Francis_Baraoidan_How to Use RescueTime

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a friendly tutorial from sunnypsychedupfranz.wordpress.com

How to Use:

RescueTime

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First, go to RescueTime website

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Clickaddress bar and type

rescuetime.com

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At the front page, click GET

RESCUE TIME TODAY

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Under RescueTime Lite, click

Sign Up Now

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But hey! If you want, you can

click for RescueTime Pro

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So you can try all features within

14 days

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Fill up form as required to sign

up

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Remember to check privacy

policy and terms of service

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When finished, click Sign Up!

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Click to start downloading

RescueTime

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After installing, a RescueTime

icon will appear on your taskbar

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RescueTime is now running and

monitoring your activities

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Double-click the icon to bring

out a window

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Click RescueTime.com

Dashboard to start

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At first use, it says

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While waiting, you can check

out suggestions below

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After a few while, check your

new dashboard page

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This contains an overview of

your activities

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displayed as widgets

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See upper right corner that says

Get Started

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To get started, we need to

accomplish the following

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Since the dashboard is populated,first activity is now checked

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Click Categorize Activities

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Alternatively, you can click

Categorize Activities under Settings

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This shows a list of your recent

activities Rescuetime detected

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This shows Activity, or programs

used with duration

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This shows default Category as

Rescuetime assumes

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Click drop down menu to see list

of General categories

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Hover your mouse to see a sub-

category list

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Customize categories per your

registered activities

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You can also make additional

categories by clicking this

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Lastly, this is the productivity score

to determine productivity value

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Click the - and + buttons to

increase/decrease value

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Dont like a recent activity? Click to

delete

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Great! Now we finished two

activities

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Now click Set an Alert

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Alternatively, click Alerts in

Settings

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Click Add an alert

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Fill up needed details and

checkboxes

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When done, click save

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Rescuetime will remind you when

condition specified is triggered

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This feature is only available in pro

versionawww

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Ok were done with Getting Started!

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Lets check out now Time Reports

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Click Overview

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This shows activities by Main

Categories

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Next, Click Categories

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Thi h ti iti b S b


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This shows activities by Sub-

categories

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Navigate during different time

periods by clicking arrows

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On a yearly, monthly, weekly or

daily basis

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Click drop down menu to see

different periods of a day

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Click by day tab to see graph of a

day period

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Click Activity Summary

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This shows Programs and/or

websites you used

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See table belo to ie a ranking


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See table below to view a ranking

of activities according to duration

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You can instantly change an


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You can instantly change an

activitys category by checking

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And selecting from the drop down


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And selecting from the drop down

list

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Click Productivity

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This shows productivity of activities


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This shows productivity of activities

based on specified values

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Next, click Efficiency

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This is where you get a sigh of relief


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This is where you get a sigh of relief

or dismay

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Thats the basics!Now go see if you deserve to giveyourself a pat in the back for being

productive OR a kick in the butt ifyouve been slacking off! ;p

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