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Aportis BrainForest(tm) Trialware
User's Guide
Landscaping
There are many options in BrainForest to display information so you can focus on what is important to you. Showing/Hiding The Show/Hide To Do icon in the button bar provides quick access to displaying or hiding To Dos. By default, BrainForest shows all items. To filter the view of To Dos in a Tree: 1. Tap the Minus icon in the button bar. The Show/Hide Options dialog appears: 2. Tap on Due/To Do, and the following appears: Due Dates shown can be limited to today, the current week, or the current month. 3. Tap the Due Dates Limit option desired. You can include or not include items marked Done. 4 Tap the Show Done Items checkbox, to include or not include items marked Done. When you finished setting Show/Hide Options: 5. Tap the OK button. If you have chosen any To Do Show/Hide Options, the icon in the button bar turns into a Plus sign: Tap the Plus icon in the button bar to set Show/Hide Options again. Alternatively, the Show/Hide command in the Show menu can accesses the To Do Show/Hide Options: Display Preferences Display Preferences may be set via the Options menu. These settings control the detailed columns of information that are displayed or hidden in each Branch or Leaf. 1. Choose the Display Preferences command from the Options menu. The Display Preferences dialog appears: 2. Tap the checkbox(es), to include or not include Due Dates, Numbering, or Priorities. 3. When you are finished, tap the OK button. If you have chosen to Show Priorities, your screen will appear similar to: Categories Categories are supported by BrainForest. Each Tree is placed into a Category when it is created. By default, new Tree is assigned the category "Unfiled" unless you assign one (see Planting the Tree). Using categories becomes handy when you have a number of Trees. You can view Trees from all Categories, or any specific category. To determine which Tree Category is shown: 1. Tap the current Category, and the Category pick list appears: 2. Tap the Category desired. Trees in that category will be displayed. If you choose Edit Categories, the standard Edit Category screen appears, where you can add, delete or rename any category. For more information about Categories, see your PalmPilot Handbook. Sorting Trees may be sorted by Name or Size. It is termed a sort, since it is a temporary rearrangement of Trees that does not affect the information within each Tree. To sort a Tree: 1. The main BrainForest screen must be displayed. If you are currently viewing Branches or Leaves, tap the Done button. 2. Choose the Sort by Name or Sort by Size command from the Options menu. The Tress will be sorted as desired. For example, following are some Trees sorted by size: Arranging Trees, Branches and their Leaves may be arranged by Name, Priority or Due Date. Arrange is a permanent sort that cannot be undone, except via another Arrange command choice. Note: Depending on whether nothing is selected, or a Branch/Leaf is selected, will determine how much of the Tree will be arranged.
Note: If any items are hidden, and Arrange is chosen, the hidden items will be shown and also will be included. They will appear in the new arrangement. To arrange items: 1. Tap a Branch to arrange all its Leaves, or do not tap anything to arrange the entire Tree. 2. Choose the Arrange command from the Show menu. The Arrange dialog appears: 3. Tap the arrangement desired. 4. Tap the Arrange button. The Tree or selected Branch will appear rearranged. Scrolling Within Trees To scroll within a Tree: Tap, or hold, the Up or Down Scroll Arrow in the button bar, to scroll up or down. A gray Scroll Arrow indicates the top or bottom of the Tree. Alternately, the Up or Down Scroll Button on the front panel may be pressed once to scroll up or down a screen, or held down for continuous scrolling. To move to the Top, Bottom or the Next Undone Item: Choose the appropriate command from the Show menu. Expanding and Collapsing The Display Triangle is used to expand or collapse a single Branch. If the Display Triangle points to the right, there are additional items within the Branch. Tap the right facing Display Triangle to expand (expose) the contents of the Branch. The Triangle will point down. Tap the down pointing Display Triangle to collapse the Branch. The Triangle will point to the right. The Expand and Collapse commands in the Show menu control how the whole Tree is viewed. Choose the Expand All command to expose the contents of every Branch in a Tree. Choose the Collapse All command to hide every Branch in a Tree. Tap on a Branch and choose the Expand Branch command to expose the Leaves in that Branch. Tap on a Branch and choose the Collapse Branch command to hide the Leaves in that Branch. Adding Notes Notes may be attached to a Tree or any Branch or Leaf. Notes in BrainForest can be up to 32k in size. To attach a note to a Tree, Branch or Leaf: 1. Tap the desired item to select it. 2. Choose the Attach Note command from the Tree menu. A standard note page appears: 3. Enter the desired text into the note. 4. When finished, tap the Done button. Alternately, a note may be attached to a Branch or Leaf via the Note button in the Details dialog. Once a note is attached, note symbol will appear in any Tree, Branch of Leaf that contains one, for example: Trimming and Pruning Trees, Branches, and Leaves may be deleted. Any Notes may be deleted. Completed To Dos may be purged. Delete is a manual process where selected items are permanently removed. Purge is an automatic process that permanently removes items that are marked as Done (completed). Important Note: Use the following commands with caution. We highly suggest that Trees always be duplicated before you do any Tree surgery. Keep the original intact and work on the copy. When you perform a HotSync, an automatic backup of each Tree is done.
When you HotSync again, the changes made to each Tree will overwrite the
existing backup. Consider copying important Trees to an "archive"
folder on your desktop computer. To delete a Tree: 1. Tap the Tree to be deleted, to select it. 2. Choose the Delete Tree command from the Tree menu. A warning message appears: 3. Tap the Yes button to confirm the deletion, or tap No to cancel the deletion. Alternately: 1. Tap the Delete button in the Tree's Detail dialog. A warning message appears. 2. Tap the Yes button to confirm the deletion, or tap No to cancel the deletion.
To delete a Branch or Leaf: Note: Deleting a Branch removes all its Leaves, too. 1. Tap the Leaf or Branch to be deleted, to select it. 2. Choose the Delete Leaf/Branch command from the Tree menu. A warning message appears, depending on whether a Leaf or Branch has been selected: 3. Tap the OK button to confirm the deletion, or tap No to cancel the
deletion. There are two alternate methods for deleting a Branches or a Leaf: 1. Tap the Branch or Leaf to be deleted, to select it. 2. Tap the Del. (for Delete) button in button bar. A warning message appears. 3. Tap the Yes button to confirm the deletion, or tap No to cancel the deletion. Or: 1. Tap the Branch or Leaf to be deleted, to select it. 2. Tap the Delete... button in the Branch or Leaf's Detail dialog. A warning message appears: 3. Tap the Yes button to confirm the deletion, or tap No to cancel the deletion.
To delete a Note: 1. Tap the Tree, Branch or Leaf that contains the note to be deleted. 2. Choose the Delete Note command from the Tree menu. A warning message appears: 3. Tap the Yes button to confirm the deletion, or tap No to cancel the deletion. Alternately, a Tree, Branch or Leaf that contains a note, may have their note deleted by: 1. Tap the Note icon in any Tree, Branch or Leaf. The Note appears. 2. Tap the Delete... button at the bottom of the note. A warning message appears. 3. Tap the Yes button to confirm the deletion, or tap No to cancel the deletion. Or: 1. Tap the Branch or Leaf that contains the note to be deleted. 2. Tap the Details button or choose the Details command from the Tree menu. 3. Tap the Note button at the bottom of the Details dialog. 4. Tap the Delete... button at the bottom of the note. A warning message appears. 5. Tap the Yes button to confirm the deletion or tap No to cancel the deletion.
1. Tap any Branch or Leaf within a Tree. 2. Choose the Purge command from the Tree menu. A warning appears: 3. Tap the OK button to purge all completed items, or tap Cancel to delay purging. Note: All completed Branches and Leaves, hidden or showing, will be purged. |
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