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User's Manual |
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| An
Introduction to Ergotimer |
To keep in a state of good health, the human
body must move with a great range of mobility. In today’s office
environment, there is very little movement needed. In fact because of
computer automation, there is excessive upper-body immobility, with the
wrists and fingers doing all of the physical work. This overload of work
to the wrist, hands, and fingers, leads to specific problems relating to
this region of the body. The best way to deal with the pain
associated with the over-work in this region, is to constantly be aware of
how you are feeling in these specific areas. If you are feeling pain. it
is important to give these areas a periodic rest, a stretch, or both.
We know that managing time can be difficult at times and this is what the
Ergonomic Timer program does for you. It automatically reminds you when
to take a break. During this break, it may be beneficial to stretch and
take a walk if possible. If you have other tasks to perform, this would
also be a good time to do them, giving your body different movements.
We hope this program will help you maintain good health while working on
your computer.
It is also important not to forget to exercise your eyes. A good eye
exercise is to focus on something far away and then focus on something
very close. Another exercise is to keep your head still, circle your eyes
around. Move them slowly and at the farthest extremes possible towards the
top, towards the right, down and towards the left. Repeat to the left
side. This will help relax the eyes.
The operation of this software can also be password protected to enforce
medical compliance. |
| Disclaimer |
Ergonomic Timer™ is supplied as is without
warranty of any kind.
Tropical Software hereby disclaims all warranties and guarantees regarding
the use, or the results of use, of Ergonomic Timer™ in terms of
correctness, accuracy, reliability or otherwise. Tropical Software
will not be responsible for any incidental, consequential, direct or
indirect damages, including but not limited to damages for loss of
profits, business interruption and loss of information resulting from the
correct or otherwise use of Ergonomic Timer™ even if Tropical Software
has been advised of the possibility of such damages.
By installing Ergonomic Timer™, you acknowledge that you have read this
limited warranty, understand it, and agree to be bound by it's terms and
conditions. You also agree that the limited warranty is the complete
and exclusive statement of agreement between the parties and supersede all
proposals or prior agreements, oral or written, and any other
communications between the parties relating to the subject matter of the
Limited warranty. |
| The
Main Screen |
The Browser
This is where you can explore
the Ergotimer web site.
Menus
Here are the menus that you
can use to explore the program.
The Buttons
Here are the buttons that are
visible from main browser view. There are only for that have
functions in this view so the last two are ghosted out. You can
learn about what they do here. Other
wise the buttons are explained left to right:
Settings: Pressing this button will bring up
the settings window.
Help: Pressing this button will bring up this manual.
About: Pressing this button will bring up a window telling you about your
version of Ergotimer.
Web Site: Pressing this button will bring up Ergotimer's home page in the
browser.
Status Bar
In the lower right hand corner
of the main window is a status bar telling you of your progress. |
| The
Break Screen |
Break Browser
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Here is the main break
screen. This will pop up when it is your time to have a break.
From here you can explore the different excises that you can perform to
help you stay healthy while working.
Break Buttons
Here are the buttons that are
visible while in the break screen. The first four have already been
described and you can view those here. From
left to right, the functions of the last two buttons are:
Skip the break: Use this if you want to skip the break and continue
working.
Snooze: Just as your alarm clock has a snooze button, Ergotimer
does too. Pressing this will close the break screen for a period of
time so you can save your work before taking a break.
Timer
This is the timer that will
count down from 5 minutes of your break. Once the time is up the
break screen will close and you will be able to continue with your work
until your next break. |
| Break
Settings |
Available Settings
Click on the arrow and select
the desired setting. If you just want to select the setting without
modifications, press the "OK" button right after the selection.
You can also modify the explanation. By pressing the "New"
button you can add a new setting of your own. A window will prompt you for
the name of the new setting and the new setting will be copied from the
Default setting, without the description. You can then enter the
description and modify all the desired values. Pressing the
"Delete" button will give you the power to delete any settings
that you do not want.
Frequency Settings
These controls let you select
the counters to be active (in the example all counters are active). For
each counter, you can set the interruption value. In the example, the
timer will interrupt after 60 minutes or after 3000 keystrokes or after
1000 mouse clicks (whatever happens first). The timer will restart
all the counters if the computer is idle for the amount of minutes
specified in the Idle restart in minutes field
Break Settings
Here you are able to change how long your breaks are, if
you want a beep to alert you when your break is over and how long the
snooze time is.
Buttons
Press the "OK" button to save any of the changes
that you may have made to the settings and press "Cancel" to
cancel and changes you made on accident. |
| General
Settings |
Starting Ergotimer with Windows
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Checking this box will start
Ergotimer when windows starts
Be Forceful
Click here to force the user
to take a break
Enforcement Password
Enter here the enforcement password. Enter it again for
verification.
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| Menus |
File
| Settings |
This will bring up the
settings window |
| Print... |
This will print what is in the browsing
area |
| Print Setup... |
This will bring up a window with print
options |
| Exit |
This will close Ergotimer all
together |
| Close |
This will close the browser or break screen, but Ergotimer will
continue to run in the background |
View
Pressing this button will
bring up a menu where you will be able to close or open the Toolbar and/or
the Status Bar.
Break
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Break Now! |
While in the break window this is not ghosted, this will skip the
current break |
| Skip! |
While in the break window this is not ghosted, this will skip the
current break |
| Snooze! |
While in the break window this is not ghosted, this will pause
the current break for a small period of time |
Help
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User's Manual |
This will bring up this manual |
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About Ergotimer... |
This will bring up a window describing different
aspects of you version of Ergotimer. |
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Order Form |
This will bring up an order form that you can use to purchase
Ergotimer if you have not already |
| www.tropsoft.com/ergotimer |
This will take you to our web site. |
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| Uninstall
Information |
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To uninstall Ergonomic Timer™, start the
Control Panel (click on Start, Settings), double click on Add Remove
Programs, select Ergonomic Timer™ and press the Remove button.
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