Program Options

To set the options for Complete Time Tracking Std click the Options button

on the toolbar or select Options from the Tools menu.

If you are using category codes with your customers, projects and tasks, such as in a formal project management environment, you can choose to display them for category selection. You can enter the category code in the category configuration window. Category codes will also appear in the reports if the Display Category Codes option is enabled.

You can also choose the display order of the categories when category codes are enabled.

Enabling this option allows you to select a Group category to record time to when a specific subcategory is not applicable.

When a category is marked as complete by setting the percent complete to 100 the visibility settings for the category are automatically changed to hide it from selection on the main time tracking window.

Set your normal working start time. This option is used as the default start time for the first recorded time added in the Edit Recorded Time window.

You can hide the hourly rate and amount earned from being displayed in windows and reports by un-checking this option.

When a category is selected on the main time tracking window the notes and percent complete are automatically retrieved from the last time recorded for the category. The previous notes provide a hint of what work you were last doing for the category and allow you to update the category percent complete.

When time is recorded on the main time tracking window, such as in automatic time tracking mode by selecting Stop or switching categories whilst recording or in manual time tracking mode by selecting Add Time, the time details notes are saved with the new recorded time entry and then cleared to allow you to enter new notes for the next time entry. Leave this option and the Retrieve previous time details for category option unchecked to allow time details notes to be edited or appended to for future recorded time entries.

When a manually entered time entry is added on the main time tracking window the end time for the next time entry is set to 'now' (the current time when the Add Time button is clicked). This is useful when adding time entries throughout the day immediately after completing the item of work. If you will be predominantly adding all time entries manually at the end of the day then it is more convenient to disable this option so that you do not need to clear the 'now' text when entering the end times.

This option enables a special duration rounding column in the Edit Recorded Time window. You can manually override the automatically calculated duration.

When the computer has not been used for some time you can choose for automatic time recording to stop recording. On Windows 2000, XP, 2003 and Vista computers you can enter a configurable number of idle time minutes after which automatic time recording will stop. On Windows 98, ME and NT4 computers the automatic time recording will stop when the configured Windows screensaver activates and therefore the duration is controlled by the screen saver wait time.

If the stop recording when the computer is idle option is enabled and automatic time recording was stopped due to inactivity then the recording will start again when the computer becomes active (when you start using it again).

The number of minutes of inactivity after which time currently recording will be stopped. This is only available on Windows 2000, XP, 2003 and Vista.

This controls how the main time tracking window shows and hides at the edge of the screen. There are two options:

Skinning is a feature which allows you to control the theme, or look and feel, of the windows and controls in Complete Time Tracking. Thirteen pre-defined skins (themes) are provided. Note: To disable skinning you will need to unselect the Enable skinning option and then close and restart Complete Time Tracking.

Examples of the main time tracking window without skinning enabled and with three different skins are shown below.


Skinning Disabled	Vista Default Skin

Highlight Skin	Tattoo Skin

Note: Skinning is not currently enabled when running on Windows Vista. It may be supported in a future release.

Tooltip hints display a short description of an items function when you pause the mouse over it. This option allows you to turn these hints on or off.

Time gaps, time that has not been recorded, between time entries can be displayed on the Edit Recorded Time window. This option allows you to adjust the granularity of what is considered to be a time gap and is used to ignore gaps of small duration.

Time overlaps, two time entries that overlap, can be displayed on the Edit Recorded Time window. This option allows you to adjust the granularity of what is considered to be a time overlap and is used to ignore overlaps of small duration.

Set the first day of the week. This is usually Sunday or Monday and controls which dates are selected in the Reports window for the "this week" and "previous week" date range selections.

The text entered for the report title will appear as the title in all preview and printed reports. A typical use for this is to display your company name.

If this option is checked the report type selected on the reports window will be displayed in the title area of the preview and printed reports.

If this option is checked the category selected on the reports window will be displayed in the title area of the preview and printed reports.

If this option is checked the start and end dates selected on the reports window will be displayed in the title area of the preview and printed reports.

If this option is checked the user name text will be displayed in the title area of the preview and printed reports.

Complete Time Tracking Std will automatically run when you start Windows, allowing you to immediately begin using it.