Assigning Contexts to Tasks

Assign a major context: Drag and drop task (main screen) to the appropriate major context (left pane). Assign a minor context: Option 1: Right-click on task. click Tags (pop-up). Click the appropriate context (pop-up). Option 2: Double-click on task. Click the tag...

Major Contexts

In Things, major contexts are Areas in parentheses: (Work), (Personal), (Family).

Meeting Contexts

In Things, meeting contexts are Tags that start with +, like: +Staff, +AllHands, +Managers, +PEC. Use short names.

General Instructions for Using Task Views

Most TRO views are built-in with Things, so you only need to learn where they are. A couple of TRO views require a little setup; these are described in the table below. Select TRO views by clicking a heading in the left menu. For example, to see the Do Today list,...

What the Task Manager Fields Mean

In Things, 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. When is the hard date. To assign a hard date: Double-click task. Click When icon (bottom right)....