Working on the List of Projects
There are 3 major areas of display in the main Screen;
- The List of Projects
- The Schedule for each project
- The Information for each project
In the List of Projects you enter (obviously) your list of projects or tasks. Whenever you highlight an indivisual project by clicking it, the schedule for that project is listed in the Schedule area, and text comments are entered in the Information Section.
The List of Projects
This field acts like a small, two column, spreadsheet.
You can edit any entry. The ADD Button inserts a new blank entry, and the DELETE button deletes the currently selected entry.
The UP and DN (Down) buttons are used to change the position of the highlighted task in the list.
If you click EXPORT it will export the currently selected project to a single file. The IMPORT button can be used to insert one or more projects from an existing list of projects.
The Schedule Information
The Schedule Information box allows you to specify and or calculate the start, end, and duration of a project. There is also a way to record progress on a given task via a "percent complete" field.
If you click the START or END data field, (The Date itself, not the label "Start:" or "End:") a date-picker box will appear ;
Click the desired Start (or End) date and then the SELECT button. The date will be entered for the project. If you enter an End Date, the duration field will automatically be calculated and updated to agree with the selected end time.
In a similar fashion, clicking the Start or End Hours fields will activate a Time-Picker box; You can use the fields to select a Start or End time as appropriate. If you enter an End Time, the duration field will automatically be calculated and updated to agree with the selected end time.
NOTE - No task can be specified as ending at the start time of a valid work day or work shift. For example, with the default workday consisting of an 8-hour day with the hours of 8:00AM to 12:00 PM and 1:00PM to 5:00PM, you cannot specify a task as ending at 8:00AM nor 1:00 PM. The task should end at 5PM of the previous day or 12:00 AM. Similarly, a project cannot start at the end of a working period. While this may seem obvious, it is a common and easy mistake to make.
You can also specify the Duration of Tasks in the indicated field. When you can enter any valid duration the End Date/Time will automatically be calculated and updated to agree with it.
Enter 1.0 to indicate 1 working day (typically 8 hours). You can also enter fractional days ; "1.5" and 0.25 are acceptable ways of entering 12 and 4 hours respectively, assuming an 8-hour day is in use.
The default units are working days. You can also make entries in hours instead of days; just type in 4h and it will switch to a default of hours. Enter 1d to return to a default of days. Note that MinuteManPlus has a resolution of 15 minutes and any duration entries will be rounded off to the nearest 15 minutes.
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