OK - how do I set up repeating actions? I have the latest version, but can't figure it out. This is one of the hot features for me. TIA.
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2007-06-08, 08:39 AM
OK - how do I set up repeating actions? I have the latest version, but can't figure it out. This is one of the hot features for me. TIA.
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2007-06-08, 08:45 AM
First, make sure you have the Repeat Inspector open. It's really hard to miss it in the menu. Next, select a test action with a due date. The Inspector should be pretty self-explanatory. Fixed just means that even if you click it a few days late, it will still calculate the next date from the prior due date, rather than when you clicked it.
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2007-06-08, 09:00 AM
:)) yeah - guess that was pretty hard to miss. I have a tendency to only look in the menu when I have to. I expected something on the task line. Might be something to look at in the future like the duration and calendar icons - have a repeat icon that I can click to show the inspector.
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2007-06-08, 09:08 AM
The repeat icon would be nice in the display, so that you can differentiate a repeating action from a non-repeating action.
Make sure you set a start date on your repeating action, or it will behave strangely! (Maybe OF should enter a default start date of Today for repeating actions?)
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2007-06-08, 09:38 AM
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2007-06-08, 09:42 AM
It will work once, but if you do not have both entered, the repeating action will consistently come up as a next action. If you have a sequence of actions that all happen after each other, that means the ones below it will never show up in context view. So you need a start date set to earlier in the day, and a due date set to later (though it seems to work fine if they are the same). That way, it will stay inactive until the start date arrives.
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2007-06-08, 09:09 AM
My preferred way of handling it would be to allow repeat syntax right in the due column. I think I posted something along those lines in another thread. I'd love to be able to type "19 jun +3w" to mean: Do this on the 19th, and then every 3 weeks afterward. Then you don't waste a column, and can do everything with the keyboard.
Addenda: Good point, I think auto-filling the start date the same way it auto-fills it when you check it off would be a good idea, if the field is already blank. Having to fill out three fields is a bit cumbersome. Last edited by AmberV; 2007-06-08 at 09:14 AM..
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