[curt.clifton]

Originally Posted by Rob Forsyth

Great. Thanks. This leaves one query. My use of Action Groups betrays my LifeBalance background. How do you convert what was a parent item in an action group hierarchy whose children have been completed into a single action item itself so that it will appear as "available"?

The short answer is that you can't. Single action groups remain parents items for their completed children (necessarily, since you can view completed actions). I also came from Life Balance (via a homebrew OmniOutliner solution). I had to change my habit of using the parent item of a group as the last task. Now I use a couple of different habits:

• Before completing a task, I'll often double click its "handle" in context mode to reveal the task in a new project-mode window. This lets me see if I've identified a subsequent action or lets me check off the parent group or project.
• Every evening I run my Verify Next Actions Exist script to make sure I haven't left any loose ends.

Hope that helps.