:55 -0000

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 # Quick Start

-This HowTo shows you in a few minutes the basics of how you may use and
-customize Task Coach and what benefit it gives you. During the first
-weeks using Task Coach, you will have to invest a little time to fit
-Task Coach to your personal needs and habits, and to adapt your habits
-to the new possibilities. Later, you will be wondering how you ever got
-along without Task Coach.
+This HowTo shows you in a few minutes the basics of how you may use and customize Task Coach and what benefit it gives you. During the first weeks using Task Coach, you will have to invest a little time to fit Task Coach to your personal needs and habits, and to adapt your habits to the new possibilities. Later, you will be wondering how you ever got along without Task Coach.

 Here is a visual overview:

-
 [![Task Coach Screen](https://sourceforge.net/p/taskcoach/wiki/QuickStart/attachment/Task-Coach-screen-small.png "Task Coach screen")](https://sourceforge.net/p/taskcoach/wiki/QuickStart/attachment/Task-Coach-screen.png)
+


 ## First steps

 If you did not yet [install](Installation) Task Coach, do this now.

-The central objects in Task Coach are tasks themselves. So **add a
-task** for a project you're working on (in the further text referenced
-to as Project1) by choosing New -\> New task from the pull-down menus.
-Give it a name and click OK. It appears in the viewer "Tasks". Now press
-CTRL+INS to add a task for ongoing background tasks, call it "Admi",
-give **priority** -2 as it shall be less important than an average task
-having the default priority 0.
+The central objects in Task Coach are tasks themselves. So **add a task** for a project you're working on (in the further text referenced to as Project1) by choosing New -\> New task from the pull-down menus. Give it a name and click OK. It appears in the viewer "Tasks". Now press CTRL+INS to add a task for ongoing background tasks, call it "Admi", give **priority** -2 as it shall be less important than an average task having the default priority 0.

- In order to see the priority, **change the displayed columns** by right
-clicking the column header "Subject" and in the pop up menu clicking
-"Priority". Also show Budget \> Time spent.
+In order to see the priority, **change the displayed columns** by right-clicking the column header "Subject" and in the pop up menu clicking "Priority". Also show Budget \> Time spent.

- Click once on "Admi", press CTRL+INS, name the new **subtask** "Task
-management". Add another subtask by clicking the according icon within
-the viewer "Tasks" and name it "PIM" - it's for handling your mail,
-calendar etc.
+Click once on "Admi", press CTRL+INS, name the new **subtask** "Task management". Add another subtask by clicking the according icon within the viewer "Tasks" and name it "PIM" - it's for handling your mail, calendar etc.

- Now, click the task "Task management" and press CTRL+E, to **register a
-new effort** for this task. Add the memorized time as start time by
-typing it, add "initial filling" as description, press CTRL+ENTER or
-click OK. Task Coach's icon in the tray changed to a bumping clock, the
-task's icon changed to a clock and in the column "Time spent" the time
-increases. This shows you that you record efforts. Click the icon "Stop
-tracking effort" in the main icon bar or the taskbar icon's popup menu.
+Now, click the task "Task management" and press CTRL+E, to **register a new effort** for this task. Add the memorized time as start time by typing it, add "initial filling" as description, press CTRL+ENTER or click OK. Task Coach's icon in the tray changed to a bumping clock, the task's icon changed to a clock and in the column "Time spent" the time increases. This shows you that you record efforts. Click the icon "Stop tracking effort" in the main icon bar or the taskbar icon's popup menu.

- To see a **list of all efforts**, show the view "Effort" by Menu \>
-View \> New Viewer \> Effort. Click the title bar of the effort view,
-drag it and place it on top of Categories view by dropping it on the
-upper icon in the appearing "cross control". This way of **arranging
-views** is as powerful as quick when you got to know it by playing a few
-minutes with it.
+To see a **list of all efforts**, show the view "Effort" by Menu \> View \> New Viewer \> Effort. Click the title bar of the effort view, drag it and place it on top of Categories view by dropping it on the upper icon in the appearing "cross control". This way of **arranging views** is as powerful as quick when you got to know it by playing a few minutes with it.

- For Project1, add a new subtask "Planning" starting now and due date in
-3 days (either enter the date directly or click the drop down button to
-open a calendar) and a Budget of 10 hours (10:00:00). Add another
-subtask "Realization", go by CTRL+TAB to the tab "Dates", set **Start
-date** to tomorrow and **Due date** in 2 weeks, set **Prerequisites** to
-the task "Planning". Now, "Realization" appears gray as it did not start
-yet.
+For Project1, add a new subtask "Planning" starting now and due date in 3 days (either enter the date directly or click the drop down button to open a calendar) and a Budget of 10 hours (10:00:00). Add another subtask "Realization", go by CTRL+TAB to the tab "Dates", set **Start date** to tomorrow and **Due date** in 2 weeks, set **Prerequisites** to the task "Planning". Now, "Realization" appears gray as it did not start yet.

- To see the tasks in a time context, show the view "**Calendar**" by
-Menu \> View \> New Viewer \> Calendar. Click the title bar of the view,
-drag it and place it at the lower part of the whole window (not just the
-right area), as it is a wide view. In the view, click on "Day(s)" and
-choose "Month". Scroll to the right and observe the subtasks of
-Project1. This view is one of the possibilities to **review the time
+To see the tasks in a time context, show the view "**Calendar**" by Menu \> View \> New Viewer \> Calendar. Click the title bar of the view, drag it and place it at the lower part of the whole window (not just the right area), as it is a wide view. In the view, click on "Day(s)" and choose "Month". Scroll to the right and observe the subtasks of Project1. This view is one of the possibilities to **review the time
 order of tasks**.

- Now, click the task "Task management" and press CTRL+E, to register a
-new **effort** for this task. As you shall register the layout
-customizations as effort, but did not start an effort before doing the
-customizations, click "Start tracking from last stop time" and watch for
-the changed time. Click the checkmark at "Stop" to let the effort end
-now and enter "layout customization" as description. Now, in the effort
-view, click "Effort details" and choose "effort per day". Now you get
-the accumulated time for each task, independant of often you switched
-between tasks during a day, and, by placing your mouse over "Task
-management", you get the descriptions of all efforts shown as tooltip -
-quite helpful for **time recording**.
+Now, click the task "Task management" and press CTRL+E, to register a new **effort** for this task. As you shall register the layout customizations as effort, but did not start an effort before doing the customizations, click "Start tracking from last stop time" and watch for the changed time. Click the checkmark at "Stop" to let the effort endnow and enter "layout customization" as description. Now, in the effort view, click "Effort details" and choose "effort per day". Now you get the accumulated time for each task, independant of often you switched between tasks during a day, and, by placing your mouse over "Task management", you get the descriptions of all efforts shown as tooltip - quite helpful for **time recording**.

- Now, you are familar with tasks, dates, priorities, efforts, views,
-table column and layout customization. Even though you may not have the
-feeling, you do have all the required knowledge to start working with
+Now, you are familar with tasks, dates, priorities, efforts, views, table column and layout customization. Even though you may not have the feeling, you do have all the required knowledge to start working with
 Task Coach and exploring it further on your own.
-
+


 ## Further steps

-For the first 1-2 weeks, limit yourself to a **maximum of 10-20 tasks**
-- this prevents you from spending too much time for task management as
-you don't have to apply changes/reorganizations to too many tasks.
-Moreover, do keep backups instead of replacing them.
+For the first 1-2 weeks, limit yourself to a **maximum of 10-20 tasks** - this prevents you from spending too much time for task management as you don't have to apply changes/reorganizations to too many tasks. Moreover, do keep backups instead of replacing them.

- **Customize** the views according to your needs. At the one hand, show
-an unknown view every few days until you know which you really use and
-have arranged & resized them as desired. At the other hand, let them
-display the data you're interested in, e.g. in task view Subject, Start
-date, Due date, Priority, Time spent, and Budget left. In the first
-weeks, you will change the view more often than later, when you found
-your personal way to use Task Coach.
+ **Customize** the views according to your needs. At the one hand, show an unknown view every few days until you know which you really use and have arranged & resized them as desired. At the other hand, let them display the data you're interested in, e.g. in task view Subject, Start date, Due date, Priority, Time spent, and Budget left. In the first weeks, you will change the view more often than later, when you found your personal way to use Task Coach.

- **Check the efforts** at least twice. It takes some days until you're
-used to the handling of efforts - in the beginning, you forget to start
-record efforts, to stop recording when having lunch, to stop & start
-when switching between different tasks, to stop recording for one task
-when starting with recording for another task etc. Later, you do this
-automatically.
+ **Check the efforts** at least twice. It takes some days until you're used to the handling of efforts - in the beginning, you forget to start record efforts, to stop recording when having lunch, to stop & start
+when switching between different tasks, to stop recording for one task when starting with recording for another task etc. Later, you do this automatically.

-Every few days, try some feature, property or ways of interactions. For
-example, try start and due days combined with reminders and
-Prerequisites. Further inspiration can be found in [Tips, Tricks and
-HowTos](TipsTricks).
+Every few days, try some feature, property or ways of interactions. For example, try start and due days combined with reminders and Prerequisites. Further inspiration can be found in [Tips, Tricks and HowTos](tips-tricks-how-tos).

quickstart modified by shiromiko

shiromiko — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 02:47:19 -0000

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-
 # Quick Start

 This HowTo shows you in a few minutes the basics of how you may use and

QuickStart modified by shiromiko

shiromiko — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 02:32:41 -0000

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-# TaskCoach - Quick Start

-## Quick Start
+# Quick Start

 This HowTo shows you in a few minutes the basics of how you may use and
 customize Task Coach and what benefit it gives you. During the first
@@ -14,7 +13,7 @@

 [![Task Coach Screen](https://sourceforge.net/p/taskcoach/wiki/QuickStart/attachment/Task-Coach-screen-small.png "Task Coach screen")](https://sourceforge.net/p/taskcoach/wiki/QuickStart/attachment/Task-Coach-screen.png)

-### First steps
+## First steps

 If you did not yet [install](Installation) Task Coach, do this now.

@@ -84,7 +83,7 @@
 Task Coach and exploring it further on your own.

-### Further steps
+## Further steps

 For the first 1-2 weeks, limit yourself to a **maximum of 10-20 tasks**
 - this prevents you from spending too much time for task management as

QuickStart modified by shiromiko

shiromiko — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 02:13:52 -0000

QuickStart modified by shiromiko

shiromiko — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 02:13:05 -0000

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 Here is a visual overview:

-![Task Coach Screen](https://sourceforge.net/p/taskcoach/wiki/QuickStart/attachment/Task-Coach-screen.png "Task Coach screen.png")
+[![Task Coach Screen](https://sourceforge.net/p/taskcoach/wiki/QuickStart/attachment/Task-Coach-screen-small.png "Task Coach screen")](https://sourceforge.net/p/taskcoach/wiki/QuickStart/attachment/Task-Coach-screen.png)

 ### First steps

QuickStart modified by shiromiko

shiromiko — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 02:07:19 -0000

--- v4
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 Here is a visual overview:

-![Main window screen](https://a.fsdn.com/con/app/proj/taskcoach/screenshots/120332.jpg "Main window screen")
+![Task Coach Screen](https://sourceforge.net/p/taskcoach/wiki/QuickStart/attachment/Task-Coach-screen.png "Task Coach screen.png")

 ### First steps

QuickStart modified by shiromiko

shiromiko — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 01:53:34 -0000

--- v3
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 Every few days, try some feature, property or ways of interactions. For
 example, try start and due days combined with reminders and
 Prerequisites. Further inspiration can be found in [Tips, Tricks and
-HowTos](tips-tricks-how-tos).
+HowTos](TipsTricks).

Quick Start modified by shiromiko

shiromiko — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 01:46:13 -0000

--- v2
+++ v3
@@ -11,11 +11,12 @@

 Here is a visual overview:

+
 ![Main window screen](https://a.fsdn.com/con/app/proj/taskcoach/screenshots/120332.jpg "Main window screen")

 ### First steps

-If you did not yet [install](installation) Task Coach, do this now.
+If you did not yet [install](Installation) Task Coach, do this now.

 The central objects in Task Coach are tasks themselves. So **add a
 task** for a project you're working on (in the further text referenced

Quick Start modified by shiromiko

shiromiko — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 01:41:49 -0000

--- v1
+++ v2
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@

 ### First steps

-If you did not yet [install](installation) Task Coach, do this
-now.
+If you did not yet [install](installation) Task Coach, do this now.

 The central objects in Task Coach are tasks themselves. So **add a
 task** for a project you're working on (in the further text referenced

Quick Start modified by shiromiko

shiromiko — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 01:40:48 -0000

TaskCoach - Quick Start

Quick Start

This HowTo shows you in a few minutes the basics of how you may use and
customize Task Coach and what benefit it gives you. During the first
weeks using Task Coach, you will have to invest a little time to fit
Task Coach to your personal needs and habits, and to adapt your habits
to the new possibilities. Later, you will be wondering how you ever got
along without Task Coach.

Here is a visual overview:

First steps

If you did not yet install Task Coach, do this
now.

The central objects in Task Coach are tasks themselves. So add a
task for a project you're working on (in the further text referenced
to as Project1) by choosing New -> New task from the pull-down menus.
Give it a name and click OK. It appears in the viewer "Tasks". Now press
CTRL+INS to add a task for ongoing background tasks, call it "Admi",
give priority -2 as it shall be less important than an average task
having the default priority 0.

In order to see the priority, change the displayed columns by right
clicking the column header "Subject" and in the pop up menu clicking
"Priority". Also show Budget > Time spent.

Click once on "Admi", press CTRL+INS, name the new subtask "Task
management". Add another subtask by clicking the according icon within
the viewer "Tasks" and name it "PIM" - it's for handling your mail,
calendar etc.

Now, click the task "Task management" and press CTRL+E, to register a
new effort for this task. Add the memorized time as start time by
typing it, add "initial filling" as description, press CTRL+ENTER or
click OK. Task Coach's icon in the tray changed to a bumping clock, the
task's icon changed to a clock and in the column "Time spent" the time
increases. This shows you that you record efforts. Click the icon "Stop
tracking effort" in the main icon bar or the taskbar icon's popup menu.

To see a list of all efforts, show the view "Effort" by Menu >
View > New Viewer > Effort. Click the title bar of the effort view,
drag it and place it on top of Categories view by dropping it on the
upper icon in the appearing "cross control". This way of arranging
views is as powerful as quick when you got to know it by playing a few
minutes with it.

For Project1, add a new subtask "Planning" starting now and due date in
3 days (either enter the date directly or click the drop down button to
open a calendar) and a Budget of 10 hours (10:00:00). Add another
subtask "Realization", go by CTRL+TAB to the tab "Dates", set Start
date to tomorrow and Due date in 2 weeks, set Prerequisites to
the task "Planning". Now, "Realization" appears gray as it did not start
yet.

To see the tasks in a time context, show the view "Calendar" by
Menu > View > New Viewer > Calendar. Click the title bar of the view,
drag it and place it at the lower part of the whole window (not just the
right area), as it is a wide view. In the view, click on "Day(s)" and
choose "Month". Scroll to the right and observe the subtasks of
Project1. This view is one of the possibilities to review the time
order of tasks.

Now, click the task "Task management" and press CTRL+E, to register a
new effort for this task. As you shall register the layout
customizations as effort, but did not start an effort before doing the
customizations, click "Start tracking from last stop time" and watch for
the changed time. Click the checkmark at "Stop" to let the effort end
now and enter "layout customization" as description. Now, in the effort
view, click "Effort details" and choose "effort per day". Now you get
the accumulated time for each task, independant of often you switched
between tasks during a day, and, by placing your mouse over "Task
management", you get the descriptions of all efforts shown as tooltip -
quite helpful for time recording.

Now, you are familar with tasks, dates, priorities, efforts, views,
table column and layout customization. Even though you may not have the
feeling, you do have all the required knowledge to start working with
Task Coach and exploring it further on your own.

Further steps

For the first 1-2 weeks, limit yourself to a maximum of 10-20 tasks
- this prevents you from spending too much time for task management as
you don't have to apply changes/reorganizations to too many tasks.
Moreover, do keep backups instead of replacing them.

Customize the views according to your needs. At the one hand, show
an unknown view every few days until you know which you really use and
have arranged & resized them as desired. At the other hand, let them
display the data you're interested in, e.g. in task view Subject, Start
date, Due date, Priority, Time spent, and Budget left. In the first
weeks, you will change the view more often than later, when you found
your personal way to use Task Coach.

Check the efforts at least twice. It takes some days until you're
used to the handling of efforts - in the beginning, you forget to start
record efforts, to stop recording when having lunch, to stop & start
when switching between different tasks, to stop recording for one task
when starting with recording for another task etc. Later, you do this
automatically.

Every few days, try some feature, property or ways of interactions. For
example, try start and due days combined with reminders and
Prerequisites. Further inspiration can be found in Tips, Tricks and
HowTos.