[peterlemer]

I find that sometimes when a project is complete, I'd like to change it to an action... and sometimes vice-versa. Can I do this?

peter

[jdh]

Converting an action to a project is simple enough: Just drag it from the main actions window over to the projects sidebar where you would like the project to appear, and it will become a project.

I don't think you can the other way, however (turning a project back into an action).

[curt.clifton]

Originally Posted by jdh

I don't think you can the other way, however (turning a project back into an action).

Sure you can, just drag the project onto another project or a single-action list. It will become an action group. (If the project had no children, then it would become an action.)

[jdh]

Originally Posted by curt.clifton

Sure you can, just drag the project onto another project or a single-action list. It will become an action group. (If the project had no children, then it would become an action.)

Well, look at that... Thanks for the tip.... When I tried it I was trying to drag the project into the actions window, which definitely doesn't work, and I guess I wasn't precise enough with drag in the project list, as I just ended up reorganizing the projects themselves. Now that you've explained it and I've tried it again, of course it makes perfect sense... :)

[peterlemer]

thanks jdh, curt, malisa - golden tips for this newbie! :-)

peter

[peterlemer]

OK - here's another...

how to turn a folder into a project and vice versa?

:-)

PETER

[peterlemer]

OK - here's another...

how to turn a folder into a project and vice versa?

:-)

PETER

[Mr1Executive]

Originally Posted by jdh

Converting an action to a project is simple enough: Just drag it from the main actions window over to the projects sidebar where you would like the project to appear, and it will become a project.

I don't think you can the other way, however (turning a project back into an action).

Worked for me...thanks!

[Jay6821]

I made a project, but then realized that rather than 1 project, I had 4 related projects that I wanted in a folder. In the sidebar, I control-clicked on the project and one of the options was group in new folder. That was exactly what I wanted to do (or would have if I had created more than one of these already.

This is an old thread that pre-dates my use of OmniFocus, so I hadn't seen this before. It's very cool.

Is there somewhere that these tips and tricks are compiled?

[thecontingency]

Hello folks,

First time poster. I use a couple of keyboard shortcuts for this manoeuvre.

Cmd-4 will move the focus to the sidebar.
Ctrl-Cmd-Arrows will perform outlining movements.

So, if from the Inbox I highlight a task line, press Ctrl-Cmd-Left, it'll appear as a new project in the sidebar (assuming I'm in planning mode).

If you then use Cmd-4 to focus on the sidebar, you can use Ctrl-Cmd-Up to move that new project into any folder in that list.

You might need to use Ctrl-Cmd-Right to make it obey the tree depth, but it seems to work nicely. Might make a TextExpander snippet bound to an unused F-key to make that a macro.

Hope that helps