Hi Dwight, Sorry for the long delay in responding. I thought I would autmatically get updates to the post but that turned out not to be the case. I have not tried it yet but I think your idea will work. I will test it soon and come back if I need more help. Thanks, Jim
On Monday, October 7, 2013 5:11:55 PM UTC-5, Dwight Arthur wrote: > Hi, James. I'm about 80% certain that this is the correct answer to your > question but if it does not work out for you please write back and we can > try something else. > > There are two different things called templates, which is confusing. A > .mlt file, if I'm not mistaken, is for creating new blank .ml files. As an > individual user there's not too much call for that. You might use it if you > were so thrilled with MLO that you were trying to get all your friends to > use it - you might set up a template that contains all of your favorite > folders, categories, flags, views and workspaces and save it as a template > to help your friends accomplish some of what you have accomplished. > > If what you have a more like reusable lists of tasks for your own use, you > want the other kind of template. Create a folder and call it "templates" or > any other name you like). Mark the templates folder as hide-in-to-do and > do-not-archive. Set up your reusable lists in the templates folder as > projects or tasks with subtasks. Set up dependencies, start and due dates, > or whatever you need to make each list be as smart as you need it to be. > > When you are ready to reuse one of the template lists, use the "new from > template" command that you already found. MLO will make a new copy of the > project wherever you asked for the new task to go. Dates will get adjusted > (the oldest date in the template will be set to today in the new copy and > all other dates will be offset appropriately. Try it.) Dependencies will > remain intact. Use the template again as often as you like. > > I hope this works for you. > -Dwight > > On Thursday, October 3, 2013 5:50:16 PM UTC-4, James A Halepaska wrote: >> >> I have created several lists (travel lists, reusable shopping lists etc) >> and stored them as templates. However, when i use the 'new from template' >> function in the currently open .ml file, it shows me the lists in that file >> and not the templates stored as .mlt files. The only way to access my >> templates is to copy and paste them. Am i missing something? >> > -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. 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/69147a4e-d444-43e5-95d4-e31d7649701c%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
