Desktop Buddy: Help

Task Reminders

Your Desktop Buddy will remind you of your various appointments and those important tasks that you must do. The Task Reminder Dialog is not intended as a full blown calendar program, rather it is intended to provide you with a quick and easy way to setup reminders.

Creating a New Task

To create a new task, click on the New Task button. The New Task Dialog opens.

Enter details of the task and the date and time that you would like to hear a reminder from your Desktop Buddy. To quickly select the date, click on the small calendar button. When the calendar opens, navigate to the relevant month and double click on the appropriate date. The calendar will close and the selected date will appear in the Reminder text box. To set the time, simply select the existing hours or minutes and type your desired values in the same 24 hour format.

When you have finished, click OK, the dialog will close and the new task will be added to the table of outstanding tasks.

Editing an Existing Task

You may wish to edit an existing task, perhaps to update the time of the reminder. To edit a task, select the corresponding row in the table and press the Edit button. Alternatively, double click on the task within the table. Either will the Edit Task Dialog enabling you to update the details and reminder for the task involved.

Delete a Task

Once you have completed a task or attended an appointment you can remove it from the list. Select the relevant row in the table and click on the Delete button.

Viewing Tasks

You can opt to view only those tasks scheduled for today (along with any outstanding tasks from previous days) or all tasks. Click on the appropriate radio button on the toolbar. You can refresh the view at any time by clicking on the Refresh button. However, the table will be refreshed automatically each time an alarm is triggered.

Reminders

Your Desktop Buddy will speak the text of the task at the time specified in the reminder. Once the time of the reminder has passed, the time will turn red and an alarm symbol will be shown in the table. If you have finished the task, you can delete it. If not, you may wish to change the date or time of the reminder.

If your Buddy was reading an eBook, a web page or a news feed at the time that a reminder was due, they will interrupt that activity. You can have them resume reading from where they left off, by again clicking on the Play button in the Reader Dialog.

Available Commands

Task Menu
	New	Launches the New Task Dialog so that you can create a new task or appointment.
	Edit	Opens the Edit Task Dialog enabling you to change the details or the date/time of the reminder for the selected task.
	Delete	Deletes the selected task.
View Menu
	Refresh List	Refreshes the list of tasks.
		Show options: All tasks. Today's tasks along with any still outstanding.