Entering agenda items
The Agenda items tab is the main work area of the Agenda Master. Here you enter the agenda — one item per line. PPPTools calculates numbers and time slots automatically from your input.
Items and sub-items
Every line is an agenda item. The indent of a line sets its level:
- Not indented → main item (e.g. "2 Market overview").
- Indented → sub-item of the main item above (e.g. "2.1 Competition").
Numbering follows the structure automatically; you never type numbers by hand.
Quick entry with separators
You can separate title, owner and duration in one line with semicolons:
Market overview ; A. Sample ; 15
produces the title "Market overview", owner "A. Sample" and a duration of 15 minutes.
The visible row
Each row shows, compactly: No · Title · Owner · Min, and on the right the ⋯ button for the detail area.
| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
| No | Automatically calculated number (follows the indent). |
| Title | Name of the item. |
| Owner | Person or role (optional; only shown when the column is enabled in Layout). |
| Min | Duration in minutes. Basis for the time-slot calculation. |
Detail area (⋯)
Clicking ⋯ expands a detail area for the row:
| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Timeslot | The calculated time slot (e.g. 09:15–09:30). Derived from the start time and durations — not typed manually. |
| Custom | A free extra value for the optional custom column (you set the column name in Layout, e.g. "Goal"). |
| Notes | Internal note for the item. |
| hide | Hides the item in the table of contents without deleting it. |
The structure buttons in the detail area let you indent or outdent an item and move it in the order.
Duration, time slots and numbering
How durations add up to time slots and where numbering starts is controlled on the Configuration tab:
- Duration calculation — three modes:
- Flat — each item counts its own duration; time slots run continuously across all items.
- Sub-items → main item — the duration of sub-items rolls up to the main item; time slots on main items only.
- Bottom-up — each node aggregates everything below it; time slots on main items.
- Start number — the number the main items begin with (default 1).
Start time for time slots
Time slots are calculated from the start time on the Presentation tab. Without a start time the slots stay empty, but durations are still calculated.