how to use time doctor

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HOW TO USE TIME DOCTOR

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What is Time Doctor?


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Time Doctor is a category of computer software that allows it users to record time spent on tasks

Source: Wikipedia


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The goal of Time Doctor is To help individuals and organizations to be more productive, to help stop people wasting their life on distractions and instead finish what is important to them.

Source: https://www.timedoctor.com/about-us.html


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• Dramatically improve the productivity of teams

• Reduce time spent on distractions• Help improve business processes by analyzing

exactly where time is spent


Time Doctor aims to help businesses:


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• Dramatically reduce wasted time and improve the time spent on productive activities

• Help companies to be able to manage remote workers just as if they were in the same office, maintaining a high level of productivity when working remotely



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Time Doctor also help individuals

• Achieve a better work life balance by facilitating work from home, and remote working arrangements

• Make the most of their time spent working while on the computer

• To be more effective and avoid distractionsSource: https://www.timedoctor.com/about-us.html


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Those are exciting features are they not?


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So let us now to go to the installation process of Time Doctor


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I will be using Windows 8 and Google Chrome for the installation


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Go to google.com


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Type in time doctor


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Hit Enter


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The webpage will open


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Click on Test it myself


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Click on continue


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This will appear


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Type in your preferred name


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Type in your email


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Type in your desired password


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Green arrows means that the name, email and password you typed in can be used for the sign up process


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Click on Test it Out


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This page will load after


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Download of the software will automatically commence


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You can click here if the download does not start


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The download is now finished


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Click on the drop down button


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Click on Open


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Installation process will start


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Click on Next


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Installation is now ongoing


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This will appear after installation of the software


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Time Doctor is now installed


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Type in the email address you used for the sign up here


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Type in the password you used for the sign up here


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You can click the tick box to uncheck “remember my password” and “Sign in automatically”


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Click on Sign in


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The software will commence signing in process


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You are now signed in


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The web page will show this to inform you that the software is installed and you have made an account already


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You can now also Sign in using your account at the Time Doctor website


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Enter your email and password


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Enter your email and password


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Then press Sign in


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This is your account page or your dash board


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Click on Skip this step


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Options will appear


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Options will appear


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Click here to turn off screen shots which are taken every few minutes at random interval


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Click here to disable manual time


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Click here to disable “Are you still working” pop up setting


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Pop up settings can be adjusted here


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Period of inactivity for the set minutes will activate the pop up to

remind you to work


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Click on Save Settings


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To sign out from your account page hover mouse here


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Then click on Sign out


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Now let us go back to the software


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Upon starting the software it will prompt you to do the tutorial you

can skip it by clicking on Skip Tutorial found on the left side

corner of the application window


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Click here


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Now let us try to add a new task


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This will show the total time you worked today


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These buttons will let you shift tasks between Time Doctor Tasks and last 15 tasks


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Click on them to shift between Time Doctor Tasks and last 15 tasks


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Click here to add what you are currently working on


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I typed in “First Task”


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Click on Go


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These timers will appear


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This timer where the red arrow are pointing at denote the total working time for the day


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This timer will tell you the elapsed time after you clicked Go which means that you are currently at work mode


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It also tells the total working time for the “First Task”


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To take a break from work click here


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Or you can click on the pause button here


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It will show here that you are on a break


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The timers where the two arrows are pointing at denote the elapsed time after you clicked on break


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To resume work click on Go again


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Or you can click on the play button here


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The timer for the “First Task” resumed from the last time it was paused


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To view the time statistics quickly hover your mouse here


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It will show you the total time you worked for the day, this week, this month and your total break time

for the day


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Now we will try to end the First Task


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Click on Finish Work


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This will appear


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You can see here the total time you worked for today and You can type again a new task


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Now let us try to a second task


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Click on Go again


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You can see here the timer reset itself


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To clear a completed task click here


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The tick box will be checked


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Then click on Clear completed


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Now the “First Task” is deleted from the list of tasks


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Now to monitor our progress, the time we spent working and our

break times and other information we can access our dashboard


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To do that click here


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It will show you the dashboard information and the task you are currently working on


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It will also show you the time you spent working for the day.


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This dashboard will update itself as long as your are using Time Doctor

application


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You can also check the time per week basis by clicking here


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To check other information like graphs and websites you have visited click here


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It will show you this page


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Lastly if you are the owner of the company and want to supervise the actions of your team you can add them to your dashboard by typing their Time

Doctor email address here


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Then click on invite


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Upon accepting the invite they should be now visible in your dashboard like this


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THANK YOU


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