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Learn ActivityTracker Tasks in seven days with every task dated from the day you start
One feature of ActivityTracker's Tasks a day for seven days: capture, projects, sections, the timetable, focus, templates, teammates.
- 7 sections
- 36 tasks
- Opens as a list
- Dated from day 1
Seven days to learn Tasks
Days count from the day you start. In the app, pick a start or a finish date and each task lands on a real day.
Lesson 1: capture
- Capture five tasks from the capture cardDay 1
- Type a task with a date in plain words, such as "call john tmr 3pm"
- Add !high to set the priority
- Add #name to give it a label
- Try the microphone and dictate three tasks at once
- Try Photo to task on a page of handwritten notes
Lesson 2: projects
- Make your first projectsDay 2
- Press + on the Projects header and pick New project
- Make two projects, such as Clients and Admin
- Capture a task with @ and a project name to file it there
- Pin the project you use most to the top
- Make a folder and drag a project into it
Lesson 3: sections and boards
- Split a project into sectionsDay 3
- Open Display and set Grouping to Section
- Press Add section and name two sections
- Right-click a task and use Move to
- Switch Layout to Board and drag a card between columns
Lesson 4: plan the day
- Plan tomorrow on the timetableDay 4
- Click an empty time and type a block
- Drag a task from the rail onto the grid
- Press Plan, set your work hours, and read the proposal
- Place the blocks you agree with
Lesson 5: focus
- Run one focus session on a real taskDay 5
- Right-click a task and pick Focus on this now
- Pick 25m and press Plant & start
- Log it at the end, privately or to the feed
Lesson 6: templates
- Start a project from a templateDay 6
- Open the gallery from + beside Projects, then From a template
- Read a template's outline before using it
- Use the Dates block to pick the day it starts or finishes
- Save one of your own projects with Save as template
Lesson 7: teammates
- Hand a task to a teammate and talk on itDay 7
- Open a task and pick a teammate under Assignee
- Post a comment on the task
- Find it later under Assigned to others
- Press Follow on a task you want to hear about
About this template
Seven short lessons, one a day, each tried on your own work rather than a demo. Each day has a task that says what to do and sub-tasks for the steps.
By day seven you will have captured with tokens, sorted into projects and sections, planned a day on the timetable, run a focus session, used a template and handed a task to a teammate.
Tips from the template
- Do one day at a time. Each takes about 15 minutes.
- Use real tasks, so the setup you build is the one you keep.
- Tick off each sub-task as you try it.
How to use it in ActivityTracker
- 1Open Tasks and choose Templates.
- 2Find Seven days to learn Tasks and open it. You see every section and task before anything is added.
- 3Pick the day you start, or the day it has to be done by. Every date moves with it.
- 4Press Use template. Rename the project, then work down the list.
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Questions
Run it with the dates filled in.
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