Instant Boss

• If you decide to take a break now, it will begin your break period.
• If you decide to work a little longer, it will count up and add this to your total work time. You can then decide when to take a break by clicking the take a break button.
• If you decide to skip your break, it will begin the next word period in the cycle.

At the end of your break period, you will be told to get back to work and offered a few choices.

• If you decide to work, the work timer will begin.
• If you decide to take a longer break, it will extend your break by 50%, and remind you again when your time is up, to get back to work.
• If you click cancel, you will have to start work manually by clicking the work button again.

There is a pause button in case you are interrupted by phone calls or other things that need your attention. This can be used during both work or break periods.

The reset button...use with caution. This will stop all timers and reset everything to default values of 10-2-5 so that you may begin again.

It will not reset how long you have worked today, nor the total time you have worked since you started using the Instant Boss program.

Clicking the X to close the program will result in it being minimized to the system tray. The only way to exit is through the right click menu on the tray icon. All of the button options also appear on that menu.

For power users, there are command line parameters you can use to preset the values when you run Instant Boss.

Example:

"C:Program FilesInstant BossInstantBoss.exe" 60 15 3

(there is a space after the last quote and a space between each number)

You can either use this from the Windows Run dialog or use it as shortcut targets. The numbers correspond with work-break-repeat, in that order. Please use only numbers, no letters.