Using Actions for a New Project

Have a new idea or project that you’d like to get started?  Here’s a little refresher on how you can do so with the Actions application. Setting up the Project Do this by creating a new folder, naming it the same as the project.   You can look at the folder as a collection of application [...]

Getting Focused with the My Actions Filter

So a new project starts off small, maybe 5-10 main actions that can be done with 2-3 people.  If the project is exciting or seems to be resonating with people, or with a larger event that’s getting closer to show time, that initial project can easily grow from that initial small group to 10-20 or [...]

Manage Multiple Projects with Sub-Folders

By being a little creative with the folder layout and some filtering options, you can set up a range of projects both big and small. This can be helpful from either having a cornucopia of projects ready to go, or starting with a small seed of a project and finding it growing too big, need [...]

View Actions in a Slideshow, Sorted by Priority

The slideshow feature has now been added to the Actions application.   This can be helpful to go through a list of actions in a specific folder, such as for an active project you’re working on or an event being planned. While you can set up the slideshow to be in a few different orders or [...]

New Formatting Options When Adding Text to Notes, Actions and Emails

Now whenever you add a note, action, or sending an email notification, you’ll see a few additional font options to tweak the style of any text you’re writing.  These include changing the font color, the background color, the font type as well as the font size. To make changes, just highlight the appropriate text and [...]

Getting a Quick Preview of Your Application Items Before Deleting

Now whenever you’d like to remove an item from any of the applications, you’ll see a quick preview of the item before you confirm to actually delete. This is set up for when you highlight an item and click delete, the new window that appears to ask you to confirm now shows the application item [...]

Using Strike-Through for a List in an Action

Here’s an example of how you can use the strike-through rich text editing feature in combination with the Actions application. Let’s say you set up an action with a few sub-points, or list of smaller times needed, such as a working on and launching some new website pages.  Here’s the screenshot for setting up your [...]

New Application Item Layout, Integrating Details and Comments

To make things a little more intuitive when viewing any application items, the layout has been tweaked from a top/bottom format to a left/right format.   See the below screenshot with the Note application. This helps to be able to both see the details of an application as well as view/add any comments, all in one [...]

Send an Email Notification with Application Content Included

Now whenever you add a new piece of content to any of the applications and would like to send a quick email notification of the item, you can do so a little easier.  This is done by automatically inserting the content or the description of the application within the email, along with a link back [...]

New Viewing and Filtering Options for Actions

Within the Actions application, besides having buttons to quickly view either All Actions or My Actions, you can also now select the status options Unassigned, Pending and Completed. This can be helpful anytime you get a larger quantity of actions built up, whether if looking at a specific folder, or integrated in the All folder [...]