Checklist v2.1
for the Palm Computing(R) Platform

Handmark Inc.
 www.handmark.com
  

Checklist(TM)
Copyright (C) 2001 Handmark, Inc.
All Rights Reserved

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1.  CheckList Overview
       System Requirements
       How to install Checklist
       Technical Support

2.  Usage
        Start Up
        List of Checklists
        Checklist View
        Import/Export Checklists

3.  Version Modifications

4.  Purchasing Checklist

5.  Company Information

6.  More Handmark Products

7.  License


Checklist Overview

Checklist allows you to manage frequently used checklists such as grocery lists, packing for a trip, weekly chores around the house, and so on. Once you have created a checklist, use it again and again by selecting the list and checking off the items that have been completed. You can add, edit and delete checklist items as well as add notes or assign categories to individual checklist items.

Features
 - Create, delete, rename, and categorize unlimited number of checklists
 - Sort the list of checklists by "dragging and dropping"
- Add, delete, and modify checklist items
- Add a note to a checklist or a checklist item
- Prioritize checklist items
- Sort checklist items by priority or alphabetically
- Purge completed checklist items
- Show all the items in the checklist or just the "unchecked" items
- Import and Export checklists to a memo for editing on the PC
- Copy a checklist (all items, checked items, unchecked items)
- Beam a checklist (all items, checked items, unchecked items)
- Display number of checked vs. total number of items in a checklist

System Requirements

To use Checklist, you need a PalmOS Computing (R) Platform with Palm OS 3.0 or above. PalmOS v1.0 and v2.0 are not supported.  Handmark has not fully tested Checklist with any 3rd-party memory boards, accessories, or operating system hacks.  Therefore, use these in conjunction with Checklist at your own risk.

Installing Checklist

Use the Palm Computing Installation tool to install the checklist.prc. For more information on using the Palm Computing Installation tool, consult the Palm Computing Device instructions included with your handheld device. For step-by-step instructions on installing 3rd-party Palm software, check out www.nearly.com.

Registering Checklist

Registering makes you eligible for technical support and for early notification when new product releases become available. Register online at our web site: www.handmark.com

Technical Support

If you have a software problem you can't solve, please visit our web site and check out our FAQ section (Frequently Asked Questions). If you can't find the answer you're looking for, email us at support@handmark.com and we'll get you a solution right away.

Using Checklist

Start up

To begin using Handmark Checklist, simply tap the Checklist icon on your application screen. Enter your product serial number on the serial number screen and you're ready to build your first checklist.

The main Checklist screen is called the Checklists List View. By default, Checklist will always launch into this view.  If you exit Checklist while actually in a checklist, the same checklist is automatically displayed the next time you launch Checklist.  This makes it wasy for you to access the same checklist repeatedly without having to select the specific checklist each time.

Checklists List View

The checklist list view (entitled "Checklist") allows you to select or create a new checklist. The number in parentheses besides each checklist title indicates how many items are still unchecked on that list.

To display a checklist, simply tap the checklist name. 

To create a new checklist

  1. Tap New on the list of checklist list view. The Checklist Name box appears.
  2. Enter a checklist name, then tap OK.
  3. (optional) Check Private to mark the list as private. This allows you to hide records using a security application. 
  4. (optional) To assign a specific category to the list you just created, tap a category from the Category drop-down list at the top-right of the screen.

To set Checklist preferences

  1. Tap the menu icon, then tap Preferences on the Options menu. The Preferences box appears.
  2. Check Show Priority to display the priorities of checklist items.
  3. Check Show Checked to display checklist items that have been "checked off" or completed.
     

Checklist View

Once you have selected or created a list from the Checklist List View, you can edit individual checklists from the Checklist View. The title bar displays the number of checked items as well as the total number of checklist items.

Checklist Features

  • To add a note to the checklist, tap the note icon to the right of the checklist title.
  • To change the name of a checklist, tap the checklist name, then enter a new name in the Checklist Name box that appears.
  • To add a new item to the checklist, tap New and enter the item. By default, checklist items are added to the end of the checklist. To insert an item in another location on the list, select the item where you want the new checklist item added, then tap New.
  • To delete the entire checklist, tap the menu icon, then tap Delete List on the List menu.
  • To make a copy of the current list, tap the menu icon, then tap Copy List on the List menu.
  • To select a category for the current list, simply tap a category on the Category drop down list at the top right of the screen.
  • To permanently remove all completed items from a checklist, tap the menu icon, then tap Purge Checked Items on the Items menu.
  • To sort checklist items according to their assigned priority, tap the menu icon, then tap Sort By Priority on the List menu.
  • To sort checklist items alphabetically, tap the menu icon, then tap Sort Alphabetically on the List menu.
  • To display or hide the priority column, tap the menu icon, then tap Preferences on the Options menu. Check or uncheck the Show Priority checkbox.
  • To remove items from the list as they are checked, tap the menu icon, then tap Preferences on the Options menu and uncheck the Show Completed checkbox or tap the checkbox button on the lower right of the screen.

Checklist Item Features

  • To edit the text of an item tap the text and make your changes.
  • To delete an item, tap the item line, then tap Delete Item on the Items menu.
  • To add a note to an item, tap the item line, then tap Attach Note on the Items menu.
  • To edit an existing note tap on note icon and edit.
  • To delete a note tap the item line, then tap Delete Note on the Items menu.
  • To move an item up or down in the list, tap the item line, then tap a sort button (^)(v) at the bottom of the screen.

 

Importing & Exporting using Memo Pad

You can import Memo Pad items into Checklist, as well as export checklists to Memo Pad. Checklists can then be edited and archived on the desktop or shared with other Checklist users.

Please Note: If you only want to backup your lists, not edit them on the desktop, simply use the normal Hot Sync procedure. This will create a file named CheckItDB.PDB in your backup directory on the PC. This file can be reinstalled on your Palm OS device similar to any other application or database file in case of a data loss.

Exporting Checklists
To export a checklist to the Memo Pad, select the list, then tap Export List on the List menu. This creates a note in Memo Pad under the category "unfiled" with the same title as the exported checklist. The syntax of the note is as follows:

Title|note for the list
[ ] 1 an unchecked item
[ ] 1 another unchecked item
[·] 1 a checked item
[ ] 1 an unchecked item|with a note text
[ ] 2 an unchecked item with another priority
[ ] 1 an unchecked item that
spans several lines|and also
has a note with more
than one line.
[ ] 1 an unchecked item

Note: The "[ ]" is used as a checkbox in Memo Pad since there is no character for a checkbox. You can edit this memo in your Palm OS application on your PC and check items by adding a "·" between the brackets.

Importing Checklists
Checklist allows you to either import an entire list, or simply import items by adding them to an existing list.

To import a complete list

  1. From the Checklist List View, tap the menu icon, then tap Import List on the List menu.
  2. Tap to select the Memo Pad item you want to import, then tap Import.

To import a Memo Pad item into an existing checklist

  1. Display an existing checklist, then tap Import List on the List menu.
  2. Tap to select the Memo Pad item you want to import, then tap Import.

The export-syntax should be kept when editing lists on the PC. However, the Import feature is quite flexible to correctly read in other syntax's, too:

Checklist name|note for the list
· Item|note
· another item|another note
· an item without note
· an item
that spans
several lines|and also
has a note with more than one line.
· an item

You could also use "-" to mark the items:

Checklist name|note for the list
- Item|note
- another item|another note
- an item without note
- an item
that spans
several lines|and also
has a note with more than one line.
- an item

You can also omit any mark for the items. In this case, however, you cannot have items with more than one line and you can't have a note for the list. The first line will be used as the title of the checklist.

Checklist name Item|note
another item|another note
an item without note
an item that spans several lines is NOT possible here
an item


Version Information

Version 2.0
Added the following functions:
- Sort items and lists alphabetically
- Beam lists (all items, checked items, unchecked items)
- Copy lists (all items, checked items, unchecked items)
- Invert checks
- Find and repeat find within a list
- Fixed bugs related to the PalmOS global find
- Dropped the "Lite" form the name

Version 1.5
The first release of Checklist Lite from Handmark


Purchasing Checklist
The demo version of Checklist allows you to use Checklist for 14 days. Users can purchase a serial number from the Handmark web site and enter the number into Checklist to "unlock" it. A Checklist serial number can be purchased online for $9.99 from the Checklist product page or see the Purchasing/Registering section of the Handmark web site for more purchasing options.


Handmark Company Information
Handmark develops consumer software for the exploding handheld computer market. Handmark was created to meet an untapped opportunity for professionally packaged and supported Palm OS® software in the retail channel. The company is led by an experienced management team that has successfully developed and marketed numerous best-selling consumer PC software titles worldwide. Handmark software is compatible with the popular Palm® and Handspring® handheld computers as well as other licensees of the Palm OS including new devices from Sony®. The desktop component of Handmark applications is compatible with both Apple® Macintosh® and Microsoft® Windows® personal computers. Please see the Handmark web site for more information.

Check out these and other great Palm OS titles from Handmark at the Handmark web site.

Account Manager - Safely and securely store all your passwords, pin numbers, login ID's, checking accounts, credit card numbers with the original security application.

DB - View and edit any small database, table, or spreadsheet data on your Palm. DB also includes a free PC version of the software to create and access DB databases on your PC.

Student Assistant - Give this great Student Assistant CD as a gift to any Palm-using student. This CD contains the full version of Four.Zero

 

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Checklist Serial Number
One Checklist serial number may be used by a single user on a single Palm Computing(R) Platform device. A new serial number is required for each Palm Computing Platform device.

Evaluation and Registration
Subject to the terms below, you are hereby licensed to use this software for evaluation purposes for 14 days only. If you use this software after the 14 day evaluation period a license fee of $9.95 is required. Licenses are available through the Handmark web site at www.handmark.com. When payment is received you will be sent a serial number which can be entered into the Checklist application form.

Unregistered use of Checklist after the 14-day evaluation period is in violation of U.S. and international copyright laws.

Distribution
You are hereby licensed to make as many copies of the this software and documentation as you wish; give exact copies of the original evaluation version to anyone; and distribute the evaluation version of the software and documentation in its unmodified form via electronic means. There is no charge for any of the above. You are specifically prohibited from charging, or requesting donations, for any such copies, however made; and from distributing the software and/or documentation with other products (commercial or otherwise) without prior written permission.

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