7)-2010)ElapseCdown1.xlsx

Elapsed Timer and Countdown Timer
	Measures Time in Days, Hours, Minutes, and Seconds
		Created by David Alderoty � 2012, E-mail David@TechForText.com
General Description
		This software-based elapsed timer measures time in days, hours, minutes, seconds, and fractions of a second, as soon as you enter a start date and time. The software automatically, becomes a COUNTDOWN timer, if you enter a start time that is in the future. For example, this can be a minute, an hour, a day, a month, or a year, or a decade, in the future, and the software will provide a countdown in terms of days, hours, minutes, and seconds. When time zero is reached, the software automatically becomes an elapsed timer. When the software is functioning as an elapsed timer it displays the following: The elapsed time is displayed below. When the software is functioning as a countdown timer, it displays the following words: THE COUNTDOWN TIME IS DISPLAYED BELOW


		Instructions
		This software is very easy to use. You just type in a start date, and enter a start time, with pull-down menus. (This is explained in more detail, above the related input boxes.)
		After you enter a start date and time, you must remember to save the settings, if you want to close the software and reopen it at a later point in time, with the same settings. The procedures for saving the Excel and JavaScript versions are different, and they are explained below.
		You can save theExcel version, in the conventional way that you save an Excel spreadsheet. However, the easiest way to save the Excel version is to press the s key WHILE HOLDING DOWN THE CTRL KEY.
		The settings in the JavaScript version can only be saved if you open it with the Firefox web browser. To save the settings, with Firefox, press the s key WHILE HOLDING DOWN THE CTRL KEY. When this is done, a dialog box opens with a specific location on your computer, such as your document section, or desktop. Note the file location, or change it to the location you prefer, and then click on the save button in the dialog box.
		This timing device does not display any continuous change in time, with both the JavaScript and Excel versions. It only displays the change in time, when the software is opened and closed, or when data is entered or deleted. With the JavaScript version, there is a button that you can press to update the time. With the Excel version there is a green box to update the time (see below). For the Excel version, place the cruiser in the green box, and press the delete key, to update the time.






		To use this elapsed timer, delete the numbers in the three white boxes below. Then, enter a start date, by entering the month in the first box, the day in the second box, and the year in the third box. All of this must be entered in terms of numbers. Do NOT enter words or letters in these boxes.
			Enter month with	Enter the day with	Enter the year
			a number 1 to12	a number 1 to 31	Enter the year


		The two white boxes below are use to set the start time, with PULL-DOWN MENUS. The box on the left is for hours, (from 12:00 AM to 11:00 PM) and the box on the right is for the minutes (from 0 to 59). To use the pulldown menu, left click on the LOWER PORTION of the box, on the number. Then you will see either a menu or a silver button on the right side of the box. If you see a silver button, left click on it, to reveal the menu. When the menu appears, scroll up or down the menu, and when you find the number you need, left click on it. When this is done, the menu automatically closes, and the required number will appear in the white box.


			Hours		Minutes


		The START date and time YOU entered is:








		With the Excel version, update the time, by placing the cruiser on one of the green sections above, and then press the delete key. For the JavaScript version, left click on the update button.


	The white section below is for writing notes that relate to the entity you are timing.
	For example, the progress that is made during specific time intervals.









		With the JavaScript version of this software, you can place your comments in the white box above, and transmit them to the author, by left clicking on the submit button. When this is done, the settings you entered are transmitted along with your message.