Product: Alarm95™

Alarm95™

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Developed exclusively for Windows 95 operating systems, Alarm95 is a versatile notification program that puts your schedule on your PC!

Alarm95 helps you take control of every event on your calendar quickly and easily—from business appointments to social engagements! Perfect for use in the home or office, Alarm95 sets up in no time and requires just minutes a week to maintain and keep your schedule up-to-date!

How does Alarm95 work? Let's say you're responsible for attending a weekly staff meeting each Tuesday at 9 a.m. Simply open Alarm95's "New Alarm" dialogue box, enter the time the meeting is held each week, and any other information you want to remember. Then, to set the meeting as recurring weekly, all you have to do is add a few keystrokes in the same dialogue box and you're done—it's that easy!

Just minutes before your events are scheduled to begin, Alarm95 notifies you by displaying a message over top of any application you may be in. Alarm95 even allows you to attach .WAV files to the events on your schedule!

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---------- Alarm95 Program Information Help

Contents File Menu Options File New File New Alarm File Recurring Alarm Detailed Example of Setting a Recurring Alarm File New Countdown File New Timer File Print File Print Preview File Print Setup File Exit Edit Menu Options Edit Cut Edit Copy Edit Stop Timer Edit Modify Edit Delete Edit Test View Menu Options View Toolbar Toolbar Options View Status Bar Status Bar Features View Today View This Week View This Month View This Year View All View Options General Tab -- View Options Dialog Date Tab -- View Options Dialog Time Tab -- View Options Dialog Help Menu Options Help Topics Help About Alarm95 Control Menu Setting an Alarm Alarm Display Selecting an Alarm Sound Selecting Program Options Menus Exiting the Program Shortcut Keys Technical Support Before You Contact Us... How to Contact Us... Ordering Other Products Parsons ClubHouse

---------- Alarm95 Program Help Contents Welcome to Alarm95, the program that will remind you of your appointments and help ensure you donţt miss important meetings. The flexibility of the program allows you to set alarms for one occasion or multiple occasions, or to set recurring alarms for scheduled events that happen at the same time each day, week, or month. For more information, see: Setting an Alarm Selecting Program Options Menus Shortcut Keys Technical Support

---------- File Menu Options The options on the File menu allow you to create new alarms, countdowns, and timers; print a document; preview the document before printing; choose your printer setup; and exit the program. Click any item on the menu below for a brief description of the selected option.

For more information, see: File New File Print File Print Preview File Print Setup File Exit

---------- File New Use the New option on the File menu to set a new alarm. When you select New, a submenu opens, where you can choose to set up an alarm, countdown, or timer. Click the option of your choice (or press the appropriate toolbar button or shortcut keys).

Option

---------- Shortcut Key

---------- Toolbar Button

---------- New alarm

---------- Ctrl+N

---------- New countdown

---------- Ctrl+D

---------- New timer

---------- Ctrl+I

---------- For more information, see: File New Alarm File Recurring Alarm Detailed Example of Setting a Recurring Alarm File New Countdown File New Timer

---------- File New Alarm To set a new alarm, choose New from the File menu and select Alarm from the displayed submenu. The New Alarm dialog opens. 1.In the date field, enter the date you want the alarm to be active. You can type in the date, or use the calendar iconCalendar_pop to quickly choose the desired date. Examples of valid date formats include: April 1, 1986 Apr. 1, 1986 04/01/1986 4/1/86 The year must be less than 2036. 2.To enter the time you want the alarm to activate, click in the hours section of the time field (the numbers preceding the colon). Then use the up and down arrows to change the entry in the time field to the desired hour. To change the minutes, click in the minutes section of the time field (the numbers after the colon). Use the up and down arrows to change the entry in the time field to the desired minutes. Examples of valid times include: 5:35pm 5:00P 5p 17:30 When entering time using a 24 hour format, a colon must be used to separate the hours and minutes. 3.If you like, you can enter a description of the alarm in the Description field. Use the space in this box as you would use your favorite word processor. 4.To repeat the alarm at regular intervals, click the Recurring >>button. The New Alarm dialog expands so you can set up a recurring alarm.

Option

---------- Shortcut Key

---------- Toolbar Button

---------- New alarm

---------- Ctrl+N

---------- For more information, see: File New File Recurring Alarm Detailed Example of Setting a Recurring Alarm File New Countdown File New Timer

---------- File Recurring Alarm You may want to set an alarm for a recurring event, such as a daily or weekly meeting. Using the recurring alarm feature allows you to set up the frequency, duration, date, and time of an alarm, so you donţt have to manually enter the alarm information each time you want the alarm to display. To set up a recurring alarm, 1.Choose Alarm from the New menu, and click the Recurring >>button. This expands the New Alarm dialog. 2.Enter the ending date of the recurring alarm, or use the calendar icon to quickly choose the ending date. This is the date after which a recurring alarm will no longer be scheduled. The alarm will be deleted or marked as occurred after the last alarm that is able to be scheduled prior to this date is displayed. (Whether it is deleted or marked as occurred is dependent on the auto delete past alarms option.) 3.Alarms will continue to be scheduled until the selected end date. Clicking the check box labeled Never allows your alarm to be rescheduled indefinitely. As you may have noticed, when you mark Never, the ending date field is dimmed, and you cannot make changes to the ending date. 4.Mark the appropriate radio button to choose the frequency of the alarm. Note that you can use the Daily frequency for any time period less than a week. If you choose Daily, use the up and down arrows at the end of the field in the Daily section of the New Recurring Alarm dialog to select the number of days between alarms. For example, if you have a meeting every day at the same time, set the Every field to 1. If you set an alarm to remind yourself to water your plants every four days, set the Every field to 4. To make a recurring alarm into a single non-recurring alarm, select the<

---------- Detailed Example of Setting a Recurring Alarm Letţs say you have a meeting at 10:30 every Thursday morning. Follow these steps to set up a recurring alarm for this meeting. 1.Choose New from the File menu and select Alarm from the submenu that opens. 2.In the date field of the New Alarm dialog, enter the first date that you want the alarm to be active. In this example, letţs use April 25, 1996. You can type in the date, or use the calendar icon to quickly choose the desired date. 3.To enter the time you want the alarm to display, click in the hours section of the time field (the numbers preceding the colon). Then use the up and down arrows to change the entry in the time field to 10 AM. To change the minutes, click in the minutes section of the time field (the numbers after the colon). Use the up and down arrows to change the entry in the time field to 30. 4.Enter a description of the alarm in the Description field. Use the space in this box as you would use your favorite word processor. In this example, use the following description: Status meeting. 5.Click the Recurring >>button. The New Alarm dialog expands. 6.Enter the ending date of the recurring alarm, or use the calendar icon to quickly choose the ending date. Clicking the check box labeled Never allows your alarm to be rescheduled indefinitely. As you may have noticed, when you mark Never, the ending date field is dimmed, and you cannot make changes to the ending date. In our example, letţs click Never, since this meeting is scheduled permanently. 7.Click the radio button marked Weekly to establish the frequency of the alarm. 8.Click the OK button at the top of the New Alarm dialog. Every Thursday morning you will be reminded of your 10:30 status meeting. For more information, see: File New File New Alarm File Recurring Alarm File New Countdown File New Timer

---------- File New Countdown Alarm95 lets you specify an amount of time before you want an alarm to be displayed. For example, if you want to be reminded that you need to make a phone call in fifteen minutes, you can set a countdown alarm that will determine what time you want the alarm to be activated. To set a countdown alarm, 1.Choose New from the File menu and select Countdown from the submenu that opens. 2.Use the up and down arrows in the box following Remind me in: to select the number you want to use for the countdown. 3.Click the down arrow at the end of the "Remind me in:" field to select minutes, hours, or days. 4.Enter a description of the countdown alarm in the Description box. 5.Click OK to set up the new countdown alarm. The program will automatically add the specified time period to the current time to create a new alarm.

Option

---------- Shortcut Key

---------- Toolbar Button

---------- New countdown

---------- Ctrl+D

---------- For more information, see: File New File New Alarm File Recurring Alarm File New Timer

---------- File New Timer You may want to set a timer that acts like a stop watch. Timers are recorded in the alarm list with the total time that has elapsed since the timer was started. To set a new timer, 1.Select New from the File menu and choose Timer from the submenu that opens. 2.On the New Timer dialog, enter a description for the timer, and click Start when you are ready to begin the timer.

Option

---------- Shortcut Key

---------- Toolbar Button

---------- New timer

---------- Ctrl+I

---------- For more information, see: File New File New Alarm File Recurring Alarm File New Countdown

---------- File Print Use the Print option on the File menu to print all alarms and timers that currently appear in the alarm list.

Option

---------- Shortcut Key

---------- Toolbar Button

---------- Print

---------- Ctrl+P

---------- For more information, see: File Print Preview File Print Setup

---------- File Print Preview Use the Print Preview option to view the page you are going to print before sending it to the printer. This way you can verify before printing that your document will appear the way you want it. For more information, see: File Print File Print Setup

---------- File Print Setup Use this option to change your printer settings. For information on changing your settings, see either your printer manual or your Windows 95 manual. For more information, see: File Print File Print Preview

---------- File Exit Using the Exit command on the File menu is the ONLY way to exit Alarm95. Using the Close command or clicking the Close button will only minimize the program and reduce it to an icon in the taskbar; it will NOT close the program. When you choose to leave the program and select Exit from the File menu, a warning dialog appears, telling you that leaving the program will also close any scheduled alarms. When the program is closed, scheduled alarms do NOT work and are not displayed. For more information, see: File Menu Options

---------- Edit Menu Options The options on the Edit menu allow you to cut and copy alarms to the Clipboard, stop a timer that is running, and modify, delete, or test an alarm. Click any item on the menu below for a brief description of the selected option.

For more information, see: Edit Cut Edit Copy Edit Stop Timer Edit Modify Edit Delete Edit Test

---------- Edit Cut Use the Cut option on the File menu to remove the currently selected alarms from the alarm list and place them on the Clipboard. This command is dimmed and unavailable if there are no alarms currently selected.

Option

---------- Shortcut Key

---------- Toolbar Button

---------- Cut

---------- Ctrl+X

---------- For more information, see: Edit Menu Options Edit Copy

---------- Edit Copy Use the Copy option on the File menu to copy the currently selected alarms to the Clipboard. This command is dimmed and unavailable if there are no alarms currently selected.

Option

---------- Shortcut Key

---------- Toolbar Button

---------- Copy

---------- Ctrl+C

---------- For more information, see: Edit Menu Options Edit Cut

---------- Edit Stop Timer Use the Stop Timer option on the File menu to turn off a timer that has been started. This option is dimmed and is not available if there is no timer currently running.

Option

---------- Shortcut Key

---------- Toolbar Button

---------- Stop timer

---------- Ctrl+R

---------- For more information, see: Edit Menu Options

---------- Edit Modify Use the Modify option on the Edit menu to make changes to the currently selected alarm. Any of the fields that are entered on the New Alarm dialog when setting up the alarm (including recurring information) can be changed on the Modify dialog. This option is dimmed and is not available if there is no currently selected alarm.

Option

---------- Shortcut Key

---------- Toolbar Button

---------- Modify alarm

---------- Enter

---------- For more information, see: Edit Menu Options Edit Delete Edit Test

---------- Edit Delete Use this command to delete the currently selected alarm. Note that if you delete a recurring alarm, all alarms scheduled with that recurring alarm will be canceled and will NOT display. This option is dimmed and is not available if there is no currently selected alarm.

Option

---------- Toolbar Button

---------- Delete alarm

---------- For more information, see: Edit Menu Options Edit Modify Edit Test

---------- Edit Test Use this command to test the currently selected alarm. Any modifications made to the description or Remind me again in... fields will have no effect on the alarm. This option is dimmed and is not available if there is no currently selected alarm.

Option

---------- Shortcut Key

---------- Toolbar Button

---------- Test alarm

---------- Ctrl+S

---------- For more information, see: Edit Menu Options Edit Modify Edit Delete

---------- View Menu Options The options on the View menu allow you to display or hide the toolbar and status bar, show alarms that are set for specified periods of time (daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly), show all alarms, and modify several program options such as date and time formats. If an alarm comes due while you are selecting or changing your options, the alarm will not be displayed until the Options dialog is closed. Click any item on the menu below for a brief description of the selected option.

Listed below are the shortcut keys you can use to quickly access the View menu options.

Option

---------- Shortcut Key

---------- View alarms for this month

---------- Ctrl+M

---------- View alarms for this week

---------- Ctrl+W

---------- View alarms for this year

---------- Ctrl+Y

---------- View alarms for today

---------- Ctrl+T

---------- View all alarms

---------- Ctrl+A

---------- View Options

---------- Ctrl+O For more information, see: View Toolbar View Status Bar View Today View This Week View This Month View This Year View All View Options

---------- View Toolbar Use the Toolbar option on the View menu to display or hide the toolbar. When the toolbar is displayed, a check mark appears next to the item name on the View menu. To hide the toolbar, click Toolbar on the menu until no check mark precedes the option. The toolbar will be hidden from view. For more information, see: Toolbar Options

---------- Toolbar Options The toolbar, which is displayed across the top of the window below the menu bar, provides quick mouse access to several of the features of Alarm95. To display the toolbar, click the Toolbar option on the View menu until a check mark precedes the option. To hide the toolbar from display, click until no check mark appears. Click any of the buttons below for information on the feature of that toolbar button.

For more information, see: View Toolbar View Menu Options

---------- View Status Bar Use the Status Bar option on the View menu to display or hide the status bar. When the status bar is displayed, a check mark appears next to the item name on the View menu. To hide the status bar, click Status Bar on the menu until no check mark precedes the option. The status bar will be hidden from view. For more information, see: Status Bar Features View Menu Options

---------- Status Bar Features The status bar, which is displayed across the bottom of the window, describes the action to be performed by the selected menu item or toolbar button. The left area of the status bar describes actions of menu items as you use your arrow keys to navigate through the menu options. This area of the status bar also shows information describing the actions of toolbar buttons as you click them without releasing them. If after viewing a description of the toolbar button function you decide not to perform that action, release the mouse button while the pointer is off the toolbar button. The right area of the status bar indicates which of the following keys are locked down: CAP -- Indicates that the Caps Lock key is locked. NUM -- Indicates that the Num Lock key is locked. SCRL -- Indicates that the Scroll Lock key is locked. To display the status bar, click the Status Bar option on the View menu until a check mark precedes the option. To hide the status bar from display, click until no check mark appears. For more information, see: View Status Bar View Menu Options

---------- View Today Use the Today option on the View menu to include on the alarm list only the alarms that are scheduled to be displayed today.

Option

---------- Shortcut Key

---------- View alarms for today

---------- Ctrl+T For more information, see: View This Week View This Month View This Year View All

---------- View This Week Use this option on the View menu to include on the alarm list only the alarms that are scheduled to be displayed this week.

Option

---------- Shortcut Key

---------- View alarms for this week

---------- Ctrl+W For more information, see: View Today View This Month View This Year View All

---------- View This Month Use this option on the View menu to include on the alarm list only those alarms that are scheduled to be displayed this month.

Option

---------- Shortcut Key

---------- View alarms for this month

---------- Ctrl+M For more information, see: View Today View This Week View This Year View All

---------- View This Year Use this option on the View menu to include on the alarm list only those alarms that are scheduled to be displayed this year.

Option

---------- Shortcut Key

---------- View alarms for this year

---------- Ctrl+Y For more information, see: View Today View This Week View This Month View All

---------- View All Use this option on the View menu to include all alarms on the alarm list. To reduce the size of this list, use one of the View menu options listed in the "For more information" section below.

Option

---------- Shortcut Key

---------- View all alarms

---------- Ctrl+A For more information, see: View Today View This Week View This Month View This Year

---------- View Options Select Options from the View menu to open the Options dialog, where several general program options can be set. You can set program defaults and formats on this dialog. The three tabs across the top of the Options dialog are labeled General, Date, and Time.

Option

---------- Shortcut Key

---------- View Options

---------- Ctrl+O For more information, see: General Tab -- View Options Dialog Date Tab -- View Options Dialog Time Tab -- View Options Dialog View Menu Options

---------- General Tab -- View Options Dialog Open the General tab of the View Options dialog to set several program defaults and options. Click any area on the diagram below for a brief explanation of each feature. Following the diagram is a more detailed explanation of the options and defaults you can set here.

Start minimized -- Check this box to have Alarm95 automatically start minimized. When the program is minimized, you will see a small bell icon in the right corner of the taskbar. Click the bell once with your primary mouse button (usually the left) to restore Alarm95. Auto minimize after alarm -- Check this box to have the program automatically minimize to a bell icon in the taskbar after an alarm has been displayed. To restore the program, click on the bell icon with your primary mouse button. Auto delete past alarms -- Check this box to have alarms automatically deleted from the alarm list after they have been displayed. If this box is left blank, the alarm is marked as Occurred and remains in the alarm list. Remind me again in... -- Use the fields here to choose the amount of time you want to elapse before the alarm displays again. This feature is similar to the "snooze" feature of a regular alarm clock. Countdown amount -- Use the fields here to select the default amount of time for the New Countdown alarm dialog to display each time a new countdown alarm is created. The amount of time you enter here is also added to the current time to produce the default time used for normal new alarms. For more information, see: View Options Date Tab -- View Options Dialog Time Tab -- View Options Dialog

---------- Date Tab -- View Options Dialog Open the Date tab of the View Options dialog to set the format of the dates that will appear in your alarm list. Click on the diagram below for a brief explanation of the selected areaţs function.

System Long Format -- If you select this radio button, Alarm95 will use the long format setup option in the Regional Settings of the Control Panel to display alarm dates (see below). System Short Format -- If you select this radio button, Alarm95 will use the short format setup option in the Regional Settings of the Control Panel to display alarm dates (see below). Other formats -- The other formats are self-explanatory; clicking one of the radio buttons will cause all dates in Alarm95 to be displayed in that format. If you choose one of these formats, the selected format will override your Control Panel settings when running Alarm95. The diagram below shows the Regional Settings dialog, which you can access by clicking the Start button, choosing Control Panel from the Settings menu, and clicking Regional Settings in the Control Panel window. If you choose either the System Long or Short formats for the dates in Alarm95, the format selected here will be used in the program.

For more information, see: View Options General Tab -- View Options Dialog Time Tab -- View Options Dialog

---------- Time Tab -- View Options Dialog Open the Time tab of the View Options dialog to set the format of the times that will appear in your alarm list. Click on the diagram below for a brief explanation of the selected areaţs function.

System Format -- If you select this radio button, Alarm95 will use the date format that is set up in the Regional Settings of the Control Panel to display alarm times (see below). Other formats -- The other formats are self-explanatory; clicking one of the radio buttons will cause all times in Alarm95 to be displayed in that format. If you choose one of these formats, the selected format will override your Control Panel settings when running Alarm95. The diagram below shows the Regional Settings dialog, which you can access by clicking the Start button, choosing Control Panel from the Settings menu, and clicking Regional Settings in the Control Panel window. If you choose the System format for the times displayed in Alarm95, the format selected here will be used in the program.

For more information, see: View Options General Tab -- View Options Dialog Date Tab -- View Options Dialog

---------- Help Menu Options The options on the Help menu allow you to open the program help, get information on registering Alarm95, and display the version number of the program. Click any item on the menu below for a brief description of the selected option.

For more information, see: Help Topics Help About Alarm95

---------- Help Topics Use this option to open the Alarm95 help system. The help for this program follows the standard Windows 95 help structure, with tabs on the Help dialog labeled Contents, Index, and Find. For more information on using Windows 95 help systems, see your Windows 95 manual.

Option

---------- Shortcut Key

---------- Help Topics

---------- F1 For more information, see: Help About Alarm95

---------- Help About Alarm95 Click on this option to see the copyright notice and version number of Alarm95. For more information, see: Help Topics

---------- Control Menu You can access the options on the control menu by clicking the application control-menu icon (the bell icon in the title bar of the alarm list). The options on this list allow you to resize and move the alarm list window. Click any of the options on the menu below for more information on that menu option.

For more information, see: Menus Exiting the Program

---------- Setting an Alarm Alarm95 lets you set alarms both manually and automatically. Manual setup: To set an alarm manually, 1.Choose New from the File menu and select Alarm from the submenu that opens. (If you want to set a countdown timer, choose Countdown from the submenu.) 2.In the date field of the New Alarm dialog, enter the date you want the alarm to be active. You can type in the date, or use the calendar icon to quickly choose the desired date. 3.To enter the time you want the alarm to activate, click in the hours section of the time field (the numbers preceding the colon). Then use the up and down arrows to change the entry in the time field to the desired hour. To change the minutes, click in the minutes section of the time field (the numbers after the colon). Use the up and down arrows to change the entry in the time field to the desired minutes. 4.If you like, you can enter a description of the alarm in the Description field. Use the space in this box as you would use your favorite word processor. 5.To repeat the alarm at regular intervals, click the Recurring >>button. The New Alarm dialog expands, and you can specify the information you want to use in your recurring alarm. Automatic setup: Alarms also can be created automatically. When you set an alarm and then click the Recurring >>button on the New Alarm dialog, the dialog expands and you can enter the information that will automatically generate alarms in the future. To set up a recurring alarm, 1.Choose Alarm from the New menu, and click the Recurring >>button. This expands the New Alarm dialog. 2.Enter the ending date of the recurring alarm, or use the calendar icon to quickly choose the ending date. 3.Clicking the check box labeled Never allows your alarm to be rescheduled indefinitely. As you may have noticed, when you mark Never, the ending date field is dimmed, and you cannot make changes to the ending date. 4.Mark the appropriate radio button to choose the frequency of the alarm. Note that you can use the Daily frequency for any time period less than a week. If you choose Daily, use the up and down arrows at the end of the field in the Daily section of the New Recurring Alarm dialog to select the number of days between alarms. For example, if you have a meeting every day at the same time, set the Every field to 1. If you set an alarm to remind yourself to water your plants every four days, set the Every field to 4. Alarm95 will use the information entered to determine when the next occurrence should be, and will schedule an alarm accordingly.

Another way to create alarms automatically is to select the Remind me again in... option. On the General tab of the View Options dialog, you can choose the amount of time you want to elapse before the alarm displays again. Alarm95 will use the information entered to automatically schedule another alarm to be displayed after the specified amount of time has passed. For more information, see: File New Countdown File Recurring Alarm

---------- Alarm Display When the time has come for a scheduled alarm to due, the following dialog appears. Click any portion of the diagram below for information on that feature.

For more information, see: Setting an Alarm File New Alarm File Recurring Alarm Selecting an Alarm Sound

---------- Selecting an Alarm Sound You can add sound to your alarm display so that when the scheduled time for your alarm comes, the program notifies you with a sound as well as the Alarm dialog. To add or disable the sound that is played when an alarm is displayed, 1.Click Start, choose Settings, open the Control Panel, and double-click the Sounds icon. 2.Near the bottom of the list, choose the category for Alarm95. 3.Select the name of the .WAV file you would like played when an alarm occurs. If you do not want a sound played, select None. For more information, see: Alarm Display

---------- Selecting Program Options You can select program options using any of the following methods: Position the mouse pointer on the option and click. Use the "cursor" keys (the arrow keys, PgUp, PgDn, Home, or End) to move the highlight to the option or item you want to access and press Enter. Press Alt plus the highlighted pick letter of the option of interest. Press ONLY the highlighted pick letter of the option. This applies to main menu options when the main menu is active, or to submenu options when the submenu is pulled down. For more information, see: Shortcut Keys Menus

---------- Menus The main menu is displayed along the top of the screen when you open the program and remains there throughout most program operations. All menu options can be selected using either the optionţs pick letter or a mouse. Each menu opens to display additional choices. You can access any of the menu options in these ways: Using your primary mouse button (usually the left), click and drag on the menu name. The menu will open and you can release the mouse when the option you wish to access is highlighted. Press the Alt key and the pick letter of one of the main menu options on your keyboard to activate a highlight. Then use your left and right arrow keys to move to the menu you want to open. When the menu you want to use is highlighted, press the down arrow key or Enter to open the menu. Highlight the menu option you wish to use and press Enter. Click on one of the main menu options shown here to open a brief description of the option.

In addition to the main menu, other options are available through submenus. Items with a solid arrow to their right have additional submenus with more options. If an option on the menu that you open is followed by an ellipsis (...), a data entry or information screen opens before the function occurs. Complete the information on this screen as requested. For more information, see: File Menu Options Edit Menu Options View Menu Options Help Menu Options Toolbar Options Shortcut Keys Selecting Program Options

---------- Exiting the Program Alarm95 offers only one way to leave the program. You MUST choose Exit from the File menu to close the program. Unlike most Windows 95 applications, you cannot use the Close box or the Control-menu box to close the program. Using these typical Windows 95 methods of closing the program will only minimize Alarm95. When you choose Exit from the File menu, a warning dialog appears, telling you that closing the program will remove any scheduled alarms, and they will not display. The program MUST be open (it can be minimized, but it must not be closed) for your alarms to be activated. For more information, see: File Exit

---------- Shortcut Keys You can press the following key combinations to perform the functions listed. These shortcut keys provide you with quick and easy access to commonly used functions, rather than selecting the item from a menu. To use a shortcut combination, press and hold the first key listed; then press the second key designated while still holding down the first key. If the shortcut requires only one stroke (such as Enter), simply press that key.

Copy alarm information

---------- Ctrl+C

---------- Test alarm

---------- Ctrl+S

---------- Cut alarm information

---------- Ctrl+X

---------- View alarms for this month

---------- Ctrl+M

---------- Modify alarm

---------- Enter

---------- View alarms for this week

---------- Ctrl+W

---------- New Alarm

---------- Ctrl+N

---------- View alarms for this year

---------- Ctrl+Y

---------- New Countdown

---------- Ctrl+D

---------- View alarms for today

---------- Ctrl+T

---------- New Timer

---------- Ctrl+I

---------- View all alarms

---------- Ctrl+A

---------- Print document

---------- Ctrl+P

---------- View Options

---------- Ctrl+O

---------- Stop timer

---------- Ctrl+R

---------- New alarm Click this button to set up a new alarm.

---------- New countdown alarm Click this button to set up a new countdown alarm.

---------- New timer Click this button to set up a new timer.

---------- Stop timer Click this button to stop the currently selected timer.

---------- Modify alarm Click this button to change the currently selected alarm.

---------- Delete alarm Click this button to delete the currently selected alarm.

---------- Test alarm Click this button to test the currently selected alarm.

---------- Cut Click this button to cut (delete) the currently selected alarm and move the alarmţs information to the Clipboard.

---------- Copy

Click this button to copy the information from the currently selected alarm to the Clipboard.

---------- Print Click this button to print the information in the alarm list.

---------- Application control-menu button This small program icon in the upper left corner of the window by the file name is used to restore, move, and size the window.

---------- Restore option Use this option to return the active window to its size and position before you chose the maximize or minimize options.

---------- Move option Use this option to display a four-headed arrow. When the cursor has changed to this arrow, you can move the active window with the arrow keys.

---------- Size option Use this option to display a four-headed arrow. When the cursor has changed to this arrow, you can size the active window with the arrow keys. Press a direction key to move the pointer to the border you want to move. Press a direction key again to move the border. Press Enter when the window is the size you want. This option is not available when you maximize the window.

---------- Minimize option Use this option to reduce the Alarm95 window to an icon located on the taskbar. To open the program again, click the icon with your primary mouse button.

---------- Maximize option Use this option to enlarge the active window to fill the available space on the desktop. You also can click the maximize icon on the title bar, or simply double-click the title bar.

---------- Close option Unlike most Windows 95 programs, the Close option in Alarm95 does NOT close the program. It acts like the Minimize option and reduces the program to a small icon in the taskbar.

---------- Title bar The title bar is located along the top of the alarm list window. It shows the name of the file that contains the alarm information, and also includes the control-menu button, minimize, resize, and close buttons. You also can click on and drag the title bar with your mouse to move the window.

---------- Minimize window button Use this button to reduce Alarm95 to an icon in the taskbar. The program is still open and active; to work in the program, simply click the icon once with your primary mouse button.

---------- Resize window button Use this button to return a minimized window to its original size. You also can double-click the windowţs title bar to enlarge the active window.

---------- Close button In most Windows 95 applications, the Close button will turn off and shut down the program you have open. In Alarm95, however, the Close button does NOT close the program; it merely minimizes it to an icon in the taskbar.

---------- Menu bar The menu bar is displayed along the top of the window. All menu options can be selected using either the optionţs pick letter or a mouse. Each menu opens to display additional choices.

---------- Toolbar The toolbar, which is displayed across the top of the window below the menu bar, provides quick mouse access to several of the features of Alarm95.

---------- Alarm list The alarm list shows the alarms that you have scheduled. There are several options you can make regarding the alarms that are included in the list. You can sort by either Date or Description by clicking on the respective column. Clicking the Time column will sort the list by Date.

---------- Status bar The status bar describes the action to be performed when you press the highlighted menu item or click the appropriate toolbar button.

---------- Pick letter Many options can be accessed using your mouse, or by pressing Alt plus the associated pick letter. Pick letters are indicated by an underline. For example, to open the File menu using the pick letter, you would press Alt+F.

---------- File menu The options on the File menu allow you to create new alarms, countdowns, and timers, print a documents, preview the document before printing, choose your printer setup, and exit the program.

---------- Edit Menu The options on the Edit menu allow you to cut and copy alarms to the Clipboard, stop a timer that is running, and modify, delete, or test an alarm.

---------- View Menu The options on the View menu allow you to display or hide the toolbar and status bar, show alarms that are set for specified periods of time (daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly), show all alarms, and modify several program options such as date and time formats.

---------- Help Menu The options on the Help menu allow you to open the program help, get information on registering Alarm95, and display the version number of the program.

---------- General tab Click here to open the General tab of the View Options dialog. Here you can set several program defaults and options.

---------- Date tab Click here to open the Date tab of the View Options dialog, where you can set the format of dates used in Alarm95.

---------- Time tab Click here to open the Time tab of the View Options dialog, where you can set the format of times used in Alarm95.

---------- Start minimized Check this box to have the program automatically start minimized, rather than opening the alarm list.

---------- Auto minimize after alarm Check this box to have the program automatically minimize to an icon in the task bar after an alarm is displayed.

---------- Auto delete past alarms Check this box to have alarms automatically deleted from the alarm list after they have been displayed. If this box is left blank, the alarms remain in the alarm list and are marked as Occurred.

---------- Remind me again in... Click the up and down arrows in these fields to set the default amount of time you want between reminders. This feature acts like the "snooze" feature on a regular alarm clock.

---------- Countdown amount Click the up and down arrows in these fields to set the default amount of time to be displayed when setting up a new countdown alarm. The amount of time entered here is also added to the current time to produce the default time used for regular new alarms.

---------- OK button Click this button when you are satisfied with the changes youţve made to your default settings and want to save them.

---------- Cancel button Click this button to exit the Options dialog without saving any changes youţve made.

---------- Apply button Click this button to save all changes you have made without closing the dialog.

---------- Help button Click this button to access information on the program feature you are using.

---------- Format area This is where you set the default format for the dates or times displayed in the program.

---------- File menu -- New Choose this option to create a new alarm, countdown, or timer.

---------- File menu -- New Alarm Choose this option from the New submenu to create a new alarm.

---------- File menu -- New Countdown Choose this option from the New submenu to create a new countdown alarm.

---------- File menu -- New Timer Choose this option from the New submenu to create a new timer.

---------- File menu -- Print Choose this option to print the information in the alarm list.

---------- File menu -- Print Preview Choose this option to view the alarm list before printing.

---------- File menu -- Print Setup Choose this option to modify your printer settings.

---------- File menu -- Exit Choose this option to exit the program. This is the ONLY way you can close Alarm95.

---------- Edit menu -- Cut Choose this option to delete the currently selected alarm and move the information to the Clipboard.

---------- Edit menu -- Copy Choose this option to copy the information from the currently selected alarm to the Clipboard.

---------- Edit menu -- Stop Timer Choose this option to stop the currently selected timer.

---------- Edit menu -- Modify Choose this option to change the currently selected alarm.

---------- Edit menu -- Delete Choose this option to delete the currently selected alarm.

---------- Edit menu -- Test Choose this option to test the currently selected alarm.

---------- View menu -- Toolbar Choose this option to hide or display the toolbar.

---------- View menu -- Status Bar Choose this option to hide or display the status bar.

---------- View menu -- Today Choose this option to display only alarms occurring today in the alarm list.

---------- View menu -- This Week Choose this option to display only the alarms occurring this week in the alarm list.

---------- View menu -- This Month Choose this option to display only the alarms occurring this month in the alarm list.

---------- View menu -- This Year Choose this option to display only the alarms occurring this year in the alarm list.

---------- View menu -- All Choose this option to display all alarms in the alarm list.

---------- View menu -- Options Choose this option to modify program defaults and formats.

---------- Help menu -- Topics Choose this option to open the help topics for this program.

---------- Help menu -- About Alarm95 Choose this option to see the version number of the program.

---------- Clipboard The Clipboard is a temporary storage area for text or graphics that you are copying or moving from one location to another. Information that you cut or copy is placed on the Clipboard. For more information, see your Windows manual.

---------- Calendar Click the calendar icon to display a calendar that can be used to select a date. The small buttons on the left side of the calendar can be used to change the year, and the buttons on the right will change the calendar by month. To choose a specific date, click the number of the desired day. This date then appears in the Date field on the dialog from which you accessed the calendar.

---------- Title bar The title bar contains both the name of the dialog or window and the close button.

---------- Close button Click this button to close the Alarm dialog.

---------- Date and time of alarm This area shows the date and time that the alarm was set to display.

---------- Description of alarm This area describes the currently selected alarm.

---------- Remind me again in... Use the fields here to choose the amount of time you want to elapse before the alarm displays again. This feature is similar to the "snooze" feature of a regular alarm clock.

---------- Donţt remind me again Click this radio button if you donţt want this alarm to display again.

---------- OK button Click OK to save changes youţve made to the information in the dialog.

---------- Radio buttons Radio buttons are used for objects where you can make only ONE choice. To change your selection, click the desired button. The selection will move from the default to the new choice. You cannot deselect a radio button by clicking on it; you must select another option.

---------- Check boxes When you click a check box with your mouse or press your spacebar, and X appears in the box. To change your selection, move the cursor to the box in front of the option of interest and press the spacebar or click on it with your mouse. If the item was previously selected, the X is removed from the box. If the item was not previously selected, an X appears in the box.

---------- Technical Support To help you get up and running or to address any questions you may have later, we offer both online and phone support. Although we do accept written correspondence, the interactive nature of software does not allow us to serve you as efficiently if you contact us in this manner. Note: If you are hearing-impaired or have other physical disabilities that affect your communication, please mention this in your correspondence along with the method by which you prefer for us to respond to you. Contact Technical Support for help with... Installation. Questions about program operations. See also: Before You Contact Us How to Contact Us Ordering Other Products Parsons ClubHouse

---------- Before You Contact Us... Before you contact us for Technical Support, please consider these suggestions. They may save you time and the cost of a call or posting a message. Check this online Help and the README file supplied with the software for possible solutions. Try to duplicate the problem. Please try to repeat the steps that initially caused the problem. Have you tried booting with a system-formatted DOS disk, if appropriate, and running the program? See your DOS manual if you need help formatting a system disk. See also: How to Contact Us Ordering Other Products Technical Support

---------- How to Contact Us... If you are unable to resolve your problem after reviewing the online Help and README file, please contact us by one of the following methods. The best way to get help quickly is to post a message on one of the following online services: CompuServe Information Service America Online Microsoft Network Post your question in the appropriate product section. Include the following information in Windows, or Macintosh), applicable system information, and a detailed explanation of the problem. Or, download and complete the SYSPRO.TXT file that can be found in the miscellaneous library section of each of the online services. If you donţt have access to one of these services, electronic mail can be sent to us via the Internet. Another good way to get help is to use the telephone to call one of our representatives. SmartFax can provide you with written information about common problems. Although we do accept written correspondence, the interactive nature of software does not allow us to serve you as efficiently if you contact us in this manner. Note: If you are hearing-impaired or have other physical disabilities that affect your communication, please mention this in your correspondence along with the method by which you prefer for us to respond to you. See also: Technical Support Ordering Other Products Parsons ClubHouse

---------- Technical Support via CompuServe Information Service If you are a CompuServe member, type GO PARSONS at any menu prompt. Select Parsons Technical Support. We do our best to respond within 24 hours in the forum only. You may discover that many of your questions have already been answered. You can tap into our library of application bulletins and other information releases. You can participate in a progressive dialog with experts and other helpful users. If you would like to receive a free introductory membership to CompuServe, call CompuServeţs Telephone Sales and Inquiry Department at 1-800-848-8199 and ask for representative #194. (You will need a telecommunications program and a modem.)

---------- Technical Support via America Online If you are an America Online member, use the ţkeywordţ PARSONS, then click the Technical Support icon, to access our messaging section. We do our best to respond within 24 hours. You may discover that many of your questions have already been answered. You can tap into our library of application bulletins and other information releases. You can participate in a progressive dialog with experts and other helpful users.

---------- Technical Support via Microsoft Network If you have access to the Microsoft Network, type the ţfind wordţ PARSONS, then select the Technical Support Bulletin Board icon, to access our messaging section. We do our best to respond within 24 hours. You may discover that many of your questions have already been answered. You can tap into our library of application bulletins and other information releases. You can participate in a progressive dialog with experts and other helpful users.

---------- Technical Support via the Internet To post a question to us on the Internet, use the electronic mail address tsupport@parsonstech.com. Or join us at the Parsons ClubHouse to see if an answer to your question has already been posted.

---------- Technical Support via Telephone The Technical Support Departmentţs voice number is 1-319-395-7314. Before you call, make sure your computer is turned on and the relevant program is running (if possible). An automated attendant will direct you to the right location and give Technical Support Department hours. We are a service-oriented company and will take all the time needed to answer your questions. But when you first dial in, you may have to wait a short time while we offer this same attention to the callers ahead of you.

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