Hi Richard, MLO already allows the user to choose any parent in the outline for task being entered via the RTE. The problem, of course, is the "parent" button opens the entire outline. What if you had your "inboxes" for your various projects, general business work, R&D work, house admin, and personal stuff at the top of your outline? In that way, when you selected the "parent" button in the RTE you would see your limited number of inboxes at the very top of the outline, and selecting one could be very easily done. Would that accomplish what you would like to do?
Ron On Jan 16, 10:21 am, "Richard Collings" <[email protected]> wrote: > Re the first requirement: there have been previous requests for RTE to > allow you to specify the parent under which the item should be added. It > would be good to be able to (eg) specify a small number of RTE target > parents (as a configuration step) and to then when adding a task be able to > specify which parent you want to add the item to. > > In this case, as a freelance consultant working on multiple projects, this > would allow me to have 'inboxes' for each of my projects, my general > business work, my R&D work, my house admin stuff, my personal stuff and so > on. > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ron Stockfleth > > Sent: 14 January 2010 10:21 p > > To: MyLifeOrganized > > Subject: [MLO] Re: Rapid Task Entry - Can you do this? > > <snip> > > > On your first question let me restate what I think you want > > the Rapid Task Entry dialog to do. You are looking to enter > > multiple tasks, and at the same time position those tasks in > > your outline using the Rapid Task Entry dialog. Is my > > understanding correct? If so, then the answer is "no" it > > cannot do that. > > > I think for it to do what you want, you would have to do the > > following: > > > 1. first enter multiple tasks > > 2. then go back to each task and select a different parent > > for each task. > > > As it stands right now, you can enter a single task, select a > > parent, and then move on to your next task in pretty rapid > > fashion. Or if you have multiple tasks that have the same > > parent, you can rapid enter those multiple tasks via the > > Rapid Task Entry dialog box and assign them the appropriate parent. > > > What you are requesting the Rapid Task Entry dialog to do, > > doesn't seem too rapid to me. IMHO it would much quicker to > > enter those tasks directly into the Outline view if you wish > > to enter multiple tasks and assign them a place in your > > outline all at once. > > > The way you are using it now, using a default parent of "to > > be filed", is the way I believe this dialog box was intended > > to be used. If you are working in an application other than > > MLO, and you think of something that needs to be done, open > > the Rapid Task Entry dialog and quick dash down the pertinent > > facts. Later on, go to your "to be filed" parent task, and > > drag and drop all of those tasks to their relevant parent in > > your outline. Followers of the Getting Things Done > > (GTD) methodology will recognize using the Rapid Task Entry > > dialog as the "Collection" phase. Later on when you are > > dragging your collected tasks to their appropriate parent, > > you are now in the "Process" phase. GTD tenets would suggest > > that you keep the Collection and Process phases separate, but > > MLO does allow you to combine those 2 phases when using the > > Rapid Task Entry dialog. > > > Best regards, > > > Ron > > > On Jan 14, 11:06 am, Victoria Macklin <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > 2 things I really feel rte is lacking (or if you can do it - please > > > tell me how?) > > > > 1). you can add a context, but you cannot add parent (unless you > > > select the parent then add all the tasks to the same > > parent) therefore > > > I tend to use a default parent ("to be filed") and then I > > later go in > > > and drag and drop all my tasks to the relevant parent > > > > 2). you cannot add notes. Sometimes I have more info that I > > would like > > > to add, but dont want to make the title too long. I then have to go > > > back later and add the notes to each task. Would be great > > if there was > > > a switch to denote everything following should go in the > > notes section > > > > So, unless you can already do the above (and I just haven't figured > > > out how). Can we have a parent switch and a notes switch, > > so each line > > > can have this info in if we need it? > > > > Cheers, > > > > Vicki- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
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