>- ask everybody to share how you use the different structuring I think the flexibility of the outline structure improved with the introduction of Folders as containers/placeholders. You can use your outline not only to categorize but also to apply a high level filter.
For example, my current outline folder structure is: - ROLE CHANGE ONE OFF TASKS RECURRENT TASKS PROJECTS HOUSE COMPUTER REMIND OTHERS WORK SOMEDAY MAYBE PERSONAL SOMEDAY MAYBE WISH LIST The bottom three are hidden in ToDo but are the subject of weely review for the possibility of moving to one of the categories above. The most important activity area ROLE CHANGE is at the top and custom formatted so it stays prominent. The structure is also designed to make it easy for me to review in certain areas. Below this top level folder structure, I might sub-categorize into folders by date, frequency, task type, physical place, person etc etc I tend to use Contexts for more the transient attributes of a task rather than for organizing which I think is best done in the Outline structure. This way I can easily use the "zoom" view on an area and the zoomed view also filters the ToDo list for me. Just a personal take. On Feb 24, 6:08 am, Lisa Stroyan <[email protected]> wrote: > >Istruggled most with understanding the differences between the > >structuring features in the Outline view. In the MLO help I couldn't > >find a simple overview so I compiled the list below from different > >chapters of the MLO help (certainly not complete). > > I think the confusion, and the difficulty, is that the To-Do list is > very dynamic and can be configured to show whatever the user > likes. Parent Tasks, Folders, Projects, all can be shown in To-do > view depending on the filter. > > >============= > >PARENT TASKS > >Tasks that have subtasks show up in To-Do list after all their > >subtasks are completed. > > Perhaps a better way to state this is that Parent Tasks do not show > up in the Active Filter until all of the subtasks are > completed. Views that have other filters set will show parent tasks. > > >FOLDERS > >Just containers, not shown in To-Do view. > >Do not show up in the To-Do list. > > Same as above - Folders will show up depending on what the Filter setting is. > > >PROJECTS > >In general terms, any Task that has Subtasks. > > Projects are just tasks that have the Project checkbox selected in > the Properties pane. They don't have to have subtasks. Conversely, > regular tasks can have subtasks and not be considered projects. > > Lisa > > ---------- > Lisa Stroyan, mailto:[email protected] -- 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.
