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Posted by Captain CowPie
May 31, 2019 at 03:30 PM
I have also, hesitantly, switched to NotePlan for all of my tasks. So far it is pretty good, with some small annoyances that I have confidence will be addressed. I had sent a list of suggestions to the developer, but have not heard back yet.
I am also worried about having so much data in the program and keeping it manageable.
The biggest question for me is how to handle where the data and scheduling for projects are stored. If I have a project note and a task is scheduled from the project, what is the best way to reschedule that task? The best way for future reference seems to be go back to the project and reschedule it. But the easiest way is to reschedule that task in the calendar view.
I may be overthinking this or unaware of some features in the program. But if I look at my project note, the scheduled date may have been moved several times from what is recorded. Using tags might help.
Otherwise an excellent program that I am enjoying. Pretty simple, yet powerful and with a lot of ways to utilize it.
Posted by Stephen Zeoli
May 31, 2019 at 04:11 PM
If I understand your question properly, I don’t believe a task that is created and scheduled in a project note can be rescheduled in the calendar. It can be marked as completed, but otherwise it appears uneditable in the calendar note.
Captain CowPie wrote:
>The biggest question for me is how to handle where the data and
>scheduling for projects are stored. If I have a project note and a task
>is scheduled from the project, what is the best way to reschedule that
>task? The best way for future reference seems to be go back to the
>project and reschedule it. But the easiest way is to reschedule that
>task in the calendar view.
>
>I may be overthinking this or unaware of some features in the program.
>But if I look at my project note, the scheduled date may have been moved
>several times from what is recorded. Using tags might help.
>
>Otherwise an excellent program that I am enjoying. Pretty simple, yet
>powerful and with a lot of ways to utilize it.
Posted by Captain CowPie
May 31, 2019 at 08:33 PM
That is some of the confusion that I have gone through in using NotePlan. I played around with the preferences and probably do not fully understand them at this time.
The preference for “Only add date when scheduling in notes” seems to do what you say when checked. But I unchecked it because I found it difficult to reschedule the tasks for each day. I had a number of tasks under each “Project” that needed to be rescheduled. But I had to go back to the Note that held the tasks and then try to find each of them to reschedule. Without the ability to sort tasks by scheduled date, it became difficult to find them quickly (I made a request for that option).
Is there an easier way that I might be missing?
It seems we need someone to do a comprehensive set of videos on using NotePlan ;)
Posted by Jeffery Smith
May 31, 2019 at 11:58 PM
I put a note into it this morning, and it seemed to show up (the first word) on my calendar view for today. I also entered a note after that. This afternoon, the first words showed up in the calendar view, but I could not retrieve note #1. After clicking several times on the left side and then the right side (note side), the first note was gone. It then vanished from the calendar view as well. Very distressing in that the note that disappeared had the contact information for a student I needed to call this afternoon.
Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Jun 1, 2019 at 01:51 PM
Ah, I see what you’re saying. I didn’t realize how different that one preference selection has on the action of the tasks. So, basically, deselecting “Only add date when scheduling in notes” makes the following behavior:
When you write a task in a general (project) note, then set a date for it, Noteplan forwards a copy of the task onto the calendar note you chose with a wiki link back to the general note. You can now edit the task in the calendar note, including rescheduling it. BUT, the reschedule does not appear in the original notation in the general note. That is confusing. I bet that is not intentional. I’ll email Eduard and see what he says.
Captain CowPie wrote:
That is some of the confusion that I have gone through in using
>NotePlan. I played around with the preferences and probably do not fully
>understand them at this time.
>
>The preference for “Only add date when scheduling in notes” seems to do
>what you say when checked. But I unchecked it because I found it
>difficult to reschedule the tasks for each day. I had a number of tasks
>under each “Project” that needed to be rescheduled. But I had to go back
>to the Note that held the tasks and then try to find each of them to
>reschedule. Without the ability to sort tasks by scheduled date, it
>became difficult to find them quickly (I made a request for that
>option).
>
>Is there an easier way that I might be missing?
>
>It seems we need someone to do a comprehensive set of videos on using
>NotePlan ;)