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Originally Posted by peterlemer
Is there a way to show Inbox items when due?
Or does GTD insist that these items must be parsed first?
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I'm not sure I remember GTD insisting on anything, though certainly suggestions were made :-)
Your question leaves considerable scope for interpretation. Here are a few possibilities:
If you are asking for some sort of automatic notification that there are actions in the Inbox which have passed their due date, check out the preferences for Data, the Dates & Times section, where you'll find some checkboxes to show Due Soon and Overdue actions in the sidebar, menu bar, or dock.
If you turn on Growl notifications by installing Growl (see
http://growl.info), you'll get notifications when items become available, due soon, or overdue, and Inbox items will be included.
If you want to see the due dates in the Inbox, add the Due Date column by right/cmd-clicking on the column headings (only visible if the View bar is visible) and selecting Due Date, or by using the View->Columns command.
The default styles will show overdue items in the Inbox in red, just as in other places. You might need to add the Inbox to your saved perspectives in planning/project mode, which you can do by tinkering with an existing perspective until you have it just right (in this case, shift-clicking on the Inbox in the sidebar to add it to the selection), then clicking the little camera icon in the Perspectives Window to take a snapshot. In context mode, you might need to similarly add the "No Contexts" folder, if you typically leave actions in the Inbox without a context yet would like to see them in these views.