![]() ![]() Projects, sub-projects, and tasks-and subtasks if you'd like. In this tutorial, I'm going to add projects (Work and Personal), sub-projects (House and Car under Personal), and then tasks under each sub-project To do that, enter your projects as the top level of the outline, then indent once and enter your sub-projects, and finally indent once under the sub-projects and enter your tasks. For that, you could make as many levels as you want-that's the nice thing of an outline tool. Or, you might want to group everything into detailed projects, sub-projects, tasks, sub-tasks, and more. In that case, you'll only need one level and no project hierarchy. You might just want to keep track of tasks and nothing else. ![]() Let's replace those with some projects, sub-projects, and tasks you need to do as the first steps towards making your own productivity system.īut first, you need to think through how detailed you'd like your to-do list. When you start a new document from a template in OmniOutliner, it'll include a few headings, sub-headings, and points as an example outline. Also, I'm using OmniOutliner 4 Standard for Mac in this tutorial, but you can get the exact same results using any recent version of OmniOutliner for Mac or iPad. Or, you can download the attached Todo outline that includes all the features we’ll add in this tutorial, and then just customize it on your own. You can follow along with this tutorial by creating a new OmniOutliner document-I used the built-in Classic with Level Styles template as the basis for this tutorial. Alternately, you could get something similar to work in any spreadsheet app, albeit without all of OmniOutliner’s nice features, and Org mode in Emacs offers yet another more geeky option for making your own to-do list. OmniOutliner is only available on Mac and iPad, but if you’re using a PC you can use UV Outliner which is similar enough that it’ll work almost the same as the steps in this tutorial. It’s an outlining app with multiple columns that is so customizable, it was the basis for the original version of OmniFocus, the popular GTD to-do list app. Short of actually coding your own to-do list app-which is far too much work just to simplify your own tasks-the next best option is to use an app that’s customizable enough to let you turn it into a productivity system. ![]() Why OmniOutliner? We're going to turn this basic outline into a full-featured productivity system. You’ll never need a new to-do list app again. In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to build your own personalized to-do list app with just the features you need, using OmniOutliner. So build your own to-do list app instead. Simple to-do list apps tend to be too simple, and advanced ones are so complex they’ll take you forever to learn how to use. You might need something simple just to keep track of the stuff that needs fixed in your house, or you might want a full-featured project manager that can keep track of your projects, tasks, due dates, and how much each task will cost. It’s all but impossible to find the perfect to-do list app for your own needs. ![]()
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