Steve, I'm sure it's easy to duplicate a task and increment the number.. :) But I don't understand why associated contexts would be beneficial.. Why not just have a context 'AutoFocus' with all pages and tasks set to it. Then set up the To-Do filter to group tasks by Parent. Then you can just expand/collapse pages in your To-Do filter..?
Jon On Jan 6, 9:32 pm, "Steve Wynn" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Guys, > > I have kept it really really simple (I added the numbers just for ease of > use) so in the template I have a blank page with 1-25 blank items already > created. Typically it looks like this, > > Page > |__ 1. > |__ 2. > |__ 3. ... > |__ 25. > > This is set to no context. Once I add a page I number it and create a > context plus view, > > Page 1 (Hide this task only in ToDo - context set to Page 1 - view set hide > header show all tasks) View called Page1 > |___ 1. Review Mark Forster Autofocus system - highlight important points > |___ 2. Batch Process Email > |___ 3. Process MLO Club emails > |___ ..... > |___ 25. Update Anti-Virus > > Page 2 (Hide this task only in ToDo - context set to Page 2 - view set hide > header show all tasks) View called Page2 > |___ 1. Email DIT group about Autofocus system > |___ 2. Reply to email on MLO group re Autofocus :) > |___ 3. ........ > > I just complete the tasks if they are done - highlight them if they are > discarded. At the moment I find it easier to switch to the Outline view to > add another entry to the last page. Then switch back to my existing page > view. Though I am wondering about RTE I might just add them to the inbox and > move them, not sure yet. > > I have 5 active pages - 10 created. Using a blank template and replicating > views it takes only a few seconds to add another page. As far as understand > with the Autofocus system a page in itself can be completed. So eventually > Page 1 could be removed etc. I think the general idea is to treat each page > as it's own separate unit. > > There is obviously a certain overhead in maintenance terms creating the pages > but as mentioned utilising a portion of the outline as a template is quick. > Just creating the views/contexts takes a little time but it is minimal if you > use existing views. Probably works best to do so many pages in batches. > > Now it did occur to me that some clever sole here - which there are many - > might be able to work out an easy scripted/automated way of duplicating the > same blank list and incrementing the page numbers in context and view? If > that is possible of course. Ideally it would be nice to state create - pages > 10 to 20, 20 to 30 or something along those lines. > > All the best > > Steve > > ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- > From: Kudos <[email protected]> > To: MyLifeOrganized <[email protected]> > > Received: 06/01/2009 15:29:05 > Subject: [MLO] Re: Mark Forster - Autofocus System - MLO requirements > > >JD & olejorik, > > >Surely it's a lot easier to separate out items. I think > >what Steve > >meant in his original post is something like this: > > >Create parent items in the your Outline called 'Page 1', > >'Page 2' etc. > >Set the To-Do list view to group by task parent first. > >Set To-Do list filter to show All tasks (including > >complete). > > >Steve, thanks for the tip about AFTM.. I'm trying it > >out on paper at > >the moment.. Not sure if I can say goodbye to my To-Do > >list in MLO but > >we'll see! > > >Jon > > >On Jan 6, 10:06 am, JD <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Steve, > > >> I signed up as a tester of the AF system and I started > >today on paper > >> (as suggested) and your post has dragged me into > >thinking about it in > >> electronic terms sooner than I expected it to. I mean > >that in the > >> nicest possible way :) Yes, I did start with Page 1, > >Page 2 lists, > >> and bumped that up in my context list with an ! mark. > >That way all the > >> pages appear at the top of my context lists. The > >strike through > >> allows you to delete incomplete tasks and move them to > >the last page > >> via the copy function. As far as I can see, copying it > >doesn't allow > >> you to inherit the context, so I have to replace the > >context when > >> copying to the last page. The cool thing though is that > >copying to the > >> last page doesn't carry the strikethrough format > >across, so your task > >> appears neatly as an incomplete task at the end of > >your list. > > >> Basically, I intend to allow the screen to fill up with > >tasks, perhaps > >> limiting them to 30 or so, before creating a new > >context page. > > >> Just some of my initial thoughts on using MLO to work > >the AF system. > > >> Cheers/JD > > >> On Jan 5, 11:28 pm, "Steve Wynn" > ><[email protected]> > >> wrote: > > >> > Mark Forster has just unveiled his Autofocus system > >- and to be perfectly honest it lends itself to MLO > >quite well because it is just a long list. But here is the > >issue as far as MLO is concerned - the long list needs to > >be split into pages. The ideal tool cited is a notebook > >with between 25 - 35 lines. You basically work on a > >page at a time moving forwards and backwards. > > >> > As far as MLO is concerned all I think that is > >required is a way to segment a large list - ideally into > >pages (similar in a way to Pocket Mod print). Perhaps > >the page setup could be customised to display x number > >of items - dependant on user specified line lengths/item > >count. A simple forward and back page turn of some > >description would also be required. Order should be > >based on creation date/time. Another requirement is > >the use of a highlighter to mark items as dismissed - this > >can easily be achieved by the new colour coding . > > >> > At the moment I can probably replicate the > >requirements by creating separate Page 1, Page 2 type > >lists with associated contexts and views - this may even > >turn out to be the best option! But it would be simpler > >if there was a way within MLO to create one big list > >that was automatically split into pages. > > >> > All the best > > >> > Steve > > >> > big_grin.gif > >> > < 1KViewDownload --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/myLifeOrganized?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
