Index: ktimetracker/timetrackerwidget.cpp
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--- ktimetracker/timetrackerwidget.cpp
+++ ktimetracker/timetrackerwidget.cpp	2009-12-10 18:42:53.000000000 +0100
@@ -702,6 +702,9 @@
 
 void TimetrackerWidget::newTask()
 {
+  if ( d->mTabWidget->count() == 0 )
+    newFile() ;
+
   if ( d->mTabWidget->currentWidget() ) {
     qobject_cast< TaskView* >( d->mTabWidget->currentWidget() )->newTask();
   }