Hi Brienne. If you create a folder and assign a category to the folder, new tasks you create in that folder will inherit the category. That's one way to avoid typing it in, does this help? The same thing happens if you create tasks with no context (for example, in the inbox) and drag them to a folder - but only if you enable this in the settings, on the page called "Behaviour"
Regarding completion of projects, yes after you have completed all the subtasks you still have to complete the project. For me, there's always a task at the end for cleaning up, closing accounts, archiving files, etc. and I generally associate some part of that with completion of the project parent. You are correct that project completion tracks as tasks are completed, but try this experiment: create a project with two subtasks. Complete one, and the progress bar shows 33% complete. Complete the second and it shows 67% complete. All that's left is the project itself, complete that and it goes to 100% complete. Does this make sense? I don't know anything about sharing templates. I know that people share themes but I don't know much about that either. -Dwight From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Richard Collings Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 6:54 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [MLO] Possibly a new user...feel lost LOL Just a quick reply, Brienne (welcome, by the way). I have similar sorts of problems and make extensive use of the Rapid Task Entry to try and stay on focus. If a thought comes into my mind, I hit Ctrl+Shift+R, up pops a dialog box and I enter it and it gets added to my inbox. And yes you can assign contexts and even specify the parent (although this is not easy). I feel sure others will be along with suggestions for templates, etc. PS: Have you looked at the Pomodoro Technique. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brienne Sent: 16 July 2012 6:48 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [MLO] Possibly a new user...feel lost LOL Hi all, I just joined this group because I am in the middle of my trial of this program and have to make a decision soon on whether I should buy it or not (as with everyone almost, budget is always tight, so we all think twice don't we? ;-) ) I feel a bit lost with all the options, though I am also intrigued by the complexity of this program. Oh and I hope it is ok that I started a new thread? I just felt it would be impolite to hi-jack someone's "New user" thread. First of all, before I start with my questions, let me tell you a bit about myself and why I am so interested in a program like MLO. I have not read any of the books mentioned in this forum. I am not (yet) familiar with all the theories and methods of to-do lists, and I must say I guess I missed something good! I suffer from ADD (yes, that attention thing ;) ) and my mind is constantly on the edge of bursting apart from ideas, do-not-forgets and what-I-always-wanted-to-do's. So I really really need a good way to sort things out and get them on paper sorted in a way that fits to my needs or, rather, thinking. I am very intrigued by the idea of having these contexts, projects and goals. That would cover a lot of the things that are on my mind; I had a bit of a hard time finding out how far automatic the program gets though: Is there a way to automatically asign contexts for instance, by typing an "@" in front of a word? Or are all these settings merely done manually through the properties dialog? I also read somewhere that projects always have to be marked done manually, is that right? Sounds a little odd to me, since I do see the percentage changing with the subtasks getting done. And lastly, I'd like to ask, in this group, is there anything like a files section where people share templates or something similar? I have often read people talking about some other user's template but I have a very hard time to find my way around these google groups. I hope this wasnt much too long for a first introduction, and please excuse my mistakes in grammar and spelling. English is my second language and my ADD does the rest to my spelling ;))) *waves hi to everyone* Brienne -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/mylifeorganized/-/eInlwuXgofoJ. 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. -- 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. -- 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.
