Biorhythms Calculator User Guide

Welcome Window

Welcome Window is a fast and easy way to get started with Biorhythms Calculator It provides links to common and frequently accessed commands, displays tips of the day, and most importantly provides a brief overview of your current biorhythm status, and today's date.

Information Pane

Information Pane displays detailed information about the state of the selected Profile at a particular time. It displays person's name, zodiac sign, how much the person has lived, his numerology information, information about the date, such as moon phase, and of course it displays detailed biorhythms report.

The information in the Information Pane is updated when one of the following occurs:

• If the current view supports interactivity, when currently selected item in the view changes
• Start date changes
• Selected profile(s) change
• Selected cycle(s) (rhythms) change

Graph View

Graph view is the default view in Biorhythms Calculator It clearly displays biorhythms curves. To get detailed information about the value of a particular cycle at a particular time, hover your mouse over the desired point.

• Supports multiple profiles (to compare different individuals side by side)
• Supports image sets (smiley faces, flags, stars, and any other visualizations that help you see biorhythm status at a glance)
• Supports right-click context menu
• Interactive (updates information pane at the bottom of the window as you select different items)
• Can save view as image file (so you can e-mail it to your friends, or otherwise work with it)
• Supports Time Interval changes and Zoom navigation features
• Supports Automatic Navigation

Here are some tips for using Graph View:

• Use Mouse Side Buttons (if it has them) to navigate backwards and forwards in navigation history
• Use Mouse Wheel to change the start date
• Use Ctrl + Mouse Wheel to zoom in or zoom out
• Ensure the view is active by clicking on it before using the above commands.

Chart View

Chart view displays biorhythms data in the form of a column chart. To get detailed information about the value of a particular cycle at a particular time, hover your mouse over the desired column.

• Supports multiple profiles (to compare different individuals side by side)
• Supports image sets (smiley faces, flags, stars, and any other visualizations that help you see biorhythm status at a glance)
• Supports right-click context menu
• Interactive (updates information pane at the bottom of the window as you select different items)
• Can save view as image file (so you can e-mail it to your friends, or otherwise work with it)
• Supports Time Interval changes and Zoom navigation features
• Supports Automatic Navigation

Here are some tips for using Chart View:

• Use Mouse Side Buttons (if it has them) to navigate backwards and forwards in navigation history
• Use Mouse Wheel to change the start date
• Use Ctrl + Mouse Wheel to zoom in or zoom out
• Ensure the view is active by clicking on it before using the above commands.

Table View

Table view is ideal for comparing values of various cycles side by side as it displays biorhythms data in a tabular form.

• Supports multiple profiles (to compare different individuals side by side)
• Supports image sets (smiley faces, flags, stars, and any other visualizations that help you see biorhythm status at a glance)
• Supports right-click context menu
• Interactive (updates information pane at the bottom of the window as you select different items)
• Can save view as xml file in tabular form (for export to Word, analysis in Excel, or use in other programs)
• Supports Time Interval changes and Zoom navigation features
• Supports Automatic Navigation

Text View

Text view displays biorhythms data and activities information in a simple text form. It has no configurable options.

Text view is simple but informative and without clutter.

• Supports activities
• Supports Time Interval changes and Zoom
• Can be saved as a web page

Report View

Report view displays biorhythms data and activities information in a structured, graphical form, similar to a web page. It contains a lot of information and details, and is ideal for comprehensive overview of one's biorhythm status.

• Supports activities
• Supports Time Interval changes and Zoom
• Displays information about moon phases
• Supports image sets
• Can be saved as a web page

Timeline View

Timeline view displays biorhythms data and activities in a view similar to that of Outlook's timeline. It is ideal for comparing when different activities will occur.

• Supports multiple profiles
• Supports activities
• Supports image sets
• Supports right-click context menu
• Interactive (updates information pane at the bottom of the window as you select different items)
• Supports Time Interval changes and Zoom
• Supports Automatic Navigation

Calendar View

Calendar view can display biorhythms data in either day, week, or month calendar views, similar to how Outlook displays calendars.

• Supports multiple profiles
• Supports activities
• Can display information about moon phases
• Supports image sets
• Supports right-click context menu
• Interactive (updates information pane at the bottom of the window as you select different items)
• Supports Time Interval changes and Zoom
• Supports Automatic Navigation

Threats and Opportunities View

Threats and Opportunities view displays crucial biorhythms, activities, and moon information in tabular form, so you can get a quick overview of the most important events.

• Supports multiple profiles
• Supports activities
• Can display information about moon phases
• Supports image sets
• Supports right-click context menu
• Interactive (updates information pane at the bottom of the window as you select different items)

Multiple Views

Biorhythms Calculator allows you to work with several views simultaneously. Each view is completely independent of others, and can have its own set of profiles, cycles, and activities, as well as formatting applied.

To create a new view, simply click the Create New View button located at the top. The default behavior when creating a new view by clicking on the New View button is that the current view is cloned. You can then change the newly created view as you see fit.

Biorhythms Calculator not only supports tabbed Multiple Document Interface (MDI), similar to the one you would find in products such as Firefox browser, or the latest version of Internet Explorer; but it also allows you to view several views side by side. All you have to do to accomplish this task is click the view's title and drag it to a place where you want it to appear. Semi-transparent guidelines and docking sites will appear to aid you in this operation. This greatly increases your productivity, as it allows you to get an overview of need information more quickly, as well as compare views side by side.

Start Date

Start date is one of the most basic elements of navigation. It determines the starting date of biorhythm report. Starting from this date, the program will obtain biorhythm and other information. The end date of the report, in turn, is determined by the duration property.

There are many ways in which you can set starting date: using the birthday of the currently selected profile, using holidays, using custom date, etc. You can even specify the precise time as well.

Duration

Duration is another basic element of navigation in Biorhythms Calculator! It determines how lengthy the biorhythm report will be - how much readings a particular view will contain. Most biorhythm programs do not allow you to select duration, and typically restrict its value to one month; some others give you a limited choice of several predefined settings, such as one week, one month, and several months.

We give you complete flexibility. You can set duration to be whatever you want - from a couple of hours to a couple of years! In addition, we give you two ways, in which duration can be set: either by specifying the duration - period of time that is, or simply by specifying the ending date. Choose whichever is more convenient for you!

Important! Setting this value too large, compared to the time interval property (for example 3 days vs. 1 minute) can have adverse effects on performance, readability, and stability, as the program would have to compute and render more biorhythm data items. In this case it would be 3 * 24 * 60 = 4 320 items! Compare this to standard - 1 Month view with Daily time intervals, which contains only 30 items! Therefore it is recommended to keep time interval and duration values so that the total number of items (readings) generated will not exceed a couple of hundred at the most! While the program can render more values than that, the stability is not guaranteed!

Time Interval

Time Interval is another basic element of navigation in Biorhythms Calculator! It determines how often the program will take biorhythms measurements. Most biorhythm programs do not allow you to change this property, and typically have this set to either one day, or 12 hours. Here, we give you complete flexibility. You can set time interval to whatever value you desire - from several seconds to several months!

Important! Setting this value too small, compared to the duration property (for example 1 minute vs. 3 days) can have adverse effects on performance, readability, and stability, as the program would have to compute and render more biorhythm data items. In this case it would be 3 * 24 * 60 = 4 320 items! Compare this to standard - 1 Month view with Daily time intervals, which contains only 30 items! Therefore it is recommended to keep time interval and duration values so that the total number of items (readings) generated will not exceed a couple of hundred at the most! While the program can render more values than that, the stability is not guaranteed!

Zoom

Zoom is a convenient feature that combines the power of setting the duration and time interval together. Please do not confuse it with graphical zoom, whereby you would make elements look larger. The zoom we are talking about here - is different. In essence, it simply increases the precision, or the resolution of biorhythms information. For instance, if we take the default view of 1 Month in duration, and time intervals equal to 1 Day, and then apply zoom to it, we would see that the duration would decrease, as well as the time interval, and we would see more biorhythms readings per day. Just as you can "zoom in", you can also "zoom out".

Navigation History

Navigation history is a convenient way to navigate between different views. It tracks various navigation changes you apply to a view, such as start date change, duration change, time interval change, view change, etc., and saves this information. You can then simply use back and forward mouse button buttons, or buttons on the History pane to navigate back and forth between saved views.

Automatic Navigation

Automatic Navigation is one of many unique features in Biorhythms Calculator! Basically it allows you to set the program to automatically advance the start date by a given amount and update the view accordingly.

There are several ways in which you can set this amount: by specifying how much faster than real-time the view will be updated, by specifying the percentage of the current view's duration or by specifying the precise time interval by which to advance the starting date.

You can either set the starting date to move forwards, or backwards. Additionally, you can configure how often the view will be updated. The default value is every second, but you can change it in program options.

Not all views support this feature, but the following do support it: Graph, Chart, Table, Timeline, and Calendar.

Visualizations (Image Sets)

Image Sets are yet another unique feature of Biorhythms Calculator They can better visualize crucial biorhythms information by displaying, for example, a smiley face, when you are on a good day for a particular cycle, or a sad face when you are on a bad day for a particular cycle. This greatly complements and enhances biorhythms data, enabling you to just throw a quick glimpse on it to get the most important details.

There are many built-in image sets, however if you find there are not enough to choose from, you can even create your own image sets.

Biorhythms Journal

Journal is a special view that lets you create a journal where you would track how you actually felt on particular days. For example even though biorhythms predicted -55% for the value of Physical cycle, you might have actually felt much better that day. Journal is the place to record it for future references. You can also leave comments for every journal entry.

Outlook & iCal Support

Among the many innovations in Biorhythms Calculator, Microsoft Outlook and iCalendar support are one of the more practical ones. You can easily export the desired biorhythms, activities, and moon information to either Outlook or, beginning with version 2026 - iCalendar *.ics file. There are several ways in which this can be done.

First, you can click the Export to Outlook button located on the Home tab, like you just did. Then use the window to specifically select the items you want to be exported. You can also configure additional options, such as reminder.

There is also a dedicated button above the main view that lets you to export directly to *.ics iCalendar file, so you can use it in other personal time management programs in case you are not using Outlook for this.

Finally, if the view, in which you are viewing the biorhythms information, supports context menu, you can select Export to Outlook command to export the selected item to Outlook in just one click.