Fanurio User Guide

July 2008


Table of Contents

1. Introduction
1.1. What is Fanurio
1.2. System Requirements
1.3. Frequently Asked Questions
1.3.1. Installing the Registered Version
1.3.2. Location of Data and Settings
1.3.3. Changing Settings Manually
1.3.4. Installing and Running from a USB Stick
1.4. Known Issues
1.4.1. Idle Detection on Windows
1.4.2. Idle Detection on Mac
1.4.3. Running on Mac
1.4.4. Fonts and PDF Invoices
1.4.5. Character Encoding
1.4.6. Tray Icon Support
1.4.7. Ubuntu Time Zone
1.5. Keyboard Shortcuts
1.6. More Help
2. What's New
2.1. Version 1.11 (July 29, 2008)
2.2. Version 1.10 (April 22, 2008)
2.3. Version 1.9 (February 4, 2008)
2.4. Version 1.8 (November 12, 2007)
2.5. Version 1.7 (September 3, 2007)
2.6. Version 1.6 (July 2, 2007)
2.7. Version 1.5 (May 28, 2007)
2.8. Version 1.4 (April 18, 2007)
2.9. Version 1.3 (March 1, 2007)
2.10. Version 1.2 (February 12, 2007)
2.11. Version 1.1 (January 16, 2007)
2.12. Version 1.0.2 (December 5, 2006)
2.13. Version 1.0.1 (November 24, 2006)
2.14. Version 1.0 (November 10, 2006)
3. Tutorial
3.1. What does Fanurio do?
3.2. Lesson 1 - Describing Your Business
3.3. Lesson 2 - Creating a Client
3.4. Lesson 3 - Creating a Project
3.5. Lesson 4 - Adding an Item to a Project
3.6. Lesson 5 - Adding Time to an Item
3.7. Lesson 6 - Creating an Invoice
3.8. Lesson 7 - Printing or E-Mailing an Invoice
3.9. Lesson 8 - Creating an Invoice Template
3.10. Lesson 9 - Exporting Your Data to CSV or Excel
3.11. Lesson 10 - Displaying the Daily Time Log
3.12. Lesson 11 - Backing up Your Data
4. Features
4.1. Using Discounts
4.1.1. Discounting the Invoice
4.1.2. Discounting each Item
4.2. Tracking Time
4.2.1. Manual Time Recording
4.2.2. Manual Timer
4.2.3. Smart Timing
4.3. Reporting
4.3.1. Using Project Reports
4.3.2. Filtering Invoices
4.3.3. Example: Project Reporting
5. Creating Invoice Templates
5.1. Before You Read this Guide
5.1.1. Audience
5.1.2. Support for templates
5.1.3. About Freemarker
5.2. Installing a Template
5.3. Using Template Placeholders
5.4. Formatting Dates
5.5. Working with Lists of Objects
5.6. Customizing for PDF Export
5.7. Example: A Basic Template
6. Template Placeholders Reference
6.1. Business
6.2. Client
6.3. Contract
6.4. Invoice
6.5. Item
6.6. Expense
6.7. Tax
6.8. Project
6.9. Time Entry