Out of interest, why not use contexts with hot keys for this? d
On Sunday, August 4, 2013 6:46:42 AM UTC-7, Richard C wrote: > > I hashtag all my frequently used projects (ie the task name is > <ProjectName><#projnam> and then use the search. The progressive > matching that search offers works well. And its also useful because the > search results remain on view so if you navigate away from that project > without finishing what you were doing, you can get back to it but clicking > on the relevant row in the search results. > > On Wednesday, 3 July 2013 20:49:23 UTC+1, Mr. Analogy wrote: > >> The F3 trick is nice. That helps a little. >> >> The problem is that I have a LOT of projects (maybe 30 or so). So FINDING >> each one a little while. >> >> >> Ahhh.... your F3 trick works great. I just need to reverse it: I put my >> INBOX in the separate window and my projects in the "main" window which has >> the search box. Perfect. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 3:34 PM, Stéph <st...@senglish.plus.com> wrote: >> >>> You could try sending it straight to the project as you put it in the >>> RTE dialogue. Use the switch -toprj<Project_Name> at the end of your task >>> entry. >>> >>> Personally, I quite like to open another window using F3, then dragging >>> groups of tasks from the inbox to the appropriate place in my outline. >>> >>> You could always bookmark the main projects, to jump quickly to them >>> when dragging a task from the F3 window. >>> >>> I still find it a long task, whichever way I do it. >>> >>> Stéphane >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wednesday, 3 July 2013 15:51:07 UTC+1, Mr. Analogy wrote: >>>> >>>> My favorite feature of MLO is the Rapid Task Entry. If I have an idea >>>> or remember "I've got to do this thing" or "oh, read this article" I toss >>>> it into the Inbox so I don't get DISTRACTED or sidetracked. >>>> >>>> >>>> But then I end up with 100's of things in my inbox. Organizing those >>>> tasks and moving them into the appropriate PROJECT is quite time consuming: >>>> >>>> 1. Read the task, decide where it goes. >>>> 2. Cut the task >>>> 3. go to another tab and search for the project I'd like to put it >>>> in. >>>> 4. Paste it. >>>> 5. Later, come back to each project and organize the tasks assigned >>>> to that project. >>>> >>>> That can take 30s or longer for each task. >>>> >>>> Is there any other faster way to do this? >>>> >>>> E.g., filtering on some keyword and then move *multiple* items to a >>>> project? >>>> >>>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >>> Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/mylifeorganized/gV1h54ccrvg/unsubscribe >>> . >>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>> mylifeorganiz...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to mylifeo...@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Clay Nichols >> President >> Speech & Language Software >> http://www.BungalowSoftware.com >> Work: (540) 951-0623 >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to mylifeorganized+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to mylifeorganized@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/55f57111-7699-4d29-bbaa-542419eda6e7%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
