Phrases and reminders

Add a phrase

1. Move the mouse over the clock. Three round buttons appear in the bottom-right corner: click the gear to open Settings.
2. Open the Phrases tab and click New phrase.
3. Type your phrase and click Add. It shows exactly as you typed it.

If a phrase is too long for the ticker, it still shows on the full board. Once a line fills the board, the box stops taking more letters. You can keep up to 60 lines.

Sort phrases into categories

• Click New category, name it (for example Family) and add phrases to it.
• To move a phrase, open its ⋯ menu and choose Move to, or drag it onto a category heading.
• Each group has a Show on the board switch. The board takes turns with every group that is switched on, so you can switch a whole category off for a while.
• The Built in group holds the phrases FlipMatic comes with. You can hide or delete any of them.

The ⋯ menu on a phrase also lets you edit it, hide it from the board or delete it. After you delete one of your own lines, click Undo right away; a few seconds later it is gone for good. Built-in phrases you delete can be brought back any time with Restore.

Set a reminder

1. On the Phrases tab, click New reminder.
2. Set the hour and minutes.
3. Choose Every day, Weekdays or Just once.
4. Type what the board should say, for example PICK UP THE KIDS.
5. Click Add reminder. A sentence under the form tells you exactly what will happen.

A quicker way: a phrase that starts with a time, like 16:00 PICK UP THE KIDS, becomes a reminder at that time every day.

When a reminder is due

• The clock turns over to the full board and shows the reminder for a minute, with a soft chime. Then the ticker keeps showing it until it is done.
• Click anywhere or press any key to clear it.
• Reminder repeats decides how often it comes back: 3 times, then gone, Until you touch it or Once only. One reminder can also Stay on the board until I touch it, from its ⋯ menu.
• If nobody cleared it, the ticker shows 1 MISSED until you next touch the computer.
• A Just once reminder switches itself off after it goes off.

Good to know

• A soft chime plays when a reminder is due, even when Sound is off. If Sound is on, you also hear the cards click as the board turns over.
• They go off only while FlipMatic is open on screen, not minimized, and the computer is awake at that minute. A reminder missed that way does not come back later.
• Only one reminder can show in a given minute.