Anyone know how to mark a project as complete using the keyboard?
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Member
2007-12-02, 11:48 AM
Just tap the spacebar with the task selected (not any of the edit fields, obviously).
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Member
2007-12-02, 12:43 PM
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The space bar trick only works for tasks at the moment. I'd like a check box or something in the content area, too. Right-clicking or changing a pop-up list in an inspector isn't a satisfying way to complete a project, for some reason, and it's obviously pretty hidden, as if marking a project as completed is an power feature. Ditto for the spacebar trick, even if it's made to work with projects.
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Member
2007-12-03, 10:09 AM
I, too, wish there was an easier way to mark a project complete. Why have repeating projects if it is so hard to complete a project?
I have weekly, monthly, quarterly and yearly projects that I want repeated. The weekly one is the most frustrating. If I check off the two actions I would think OF could be smart enough to know the project is done and reschedule the next one for next week. But no. I have to fumble around in project view (no remaining actions to do a quick jump to the right spot) and mark the project complete. Too much work! The repeating/completed projects needs to be rethought.
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Member
2007-12-04, 01:15 PM
A hackish solution but one that works well...
A far more elegant solution would be to assign a custom hotkey in the Keyboard & Mouse Preference Pane, but I haven't found a way to assign a hotkey to submenus. Note: in the current build, your project needs to be selected from the content window (not the sidebar) in order for the menu item to work. I've filed a bug report.
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2007-12-13, 08:07 AM
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Please note that I've asked for the OPTION to set the project to auto-complete after the last action is completed. So those who plan during the project progression can leave the option off and those of us who actually have repeating projects can have them repeat for us. As it is I am not able to use OF for about 25% of my job which is made up of repeating projects. That includes Payroll (weekly, monthly, quarterly, annual), Accounts Payable (monthly), Taxes (3-4 different business tax forms annually), Maintenance (various intervals for work and home), ETC!!!!! It is much harder for me to work around these stupid repeating projects that don't repeat than it would be for those who plan during the project to always keep a "Determin Next [project name] Action" action at the end of your project. At least you would have a reminder that you need to do some planning. When I check off my last action in my "repeating" project it just disappears but doesn't repeat. I have to go look for it EVERY WEEK/MONTH/QUARTER, ETC. I have to repeat. Think through the idea of Repeating Projects and how they are used compared to Repeating Actions. They are very user un-friendly.
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And yes, I do actually have repeating projects that aren't fully planned. One example: I am responsible for coordinating graduate foreign language reading examinations every semester. Usually I just have French, German, and Spanish exams to coordinate, but occasionally there's another which I have to add. I don't want to have those projects autocompleted and then realize, two months later, that I never heard back about the grade for someone's Latin exam. And sometimes I realize that a repeating project isn't fully planned even on the second or third go-around. It seems to me that autocompletion takes an end run around a good daily or weekly review. While I'm not a strict GTD devoté, I do think that separating the planning and review processes from actually working on your plans is an important part of being productive. (And speaking of being productive, time to leave this forum!)
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