The LeaseyDiary.

Introduction.

The LeaseyDiary provides a number of simple calendar functions to help you keep track of appointments and work with specific dates.

If using Leasey Basic, LeaseyDiary can be accessed from the Leasey Main Menu by selecting the option “Open the LeaseyDiary”. Alternatively you can activate it by pressing the Leasey Key followed by Control+Shift+Y.

If using Leasey Advanced, there is a further decision to make. You need to instruct Leasey whether you wish to work with the day first, then month, or month first, then date. You will know which choice to make based upon your country or region. To make this choice, press the Leasey Key followed by Control+Shift+M. Use the Up and Down Arrow keys to select the format required and press Enter to activate it.

The LeaseyDiary allows you to store appointments over the course of two years only so is kept very simple.

Before we begin working with the LeaseyDiary, it is important to remember that the date format must have been selected in LeaseyManager. You can select whether you would like to enter the day firstthen the month, (UK format), or month first then day, (US format).

Creating an Appointment.

The first item on the LeaseyDiary menu is “Create an Appointment”. When activated by pressing Enter, you are asked a number of questions. Please press Enter after each question has been answered so as to move to the next one. JAWS will give you very precise instructions as to how to answer a question, and you can always press the Leasey Context Sensitive Help key in order to get more information.

  1. First you are required to enter a date using four figures. Again, this will depend upon the date format selected. For example, if you wanted to set an appointment for 22 July, in the UK you would type 2207 and in the US 0722. If the appointment is for the following year, you should follow the date with the characters, -n, that is the hyphen or dash sign, followed by the letter N for next year. The date therefore may look like this. 2207-n. Press Enter to move to the next screen.
  2. Next, please enter a time. You can use the 24 hour clock format. The hours should be separated from the minutes by a colon character. For example, 6 PM will be 18:00. Alternatively, you can type the words Morning, Afternoon or Evening. If the event occupies the entire day, please press Enter so as to leave this field empty of text. Press Enter to move to the next screen.
  3. Now, please enter the subject of the appointment, a one line summary relating to the appointment, such as "Hospital Visit". Press Enter to move to the next screen.
  4. Finally, please type the notes of the appointment if necessary. There is no limit as to the number of characters which can be entered as part of the notes. Please press Control+Enter to save the notes and return to the main LeaseyDiary screen.

Viewing Appointments.

The second item on the LeaseyDiary menu is “Check for Appointments”. When activated, this presents you with a list of the months of the year. Press the Up or Down Arrow keys to move through the months or use first letter navigation. As you move through the months, (and if LeaseyBasic is active), a “Ding” sound will indicate if appointments exist for it. In addition, an asterisk character visually denotes that appointments exist for a given month. If using LeaseyAdvanced, JAWS will say the word, "Star", when appointments are located.

When you reach a month for which appointments exist, press Enter to view them.

You are now presented with a list of appointments for the month. Use the Up or Down Arrow keys to move through the appointments. You will be advised if the appointment relates to the following year. Press Enter on any one of them to read the details and Escape to cancel. The details of the appointment are displayed using the JAWS Virtual Viewer, so the Up and Down Arrow Keys can be used to move through the details. You will note that Leasey gives to you the day on which the appointment falls, together with the other information previously entered.

If notes were not found for the given appointment, you will be advised of this. The next line of the text contains a Link. Pressing Enter on this will allow you to create notes for the appointment if you wish. Please press Control+Enter to save when the notes have been created.

If notes were found for the given appointment, you will be able to read these with the Up or Down Arrow keys or any other method of reading text. The line of text following the notes contains a Link. Pressing Enter on this will allow you to edit notes for the appointment if you wish. Please press Control+Enter to save when the notes have been edited.

If you have not activated the Link to create or edit notes for the appointment, please press Escape to cancel.

Using the Same Appointment Multiple Times.

It is quite possible that you want to create an appointment for the same event over a number of days. There are two methods for doing this as described below.

Method 1:

  1. Create a new appointment as previously described.
  2. Create a second new appointment, completing the date and start time fields.
  3. When you reach the "Subject" field, simply press Enter without typing anything. The previous subject will be used and, if notes were created for it, you can read and edit them. This is useful. If you were taking regular trips to the hospital, and you had stored vital information in the original appointment notes, they will be available to you.
  4. When you are satisfied with the new entry, please press Control+Enter to save.

Method 2:

  1. View an existing appointment as previously described. When you find the appointment in the list for the month, press Enter to open it, followed by Escape to cancel.
  2. Create a second new appointment, completing the date and start time fields.
  3. When you reach the "Subject" field, simply press Enter without typing anything. The previous subject will be used and, if notes were created for it, you can read and edit them. This is useful. If you were taking regular trips to the hospital, and you had stored vital information in the original appointment notes, they will be available to you.
  4. When you are satissfied with the new entry, please press Control+Enter to save.

Deleting Appointments.

To delete an appointment, simply locate it from the list of available appointments for a specific month. Then, press the Leasey Key followed by Delete.

Hear Today’s Date.

Pressing Enter on this option in the LeaseyDiary menu will cause the current date to be announced.

Insert Today’s Date into a Document or Letter.

As the option suggests, activating this menu item will cause today’s date to be typed into the current document. Please be sure that the cursor is in an editing window before you activate this menu item!

What Day Is This?

Activating this item will bring into view an Edit Field and, when a date is entered into it and the Enter key pressed, it will place the day on which it falls into the JAWS Virtual Viewer. Please type a date as eight figures. Again, this is dependent upon the date format you have selected within the LeaseyManager. For example, in the UK if you wanted to hear the day on which 22 July 2015 falls, please type 22072015, and in the US, you would type 07222015.

This function can also be used for days in the past. So if you wanted to find out on which day your sister was born, type in her date of birth. Pressing Enter will cause the day to be displayed.

Get Days From Dates.

"Get Days From Dates" allows you to specify two dates and Leasey will advise you how many days are between them.

This requires two pieces of information, essentially two dates. When the menu item is activated, as prompted type in the first date in either British or American format, such as 01011980.

Pressing Enter prompts for the second date. type in the second date in either British or American format, such as 01011990. Then press Enter.

The following response (in this case) is returned. 3654 days inclusive of the start date and end date.

As another example, if you want to find out how many days there are between 1 June and 30 June 2019, Leasey would advise: 30 days inclusive of the start date and end date.

Days of Future and Past.

This is the reverse procedure of the above item, "Get Days From Dates".

Let us assume someone wishes to book an appointment with you in 14 days from today. You may not be sure on which date that falls.

When the menu item is activated, type in the number of days forward for which you wish to know the date, such as 14. Then press Enter. The following is returned as of the time of writing. Monday, 17 June 2019.

The "Days of Future and Past" feature, as the name suggests, can also work in the reverse direction. If you insert a minus sign prior to the number of days, such as -14, you will hear what the date was, in our example, two weeks prior to today. At the time of writing, this is reported as: Monday, 20 May 2019.

For the curious, you ought to be able to work out therefore that the day this document section was written is Monday 3 June 2019. Back to Help Index.