## Contents

### Search ReminderFox

### Videos

Detailed videos about ReminderFox.

- ReminderFox videos.

### Overview

A brief overview of what ReminderFox can do for you.

- Getting started with ReminderFox.

### Using ReminderFox

Detailed explanations of all of ReminderFox's functions.

Reminders
  - Reminder Options
  - List Window
  - Columns
  - Calendar
  - Editing reminders
  - Notifications
  - Alarms
  - Quick Alarms

ToDo's
  - ToDo's
  - Editing ToDo's

ReminderFox Options and Preferences
  - Display
  - Tooltip
  - Notifications
  - List Display
  - Defaults
  - Lists
  - File
  - Network

Custom lists
  - Custom Lists
  - Managing your lists

Sharing Reminders
  - Importing and Exporting reminders and ToDo's
  - Importing from other calendars
  - Can I import from Microsoft Outlook?
  - Can I share with Sunbird/Mozilla Calendar?
  - Can I install ReminderFox in both Firefox and Thunderbird and share the same set of reminders?
  - Sharing reminders with other computers via the network
  - Automatic Synchronization
  - Working with other online calendar services
  - Can I share events with Google calendar?
  - Is it possible to sync events and ToDo's with PDAs and SmartPhones (such as using FinchSync)?
  - Problems with network synchronization

Thunderbird E-Mail interaction
  - Adding a reminder for an email
  - Viewing email attached to a reminder

### FAQ

Some of the most commonly asked questions.

Questions
  - How can I have reminders automatically calculate and display years, such as "Billy's 11th birthday"?
  - How do I print my reminders or Todo's?
  - Can I have different repeat rates for my reminders (such as every 3 weeks, every 5 days)?
  - How do I enter finer increments in my times and alarms (such as 10:23 AM)?
  - Can I complete or delete individual instances of a repeating reminder?
  - Can I add the Day of the Week to the date displayed in the tooltip?
  - Can I get notified of overdue reminders?
  - How do I search for a specific reminder or ToDo?
  - How do I re-order my list of ToDo items?
  - Can I temporarily disable alerts and alarms?
  - I have a comment. I have a feature request. I found a bug. What do I do?
  - What is that icon all about?

### Troubleshooting

Having problems? View answers to some common issues.

Questions
Uninstall ReminderFox
Get Help from the ReminderFox list
  - I just installed ReminderFox. I don't see any ribbon icon!
  - I'm having trouble downloading the extension.
  - I'm using a non-default theme and some of the text in the drop-down controls are truncated.
  - I can't synchronize to the network.
  - I've lost my reminders! Can I retrieve a backup?
  - If I uninstall/reinstall or upgrade ReminderFox, will I lose my existing reminders?
  - Can I validate my calendar file to ensure that it is correct?
  - I'm having a problem that is not answered here. Are there any detailed error logs?
  - How do I completely uninstall ReminderFox?

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### ReminderFox FAQ

Welcome to the ReminderFox FAQ! Here you'll find videos, tips, and answers to common questions.

### ReminderFox Videos

#### ReminderFox 1 - Overview

Get a general overview of ReminderFox. Take a tour of the Reminder List view and all about adding reminders.

#### ReminderFox 2 - Overview Pt 2

Learn about filtering reminders, and all about ToDo's

#### ReminderFox 3 - Alerts, Alarms, Views

Learn about how ReminderFox alerts you via alert sliders and alarms. See how you can add new list columns, and learn how you can add and use Views to see just the reminders you want.

#### ReminderFox 4 - quick alarms, sorting lists

Learn about how you can sort your lists of reminders. Also see how quick alarms can be used for quick reminders, and see how tabbed alarms are used.

#### ReminderFox 5 - toolbar buttons, view as HTML, export/email reminders

Learn how you can add toolbar buttons to make ReminderFox even more accessible. See how you can view or print entire lists or subsets of reminders. Also learn how you can export reminders, or send selected reminders via email.

#### ReminderFox 7 - Subscriptions and calendars

Learn how you can subscribe to other online calendars, and how you can import calendars.

#### ReminderFox 8 - ReminderFox options

Take a tour of the many ReminderFox options, and see how they affect things.

#### ReminderFox 9 - Lists and adding reminders from web pages

Learn about adding additional ReminderFox lists. See how you can add reminders from web pages.

#### ReminderFox - Thunderbird options - attach reminders to emails

Take a tour of Thunderbird-specific integration. See how you can attach reminders to emails, and learn about the ReminderFox Send++ feature, which lets you send an email and attach a reminder in a single step.

### Overview

##### Getting started with ReminderFox.

ReminderFox helps you manage reminders, ToDo's, and other tasks. ReminderFox adds an icon to your application -- a ribbon tied into a reminder-knot. By default this is shown in the status bar, but can be changed via the options. The ribbon will show any current reminders for the day. Hovering over the ribbon will show a snapshot of your upcoming reminders and ToDo's.

Right-clicking on the ribbon will bring up a list of available context menu options. From here you can go to the ReminderFox options as well as a number of other operations.

Double-clicking the icon brings up the Reminder list.

This window displays a list of all of your reminders. To add a new reminder, double-click the calendar day or click the `Add Reminder` button.

Fill in your options and click OK and you're done. That's all there is to it! ToDo tasks work in a similar fashion.

### Using ReminderFox

#### Reminders

##### Reminder Options

Reminders have a number of different options that can be set to change their behavior.

- Description - This is the description of the reminder which shows up in your reminder list.
- Notes - If you click the Notes icon button, you can enter in additional notes for your reminder. These notes will show will also show up in the reminder tooltip when you hover over the item in the list.
- Date - Set the date you want the reminder to occur. You can enter in any starting date. Note that you can also double click any date on the calendar widget to add a reminder for that date.
- Time - You can choose to have your reminder occur All Day (such as a birthday) or at a particular time (such as an appointment). If you uncheck the `All Day` option you can enter a specific time. You can select any time from the populated pull down list that contains the most common times. You can also type any time directly into the Time textbox for more specific times (example: 8:33 AM)
- Repeat - Leave this unchecked for one-off, non-repeating reminders -- example: "Return library book". If you check this option, then you can select the frequency you want for your reminder:

- Yearly - this event happens on the same date every year (like a birthday)
- Yearly by day - this event happens on the same day every year such as Mother's Day (Second Sunday of May)
- Monthly - this event happens on the same date every month (like a rent payment on the 30th of each month)
- Monthly by day - this event happens on the same day every month.
- Weekly - this event happens on the same day every week
- Weekly - Alternating - this event happens every other week

- Show alarm popup - Check this option if you want to have a reminder notification alert you at a specified time prior to the event. You can select to have an alarm popup any number of minutes, hours, or days before the reminder occurs. You can select any time from the pre-populated list of common times or directly enter any number into the textbox for more specific entries (37 minutes).
- Important - This is for those extra-special events that you can't miss, like your wife's birthday. These reminders will show up highlighted in red in the Reminders list, as well as in the tooltip and status bar.
- Remind Daily Until Completed - This option causes the reminder to continue to remind you until it has been completed. This means that once a reminder occurs, it will continue to show up each following day until such time as you mark the reminder as `Completed` or delete it. This is useful for things where you want to keep reminding yourself until you actually do it, like "remember to call Mom".

##### List Window

The List Window allows you to view and manage your reminders. To bring up the list dialog, you can double-click on the ribbon icon, or right-click on it and select `Edit Reminders` from the context menu. The list window shows tabs for your Reminders, ToDo's, as well as any custom lists that you set up. The main window displays all of your reminders along with any attributes in the various list columns.

##### Columns

Most columns are hidden by default. You can view and add additional columns by clicking the column chooser in the top-right of your column header.

- Time - shows you what time an event occurs, or `all day` if it's an all day event
- Date Completed - shows the date that a reminder was completed on
- Repeat - shows a brief text explaining what kind of repeat option is set for the reminder (weekly, monthly, yearly, etc)
- Complete - shows a checkbox icon if a reminder has been completed. You can directly interact with this column to toggle the completed status of a reminder.
- Notes - shows a note icon if the reminder has an associated note containing more information
- Remind Daily Until Completed - shows a ribbon icon if the reminder has been set to `Remind Daily Until Completed`. The ribbon will be blue if this option has been set but the reminder date is still in the future. The ribbon will be red if the reminder date has passed and the reminder is now overdue.
- Alarm - shows an alarm icon if the reminder has an alarm set. Hovering over the alarm icon will show you the alarm details.
- Mail - shows a mail icon if this reminder is associated with an email (Thunderbird only).

You can show and hide any columns that you want. You can also move the columns to any position you like by dragging the column header to where you want.

Several columns allow you to manipulate the reminder by clicking in the column. Clicking the `Complete` columns toggles a reminder's Complete status; clicking in the `Remind Daily Until Complete` column toggles that option on or off, and clicking on the mail icon will open up the email associated with that reminder in Thunderbird.

##### Using the calendar

You can show or hide the calendar by pressing the calendar icon on the Edit Reminders dialog.

- The calendar is fully synchronized with your list of reminders. It displays all of the reminders for each month (highlighted in yellow) and any important reminders will have the date highlighted in red.
- You can hover over any date with a reminder to get a tooltip of the description.
- Clicking on a date with a reminder in the calendar jumps to that date in the reminder list, and vice-versa.
- Double-clicking on a date will bring up the Add Reminder dialog with the date set to the one you clicked on.
- Right-clicking on a date with an existing reminder will bring up the reminder context menu to allow you to manipulate the reminder.
- You can advance the year of the calendar by clicking the arrows to the right and left of the year. You can add reminders for different years by first changing the year on the calendar

##### Editing Reminders

You can double click on any reminder in the list to edit it. This will bring up the reminder window and allow you to change any of the options that you initially set. Also, you can right-click on a reminder to bring up a context menu to select a number of options:

Select a reminder in the list, and right-click to bring up the context menu. Select the action that you want. Additionally, you can double-click a reminder to bring up the Edit Reminder dialog.

- Edit Reminder - Allows you to edit all of the properties of the reminder.
- Delete Reminder - Deletes the reminder from your list. If it is a repeating reminder, you will be prompted whether you want to delete all instances or just the current selected (and previous) instance.
- Move to List - Moves the selected reminder to any other list, such as the ToDo list or any custom list.
- Important Toggles the reminder's important status. This is for those extra-special events that you can't miss, like your wife's birthday. These reminders will show up highlighted in red in the Reminders list, as well as in the tooltip and status bar.
- Complete - Reminders can be marked as Completed. This is useful for reminders that you finish with and no longer wish to be reminded about in the tooltip or in the status bar. example: if you have a reminder to "Pay phone bill" and you pay it early, then you can mark it as Complete and it will not show up in the upcoming reminders. The completed status resets after the date has passed so the reminder will show up again the following year.
- Remind Daily Until Completed - This option causes the reminder to continue to remind you until it has been completed. This means that once a reminder occurs, it will continue to show up each following day until such time as you mark the reminder as 'Completed' (via the context menu). This is useful for things where you want to keep reminding yourself until you actually do it, like "remember to call Mom". Once a reminder has been completed, you can mark it as Complete from the context menu (or untoggle the Remind Daily Until Completed).
- Find - allows you to search for a reminder containing specific text
- Hide All Repeat Reminders - Hides all repeating instances of repeating reminders, and only shows one instance (the next upcoming instance). This option overrides your global preferences and only takes affect while viewing the current window.
- Show All Reminders - This will show all reminders in your list. This option overrides your global preferences and only takes affect while viewing the current window.
- Hide Completed Items - This hides all reminders that have been marked complete. This option overrides your global preferences and only takes affect while viewing the current window.
- View as HTML - this displays your current list of reminders in a browser window. This can be used to print your reminders.

##### Notifications

- The status bar will indicate reminders. If there is a reminder for the current day, it will appear on the status bar. The color of the ribbon icon on the status bar changes, according to the status of reminders.

- If there is a reminder for the current day, the ribbon is red.
- If there are upcoming reminders, the ribbon is blue.
- If there are no current or upcoming reminders, the ribbon will be greyed out.

- You can hover over the ribbon icon to get a tooltip of all of the current and upcoming reminders.
- Additionally, you can have an alert slider periodically appear (on Windows only) with the current and upcoming reminders.

##### Alarms

You can set alarms to show up on or before an event occurs. At the specified time an alarm dialog will pop up:

You can simply acknowledge the alarm or select a number of other options from the pull-down menu.

- Snooze -You can choose to Snooze the alarm to be reminded at a later time. Select the time you want to snooze for or directly enter it into the textbox, and then click the snooze button. You will be reminded again after that number of minuteshas passed.
- Acknowledge - this simply acknowledges the reminder and closes the alarm window.
- Mark as Complete - this marks this reminder as complete, and closes the alarm window.
- Delete - this deletes the reminder and closes the alarm window
- Open... - this opens up the reminder in the reminder list dialog.

##### Quick Alarms

You can create a Quick Alarm via the status bar icon's context menu. This allows you to quickly set an alarm to be reminded of something that will happen shortly. Example: "check pot roast" in 20 minutes. Also for the weak-willed, like me, they can also be used to reminder yourself to get off the internet after a specified period of time. Note that these are just quick temporary alarms, and are not added to your reminders. Enter in when you want to be notified:

After that period has passed, you will get an alarm popup:

You can snooze the alarm or simply acknowledge it.

#### ToDo's

ToDo's are good for tasks that may or may not have a specific start date or completion date. example: "Need to sign up for gym membership". There is a separate tab for ToDo items. The ToDo list and columns are very similar to the Reminders List:

At the bottom of the ToDo's tab, click Add ToDo.

Adding a ToDo is just like adding a reminder. It has essentially the same options as reminders. Unlike reminders, entering a date for ToDo's is optional. In addition there is an option to Show In Tooltip. If you select this, then that ToDo will show up in the tooltip when you hover over the ribbon icon in the status bar. You may want to keep certain ToDo or List items that you don't really want to see in the tooltip all the time, so you can unselect this option in that case.

##### Editing ToDo's

You can modify ToDo items by right-clicking on them to bring up the context menu. Select the action that you want. Additionally, you can double-click a ToDo to bring up the Edit ToDo dialog.

- Edit ToDo - Allows you to edit all of the properties of the ToDo.
- Delete ToDo - Deletes the ToDo from your list.
- Move to List - Moves the selected ToDo to any other list. If the ToDo has a date set, you can also move it to the Reminders list.
- Important Toggles the ToDo's important status. This is to give emphasis to extra-special ToDo's. Important ToDo's will show up highlighted in the list of ToDo's and in the tooltip.
- Complete - ToDo's can be marked as Completed. This is useful for ToDo's that you finish with.
- Show in Tooltip - Toggles whether you want the new ToDo item to be shown in the tooltip when you hover over the ribbon status icon.
- Move ToDo Up/Down - Moves the selected ToDo(s) up or down in the list. This is useful if you like to keep your list of ToDo's sorted by precedence.
- Find - allows you to search for a ToDo containing specific text
- Hide Completed Items - This hides all ToDo's that have been marked complete. This option overrides your global preferences and only takes affect while viewing the current window.
- View as HTML - this displays your current list of ToDo's in a browser window. This can be used to print your ToDo's

#### ReminderFox Options and Preferences

You can change a variety of options to tailor your ReminderFox experience to your liking. The Options can be accessed off of the context menu of the ribbon icon in the status bar.

##### Display

The Display tab allows you to change display options

- Display today's reminders in status bar - uncheck this if you don't want to show the text of today's reminders in the status bar.
- Show reminders for the next X upcoming days - the number of days to look ahead and report on upcoming reminders for alerts and tooltips. (default: 15)
- On double-click of status icon, edit... - Sets the action when double-clicking the reminder status icon. The default is to open up the Edit Reminders dialog. You can change this to open up to the ToDos tab instead.
- Display Placement - Change this to modify where you want the ribbon status icon to be displayed (the status bar, the menu bar, etc).

You can also change the position that the icon resides:

- Always Last - the icon will appear in the last position of the display bar you selected
- Specific Position - you can set a specific position number; the icon will appear on the display bar at that position.

##### Tooltip

The Tooltip tab allows you to change what the the tooltip displays.

- Display reminders in tooltip - if this is checked, current and upcoming reminders will show in the reminder icon tooltip
- Display ToDo's in tooltip - if this is checked, ToDo's (that are marked to show in the tooltip) will show in the reminder icon tooltip
- Labels - You can customize the tooltip labels for Today's and Upcoming Reminders. Click on the Customize button for a list of available variables that will show the information in your tooltip. For instance, this label:
  `[shortDay] [shortMonth] [date]: [reminderDesc] ([time])`
  will result in:
  `Tue Jun 21: Meeting with Johnson (2:30pm)`
  You can also see the number of days left until the reminder occurs by using the [daysUntil] variable. For example:
  `[shortDay] [shortMonth] [date]: [reminderDesc] ([time]) -- in [daysUntil] days`
  will result in:
  `Thu Jun 23: Timmy's Birthday -- in 4 days`
  (Note: at minimum, you must leave a space or a character between each variable, as two consecutive variables will not be properly parsed.)

##### Notifications

The Notifications tab allows you to change the alert and notification options. The Show Alert Slider checkbox toggles whether the alerts are enabled or not.

- Show Alert Every X minutes - This is the number of minutes between alerts (default: 120)
- Display - controls what the alerts show.

- Show today's and upcoming reminders - show alerts for current and upcoming reminders
- Show only today's reminders - only show alerts when there is a reminder occurring today
- Show only upcoming reminders - only show alerts for upcoming reminders

- Sounds -You can elect to play sounds when the alarm and alert slider shows up. You can use your default OS alert sound, or supply a custom .wav file.

##### List Display

The List Display tab controls how the display options of the Reminder List

##### Defaults

The Defaults tab allows you to select the options that are set by default when creating new reminders. It also allows you to set the default preference to show or hide completed items in the list by default. This option can be temporarily overrode when viewing reminders via the Show/Hide Completed Items option in the List window's context menu.

##### Lists

The Lists tab allows you to add and manage custom lists. These custom lists show up as separate tabs. For more details, see the Custom Lists section.

##### File

The File tab allows you to set the location of your reminder file, as well as importing and exporting. For details, go to the Importing and Export section.

##### Network

The Network tab allows you to set up your networking options. View Sharing reminders with other computers via the network for details.

#### Custom Lists

In addition to reminders and ToDo's, you can add additional lists that will show up as separate tabs. You could keep lists like: Movies (for upcoming movie releases), Albums (for upcoming music releases), Groceries (to keep track of items you need), or anything else that you can use a list for. This is good for list-oriented people.

Custom Lists are identical to your ToDo list, so all ToDo options and preferences are also applicable to any of your custom lists. You can move any list items. You can also move items to other lists by selecting them and selecting Move To List from the context menu.

##### Managing Custom Lists

You can add/reorder your lists from within the Options in the Lists tab.
Your existing Lists will show up in the list box.
To add a new List, enter a new List name in the text field and click Add.
To delete a List, select it from the list box and click Remove
To reorder your Lists, select a List and then click Move Up or Move Down

#### Sharing Reminders

##### Importing and Exporting reminders and ToDo's

Exporting and Importing is useful for backing up your reminders as well as sharing them with other profiles, computers, or calendar services. Only iCalendar (ics) files are supported for importing and exporting.

You can import or export reminders and ToDo's via the ReminderFox Options dialog. When importing reminders, you can either overwrite your current existing reminders, or add the imported reminders to your existing list of reminders (sort of like merging). This allows for you to import common shared lists of reminders for multiple people who share a pool of reminders such as family members (birthdays, etc).

##### Importing from other calendars

You can share reminders with most any Calendar program that supports the iCalendar format such as iCal or KOrganizer. Most calendar programs allow you to import files to get your calendar data from one program to another.

##### Can I import from Microsoft Outlook?

Not directly at the present time. You can import your outlook data into another calendar program that can export as ICS, and then import the data into ReminderFox. Alternatively, you can use the following utility provided by Günter Wahl to to convert your Outlook reminders into the ICS format compatible with ReminderFox. Downlod this program into the Windows environment where your Outlook account is is stored and execute it there (note: it will not run successfully from the browser link; you need to download it first.). The utility will generate an ICS file; this file should be imported with the ReminderFox import function. Instructions are available in the downloaded zip file or here.

Notes:

- Importing Outlook-Todos does not support 'Recurring' Outlook-Todos
- Outlook-Todos 'Categories'-items are treated as ReminderFox-List 'Names'; if that ReminderFox-List does not exist, ReminderFox will build it while importing the ICS-file
- If an Outlook-Todo holds multiple 'Categories'-items, the Outlook-ToDo is imported to a ReminderFox-List named "CATEGORIES". You should move it to the required ReminderFox-List manually.

##### Can I share my reminders with Sunbird/Mozilla Calendar/Lightning?

Yes, with a bit of a workaround. See an example here: http://www.finchsync.com/howto/sunbird3/sunbird3.html

##### Can I install ReminderFox in both Firefox and Thunderbird and share the same set of reminders?

Yes, you can do this by changing the Options to use the same file from both programs. From one instance of ReminderFox, go to the Options and then go to the File tab. Copy the ReminderFox File Location (you may need to first uncheck Use Default). Now go to your second instance of ReminderFox, go to the Options and then go to the File tab. Uncheck 'Use Default' and then paste in the file location you had previously copied. Now both programs are pointing to the same file, so any changes made in one program will be reflected in the other.

##### Sharing reminders with other computers via the network

You can share your reminders via the network. You can easily share reminders with other instances of ReminderFox - for example, to use the same list of reminders between your computers at work and at home.

You can use any FTP or WebDAV (HTTP/HTTPS) server to store your reminders. If you do not have any servers available for sharing, there are a number of freely available services, such as iCal Exchange (icalx.com).

Select the protocol from the drop down (http/https/fttp) and then enter in your address in the address text field. Make sure that your address ends in a filename. Enter in your username and password needed to access your server (if required). You can then press Import to download your events from the remote server, or Export to upload your reminders to the remote server.

Here's an example of a network setup using iCal Exchange:

##### Automatic Synchronization

If you enable the Automatic Synchronize Reminders With Network option, your local reminders and ToDo's will automatically be kept in synch with your remote reminders. Whenever you make any changes to your reminder list, your reminders will automatically be uploaded to your remote server. And when any changes are made to the remote reminders, they will automatically be downloaded to your local machine. Your remote reminders are checked to see if there are new changes whenever you view your list of reminders as well as when your start ReminderFox and once an hour after that.

##### Working with other online calendar services

Though not explicitly supported, you should be able to share with most other calendar services that are also based on the iCalendar (ics) format, and which support both reading and writing events. Some of the services that have been reported to work with ReminderFox are:

- Memotoo
- Zimbra
- iCal Exchange

Note that you should be careful when sharing with other network services and automatic synchronization; you may want to back up your ReminderFox reminders first.

##### Can I share events with Google Calendar?

Using the network options, you can currently only read in reminders from google calendar. Google Calendar only supports reading their calendar and not directly writing to it (outside of their site). To import events into Google Calendar, you need to first export your reminders via the ReminderFox File options, and then import the iCal file with Google Calendar.

Note that there may be third party intermediary or proxy services that may allow you to both read and write to services that don't allow writing or uploading event by default (like Google Calendar), but there is no way to do it directly at this time.

##### Is it possible to sync events and ToDo's with PDAs and SmartPhones (such as using FinchSync)?

ReminderFox works with the ICS-format and stores all data in a calendar File. This file can be used to sync with PDAs and Smartphones.

You can use the program FinchSync, which supports devices running MS Windows Mobil. FinchSync is compatible with ReminderFox, which makes it possible to exchange Events and ToDo's. In FinchSync, for "Appointments" select the source as "Mozilla Calendar/Sunbird".

Note: FinchSync stores a backup of the source/destination file before syncing, but it's also recommended to make a copy of the ReminderFox ICS file before starting. (See also File preferences).

Also note that in ReminderFox Todo's can be stored in individual custom lists (eg. Birthdays, Albums). These lists are ReminderFox specific. When exportin to 'MS Window Mobil', all list entries are transfered into the PDA as regular "Todo's".

##### Problems with network synchronization

Make sure your address is written properly (http:// or ftp:// should not be part of the text of your address - they are selected in the drop-down box before the address). Make sure that your address ends with a filename (example: reminders.ics). Also, some servers do not accept files with certain extensions (like .ics), so try changing your filename to end in another extension (example: reminders.txt). Also, make sure that you can access your server via FTP or HTTP outside of ReminderFox to ensure that the server is properly accepting requests in normal circumstances. Also if the address you are synchronizing to is another calendar service, you should make sure that they support downloading and uploading from other calendar programs.

#### Thunderbird E-Mail interaction

##### Adding a reminder for an email

ReminderFox also offers integration specifically with ThunderBird to essentially attach a reminder to any email. This is useful when you have an email that you would like to come back to at a later date. For example, if you receive an email that is important, and you want to ensure that you reply to it a certain date, you can add a reminder for that email.

To create a reminder from an email, simply right-click on any email in the list, or inside of the email itself. From the context menu, select Add a Reminder.

The Add Reminder window will come up pre-populated with the email details:

Note that this feature works for any message stored in Thunderbird: emails in any folders, news messages, RSS feed messages, etc.

You can also select text inside of an email and when you select Add a Reminder from the context menu, the highlighted text will be included as part of the reminders notes. This is useful for quickly grabbing dates, times, and places from an email.

##### Viewing an email attached to a reminder

After a reminder is created from a reminder, the email's label (color) is changed to signify that a reminder is associated with it. When the reminder is deleted or completed, the email's label is cleared back to the original state.

When a reminder has an email associated with it, it will show up in the list with a mail icon (you need to have the Mail column visible). You can click on a reminder's email icon to view its associated email (or select View Mail from the reminder context menu). Note that the email can still be displayed even if the message has since been moved to another folder in Thunderbird.

### FAQ

##### How can I have reminders automatically calculate and display years, such as "Billy's 11th birthday"?

You can have reminders show a year count like "Billy's 11th birthday" by entering in a reminder with the year in the text like "Billy's <1994> birthday".

##### How do I print my reminders or ToDo's?

From the list of reminders or ToDo's, right-click and select View as HTML from the context menu. You can then print the resulting HTML page directly from your browser.

##### Can I have different repeat rates for my reminders (such as every 3 weeks, every 5 days)?

Currently, you can only select from the repeat options that are provided. We have selected the most common repeating options for the sake of simplicity. We do intend to add more custom repeat options in the future. For now, if you wanted a quarterly reminder, you could create 4 yearly reminders spaced three months apart.

##### How do I enter finer increments in my times and alarms (such as 10:23 AM)?

Simply type in the time directly in the Time text field (like: 9:37) or into the Alarm text box: (like: "17" minutes). The times that are in the drop-down box are simply there for convenience.

##### Can I complete or delete individual instances of a repeating reminder?

Yes, you can mark particular instances of a reminder as Complete. Simply highlight the instance you want and mark it complete. It will actually mark that instance and all previous instances prior to that date as Complete. Future instances will not be affected. Similarly, you can delete an instance of a reminder. When you delete a repeating reminder, you will be prompted to delete all instances or just the selected (and all previous) instance of the reminder.

##### Can I add the Day of the Week to the date displayed in the tooltip?

Yes, you can add the day of the week and many other customizations. Go to ReminderFox options and click on the Tooltip tab. There you can customize the tooltip labels for Today's and Upcoming Reminders. Click on the Customize button for a list of available variables that will show the information in your tooltip. For instance, this label:
`[shortDay] [shortMonth] [date]: [reminderDesc] ([time])`
will result in:
`Tue Jun 21: Meeting with Johnson (2:30pm)`
You can also see the number of days left until the reminder occurs by using the [daysUntil] variable. For example:
`[shortDay] [shortMonth] [date]: [reminderDesc] ([time]) -- in [daysUntil] days`
will result in:
`Thu Jun 23: Timmy's Birthday -- in 4 days`

##### Can I get notified of overdue reminders?

Yes, if you have the reminder option set to Remind Daily Until Completed. When a reminder is overdue (past the original date set on the reminder), you will see a red ribbon icon in the tooltip, alert slider, and in the Remind Daily Until Completed column in your reminder list.

##### How do I search for a specific reminder or ToDo?

You can search for reminders in the Edit Reminders dialog by pressing [CTRL]-F and entering the text you want to search for. You can also press [CTRL]-G to search for the next instance of a reminder containing your search text.

##### How do I re-order my list of ToDo items?

You can re-order your ToDo items to your liking; this is useful if you like to keep your list sorted by order of precedence. Select a ToDo in the list, and right-click to bring up the context menu. You can select Move ToDo Up or Move ToDo Down to move it up or down in the list.

You can also select a ToDo item and use the keyboard shortcut [ALT] + UP or DOWN arrow to quickly sort your ToDo's.

##### Can I temporarily disable alerts and alarms?

Yes. You can suspend the alert sliders and alarm popups via a context menu item off of the status bar icon. This is useful if for example you are sharing your screen for a presentation/demo for your boss and you don't want your "Buy more hemorrhoid cream!" reminder to happen to pop up.

##### I have a comment. I have a feature request. I found a bug. What do I do?

The best way to get in contact with us is to send a note to the ReminderFox Mailing List. You can also open a bug report or feature request here.

##### What is that icon all about?

It's a fox paw (a Firefox paw, to be precise) with a ribbon tied around it. It was a common practice for the truly forgetful to tie a ribbon around their finger in order to remember that they had to do something. Thus the ribbon tied around the fox paw.

##### I hate that stupid fox-paw-with-ribbon-icon!! Can I remove it or change it?

First, make sure you understand what the icon actually represents. It's a real thing. Read the previous answer for details. If the icon is truly causing you real pain, it is possible to open up the reminderfox.jar file (which you can find in your firefox/thunderbird profile directory) and replace the image; you can open reminderfox.jar using a winzip-style program. You'll find a variety of icons and images in there; you can replace any image of your choosing with another (such as a blank image), as long as you keep the same name.

### Troubleshooting

##### I just installed ReminderFox. I don't see any ribbon icon!

Do you have your Firefox/Thunderbird status bar hidden? Reminderfox installs into the status bar by default. If you DO have your status bar showing, open the ReminderFox options by going to the the Firefox file menu and clicking Tools-->ReminderFox-->Options. In the RemindeFox options Display tab, find the Display Placement option and toggle it to another location and hit apply. This should make the reminderfox ribbon appear.

##### I'm having trouble downloading the extension - I'm getting an error saying the xpi is corrupt or can not be downloaded.

If you can't download or install this extension because of an "Invalid package error" or something similar, this is most likely due to the addons.mozilla.org website delay when a new version of the extension has been updated. It usually takes 30 minutes for the extension to be available from all of the mirror sites. Try downloading the extension again in 30 minutes.

##### I'm using a non-default theme and some of the text in the drop-down controls are truncated.

Some themes seem to have problems with dynamically populated controls and the text appears truncated. The Noia theme has this problem as well, but was reportedly fixed in a later version (Noia 2.0 eXtreme, versions greater than 2.30). Try mentioning the problem to the particular theme author to see if it is something that can be fixed in the theme itself.

##### I can't seem to synchronize to the network.

Check the Sharing Reminders section.

##### I've lost my reminders! Can I retrieve a backup?

Automatic backups of reminder files are kept in your profile's reminderfox directory (snapshots for today and yesterday). You'll find them in your Firefox or Thunderbird profile directory, with a `.bak1`, `.bak2`, or `.bak3` extension. For example:
`C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\qf5aadhx.default\reminderfox\reminders.ics.bak1`

##### If I uninstall/reinstall or upgrade ReminderFox, will I lose my existing reminders?

No - your reminders file is not removed by default when you uninstall or upgrade. It is kept in your profile directory, so as long as you don't move to a new profile, your reminders will not be lost. Of course, it's always a good idea to keep a backup. You may want to first export your reminders to a backup file for safekeeping.

##### Can I validate my calendar file to ensure that it is correct?

Yes, use the VALIDATOR for a check if the reminders/todos used with ReminderFox are conform to the ICS "grammar" (RFC2445).
The steps for a check of the ReminderFox ICS data file are:
1. Find the location of your ICS data file
The context menu on the ReminderFox icon on the status bar has the menu item `Options...`
(alternatively on the main toolbar use `Tools --> ReminderFox` )
That will open the "ReminderFox Options" dialog (see here here).
Select the File tab, find the section "ReminderFox File Location".
Uncheck `[ ] Use Default` to see the whole location string. Copy that for further use.
2. Open the VALIDATOR
Use the second line with "File:", click on `[Browse]` to search for the ICS data file. If you have copied the location with the previous step just enter/paste it to the file search field. Or use `[Browse]` to point to your reminder.ics file.
Finally on the VALIDATOR page press `[Validate!]` next to the `[Browse]` button.
If your ICS data is OK, the VALIDATOR will give a message like: "Congratulations; your calendar validated!"
If not, copy and paste the result to send a message to the ReminderFox List to get more feedback.

##### I'm having a problem that is not answered here. Are there any detailed error logs?

You can get more detailed information to debug problems by enabling the ReminderFox logging. Go to the Config Editor (in Firefox, type `about:config` in the url bar; in Thunderbird, go to `Options`-->`Advanced`-->`Config Editor`). Change the value of `extensions.reminderFox.debug.loglevel` from `0` to `2`. Now after you encounter a problem with ReminderFox, go the Firefox/Thunderbird menu `Tools`-->`JavaScript Console` and see if there are any helpful messages. Send us any helpful information via the ReminderFox Mailing List or in a bug report.

##### How do I completely uninstall ReminderFox?

Why would you want to do something ridiculous like that?? However, if such a need does arise, simply uninstall the extension via the Firefox or Thunderbird extension manager: In the Firefox/Thunderbird file menu, go to Tools --> Add-ons, and find ReminderFox in the list. Then click the Uninstall button. Then delete the reminderfox directory stored in your Firefox or Thunderbird profile directory, such as:
`C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\qf5aadhx.default\reminderfox`