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Time Xplorer
MS Office Task Pane Integrated Time Tracking Software
Control Procedure Description
Designed to accurately maintain a log of all the time you spend working on your MS Office files.
Time Tracking Tab
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Toggle Tracking
This control starts and stops the time log tracking for the open document
Control Procedure Description
• Left-click the control to toggle tracking on and off.
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Export Log
This control allows you to export time log data based on a date range.
Control Procedure Description
• Left-click the control to select the date range for export (leave all populated for entire time log export).
• Once the start date and end date have been chosen select the folder for the file to be exported to.
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Calculate Date Range
This control allows you to get a real time calculation of the time worked on file between two dates.
Control Procedure Description
• Left-click the control to open the start date and end date selection dialogs.
• Once the dates have been selected a message box will appear with the calculated time between dates.
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Minimum Open Time Interval
This control allows you to set the minimum time a file is open before tracking begins
Control Procedure Description
• Toggle the arrows up or down to increase or decrease the minimum open time.
• The setting is designed to prevent tracking of file that are only opened for a quick review without working.
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Idle Time Threshold
This control allows you to suspend the time tracking if the file has set without being interacted with for the specified minutes.
Control Procedure Description
• Toggle the arrows up or down to increase or decrease the idle time threshold.
• The setting is designed to prevent tracking of file that are sitting without activity.
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Help Tab
This control opens our internal web viewer and navigates to the help section for this control.
Control Procedure Description
• Left-click the control to open the help tab.
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Update Settings
This control updates the stored form settings visible in the settings page.
Control Procedure Description
• Left-click control to update the settings visible in the settings tab.
Settings Tab
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Show/Hide Activation
This control shows and hides the activation tab once the program has been activated.
Control Procedure Description
• Left-click control to toggle the visibility of the activation tab.
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Print Bug Report
This control prints the bug report for any program errors when they occur.
Control Procedure Description
• Left-click the control to export the bug report to the desktop.
• Once the bug report has been exported send the report to info@xplorersoftware.com with a clear description of what happened.
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Download Edge
This opens the download portal for the edge developer versions.
Control Procedure Description
• Left click to navigate to the edge chromium developer portal.
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Download Latest Version
This opens the page at Xplorer Software where the latest versions are located.
Control Procedure Description
• Left click to navigate to Xplorer Software for the latest version.
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Automatically Track All Files
This control is a global setting to track the time on all MS Office files.
Control Procedure Description
• Left-click the control to check the box and update the global user settings.
Settings Tab
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Default Minimum Open Time Interval
This control set the default minimum open time interval for all new files.
Control Procedure Description
• Toggle the arrows up or down to change the default time setting (individual file settings will override this value when changed).
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Default Idle Time Threshold
This control sets the default idle time for all new files.
Control Procedure Description
• Toggle the arrows up or down to change the default time setting (individual file settings will override this value when changed).
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Activate Key
This control activates the license entered into the "Enter Trial or Full License Key" text box.
Control Procedure Description
• After you have received your trial or full license via email enter it into the Enter License Key text box.
• Once the license is entered Left-click the control to activate the license.
• To activate the product via license key you must be connected to the internet.
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Purchase License
This control opens the web page to purchase Back Up Xplorer online
Control Procedure Description
• Left-click the control to open the purchase page for BackUp Xplorer.
• From the purchase page at www.xplorersoftware.com purchase a license. The license will then be emailed to you for activation.
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Activate File
This control activates the program via an offline file.
Control Procedure Description
• Left-click the control to activate the file that is listed in the "Enter Retrieved Offline Activation File Path" text box.
• This can only be done after an offline file has been generated, uploaded, and the matching file has been retrieved and saved to the hard drive.
• 1. Enter your purchased license key.
• 2. Left-click generate activation file.
• 3. Select the file from the desktop and load it into the web portal after selecting upload file or visiting site.
• 4. Left-click "Select Activation File" button to select the activation file you have retrieved via email after uploading your file to the portal.
• 5. Once the file path is selected Left-click "Activate File". This will complete your offline activation.
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Generate Activation File
This control creates an activation file for upload.
Control Procedure Description
• After you have purchased your license and retrieved it from email paste it into the "Enter Trial Or Full License Key" text box.
• Left-click the control to generate the file for upload (the file will be placed on your desktop).
• Once the file has been generated move it to a computer that has internet connection and select the "Upload File" button to open the file load portal and move the file to the portal.
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Upload File
This control opens our file upload web portal where your activation file is to be dropped.
Control Procedure Description
• From a computer with an internet connection Left-click the control to open the file upload web portal. Or visit https://saas.licensespring.com/offline/ in a web browser.
• Drop the activation file into the web portal file upload pane. An activation file will then be emailed to you.
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Clear Locally Stored File Key
This control deletes the stored file activation key.
Control Procedure Description
• Left-click the control to delete the stored activation key.
• This is done if the program needs reactivated for some reason.
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