You could do something with overlays like this: #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (require 'ov)
(org-map-entries (lambda () (when (org-entry-get (point) "GRADE") (setq ov (make-overlay (+ 0 (line-end-position)) (+ 1 (line-end-position)))) (overlay-put ov 'display (format " grade: %s\n" (org-entry-get (point) "GRADE")))))) #+END_SRC #+RESULTS: | nil | grade: 10\n | grade: 20\n | grade: 30\n | nil | grade: 40\n | grade: 50\n | grade: 60\n | #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (ov-clear) #+END_SRC you need to run this to refresh the grades on the headlines when they change. The TODO state is a good indication of which ones are done, although they do not show the grades. Eric S Fraga writes: > On Thursday, 6 Aug 2015 at 07:24, Matt Price wrote: > > [...] > >> - I currently store my grades as properties of level-2 headlines. However, >> I would really like to be able to see the grades when the headline is >> folded, so I can have a quick visual sense of how many papers I've marked, > > I would like something like this as well. The nearest I have found is > to use column view. -- Professor John Kitchin Doherty Hall A207F Department of Chemical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213 412-268-7803 @johnkitchin http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu