SDS Time 6 for Palm OS

When you use the program for the first time you should define some tasks. Tap the Edit Tasks button and the New button to open a task dialog window. You can now enter a name for a task. The name will be shown in the leftmost column in the week view.

You can also enter some more information for the task; a default category for time reported to the task, a color for the task and some text notes for the task. If you select Hidden in task menu the task is not included in the task popup menu.

You can now start reporting time. Tap in the leftmost column in the week view to insert a task. A popup menu appears where you can select a task. If you normally report time on the same tasks each week it is convenient to let the program automatically insert the tasks in leftmost column. Select Save as Default Week in the Options menu to save the current week as a template for all new weeks.

You can switch week by a tapping on the week arrows or pressing the scroll buttons. It is also possible to go directly to a week. Tap on the Go to button and select a week. Use the small scroll arrows to scroll the rows and columns in the timetable.

To enter a time for a task, simply tap in the cell. A time dialog appears where you can enter a time.

In the time dialog box you can enter the time for a task. Enter the work period and optionally a lunch period and the program will show the total time in hours and minutes below. Before the total time entered in the week view it is rounded to nearest half-hour. In the preferences dialog you can select to round the time do nearest 6, 12, 15, 30 or 60 minutes.

The start and stop button may be used to insert the current time as the start or end time for the work period.

It is also possible to make a quick entry of a time by tapping on one of the buttons with a predefined time at the bottom of the dialog box. You can change the values of the quick entry buttons in the Preferences dialog.

Use the day view if you have multiple work periods for a task during a day. In the day view each time period is shown on a separate row. In the week view and month view the entries will be merged into a single row.

Tap in the rightmost column to open the time dialog, or tap in the time period column to directly open the time select dialog.

You can switch day by a tapping on a weekday or pressing the scroll buttons exactly as in the Datebook. It is also possible to go directly to a day. Tap on the Go to button and select a day.

It is possible to view all times reported for a month. Tap on the month symbol in the lower left corner to open the month view. This view shows the total time for each task and week during a month.

You can switch month by a tapping on the month arrows or pressing the scroll buttons. It is also possible to go directly to a month. Tap on the Go to button and select a month.

Tap on a week number to open the week view for the selected week.

SDS Time 6 includes a conduit for Windows and a conduit for Mac OS X. Both conduits creates CSV files on the desktop computer during HotSync. A CSV file can be opened in direcly in Excel.

It is also possible to export the time data to a memo in the Palm. Select Export Day to Memo, Export Week to Memo or Export Month to Memo in the Record menu to create a memo for the displayed day, week or month.

If you have the Palm programs PalmPrint or SDS Mail you can also print or email the data from SDS Time. Select Print Week or Mail Week in the Record menu to print or mail a week. SDS Mail requires a working Internet connection as well.