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Originally Posted by brasax
Thanks for the reply, but it still makes no sense to me to set the reminder for a due date instead of at start date..
Second, if the alarm is set to 3 days before due date and I have an action coming in between, no alarm is going off, to remind me to do something in 2 days.
It is still weird for me.. :)
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It seems tom me that you are actually using your start date as a DUE DATE, even though you may think otherwise. Your start date is the date when you are DUE to START the task. Basically, you are really wanting to set up your Project like this ...
My Project (SEQUENTIAL OR PARALLEL)
-- start my project (DUE ON DESIRED START DAY with alarm)
-- do an intermediate task (DUE ON DESIRED NEXT DATE with alarm)
-- finish my project (DUE ON PROJECT DUE DATE with alarm)
Think about the fundamental difference between setting up this way and setting up using start dates ...
My Project (SEQUENTIAL) (DUE ON PROJECT DUE DATE with alarm)
-- start my project (no start or due date)
-- do an intermediate task (no start or due date)
-- finish my project (no start date, optional due date)
The above allows you to start the project whenever you want, whereas your wish is to start and be done starting on the date given. When you can grasp the fundamental difference in how this makes you approach a project, perhaps you will see why a START date has no alarm.
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JJW