## ReminderFox - Info

### FAQ (Frequent Asked Questions)

#### 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.

#### I have to pay taxes every year between December 15th and December 31. How to set the reminder?

> The period the tax has to be payed starts at December 15th, that seems to be the important date. The end date Dec.15th is of "minor" interest here if there is an "ongoing" reminder. That reminder could get a note about the ending date.
> Here is how to set the "Add Reminder":

> > Subject: "Tax payment -- last date 31.12"
> > Date : 15.12
> > Alarm: 15 days before occur of event
> > Set "Remind until completed"

> Reaching those 15 days before the 'event' (the first of December) an alarm pops up reminding about the upcoming "Tax payment -- last date 31.12". Now the alarm could be narrowed closer to the event like "5 days before event". So the next alarm would be on the 10th of December.

> An important setting -- and a real benefit of Reminderfox -- is this:
> "Remind daily until completed" should be enabled with the event! That is:
> when Dec.15th is reached here the other option comes in: the event was marked as "Remind until completed" - as long as the alarm/event isn't marked as "Completed" it will move to the next day, Dec.16th, Dec.17th, etc. This is a strong feature of Reminderfox, passed and not acknowledged events will not be lost.
> And of course the recurrence is set to"Yearly", so the same procedure will go on the next year.

> A second reminder could be set with "31.12 TAX -- Last date for payment" and of course it will get the "Remind until completed" and the "Alarm" feature enabled with may be 10 days before the event. So that one will start at Dec.21 to remind about the count down to the Dec.31 as well.

#### 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`

#### How to expand the tooltip display?

> The tooltip display -- similar to the title display -- can be expanded as well:

> > 11.Jan (20:15) SAT1: This is an interesting movie!
> > Category: TV
> > in 4 Days

> Enter:
> `[date].[shortMonth] ([time]) [reminderDesc]\nCategory: [categories]\nin [daysUntil] days\n`
> The parameters allowed can be found with the dialog Option: Tooltip, see section 'Labels' [Customize]
> Use '\n' to begin with a new line.

#### 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.

#### Subscription - when should it be used?

> Events published on the internet can be stored into Reminderfox to 'individual lists'. Those events are not stored with the reminderfox.ics data, instead the link to the web page is stored.
> Opening the subscription list (which is selecting the tab of the list) a call goes to the web page to get the newest status of the events. Those any change of the original event(s) will be displayed with Reminderfox.
> If the published events have been 'imported' to Reminderfox, any change on the web will not be displayed instantly. The user has to track for this himself.

#### How do I install a menu button?

> Pointing with the cursor onto the menubar there is a context menu with [Customize]. This opens the dialog to add or delete menu buttons etc. Drag and Drop the requested button from the dialog to the menubar.

#### 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.

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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.

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