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# General Preferences

The "General" section of the preferences has several options that control the behavior of the application.

Idle Time Warning controls the length of time that On The Job will allow the computer to be idle (no mouse or keyboard activity) with a job running before offering to subtract that time when you return to your computer.

Time Format allows you to choose if you want times to be displayed as Hours, minutes, and seconds (2:30:00) or as a decimal number (2.5).

Date Format allows you to choose specifically how you would like On The Job to display dates, both in the application and on invoices. Click the Change button to bring up the date format editor. Drag the blue elements into the text field to add them. Once added, click on the blue items in the text field to choose the specific format to view that item in. For example, the month element can be viewed as "January", "Jan", or "01".

Updates controls whether or not On The Job will check periodically to see if a newer version is available.

Ask for Confirmation controls whether you will be prompted to verify deletions of clients, jobs, invoices, or job items.

Timer Button Animation controls the appearance of the play/stop button when the timer is running, or choose no animation.

Dock Icon allows you to have an indicator badge appear in On The Job's dock icon when the timer is running.

# Profiles

On The Job allows you to use different profiles for different clients. To set up a new profile, click the plus button at the bottom of the profile list. You can then assign the profile to a client in the client settings and have this information show up automatically on invoices created for that client.