[mmurray]

I use OF for all my email processing by clipping it from Mail into OF. Some of this email is essentially Project Support. I can cut and paste it into the Attachments field of a Project but I would really like something like an NA that had no check box so that this PS could appear in the list. The current attachments list is a bit cumbersome.

I've submitted this as a feature request from within the app so no need to log this but I was wondering if anyone had suggestions about how to handle this in the existing OF?

Thanks - Michael

[Brian]

My workflow doesn't tend to involve a lot of support files, but I think DevonTHINK, Evernote, and Dropbox are the leading methods by which folks manage the files related to their OmniFocus actions.

If nothing else, running some searches here looking for threads that mention them should give you some starting points.

This is one of the more commonly-requested areas to get some attention in future versions of OmniFocus; I don't have any specific info on what our plans might be, but suggestions are always welcome.

[mmurray]

Originally Posted by Brian

My workflow doesn't tend to involve a lot of support files, but I think DevonTHINK, Evernote, and Dropbox are the leading methods by which folks manage the files related to their OmniFocus actions.

If nothing else, running some searches here looking for threads that mention them should give you some starting points.

This is one of the more commonly-requested areas to get some attention in future versions of OmniFocus; I don't have any specific info on what our plans might be, but suggestions are always welcome.

Thanks Brian. I got some feedback to this effect as well from your support guys. All I really want is easy linking from the Project to emails or files. For files you can currently do this but emails are not quite so easy. I'll search around here.

Regards - Michael

[whpalmer4]

Michael, you can just drag a message from the list in Mail and drop it in an OmniFocus note field for either a project or an action. You get a link which will open the Mail app (if necessary) and produce the linked message in a new window. It's identical to the "Original Message" link OmniFocus inserts if you clip the email with the Clip-o-Tron, and occupies negligible space in your database. Unfortunately, it will only work on your Mac, not on iPad/iPhone/iPod touch.

[mmurray]

Thanks. That's interesting. I had been cutting and pasting so you get the whole message not a link. I work a lot on a laptop so drag and drop is not so useful. I can't seem to move it via spaces or anything ? Do you know how to do this with limited screen real estate ?

[whpalmer4]

I don't use Spaces, but I flip back and forth between apps frequently with cmd-tab. To do the Mail->OF thing, I would go to OF to dig out the project or task where I wanted to attach a link to the email, open its note field, cmd-tab back to Mail, click and start dragging the mail message from the list, without releasing the mouse or trackpad button, cmd-tab to go back to OF, finish the drag and drop it in the note. Looks like the default setting in Spaces switches you to a space with open windows for the application you are switching to, so there's no extra work. I do this operation whether I'm on an 11" MBA or 27" iMac (w/Magic TrackPad) as I've usually got a pile of windows in each app and can't see both source and destination at the same time. Just don't let go before you've gotten to the target app!