Drop To Do v1.0
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copyright 1994 Ben Gottlieb and Stand Alone Software

Drop To Do is an enhancement for the built in To Do list on the Newton. It
originally started life as a simple button on the note pad that let you write
out to do items and drop them onto it, adding them to the To Do list, but has
evolved considerably since then.
	There are three major parts to Drop To Do:
	
The Note Pad button: 
		This button will appear in your note pad (with a little
	check mark in it.) You can write your To Do in the note pad (in text or ink,
	though for some reason, ink won't always work) and drag it into the button and
	let go. You'll hear a small "click" meaning that the To Do item was
	successfully added. If you have the "Set date when dropping To Do's" option set
	if your preferences (see below) then a window will pop up with a small
	calendar, and you can set the To Do's completion date. If this option is not
	set, the To Do is set for the next day.
		Tapping on the button will pop up a list of all pending To Do's, and
	several other options. If Wake Up Week is installed, you will be able to open
	it by tapping on the "Open Wake Up Week" item (if it's not installed, this item
	won't be there.) 
		Tapping on "New To Do" will open the To Do Editor (see below) and
	automatically create a new, blank, to do item.
		Tapping "Show Pending To Do's" will open the "Upcoming To Do's" window (see
	below,) showing you all pending To Do items.
		Tapping "Delete a To Do" will pop up another list, this time consisting of
	just your To Do's. Tapping on one will delete it and bring up the list again
	(so you can delete another.) Tapping outside the list will close it.

The To Do Editor:
		This window allows you to create, edit, delete, and duplicate To Do items.
	At the top are left and right arrows, which will allow you to move to the
	previous and next to items (chronolgically.) If either of these are not shown,
	it means you are at the first or last item. Also there's the filing bar,
	which will allow you to filter only those to do's in a particular folder,
	and, if you're in the "All To Do's" folder, than a small text item showing
	the folder of the current to do.
		Below these is the date the To Do is for. Tapping on it will bring up a
	window in which a new date can be set.
		Next comes the edit field, where the actual To Do data is kept. This field
	will respond to the recognition settings in the note pad, and will scroll by
	using the scroll arrows at the bottom of the screen.
		At the bottom of the screen, there's an info button, "i", which will pop up
	a list with the option to change your preferences and find out how to use Drop
	To Do and contact me. The next button will mark the To Do as done or not, by
	tapping it. The third button will set the priority of the todo, from 1 to 10,
	or, by selecting "Special" from the menu, will open a window where a priority
	of 1 to 100 can be set, as well as the amount of time before the To Do's date
	that the To Do is shown in the "Upcoming To Do's" window (in days.) If your To
	Do is set for the 5th, and you've chosen 3 days notice, than beginning on the
	2nd, the To Do will be in the "Upcoming" window. If this line is blank, no
	warning will be shown.
		Next is the completed slider, allowing you to progressively mark a to
	do as as certain percentage done. The filing button will allow you to file
	a to do in a particular folder, and the action button (the envelope) will
	let you create new to do's or delete or duplicate the current to do.
	
Preferences:
		Here there are several settings to let you make Drop To Do work the way you
	want it to.
	
	¥New To Do's will warn me by default
		If this box is checked, than whenever you add a To Do using Drop To Do,
		it will always appear in the Pending view. If it's not set, you'll
		have to go into the "Special" priority window to make it appear.
		
	¥Start bugging me how far in advance
		When you add an alarm to a to do (by going into the special priority
		view,) this is the inital warning period.
	
	¥Move undone To Do items up
		If you have a pending to do that is not marked done, and this box is
		checked, then each day it will be moved up, so that it is always due
		'today'.
	
	¥Set date when dropping To Do's
		If this is checked, then when you drag and drop a todo onto the Drop To
		Do button, a small window will pop up to let you set the date. If
		unchecked, the to do will be added as due the next day by default.
	
	¥Priority 10 is more important the priority 1
		If you grade your To Do's from most important to least important, 1 to
		10, leave this unchecked. Otherwise, check it. This will affect how To
		Do items are sorted, and how the slider behaves in the Special Priority
		view.
	
	¥Show completed To Do's in pop up
		If this is checked, then when the Drop To Do button is clicked, it will
		pop up a list of all to do's, regardless of whether they are marked
		done or not (done to do's will be marked with a small check mark.)
		Otherwise only undone to do items will be shown.
	
	¥Tell me about upcoming To Do's at:
		If this box is checked, then each day, at the specified time, a window
		will open with your pending to do's. You can set the time by clicking
		the clock icon and entering the time on the clock face that pops up.

Upcoming To Do's
	This window will be popped up when you hit the overview button in the To Do
	Editor, or if you have an alarm set in the preferences. It will list all
	pending to do's whose warning date is within their specified warning
	interval (set in the Special Priority view.) Clicking on a todo will open
	the To Do editor to that To Do.
	

A quick note about alarms:
	Any newton application that uses an alarm will install a package
	(invisibly) that takes up 4k on internal RAM on your newton. The only way
	to get rid of this is to completely erase your Newton (a super hard reset,
	taking out all the batteries.) If any package using alarms has been
	installed on your newton, this package is there already. If not, Drop To Do
	will install it. Only one copy of it needs to be present for all
	applications to make use of it, but Apple requests that developers make
	their users aware of it.
	
	
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Legal Stuff:
I am in no way responsible for any loss of data that may occur as a direct or
indirect result of using this software package, so you can't sue me! 

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If you have any comments, suggestions, bug reports, or requests, 
I can be reached at the following addresses:
Internet: 	gottlb@rpi.edu
eWorld:		gottlb
AOL:		gottlb
CompuServe: 76342,3057
Snail Mail:	Stand Alone Software
			708 Forest Ave.
			Evanston, IL
			60202
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This application is shareware. If you find it useful, please send $10 US to the
above address. Please include an email address so that I can mail you a
registered version. [make all checks out to Ben Gottlieb]

This application is freeware. It may be freely distributed so long as no 
amount is charged above normal distribution fees.

Thanks!
	Ben Gottlieb
	Stand Alone Software
	
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One last thing: 
	Some of you may have noticed that several of my applications have gone up
	in price. There are many reasons for this, but one of the major ones is
	that some people feel that it isn't worth it to send in a $5 registration
	fee. In the interests of fairness, all current users will still receive
	free upgrades. In addition, if you register $50 worth of software, the
	registration fee will be only $40. (This does not include the special offer
	of half off Scroll Menus with any other registration.)
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	allows you to jot down To Do items in the note pad and drag and drop them
	onto a small button, adding them to the To Do list. It also lets you set
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