Assignment Planner Help
Index

# Managing Types

Types can be a very powerful tool when trying to manage your all of your tasks within Assignment Planner. They can help to easily sort all of your assignments in the main window and allow for special coloring to distinguish certain types. You are allowed to specify whichever types you would like, but they will usually be something like "Homework", "Exam", "Lab", etc.

There are two different kinds of types. Universal Types are those that all classes will have, such as "Homework" and "Exam". Course-specific Types are those that pertain to only a specific course. An example of this might be a Computer Programming class, which has a type "Program" that doesn't really apply to any other courses. When you're adding an assignment, the Types combo box will include all of the universal types, as well as any types for the course that the assignment is associated with.

To Add a Type:

1. Open the Courses and Textbooks window by either clicking on the icon in the toolbar or going to the menu Window > Courses and Textbooks Window.
2. Go to the types table, depending on which kind you would like to add.
   - Universal Types can be accessed by clicking the label at the top left of the Courses and Textbooks window.
   - Course-specific Types can be accessed by selected the appropriate course and viewing the table near the bottom of the window.
3. You can use the "+" button to add new types, and then you can double click the new type in the table to rename it.
   - You can also reorder your types by dragging and dropping them.
   - Types can also easily be deleted by clicking the "-" button.

To Change Colors for a Type:

1. Open the Preferences window by either clicking on the icon in the toolbar or going to the menu Assignment Planner > Preferences...
2. Click the Main Window icon in the toolbar.
3. On the left, you'll see the colors box along with a drop down, where you can specify how to color your assignments. If you select "Types", you'll see all of your types listed.
4. If you click on any of the colored boxes, the Colors inspector will pop up, where you can select what color you would like the type to be.
   - Your changes will be immediately reflected in the main window, both in the list view and in the calendar view.