Right On Time is a versatile application which provides To-Do List, Calendar, and Reminder features. Unlike other similar packages, Right On Time is just an application, and does not include a system extension. This gives you more control over how much memory is used, and eliminates the possibility of system extension conflicts. Right On Time should work on all Macintoshes running at least System 6, but it has only been thoroughly tested on color models running System 7.
You can use Right On Time to remind you when bills are due, when certain birthdays are coming up, or other important dates. You can also define several categories and use it as a To-Do List. The perpetual calendar feature always comes in handy, too.
You will probably want to place an alias to Right On Time in your Startup Items folder (within your System Folder) so that you can see reminders when you start your computer. If you leave Right On Time running in the background, you will be reminded of events throughout the day.
When you create your first event with Right On Time, a new file called "Events" will be created in the same folder as the application. This is the default file which will be read when you start up Right On Time in the future, although you may create and read other events files by using the File menu. If you place a file containing sound resources in the same folder, and name the file "Sounds", you may use those sounds as sound effects when you create alarms.
Currently, two types of views are supported for viewing the events you create: a To-Do List and a Monthly Calendar. All events are treated the same, whether they are To-Do items or reminders. You simply ignore the "due date and time" of a To-Do item. Each event is given a category. You could configure the To-Do view to show just past-due items of the category "Tasks", for example, to function as your To-Do List. You could then configure the Monthly Calendar to display other categories.
Creating and Editing Events
You must open either the To-Do List window or the Monthly Calendar window before you can create events. You can use the Edit menu to create the event, or use a shortcut. You can double-click on a day in the Monthly View to create a new event for that day, or click the New Event button in the To-Do List window.
You can also double-click an existing event in the To-Do List to edit that particular event, or select an event and choose "Delete Event" or prss the DELETE key to delete an event. If you choose "Archive Event", the event will be removed from the current file and placed in a file called "Old Events".
In the Edit Event window, you can enter several options, most of which are self-explanatory. You can type in the date and time, or you can select a date by clicking the "Select Date" button (it looks like a small calendar). You can make repeating events, and choose a sound to be played when the event becomes due. When an event becomes due, you can specify that it stay in the list, be automatically deleted, or be automatically archived.
There is never a need to "save your work", since events are immediately saved to disk when you create or change them.
The To-Do List window
The To-Do List shows you a list of events for the time period you select. Only 32K of information will fit in this list. You can select events and edit, archive, or delete them from this window. Past due events are marked with a bullet ("•"). You can copy selected events and paste them into other applications (TAB's are inserted between columns).
You may select and event and choose "Edit Event", or just double-click the event to change it. "Delete Event" or the DELETE key will delete an event. If you choose "Archive Event", the event will be removed from the current file and placed in a file called "Old Events". You may also click the "New Event" button (it looks like a hand with a ribbon around a finger) to create a new event.
Monthly Calendar
The Monthly Calendar is a perpetual calendar which also marks the days on which events occur. When you first open this window, the current date will be hilited, as well as listed below the calendar. You can always click on the current date listed below to change the calendar back to the current month.
If you have repeating events, only the next event will be marked. If you want repeating events to be carried out to the current month displayed, hold down the OPTION key when selected a month. For example, if you have a lunch date every workday for the current month being displayed, only the first workday will normally be marked. However, if you hold down the OPTION key and reselect the month, every workday will be marked. This feature is optional because projecting a long time ahead (like years) can cause a significant delay in updating the calendar.
You can double-click on a date to create a new event on that date.
Reminders
When an event becomes due and Right On Time is running, several different things can happen. If Right On Time is in the background, the Notification Manager (an operating system feature) is used to present a dialog box to the user. If the event is really just a warning, then the Application menu of the Finder will blink until you bring Right On Time to the front. In either case, a sound will be played if you chose one for that event.
If Right On Time is in front when an event becomes due, a more colorful dialog will be presented.
When a warning is given and you bring Right On Time to the front, you may choose to have the warning played again at a later time. Note that if you quit Right On Time before the warning becomes due, the warning will NOT be given. Likewise, warnings which become due before you start Right On Time are not given.
If you start Right On Time and some events have become due since the last time you quit the application, you will not receive the flashy notices all at once. Instead, you can just look at the To-Do List view and see the past-due events marked with a bullet ("•").
Past due events usually stay around until you explicitly delete them. In the case of repeating events, a new event is automatically created for the next repeating time, but the old event is not necessarily deleted (the old event is no longer a repeating one, but the new one is). When you create an event, you can specify that it be automatically archived or deleted when it becomes due.
