Using Intelligent Task Parsing in Todo Cloud Web

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Setting a Due Date

Add a due date and due time to a new task by putting the date in parenthesis. The parenthesized expression will be removed from the task title.

Examples:

• Buy Milk (tomorrow)
• Buy Milk (Wednesday)
• Take out the trash (1/9/13)
• Take out the trash (tomorrow 10:00pm)

Setting a Start Date

Add a start date to a new task by putting the date in square brackets. The brackets and date will be removed from the task title.

Examples:

• Clean out the garage [today]
• [Saturday] Clean out the garage
• Look for the best deal on a new car [Mar 17]

Setting a Priority

Set a task priority by using exclamation symbols. The exclamation symbols and their corresponding qualifiers will be removed from the task title upon creation.

High Priority Examples (Creates a task titled "Pay the electricity bill" with a high priority):

• !!! Pay the electricity bill
• Pay the electricity bill !!!
• !High Pay the electricity bill
• !Hi Pay the electricity bill
• !h Pay the electricity bill

Medium Priority Examples (Creates a task titled "Get a haircut" with a medium priority):

• !! Get a haircut
• !Med Get a haircut
• !M Get a haircut
• Get a haircut !m

Low Priority Examples (Creates a task titled "Fix leaky faucet" with a low priority):

• ! Fix leaky faucet
• Fix leaky faucet !Low
• Fix leaky faucet !L

No Priority Examples (Creates a task titled "Look into getting a water softener" with no priority):

• Note: No priority is the default priority when you install Todo. If you have not changed this default, you do not need to explicitly specify no priority when creating a task.
• !none Look into getting a water softener
• !n Look into getting a water softener
• Look into getting a water softener !N

Adding a Tag

Add a tag to a task by using the '#' symbol directly followed by a tag. If any of the tags do not exist, they will be created.

Examples:

• Learn to play "Blue Ridge Cabin Home" on mandolin #KeyOfA
• Buy Milk #groceries #dairy

Setting the List

Set the task list that a task belongs to by using the dash character (-) followed by the name of an existing list.

Examples:

• Call Bob -Work
• -Work Call Bob
• Replace the furnace filter - Home

Tip for using iOS customers using Siri:

• You can say the word "dash" to get Siri to add a dash character. Siri will add a space between the dash and the list name. The Todo Cloud service will still interpret this as a list name.

Adding a Project

Add a project by first writing the name of the project, then a semicolon (;), and then items of a project separated by commas.

Examples:

• Home Renovation; Choose paint color, Look for low pile carpet, Review the estimates
• ACME Product X; Call Bob, Arrange to meet with Roger

Tip for iOS customers using Siri:

• Add punctuation in Siri by saying the words, "semicolon" and "comma"

Adding a Checklist

Add a checklist by first writing the name of the checklist, then a colon (:), and then checklist items separated by commas.

Examples:

• Shopping: bananas, milk, wheat bread, oatmeal
• Camping: sleeping bag, tent, fishing pole, water, granola bars

Tip for iOS customers using Siri:

• Add punctuation in Siri by saying the words, "colon" and "comma"