The options panel is where you configure the display and the default values of your W.I.D application.
Options are grouped with others of similar context.
It is particularly important to set the default values for the calculation of hours worked to reflect your real hours of work.
The options panel is also your gateway to "Advanced options" from the button at the top.
Displays the duration of activities in decimal hour or hh:mm:ss format.
Decimal hour (5.7500)
hh:mm:ss (05:45:00)
Displays the total duration of all blocks of the current activity for the day or duration of the last block only.
T2 total (01:45:30)
T2 last block (30 seconds)
The default values for the calculation of hours worked must reflect your real hours of work per day and week.
The value of hours per day is also used as default when you add an activity.
The default values are also used for end-of-day and end-of week messages.
T1 only (including Absence) considered as hours worked in activity duration.
T1 and Absence are always considered as hours worked for report totals.
When you select to include T2, the program considers hours T2 as hours worked
and combines T1 and T2 in the activity duration display
and in the activity report totals.
Displays the report of activities in decimal hour or hh:mm:ss format.
The export reports are also set to the same settings.
You can include/exclude T2 activities in the activity report.
You can not exclude T2 activity if you included T2 activity in hours worked.
You can include/exclude pause activities in the activity report.
T2 or Pause activities must be included in order to be added or adjusted.
A reminder message asks you at the scheduled interval if you are still in the current activity.
The interval should be short enough for the accuracy of your hours but not too short to be annoying (15 and 60 minutes are the defaults).
If you do not answer the reminder message, the program will pause the current activity after the scheduled period.
The last activity will be reduced by the period minutes configured (120 minutes by default).
The program pauses the current activity at the scheduled time.
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