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What for: An example on how to use Tom's Planner in construction projects.
For who: Contractors, home owners, building companies, government agencies.
Dissertations
What for: Research projects, dissertation papers, theses or graduation.
For who: Researchers, students and scientists.
Web Design
What for: Creating a website from brainstorm to Launch. All aspects are covered.
For who: Web developers, web designers, design studios, marketing agencies.
New business
What for: Start a new business from scratch. All the steps involved in setting up a new company.
For who: Entrepreneurs and everyone else with a good business idea.
Resources
What for: Schedule all your resources: personel, equipment, employees, team members etc..
For who: Employers, rental agencies, project teams, employment agencies etc.
Weddings
What for: The year leading up to the wedding, two months leading up to the big day and the big day itself.
For who: Brides and grooms or wedding planners.
Conference
What for: Conferences, events, conventions
For who: Professional and casual event and conference planners.
Rentals
What for: Keep track of the occupation of your vacation rentals
For who: Campground, resort, holiday park or hotels
Holiday Season
What for: Plan Thanks Giving, Halloween and Christmas ahead. Avoid chaos.
For who: Families. Big or small.
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You can choose to shade the weekend days.

Or you can choose to hide them.
Say Saturday and Sunday are weekend days.

If you choose to include weekend days:
- copy parts of this schedule to another schedule and a week will consist of 7 days
- copy 7 days into this schedule you will get one week

If you choose to exclude weekend days:
- copy parts of this schedule to another schedule and a week will consist of 5 days
- copy 7 days into this schedule you will get one and a half week
In the case that Saturday and Sunday are weekend days :

If you choose to include weekend days the month January will consist of 31 days.

If you chose to exclude them it will typically consist of 22 days.
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You can choose to shade the weekend days.

Or you can choose to hide them.
Say Saturday and Sunday are weekend days.

If you choose to include weekend days:
- copy parts of this schedule to another schedule and a week will consist of 7 days
- copy 7 days into this schedule you will get one week

If you choose to exclude weekend days:
- copy parts of this schedule to another schedule and a week will consist of 5 days
- copy 7 days into this schedule you will get one and a half week
In the case that Saturday and Sunday are weekend days :

If you choose to include weekend days the month January will consist of 31 days.

If you chose to exclude them it will typically consist of 22 days.
Miscellaneous:
There are 3 ways of numbering the weeks in a year:
  first day week first week of the year includes
Europe, Asia, Oceania Monday January 4th
North America, China, Africa, Latin America Sunday January 1st
Most of Middle East Saturday January 1st
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Welcome to Tom's Planner!

Let's show you around a little first.
This is where you can list all your activities or resources.
This is the timeline. You can scroll it to the left and right.
This is the area where you can schedule your activities or resources.
This is the legend where you can label the different colors and icons.
The key thing to remember is to use the right mouse button!
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 The key thing to remember is to use the looooong click!
Let's try and add a new row to this chart.

Right click with your mouse on the highlighted row.
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 Let's try and add a new row to this chart.

Press with your finger for at least 1 second on the highlighted row.
Now click on the 'add row' option in the menu that just appeared.
Great! You added a new row. We named it "Visual Design" for you.

Now let's schedule the activity.
Right click with your mouse on the highlighted row. Press with your finger for at least 1 second on the highlighted row.
Now click on the 'add time block' option in the menu.
And choose a color for your time block.
There you go! You created your first 'time block'.
Now change the start date by dragging the time block with your mouse to the left or right. Now change the start date by dragging the time block with your finger to the left or right.
You got it!

Just remember to use the right mouse button a lot. You got it!

Just remember to use the loooooong click a lot.
To share, print or export your chart just click on one of these buttons.
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