I sometimes put a due date a year from the start date for things I don't want to have one. On Jul 22, 2014 6:23 AM, "Dwight Arthur" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, Michael. Good questions. > > > > 1. Unfortunately you cannot create a repeating task that has no due date. > But what you could do is to put all of this kind of task into the same top > level folder or assign them the same context and then exclude that folder > or context from the views you use to manage your workflow. > > > > 2. You don’t really need to make a distinction between views and > workspaces, and a lot of users seem to treat them as synonymous. But since > you asked, a view is a collection of filters, sort and grouping specs, etc. > A workspace is a page that displays a view, is accessible via a tab, and > has a particular record selected as current. You can change what view is in > a workspace. You can name a workspace a different name from the view name > if you want. You can have one view displayed in more than one workspace. > For example, you can have two workspaces displaying the “all tasks” outline > view, one positioned at your inbox and the other positioned at your “today” > folder and you can flip back and forth between them using Ctrl+Tab and > Ctrl+Shift+Tab. You can modify a view in one workspace and (as long as you > don’t save the modified view) still see the original in another workspace. > > -Dwight > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Michael Mroczka > *Sent:* Monday, July 21, 2014 12:03 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [MLO] Due Dates & Workspaces > > > > Two big questions I have are these: > > > > 1) I have tv series that I'm watching called "Suits". A new episode comes > out weekly on thursdays so I have it set as a reoccurring task that happens > on thursdays. The goal is to be able to look at the general project > "Leisure Media Activities" and at a glance see what is available to do. I > want to know if I have 4 episodes that are new vs. one episode that is new > vs. no episodes. It works great and will weekly recur and I can just > quickly count the number of "New Suits Episode!" tasks that there are. The > problem lies in the fact that they are marked as OVERDUE and it's screwing > up my workflow. I want them to have a reoccurring start date, but NO due > date. Is this possible? > > > > 2) Workspaces Vs. Views. What the hell is the difference between these? > Can anyone give me a practical example of how they use the two different > features? What is a good use for them and how are they different? > > -- > 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/81fdcdd4-1658-4039-8a7a-ba7fac97f4dd%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/81fdcdd4-1658-4039-8a7a-ba7fac97f4dd%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > 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/001c01cfa5a7%24bb6a6fb0%24323f4f10%24%40dwightarthur.us > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/001c01cfa5a7%24bb6a6fb0%24323f4f10%24%40dwightarthur.us?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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/CAJYFk%2B1R7wN6q35PLd%3Dys%3DO8MLJKTKdoOv1s%2Bv8GiDSURTtHPA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
