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Overview
You can save some or all of your current settings in an Environment file and quickly recall it later to restore all the settings stored in that Environment file.
Here are some examples of how you might use this powerful feature:
| • | Save a default Environment for how you like to view your time records list in the main window |
| • | Save your Report settings for any type of report to instantly re-create a report |
| • | Save different column layouts and filters for different clients |
| • | Use different background colors for different clients |
| • | Easily set a different invoice template for each client |
Different Settings to Save
| • | Time Logger allows you to select different groups of settings to save. This allows you to make very specialized Environments. |
| • | Checking just one box saves a single-purpose Environment. |
| • | If you wish to have a report that you run periodically and you wish to select which Client the report is for in the Filter and maybe also change the date range each time you run the report, then you could leave Filters unchecked, but check Appearance/Layout, Font, Sorting/Subtotals and Printing Options. Each time you wish to view the report, you simply: |
| 3. | Click File/Print Preview. |
NOTE: Use Other Options sparingly or not at all because it includes some global settings. If you use Other Options in your Environments, be sure to first create a "My Default Setting" type Environment that also contains Other Options and load it after using your saved Environments. See below for a list of the settings saved by Other Options.
To save your current settings in an environment:
| 3. | Finally, select a filename for your environment. Be sure to use a nice long, descriptive name such as "Month End Project Subtotals." |
NOTE: Environment files saved by Time Logger version 4.x have an extension of .ev4
To reload a saved environment:
Just click the Tools menu and look for your Environment below in the alphabetized list of Load Environment: Some Descriptive Names.
NOTE: The first 30 alphabetized Environments in the last-used environment folder are displayed. To load any Environment file, even those in other folders, select: Tools/Load Environment... (the one just below Tools/Save Environment...).
More:
Loading an Environment From the Menu
Special Purpose Environments
The settings that Other Options includes are listed below.
Other Options
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Automatically combine stopwatch record with records with the same descriptors and the same date
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Backup Directory
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Allow the icon to blink yellow when the stopwatch is paused
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Daily Goal Option
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Description Requirements
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Distance Units
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Duration Format
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Duration Increment
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Duration Mode
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Full Menus
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General Invoice Comment
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Hide the Time Logger main window when a stopwatch is visible
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Import Fields
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Invoice Template File Name
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Minimize To Tray
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Minimum Duration
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Restrict all users to this time records database file
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Optimize For File Print
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Pause Handling
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Post Invoice (Yes/No - for invoicing multiple clients at once)
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Print Invoice (Yes/No - for invoicing multiple clients at once)
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Print Report (Yes/No - for invoicing multiple clients at once)
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Reload last Time Records database file at startup.
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Round Time To Two Places
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Show Seconds In Stopwatch
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Show Stopwatch When Starting U[
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Play Sounds
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Keep Stopwatch On Top
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Summary Template File Name
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Use Word Processor For Displaying Summary and Aging
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Warn On Delete
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Warn When Close In Progress
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Word Processor Type
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