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<chapter id="options">
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<chapterinfo>
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<authorgroup>
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<author>
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<firstname>Anne-Marie</firstname>
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<surname>Mahfouf</surname>
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<affiliation>
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<address><email>annma@kde.org</email></address>
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</affiliation>
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</author>
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</authorgroup>
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</chapterinfo>
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<title>Configuring &kplato;</title>
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<sect1 id="project-settings">
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<title>The <guilabel>Project Settings</guilabel> Dialog</title>
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<para>This dialog allows you to set some properties for your current project.
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You can access this dialog using the
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<menuchoice><guimenu>Project</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Edit Main Project...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu.</para>
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<screenshot>
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<screeninfo>The Project Settings dialog</screeninfo>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="project-settings.png" format="PNG"/>
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</imageobject>
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<textobject><phrase>The Project Settings dialog</phrase></textobject>
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</mediaobject>
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</screenshot>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>ID:</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para>Enter a number. It sets the project
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identification and must be unique.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Name:</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para>Enter the name of your project.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Leader:</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para>Enter the name of the project leader. Clicking
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the <guibutton>Choose...</guibutton> button will bring your
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contact list from KAddressBook and you can choose a name here.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Scheduling</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para>Here you define when the project will start or
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end. Choose either a start date or an end date.</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Start Date:</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para>If a start date is set, the project is scheduled forward
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from this time. When the project has been calculated, end time shows when the
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project is planned to end.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>End Date:</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para>If a end date is set, the project is scheduled backwards
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from this time. When the project has been calculated, start time shows when the
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project must start in order to finish in time.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Project notes and summary:</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para>You can write here various notes associated
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with the project or/and a project summary.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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<para>Clicking the <guibutton>OK</guibutton> button will apply your changes and
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close the dialog and clicking the <guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> button will
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cancel any change you just made.</para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="standard-worktime">
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<title>The <guilabel>Standard Worktime</guilabel> Dialog</title>
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<para>This dialog allows you to set the worktime in terms of hours.
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You can access this dialog using the
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<menuchoice><guimenu>Project</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Edit Standard Worktime...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu.</para>
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<screenshot>
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<screeninfo>The Standard Worktime dialog</screeninfo>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="edit-worktime.png" format="PNG"/>
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</imageobject>
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<textobject><phrase>The Standard Worktime dialog</phrase></textobject>
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</mediaobject>
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</screenshot>
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<para>These values are used when you estimate the effort needed to
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complete a task. Defaults are the numbers of hours worked in a normal
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day/week/month and year.</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Hours per year:</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para>Set the hours worked per year.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Hours per month:</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para>Set the hours worked per month.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Hours per week:</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para>Set the hours worked per week.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Hours per day:</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para>Set the hours worked per day.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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<para>Clicking the <guibutton>OK</guibutton> button will apply your changes and
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close the dialog and clicking the <guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> button will
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cancel any change you just made.</para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="edit-calendar">
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<title>The <guilabel>Calendar's Settings</guilabel> Dialog</title>
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<para>This dialog allows you to set a calendar for your current project.
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You can access this dialog using the
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<menuchoice><guimenu>Project</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Edit Calendar...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu.</para>
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<screenshot>
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<screeninfo>The Calendar's Settings dialog</screeninfo>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="edit-calendar.png" format="PNG"/>
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</imageobject>
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<textobject><phrase>The Calendar's Settings dialog</phrase></textobject>
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</mediaobject>
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</screenshot>
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<para>You can have several calendars for your current project. First add a name
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for your first calendar using the <guibutton>Add</guibutton> button. The
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calendar view becomes active with the current day marked in a square
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when you click on the calendar name.</para>
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<screenshot>
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<screeninfo>Working with a calendar</screeninfo>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="edit-calendar1.png" format="PNG"/>
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</imageobject>
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<textobject><phrase>Working with a calendar</phrase></textobject>
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</mediaobject>
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</screenshot>
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<para>You can set <guilabel>Working</guilabel> or <guilabel>Non-working</guilabel> days. Click on the days you want
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as Working days for example for your project and choose <guilabel>Working</guilabel> instead
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of <guilabel>Undefined</guilabel>. Set then the work interval by choosing the start and end
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times and click the <guibutton>Add interval</guibutton> button to add the
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working time. Click the <guibutton>Apply</guibutton> button to validate your
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choice.</para>
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<screenshot>
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<screeninfo>Working and non-working days</screeninfo>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="edit-calendar2.png" format="PNG"/>
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</imageobject>
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<textobject><phrase>Working and non-working days</phrase></textobject>
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</mediaobject>
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</screenshot>
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<para>Here you can see the working days in blue and the non-working day
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in red.</para>
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<para>Clicking the <guibutton>OK</guibutton> button will apply your changes and
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close the dialog and clicking the <guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> button will
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cancel any change you just made.</para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="edit-accounts">
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<title>The <guilabel>Edit Accounts</guilabel> Dialog</title>
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<para>Accounts are used to evaluate the project cost. This dialog allows you to
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set up the various accounts used in your current project.
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You can access this dialog using the
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<menuchoice><guimenu>Project</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Edit Accounts...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu.</para>
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<screenshot>
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<screeninfo>The Edit Accounts dialog</screeninfo>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="edit-accounts.png" format="PNG"/>
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</imageobject>
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<textobject><phrase>The Edit Accounts dialog</phrase></textobject>
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</mediaobject>
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</screenshot>
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<para>To create an account, click the <guibutton>New</guibutton> button.
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You can then enter the account name which you validate by using the Enter
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key. You can add a short description of this account by double-clicking
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in the description field.</para>
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<para>You can create sub-accounts of your main account or a new account. Remove
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any highlighted account using the <guibutton>Remove</guibutton> button.</para>
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<para>You can also set a default account by choosing the account name in
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the drop-down list.</para>
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<screenshot>
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<screeninfo>Creating accounts</screeninfo>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="edit-accounts1.png" format="PNG"/>
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</imageobject>
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<textobject><phrase>Creating accounts</phrase></textobject>
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</mediaobject>
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</screenshot>
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<para>Clicking the <guibutton>OK</guibutton> button will apply your changes and
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close the dialog and clicking the <guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> button will
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cancel any change you just made.</para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="edit-resources">
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<title>The <guilabel>Resources</guilabel> Dialog</title>
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<para>This dialog allows you to set the resources for your current project.
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You can access this dialog using the
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<menuchoice><guimenu>Project</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Edit Resources...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu.</para>
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<screenshot>
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<screeninfo>The Resources dialog</screeninfo>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="edit-resources.png" format="PNG"/>
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</imageobject>
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<textobject><phrase>The Resources dialog</phrase></textobject>
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</mediaobject>
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</screenshot>
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<para>You need first to define a resource group by clicking the
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<guibutton>New</guibutton> button in the resource group area. Click on
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this group name and add a new resource by clicking the
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<guibutton>New</guibutton> button in the resource area. This will display
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the <guilabel>Resource Settings</guilabel> dialog.</para>
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<screenshot>
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<screeninfo>The Resources Settings dialog</screeninfo>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="edit-resources1.png" format="PNG"/>
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</imageobject>
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<textobject><phrase>The Resources Settings dialog</phrase></textobject>
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</mediaobject>
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</screenshot>
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<para>Clicking the <guibutton>OK</guibutton> button will apply your changes and
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close the dialog and clicking the <guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> button will
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cancel any change you just made.</para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="configure-dialog">
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<title>The <guilabel>Configure &kplato;...</guilabel> Dialog</title>
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<para>This dialog allows you to set default options globally in &kplato;. You
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can access this dialog using the
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<menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Configure &kplato;...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu.</para>
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<para>On any widget in this dialog you can get a <guilabel>What's This
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</guilabel>help with <keycombo
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action="simul">&Shift;<keycap>F1</keycap></keycombo> or using the
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<guiicon>Help</guiicon> icon.
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</para>
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<sect2 id="configure-task-defaults">
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<title><guilabel>Task Defaults</guilabel></title>
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<para>This set the options that will be used per default each time you add a
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new task.
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</para>
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<screenshot>
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<screeninfo>Task Defaults</screeninfo>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="configure2.png" format="PNG"/>
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</imageobject>
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<textobject><phrase>Task Defaults</phrase></textobject>
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</mediaobject>
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</screenshot>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Responsible:</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para>Insert the name of the person responsible for this task.
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This is not limited to persons available in a resource group but can be
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anyone.</para>
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<para>Clicking the <guibutton>Choose...</guibutton> button will allow you to
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insert a person from your address book.</para>
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<screenshot>
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<screeninfo>Addresses</screeninfo>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="configure2.1.png" format="PNG"/>
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</imageobject>
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<textobject><phrase>Addresses</phrase></textobject>
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</mediaobject>
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</screenshot>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Timing</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Schedule:</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para>Choose the scheduling constraint you would
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like as default. Depending on this constraint, the date fields
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become available if they need to be filled. These
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settings affect the actual scheduling of the task.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Estimate:</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para>Estimates the predictions of the quantitative
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results. The estimation can be either effort based or duration based. If it is
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effort based, the final duration will depend on the resources assigned to the
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task. For duration based estimation, the assigned resources don't affect the
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fixed duration of the task, but only the costs.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Note:</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para>Write here a note that you would like to be
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displayed as default on each new task.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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<para>Clicking the <guibutton>Defaults</guibutton> button will reset the
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dialog to its defaults, while clicking <guibutton>Apply</guibutton> will apply
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your changes but leave the dialog open. Clicking the <guibutton>OK</guibutton>
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button will apply your changes and close the dialog and
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<guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> will cancel any change you just made.</para>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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</chapter> |