Easy Timer 2.6 : Features
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Copyright (c) 2009-2021 by Kevin Schneider
All rights reserved.

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Email: inspiresoft@live.com



Clock
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### General:

- Separate analog desktop clock
- Many keyboard and mouse commands for interacting with the timer and
   analog clock


### Multi-Functional Menu:

- Set alarm time, with preview feature
- Activate or deactivate timer as needed
- Open settings window
- Show help


### Timer:

- Unobtrusive setup window
- Set in how many minutes or at what time it should alert
- Easily activate/deactivate alarm funcionality



Customize Alarm
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### Type:

- Alert specific number of times and repeat alarm in certain minutes
   if desired
- Alert until deactivated


### After Expiration Action…:

- Do nothing (Default)
- Show custom message
- Exit Easy Timer



Customize Alarm Sound
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### Source:

- Use one of the 40 pre-installed alert sounds
- Use a self-chosen audio file: Wave format is supported
- Don't play any alarm sound


### Playback Options:

- Set the volume and balance
- Stop playback after certain seconds


### More Playback Features:

- Possible to prehear the current sound options
- The self-chosen sound will be faded out automatically



Customize Clock Appearance
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### Colors:

- Set the clock colors: Center, border, watch hands, activated alarm
- Possibility to adjust the balance of center and border color


### Activated alarm:

- Show/hide percental progress line around the clock
- Show/hide alert time


### More Appearance Features:

- Realtime preview of colors
- Additional preview window
- Button to reset colors to their default colors



Customize Clock Position Etc.
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### Position and Size:

- Set size by resizing the window
- Optionally prevent changing of position and size if needed


### General:

- Show or hide clock
- Toggle always on top
- Option to remove taskbar entry
- Set clock in foreground on alarm


### More Features for Position Etc.:

- Realtime preview for these options
- Moving and resizing the analog clock will update the according
   option values immediately



Miscellaneous
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### Show Systray Balloontips:

- Confirmation for activated alarm
- Reminder, with option of how many minutes before the alarm
- Alarm itself
- Custom message (with preview)



More Features and Possibilities
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### Managing Settings:

- Save and reset them
- Really all settings (like position, colors etc.) will be saved
- Saved settings will automatically be set on program start-up


### Other:

- Always present tray icon
- Many mouse cursor functions are available for fast interactions
- Easy Timer can be controlled entirely from keyboard
- Tray icon shows when timer is active and flashes on alarm
- Possible to use relative file locations
- Helper for creating a start-up shortcut


### Command-Line Parameters:

- "-Portable": Saves all settings in the program directory
- "-LicenseAgree": Don't create a small setting file used to remember
   the acceptance of the license
- "-Uninstall": Deletes all possible remaining setting files


### Available Languages:

- Catalan (by Hans Wilshusen Baró)
- English (by Kevin Schneider)
- French
- German (by Kevin Schneider)
- Italian
- Portuguese
- Spanish
- Swedish (by Leif Larsson)
- Turkish (by Hasan Gökcan Kahraman)



General Notes
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- Minimalistic and easy-to-understand interface
- Many smart features for seamless setup and functionality
- Just one executable and no installation required
- Full support of Unicode
- Free of charge!