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Time in SwiftlyBooks

A fee earner's week of recorded time, with the hours charged and their value.

Record time

  1. Press Record time.
  2. Choose the Day and the Matter, or The firm's own work.
  3. Give the Time in hours, like 2.5, or as 2:30, and say What was done.
  4. Untick Charged for if it isn't charged, then press Record it.

Read the week

  • The arrows at the top move a week back or on.
  • Choose whose week it is at the top.
  • The week's last line gives the hours charged, of all the hours, and their value.
  • Press an entry to change it, or to Take it off.

Good to know

  • Each entry is rounded up to the next unit: 6 minutes, unless Settings → Legal practice says 10 or 15.
  • Time on a fixed-fee matter is kept for the record, and charged only with Charged for ticked.
  • Time on a fee note can't be changed or taken off.

Related

The same help is in the app: press the ? at the top of any page.