Chad Personal Assistant User Guide

Features

• Maintain a list of Tasks, Deadlines and Events.
• View your list at any time with a simple command list.
• Mark each item as Done or Not Done.
• Delete obsolete tasks.

Quick Start Guide

1. Download the latest Chad version from here.
2. Open your Terminal/Command Prompt.
3. Type cd Downloads (or wherever the chad.jar file is stored).
4. Type in java -jar chad.jar.
5. Type in commands to use Chad.
6. Enjoy!

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Usage

list - List all current tasks.

Lists down all current tasks saved by Chad.

• T, D and E represent Todo, Deadline and Event tasks respectively.
• [ ] and [X] show whether a task is Not Done or Done, respectively.

todo [task name] - Add a new Todo item.

Adds a new Todo task to your list.

deadline [task name] /by [due date YYYY-MM-DD] - Add a new Deadline item.

Adds a new Deadline task to your list.

• The name should be followed by a /by keyword.
• The due date should come after the by, and be in the format YYYY-MM-DD.

event [event name] /from [start time] /to [end time] - Add a new Event item.

Adds a new Event to your list.

• The name should be followed by a /from keyword.
• The start time should come after the /from keyword, followed by /to.
• The end time should come after the /to keyoword.
• Start and End times do not have any format constraints.

mark [task no.] - Marks a task as done.

Marks the task at that serial number as done.

• Task numbers start from 1, and follow the ordering shown by the list command.

unmark [task no.] - Marks a task as NOT done.

Marks the task at that serial number as NOT done.

• Task numbers start from 1, and follow the ordering shown by the list command.

delete [task no.] - Removes a task from the list.

Permanently deletes the task at that serial number from the list.

• Task numbers start from 1, and follow the ordering shown by the list command.
• Deleted tasks CANNOT be recovered.

find [search phrase] - Finds any task that matches with the search phrase.

Searches for any task that contains the search phrase.

• Search is CASE-SENSITIVE. laundry will NOT match with a task named Do Laundry.

bye - Saves the current tasks and exits Chad.

Saves the current task list on your computer, and exits Chad. Tasks will be retrieved the next time you open Chad.

• You can also exit by clicking the [X] button on the Chad window. Don't worry, Chad will save your tasks no matter what!