Task 1 Task 2 Task 3 Projects Templates use this same syntax and have added some custom features through the use of tagging. Therefore, a project with sub tasks and tags would look exactly like this. Tasks are indicated by dashes, followed by spaces. There are no buttons or menus, everything is typed without lifting your hands off the keyboard.Ī simple project in TaskPaper would use a colon after the title to bolden it and turn it into a project. It allows users to create and maintain complex projects with checkable tasks, each of which containing tags and due dates. The TaskPaper syntax is what is used by the application by the same name. OmniFocus allows users to write templates for these projects in plain text using a special syntax called TaskPaper. Usually, the tasks in these projects are the same, and have similar due dates relative to the date of the concert, substitute, or trip. There are numerous concerts a year, field trips, musical repertoire to stuff in folders, and substitutes to prepare lessons for. Why Project Templates?Īs a band director, I have tons of repeating projects. Today, I am going to write about how I use TaskPaper templates to make sure I don’t forget steps of commonly repeated projects. My last post, Staying On Top Of Teaching Responsibilities With Omnifocus Perspectives, details how I use custom Perspectives to ensure that I only see the tasks that are relevant to me in particular working contexts. This is the second part in my series on using OmniFocus to stay on top of my teaching responsibilities.
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