DateMan v1..01
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copyright 1996 Stand Alone, Inc. & Ben Gottlieb

NOTE: This software is for Newton 1.X Newtons ONLY. To use DateMan on 
a Newton 120/2.0, or 130, please download version 2.0 of DateMan.

* What's in this archive?
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There are three Newton software packages and three text files in this
archive. They are: 
	* DateMan.txt	document you're now reading. 'Nuff
					said.
	* DateMan.pkg	software package you'll install on your Newton.
	* Register.txt	read me file describing the Register software. 
	* Register.pkg	software package you can install on your Newton to 
					Register, which will allow you to pay for DateMan via email. 
	* SAStuff.txt	A list of all Stand Alone products.

* Welcome to DateMan
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The following is simply an overview ReadMe of DateMan. There are so
many different ways to link one item to another and use this ability to
your advantage that we are not going to attempt to show you every
option here. Rather this ReadMe is intended as a guide to finding
information and showing how to move your information about, s well as
how to enter your information, access it, and have it interact with
other information. When used properly, DateMan should always let you
know where to be, with whom, and even what happened last time you met.
WhatÕs more, Dateman will let you know what should happen this time and
when you should get together next time.

Truly, DateMan is The Complete Contact Management Solution!

Installation: Please refer to the manual and software that came with
your MessagePad.  If you have room and ever need to swap PC cards 
(perhaps to use a PC Card modem or other memory card.), we recommend
that you install this package into internal memory.  DateMan will
operate on either a RAM card or Internal RAM, but you can maintain its
abilities even with card swaps if it is installed in internal memory.

**Prefs** After the install, tap the *Extras* Permanent icon to bring
up the Extras drawer.  Select the *DateMan* icon, and DateMan will
open.  If you have any Meetings, To Do Items, Calls, or Events already
in your MessagePad, they will appear in an overview list.

Tap the ÒiÓ button on the lower left corner of the screen. Select Prefs
from this pop up list.  A *Preferences* list now appears.  From this
list, tap DateMan Access. You will actually have a list of windows of
all the items that are in the Preferences list.  You can scroll up and
down with the permanent arrows at the center bottom of the screen.

The top window **DateMan Access** is where the program starts.  A check
in the box activates the option next to the box.  A check in the box
next to *At Wake Up* will set DateMan to open every time you turn on
your Newton.  If this option is checked, a picker will appear with a
list of intervals.  Selecting an interval from this list will ensure
that, if the Newton is asleep for less than the interval, DateMan will
not open the next time the Newton is turned on (for example, if you
select 1 hour, then your Newton would have to be off for more than 1
hour for DateMan to automatically start).

Next are the options for selecting where the *DateMan button* will
appear: Note Pad, Names File, Calendar, and Background Application (if
you are using a Background replacement, such as Backdrop Plus, this
option becomes important).  Also, you can select the next box for the
option of having access to DateMan through a tap of your Dates icon. 
If you check this box, the option of having the top or bottom of the
*Dates icon* is given to you.

*Tap and hold DM button to open DateMan* Without a check in this box,
when you tap and hold the DateMan icon, you will open DateMan in a
quick overview of today only.  If you check this box, a tap and hold on
the DM button will open the complete overview.

*Display Options* You may need to scroll down to see the whole window
on your screen.  *Display Interval Selection* allows you to choose how
the top of the overview screen will look.  If you prefer to explicitly
set the start and end dates of the display, you will probably use the
*Mini Calendars*.  The other option allows you to specify a start time
and an interval.

*Show MonthÕs Events in Overviews* Puts small indicators into month
views, alerting you to upcoming events.  These will be small dots, in
the upper portion of a day if itÕs an afternoon meeting, and the lower
portion for morning appointment.  An underscore indicates an event for
that day.

The radio buttons below this checkbox determine the amount of
information displayed for each item.  One line items puts all your
time, date, and type of event on one line with headers dividing up
Meetings, To Do Items, and such, while the Two line items will break this
same info into two lines, one above another.  In Two line mode, you
will also see associated names, phone numbers (if the item is a call)
and places.

*Sort Calls and To Do Items together*, *Sort Calls in with other
items*, and *Sort To Do Items in with other items* are all fine tuning
your overview screen.  Normally there are three areas of the overview: 
Meetings & Events, Calls, and To Do Items.  By checking off these
boxes, you can opt to sort some of these items in with each other, as
suits your taste.

*Show meeting durations*: This gives you the option of having just the
meeting start time or the start and finish time listed.  This is only
applicable in the One line mode (see above.)

*DonÕt Show To Do Items* and  *DonÕt Show Calls*: These two checkboxes
prohibit DateMan from showing To Do Items and Calls in the DateMan
overview screen.

Date & Time Entry is the next Preference window. This is where you
decide if the time and/or dates have entry lines (blank lines in which
you write a date or time) or a time bar (a graphical scale of hours
onto which you draw your meeting time). Roll Over Date Items allows to
you to determine which events are moved forward if they are not marked
complete. For instance, if you have a To Do that is not yet done, and
its due date passes, it will automatically be bumped forward to the
current date if the Roll Over To Do Items box is checked. YouÕre all
set to test our your DateMan features now. At any time, you can come
back here and adjust one of the prefs differently. This is sometimes a
good option, so you may have an idea of the different looks and
possibilities available with DateMan.

**The DateMan overview screen** DateMan opens to what we will refer to
as a ÔoverviewÕ screen. Where you have all your events before you on
one scrollable screen.  You chose earlier in the Prefs whether this has
only a length of time picker or a start/end pair of mini calendars. If
you chose the Interval Picker, you can set the length of time shown by
first tapping  on the date in the upper left to set the start date, and
then select a length of time (from 1 day to 3 years) from the diamond
picker next to it. If you had chosen the mini calendars, just tap the
start date and end date on the calendars.


In both these modes, the arrows in the lower right of the screen (in
the status bar) will advance or move backward the start date an amount
equal to the interval you chose above.

Along the top of the screen, from left to right:

Upper most left: Current date and time Upper most right: Current folder
showing

Next line depends on whether you chose Interval Picker or mini
calendars. With the Interval Picker you have left to right:

Far Left: Start date of list Center: Diamond pull down to set interval

Both view options have a box to the right for selecting Undone Only. A
check here will only allow items that havenÕt been checked done to
show. You can select and un-select this at any time to see the list
either way.

Along the bottom of the screen in either view is the same (left to
right):

ÔIÕ button: Access to Prefs ÒNewÓ button: Tap to create a new item
(Call, Event, Meeting, any of the notes or stationary, or To Do Item)
ÒTodayÓ button: Set the start date of the display to the current date
Left and Right arrow buttons: Move timeline forward/backward Folder
button: Print/Fax or Delete/Duplicate an item Action button: Select a
folder in which to file the current selection

You have several boxes and icons along the left side of the overview
list.

Outer left most is the check completed box. A selection here will leave
a check and depending on whether you chose to show done item or not may
cause the line event to disappear from view.

Next, to the right; picture icons. These show the type of event,
whether itÕs a meeting, event, to do, or call. If there is a slight
shadow to this icon, then itÕs a repeating event. A tap of this icon
brings up a window of options. These are the Delete, Duplicate, all the
linking options, and the Mark as Done. Select the item from this list
you wish to execute. Also, at the base of this list will be listed
anything you have this event linked to.

Also, beside the To Do items is a black box. Select this to set the
importance you wish it to be listed, from one to nine.

On the overview list will also be the day, month and date. Then for
each event (except to do items) there is a time listed that you had selected
when setting up the item. If so chosen in the Prefs, you could also
have the end time here.

Okay.... WeÕve looked at how to set up the list and what is on the
list. Now, letÕs enter information onto the list:

If youÕve been working your way through this readme, youÕre now looking
at your DateMan overview. From here you can always tap the ÒNewÓ button
at the bottom of the screen to add a new item or listing. Close DateMan
now with the close X in the lower right corner.

Along the bottom of your screen that you now have open, you will find a
DM button.

In the NotePad and Names File, you will have a list of event set up
options and link options. Also, the ability to Add Extra Info, and to
selection to open DateMan to the overview screen.

If you are in an application that does not support linking (Backdrop
Plus, for example, where there is nothing to link to) then you will
only have the new event options. And, depending on how you have the
Prefs set, you may or may not have the option of bringing up any of
your stationary (NotePad) items.


In the case of the DM button on a notepad page. The quickest and
easiest way to enter a Meeting, To Do, Call, etc. would be to write the
info (Such as: Lunch with Ed at Sims), highlight it and drag it to the
DM button. You will be given a Date slip to determine the particulars
of the event (its type, priority, exact date and time, and where it
should be filed.)

The above method is very quick and easy to use. You do lose some of the
fine tuning data management that is available to you if you use the DM
button and select the New option.


Throughout the system, your options for data entry forms vary. DateMan
has changed a couple of options system-wide, while with other forms you
choose whether to use the standard, default forms or the DM forms.
DateMan has enhanced the Calls and Names entry forms throughout. So if
you select either New Call or New Name from any DM button or pulldown,
you will always get the special DateMan forms.

The  DateMan form for Meetings, to do items, and Events: If youÕve selected
the wrong one, you can jump to another type of form by tapping the top
diamond and selecting the other choice. All data options carry along
from form to form, allowing several quick entry options and many more
features for managing your information.

With Who, Where, and Regarding data entry lines you can just enter text
on the line. Or, you now have the option in all three of these cases to
put in presets. In each of their locations is a diamond to tap to pull
down a list of possible items you may want in that spot. You can
customize that list by selecting New from the itemÕs pulldown. Then the
next time you need to set up a meeting or other with that person, in a
particular location, and/or regarding something inparticular, itÕs just
a quick tap away. Select the diamond next to the entry request and tap
the name or item you wish entered.


Link, Link, Link!!!

Now the part youÕve been hearing about and really need -- the ability
to link Calls, Events, Meetings, Names, Notes, and to do items together.
You can link any of these items to any other and you can link one to
one or one to many.

For example, you may have a meeting.  Two taps and youÕre  at the
personÕs business card or a note of your choosing. No,  not a list of
business cards or notes, but rather the exact one you had linked. The
options are just about endless.... A To Do linked over to a notepad
checklist, tied into relative Calls. Let your mind go with this. For
from now on, when you enter something into your MessagePad, you can tie
it to everything that is important to that item. No more trying to
remember where you put something, or how you can contact someone about
a meeting.

The following will wrap up our discussion of DateMan. You will find a
few examples to get you started, then you need to look at the way you
need your information linked. Because now no one is telling you how
they want you to do it.

**Link a note to a business card**

Start with a note on your notepad.

Now tap the DM button. Up comes a list. Select ÒLink to Name.Ó A list
of names will appear. You can change folders if needed. Check the
Name(s) you wish to link and tap Link.

Now, whenever you select the DM button on this note. You will have the
option to tap in the last group, which is your links. This takes you
straight to the card, in this case.



**Link a Meeting to a Business Card**


When you have a meeting, you can bring up the linking either from the
form while you are building the meeting, or from the meeting icon in
the overview.

As always, the link list will appear, the new item list will only
appear from a DM button, not the Meeting icon. Select the link you wish
to have. This time, try the Link to Name.

Now, check the name(s) you wish to link from this quick access area and
tap the Link button.

And, you are all finished. You can tap the Meeting icon in the overview
screen, or the DM button in the setup form, and at the bottom of the
list is your link to the needed names card.


**Link a Meeting to a Note**

From the DateMan overview screen, tap the Meeting icon of the meeting
you wish to have notes for.

As in our other examples, select the operation you would like to
happen. In this case it is Link to a Note.

A list of Notes will appear. You may again tap on the Folders diamond
in the upper right corner to select a different folder of notes. Check
the note(s) you wish to link and tap the Link button.

You will then return to the screen you had left with the meeting.
Selecting the meeting icon will bring up the Link to List again, this
time with the option to jump to the note you set.


Thanks for running over our quick ReadMe on DateMan.  We hope you find
DateMan as a true enhancement to your MessagePad as we have hoped it to
be.

If you would like a printed version of the manual, and/or a commercial
copy of this software. Please eMail us at info@standalone.com

* Registering DateMan
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The registration fee for DateMan is $54.95.

You have a 30 day trial period in which to examine DateMan, during
which it will function fully. Should you wish to register, you'll need
to do one of the following:

* Call us and pay using Visa or Mastercard. We can give you a password
right over the phone: instant gratification! Our phone number is (312) 
477-2492.

* Send us a check for $54.95 to: Stand Alone, Inc. 3171 N. Hudson,
Suite 1 Chicago, IL, 60657, USA

* Using CompuServe, GO SWREG and register ID #10036.

* Using Flash Sheridan's Register program (enclosed in the DateMan
archive) and either NewtonMail (built into the Newton) or Catamount
Software's Aloha (shareware, $50, for more info, contact Catamount at
info@catamount.com). Open up Register, fill in the application
(DateMan:SAS), the	amount ($54.95), and your credit card information,
and email it.

However you register, PLEASE be sure to include an email address (it's
not vital, but it will result in MUCH speedier service) and your name,
as entered in the Owner Info section of your Newton. This is used to
generate the password we send you to unlock DateMan, so it has to be
exact.

Once you register, you will receive a password from us. To use it, tap
the 'i' button and select "Enter Password". Enter the password into the
window that appears, and you'll be registered. Should you ever install
a newer version of DateMan, this password will be saved, so there's no
need to re-enter it (unless you completely erase your Newton.)

* Contacting us
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If you have any questions regarding DateMan, or any other Stand Alone
Newton application, please don't hesitate to contact us:

Email: 
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Phone: 
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