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Backing up Reminders
It is possible to back up your file of Reminders and we
recommend that you do so.
Exporting all the Reminders to a text file, as described in
Chapter 5, is one form of backup since at least all the
Reminders can be imported back into Time to Revise.
However, this is not a perfect solution. Suppose that a
Reminder has been moved on 1 week. After 3 days have
passed we can say that the Reminder will be shown again
four days after that, making the complete week.
Suppose now that the Reminder is exported - showing a
status of 1 week - and then imported again. Time to Revise
will then show the Reminder 1 week after the date on which
the import took place and not four days later. So, whilst the
text export can be used to print out all the Reminders in the
system - and to show their status on the day when the
printout is made - it cannot be used to properly back up the
system.
The “Export” and “Import” buttons can be used to create a
backup and import it without losing the dates on which
Reminders are to be shown again.
Using the “Export” button provides an option called “*.trd”;
“trd:” stands for Time to Revise Data file. It is this data file
that is used to make the backup. It cannot ordinarily be
read using a wordprocessor and it contains additional
information to that created when the Reminders are
exported to a text file.
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