ReminderApp (Reminder) - User manual

With ReminderApp (Reminder), no more forgetting!
Rest assured, this program is there to remind you of everything that is important thanks to reminders such as (eg: take your medication, don't forget an appointment or someone's visit, with the baby-minder, domestic help, nurse, etc.).
Even birthday reminders!
We've all experienced this embarrassing moment at least once in our lives: forgetting a loved one's birthday! It must be said that it is not always easy to remember the birthday dates of all the people you are used to knowing (especially when you come from a large family or are part of a large group of friends).
You enter the birthday dates of the whole family and the program will remind you of them every year with an alarm, including reminders of a anniversariy!
This program also contains an address book and much more to discover!

To learn more and configure this program Please read this documentation in its entirety. Thanks.

Note: In this document, specific terminology has been adopted for users who use IT aids for blind people.


User Guide


Table of contents



1.\ Introduction

This program which is a combination of an agenda and an address book developed by myself, I called it ReminderApp (internal name) but in reality the program window and in the status bar system appear with the name "Reminder".

The ReminderApp program is portable and can be configured to minimize and run automatically when Windows starts.

This program is very intuitive and does not require much explanation, however I will give you some guidelines to follow.


2.\ Setting up the program

If you obtained the ReminderApp.zip file, extract it for example in the path:
C:\Program Files\ReminderApp

You can also extract it to the root of disk C:\, example:

C:\ReminderApp

or you can place it wherever you want.

Once extracted, this file contains the following elements:


Warning

The ReminderApp.zip file, once extracted, will contain its executable called ReminderApp.exe, which will be declared false positive by your antivirus when running it for the first time!

This happens with Windows Defender antivirus for example.

How do I allow Windows Defender Antivirus to run the program anyway?

To allow the program to still run with Windows Defender, you must click on "Additional information". A "Run anyway" button then appears, simply click on it to start running the program on Windows.

This needs to be done every time the new ReminderApp.exe executable file is installed in the ReminderApp folder.


3.\ The menus

In the main window of the program at startup we will find the following five menus with their respective commands.


File Menu Submenu Alt+ f

In this first menu we will have the following options:


Edit Menu Submenu Alt+ e

In this second menu we will have the following options:


View Menu Submenu Alt+ v

In this third menu we will have the following options:


Settings Menu Submenu Alt+ s

In this fourth menu we will have the following options:


Help Menu Submenu Alt+ h

In this fifth and final menu we will have the following options:


4.\ Additional information for the main window for the option "Reminder for the selected day:"

When you change the date in the main window selector, if the selected date matches a reminder, a sonar sound will sound.
However, the focus may shift to the list if a reminder has previously been selected.
To avoid this inconvenience, you can deselect the reminder before proceeding, or enter the date directly following the order day, month, year or month, day, year, depending on the system language settings (and not those of the program ).
In the selector you can navigate using the horizontal arrows.
For users of screen readers such as NVDA, it is important to note that the latter does not speak the current position in the selector. We recommend pressing a vertical arrow: NVDA will communicate the date you set and provide updates as soon as you type a full day, month, or year.
Sonar solves the problem of setting the initial date, instead of moving the focus to the list of reminders when there is one on that date, you hear the sound that notifies you and you can play with your date without problem :)


5.\ How does the Address book work?

Access to:
Edit Menu Submenu Alt+ e
then:
Address book... F4
When you press Enter on this option, a dialog box opens with the name:
Address book
This dialog box will contain the list of your contacts if you have added one, otherwise this list is empty.
When you open the context menu in this dialog box by pressing the applications key located next to the right control key on most keyboards. On a keyboard without an applications key, press shift+f10 instead.
Please note that some options are unavailable in the contact list depending on the context. You can press Enter on the option you want, so here are the options:

Please note that you can send an email to the contact if the contact's email has been entered in the edit field separated by a space at the beginning (and if necessary at the end), when editing the name of contact, for example. Otherwise, if there is no email in this edit box, this option will not be available to send it.

If you have not set a default email program, the system will automatically display a dialog box allowing you to select the application to use to send the email.


6.\ How to open the program from the system tray?

When the context menu comes up, You can use the arrow keys to navigate the menu, and the enter key to activate any of the items listed below.


Thank you for reading this documentation!

I wish you good use of the program ReminderApp (Reminder) 😉
I would like to sincerely thank Rémy Ruiz for writing this documentation and translation of ReminderApp into French, English, Italian and Spanish and for his feedback and suggestions.