# Need help with timer function

**URL:** <https://support.doubledogsoftware.com/t/need-help-with-timer-function/353>\
**Category:** FoldingText\
**Tags:** extension, plugin\
**Created:** [April 9, 2020, 7:20pm UTC](https://support.doubledogsoftware.com/t/need-help-with-timer-function/353 "2020-04-09T19:20:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![ubieday](https://support.doubledogsoftware.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/c37758/32.png) [@ubieday](https://support.doubledogsoftware.com/u/ubieday)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 7:20pm UTC](https://support.doubledogsoftware.com/t/need-help-with-timer-function/353/1 "2020-04-09T19:20:30Z")

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Hello, I used task paper for quite a while and loved. Then just found folding text, which is an even better version for me needs. I love this thing! So sorry to see that it is in suspension. Can anyone help me with the timer feature? This would be so ideal for my needs, but I can’t make it work. I have looked at the screenshots and the video repeatedly, and when I replicate what I see on the screen, it doesn’t work. The word .timer does go into italics, but I am missing something after that. Can someone help?? Thanks!

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**Author:** ![jessegrosjean](https://support.doubledogsoftware.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@jessegrosjean](https://support.doubledogsoftware.com/u/jessegrosjean)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 8:58pm UTC](https://support.doubledogsoftware.com/t/need-help-with-timer-function/353/2 "2020-04-09T20:58:06Z")

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See the menu:

FoldingText \> Help \> \* Mode

for help and examples on the various modes. I think timer is a special case (it doesn’t work) because it was renamed to “.schedule” … Check out the Help \> Schedule Mode menu item for a full example of schedule mode.

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**Author:** ![ubieday](https://support.doubledogsoftware.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/c37758/32.png) [@ubieday](https://support.doubledogsoftware.com/u/ubieday)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2020, 5:26pm UTC](https://support.doubledogsoftware.com/t/need-help-with-timer-function/353/3 "2020-04-10T17:26:05Z")

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Thank you so much!! That did the trick. This is an incredible piece of software. Great for GTD implementation.