To see the tasks in a time context, show the view " Calendar" by Menu > View > New Viewer > Calendar. Now, "Realization" appears gray as it did not start yet. Add another subtask "Realization", go by CTRL+TAB to the tab "Dates", set Start date to tomorrow and Due date in 2 weeks, set Prerequisites to the task "Planning". This way of arranging views is as powerful as quick when you got to know it by playing a few minutes with it.įor Project1, add a new subtask "Planning" starting now and due date in 3 days (either enter the date directly or click the drop down button to open a calendar) and a Budget of 10 hours (10:00:00). Click the title bar of the effort view, drag it and place it on top of Categories view by dropping it on the upper icon in the appearing "cross control". To see a list of all efforts, show the view "Effort" by Menu > View > New Viewer > Effort. Click the icon "Stop tracking effort" in the main icon bar or the taskbar icon's popup menu. Task Coach's icon in the tray changed to a bumping clock, the task's icon changed to a clock and in the column "Time spent" the time increases. Add the memorized time as start time by typing it, add "initial filling" as description, press CTRL+ENTER or click OK. Now, click the task "Task management" and press CTRL+E, to register a new effort for this task. Add another subtask by clicking the according icon within the viewer "Tasks" and name it "PIM" - it's for handling your mail, calendar etc. Also show Budget > Time spent.Ĭlick once on "Admi", press CTRL+INS, name the new subtask "Task management". In order to see the priority, change the displayed columns by right-clicking the column header "Subject" and in the pop up menu clicking "Priority". Now press CTRL+INS to add a task for ongoing background tasks, call it "Admi", give priority -2 as it shall be less important than an average task having the default priority 0. So add a task for a project you're working on (in the further text referenced to as Project1) by choosing New -> New task from the pull-down menus.
The central objects in Task Coach are tasks themselves.
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If you did not yet install Task Coach, do this now. Later, you will be wondering how you ever got along without Task Coach. During the first weeks using Task Coach, you will have to invest a little time to fit Task Coach to your personal needs and habits, and to adapt your habits to the new possibilities. This HowTo shows you in a few minutes the basics of how you may use and customize Task Coach and what benefit it gives you.