What the Task Manager Fields Mean

by | Jun 12, 2022

In Omnifocus, use the following fields and methods to handle TRO features.

  • The following tags: THIS WEEK, NEXT WEEK, THIS MONTH, and NEXT MONTH are your soft dates.
  • Due is the hard date.

Assign a Hard Date:

  • Option 1:
    • Click task.
    • Click inspector sidebar (upper right).
    • Enter date in the Due field (inspector sidebar).
    • Press Return.

  • Option 2:
    • Click task.
    • Click inspector sidebar (upper right).
    • Click the calendar button (inspector sidebar).
    • Select the appopriate date (pop-up calendar).
    • Click anywhere outside the pop-up calendar.

  • Task in (Flagged) means Do this Today.
  • Task with the Someday tag means Someday/Maybe.
  • Deadline dates are entered in the subject line (in parentheses) after the project name or next step.
  • Tags are used for major contexts, meeting contexts, 1-1 contexts, and action contexts.
  • Projects and next steps are entered in the task subject:
          Project Name – Next step .
  • Future next steps are entered in Notes.

Add Notes:

  • Click task.
  • Click inspector sidebar (upper right).
  • Enter texts in the Add a note field (inspector sidebar).

  • Click anywhere outside the Add a note field (inspector sidebar).