gWorking with
TimeCache panels and windows
You can run TimeCache 9.0 with all its main functional sections —
Daily Log, Job Sheets, List Manager, Invoices and Archive — in one
window or in as many separate windows as you like.
This flexibility is due to its tabbed architecture. When all its
main sections are in the same window, each section is in a tab
panel of its own. Clicking a tab reveals the interface for that
section. This is the default arrangement.
Rearranging sections
Alternatively, you can drag the tab for any section off of the main
window into its own auxiliary window, or into another already
created auxiliary window. For example, you might want to have the
Archive section in its own window. You do so by dragging its tab to
a spot on your screen not already covered by the main, or any
other, TimeCache window. If you were to later decide you wanted to
also display the Job Sheets section in that window, you could drag
its tab onto the auxiliary window so that it would now be home to
the Archive and Job Sheets sections. If still later you decided it
would be better to have the Job Sheets section in its own window,
you could drag it to an area of your screen not occupied by the
main or first auxiliary window to put it into a second auxiliary
window of its own.
The only tab you cannot move is that of the Daily Log. It must
always be the first tab in the main window.
Other than the Daily Log, you can rearrange the order of tabs in
any window by dragging any tab to a new position within its tab
bar.
Navigating sections
There are and commands in the menu for navigating to the previous and next
panels. There are commands in the
menu for navigating to different windows. You can also use the Mac
OS keyboard shortcut for toggling an application's windows,
⌘-~.
In addition to the menu's commands
for navigating to different sections, there are commands in the
menu for displaying each of the main
sections, Daily Log, Job Sheet, Archive, List Manager, and Invoice.
If the section is already open in a window, selecting that command
takes you to the panel for that section. If it is not open,
TimeCache creates a new tab panel for that section in the frontmost
window. The command for displaying the Invoice section only works
if there is an invoice file open. The
command for displaying the Archive section only works if there are
archived projects in your TimeCache data
file. Finally, you can close any the tab for any section except the
Daily Log, by choosing .
Toolbar
By default, TimeCache shows a toolbar in its main and auxiliary
windows. The toolbar offers quick access to a number of functions
you might perform in using TimeCache throughout the day.
Depending on which section is frontmost, toolbar icons may appear
slightly different, and may or may not be enabled.
1 - Project QuickFill or Daily Log link
button: In the Daily Log, this button shows a menu that lets you
choose a project/matter to quickly add to
the Daily Log. In all other sections, this toolbar button has a
slightly different icon, and pressing it takes you to the Daily
Log.
2 - Job Sheet button: Takes you to the
Job Sheet for the project you choose from the menu that pops up
when you release the mouse. This is the same list you get in the
dialog provided by choosing . If you're in the Archive
section, it displays a list of archived projects. This list is the
same as those appearing in the dialog that appears when you choose
.
3 - Post
Entries button: Click to post your Daily Log entries to Job
Sheets. Only active when in the Daily Log section.
4 - Reload
button: Reloads posted data for any date
from Job Sheets back into the Daily Log. Only active when in the
Daily Log section.
5 - Timer
button: Lets you start or stop timing a
highlighted Daily Log entry (if it is a time entry). Only active
when in the Daily Log section.
6 - Project Info button: Toggles
disclosure of project detail fields on
the Job Sheet or Archive section. Only active when in the Job Sheet
or Archive section.
7 - List
Manager button: Shows the List
Manager panel.
8 - Invoice
button: Displays a menu that lets you open and close invoice files, and show the Invoice panel. There is also an option to display
the invoice file in the Finder if there is an invoice file open.
The Invoice button appears in color if there is an invoice file
open, and in grey if there is not.
9 - Add
Detail button: Lets you add a
detail for the highlighted Daily Log entry. Only active when in
the Daily Log section.
10 - View Detail
List button: Shows or hides a window where you can view and manipulate entry details. Only active
when in the Daily Log or Job Sheet section.
If you want to regain the toolbar's screen space, you can hide it
(and later reshow it) by clicking the "chiclet" icon in the
window's upper right corner in Mac OS X 10.6.8 and earlier, or by
choosing or
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