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Create or Customize a View

Choose the area of this screen on which you want help:

Name

Enter a name for the view here so that you can tell one view from another.

Description

The description is optional, but it lets you provide an additional explanation of what this view shows.

View Type

This section lets you choose how the lists for this view will be arranged and how many lists this view will show. The finished view won't always match the example pictures exactly, as the precise layout depends on the number of tasks on each of the lists. Select the radio-button next to the layout that you want, and then choose what to display in the different lists with the "List X" section below.

List X

This part of the page lets you choose what gets shown in each of the lists in the view. Each list matches one of the boxes in the picture showing the layout of the view in the previous section. For each list there are three choices:

All tasks

This option will show all of your tasks in the chosen list.

Tasks due...

Whereas this option lets you show tasks based on their due date. Choose the particular due option from the drop-down menu.

Tagged with...

The final option lets you show all the tasks tagged with a certain tag. Choose the particular tag for this list from the drop-down menu.

Show this view in the linkbar

If you tick this checkbox then this view will be shown in the linkbar across the top and bottom of each page, so you can get to this view from anywhere with just a single click.

Save

Once you've got everything set up to your liking with this view, click the "Save" button to save all your changes.

Linkbar

The linkbar across the top and bottom of each screen is there to help you navigate around tedium. A few of the links are always shown, but most of them are ones that you choose. To change which links are displayed, you need to go to the customize the linkbar page, which you can find linked from the My Settings page.

From left to right, the links on the linkbar are as follows:

tedium logo

As well as making the top-left corner of the page look pretty, clicking on this will take you back to the Welcome page that you first see when you sign into tedium

All tasks

Does what it says on the tin. Takes you to the list of all of your uncompleted tasks.

Due lists

If you've chosen to show some of the "due" lists in the linkbar, then they'll be displayed here. These are links which show you the tasks that are due today, or by tomorrow, or this week, or next month, or...

Tag lists

This section lets you jump to the list of tasks tagged with one of the tags you've chosen. Set it up to show the tags you use the most, so that you can quickly get to see what needs to be done for those tags.

Views

If you're getting into the more advanced parts of tedium, you'll probably have started creating special views to show you more than one list of tasks at a time. If you want them to only ever be one-click away, then configure the linkbar to show them here.

My Tags

This link takes you to where you can manage your tags. It will let you see all the tags you've defined, and how many tasks there are which are tagged with each tag. Plus you can change the name of any of the tags, and delete any tags which no longer have any associated tasks (but only if you don't want them anymore - tedium doesn't care how many tags you have!)

My Views

This link takes you to a list of all the views you've created, and also where you can create new ones

My Reports

This link takes you to a list where you can see all of your reports and change their settings.

My Settings

This link will take you to the settings page. From there, you can customize the linkbar, and change your email address, timezone or password.

Help

Clicking "Help" will open a new window and show you the help page that goes with whatever page you're viewing at the time. From there you can also browse round the rest of the help pages, and tutorials.

Logout

This link will, surprise, surprise, log you out of tedium. Use it when you're done using tedium and don't want anyone else using the computer to be able to see your tasks.

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