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TiDy - Time Management & Diary

 

 

TiDy - Time Management & Diary is a comprehensive add-in for Excel. Its purpose is planning of tasks and control of your progress. TiDy is easy to use: if you know Excel, you know how to use TiDy. In an example workbook and in the manual all functions are explained in detail. In addition, the manual contains some basic principles of time management. Like this you are quickly able to plan and document your use of time effectively.

TiDy main worksheet

Overview of projects
Overview of tasks
Prioritization support
 Monthly-, weekly- and daily planning
Automatic preparation of reports

Remarks

TiDy consists of a Microsoft Excel Template and a set of macros. The macros have been tested on versions 2002 and 2003 of Excel so far. For older versions than 2003 small adjustments are necessary that are described in the manual. The manual is included in the installation.

On Excel 2010, not all functions of TiDy run well. Microsoft removed a calendar tool and changed communications with Outlook. Since I'm using version 2010 now, I'm working on a version of TiDy for Office 2010. Coming soon.

The macros do not run on old versions of Office for Mac, including version 2008. Microsoft promised serious VBA support for the next version, though.

TiDy 1.x is freeware. Please read the license agreement.

Since I have spent a lot of time on developing TiDy, and I wish to continue development and support for you, I would appreciate a donation:

For the new TiDy 2.x I charge a small fee of €4.99. If you buy any version of TiDy 2.x, you are entitled to a free copy of any future updates of version 2. The main difference between versions 1.x and 2.x is the support of Excel 2007 and 2010. (After payment, please click the "Return to ..." button to be sent to the download page.)

For questions and comments on TiDy, please send me a note through my contact form.
 
Corrected template file for TiDy 2.0 2.1.2012 80 kB 41

If you get an error message when creating a new workbook for 2012, please overwrite the existing file with this one in your template folder (e.g. C:\Users\[YourName]\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates\TiDy.xltm)
TiDy - Time Management & Diary 28.9.2011 1 MB 1250

New in version 1.5.5 (2009-10-07)

Worksheet Tasklist: new button "Filter by State" - Hide task with state "done" or "stopped"
Field "Current version" on the main sheet is only updated on request.

Corrections:
Error when sorting by priority on the Tasklist fixed
Button "Copy task" now also works with hidden columns and active filters

1.5.4 (2009-04-02):
 Next Steps for each project are shown in table Projects
Every Day Tasks: Displays whether the tables Projects, Tasks, and Collaborations have been viewed today

Corrections:
 Add Task — Formatting in the last row were copied to the new row
 Add Task — Comments in the last row were left there
 Copy to List — Tasks overwrote top task
 Copy to Plan — Sometimes choose  tasks that were already in a day
 2009-04-03: Wrong background on added task rows
 2009-04-03: Add/delete task did not work for Every Day Tasks

1.5.3 (2009-01-09):
Fixed hatching for holidays
Report: tasks on holidays not counted
Report: statistical information added
Fixed error message when creating new year offline
Macros for tasklist now also work for recurrent tasks
Fixed import of old TiDy files
Stopwatch improved
1.5.3.1, 2009-01-23: Problem with adding/deleting rows fixed

1.5.2 (2008-08-13):
Defer tasks also works for tasks in weeks and months
Buttons on tasklist also work for recurring tasks
Delete Task button also works for tasklist
Improved error handling
Error 5: problem solved
2008-09-01: Missing files in Start menu added (thanks, Bill!)

1.5.1 (2008-07-20):
Stopwatch: an old macro had slipped into the new version
Report: New section: project overview

1.5 (2008-07-16):
New macro: CopyPlanToList (Copy tasks from the calendar sheet to the tasklist)
Manual: A chapter on "Getting Things Done" with TiDy
Report: More detailed progress info in the status bar
Every Day Tasks grouped and easily hidden
Button "Add Task Row" now also works on the tasklist sheet
Check for new version - miss no update
Stopwatch improved
Improved import of old TiDy files
Improved error handling and messages
Improved macros for printing

 

New in version 1.4 (2008-02-20)

Importing data from old workbooks (projects, tasks, and collaboration data)
Importing tasks from a diary in an older workbook at update
Small extra: Stopwatch function
A few bug fixes
Updated manual

New in version 1.3.2

When the column "Accomplishments" contains the word "done" or a dash ("-"), the font colour of the task line changes to grey: better overview
Language: Names of days are now always in English, independent of the system language
Template improved and corrected
Revised manual

New in version 1.3.1

Two new buttons in the table "Tasklist", to simplify adding new tasks
Improved installation
Revised manual

New in version 1.3

Two new macros:
Copying of tasks from the tasklist to the planning sheet with a single click
Copying of tasks from one day to another
New installation program
... and a few small improvements

 
Manual for TiDy 1.5 28.9.2011 514 kB 844

This manual is already included in the installation. You can download it here separately, if you like.