Adding Projects, Dates, And Tasks

To add a project, click the [Create New Project] button. Give your project a name and adjust the dates in the date fields to reflect the time frame that you have to work with. Dates must be in the format that they're presented (YYYY/MM/DD). You can't enter a date in a format like 2/10/02 for example. The correct format for a date like that would be: 2006/02/10.

After you name your project and adjust the dates, press the [ = ] button. This will calculate the number of days that you have to work on your project.

You will see that the number of days you have to complete your project will appear in the Task Table underneath.

Type in each task that you will perform for each of these days. If for example, you discover that you have 5 days to complete a project, your next step would be to break up your project into 5 tasks and then type each one of them on its corresponding day. This is what will 'pace' you throughout your project.

Click a task field twice (do not double-click), type your first task into the field for the first day, and press the [Enter] key. Click the next task field twice (do not double-click), type your second task into the field for the second day, and press the [Enter] key. Do this until you've assigned tasks to each available day.

If you discover that you have more tasks than days, then it's time to double-up or even triple-up on those tasks. Go back and change your task information so that each one of them can be accomplished within the number of available days (your deadline).

You don't need to save your entries - Project Pacer does that automatically. Just remember to press the [Enter] key after typing in a task!