Eight is enough?

Like any tool or method there are a few “best practices” which will help you get the most out of MasterList Professional. Here are eight small but useful best practices to keep in mind. Please feel free to post your MasterList Professional best practices and tips at www.safariforums.com!

Best Practices

1. Break big Tasks into smaller Tasks. Smaller tasks are easier to do, to schedule and increase the number of productivity points you earn!

2. Use the Projects Overview to stay on top of approaching Deadlines and work in progress. Lots of Red, trouble ahead! Too much Green, time to focus the beam!

3. Use Keywords to group similar Tasks across Projects. Use keywords like - Call, Email, Shop and Clean up to group activities that can productively be done together regardless of project.

4. The more views you have, the more control you have. For example there's the By Deadline view, the Easy/Mindless view, the Make Point view and the Quick to do view. Set up different views of your Tasks to give you the list you need when you need it.

5. Save time and typing with the Task Catalog. Any task you do - or should be doing - on a regular basis is a good candidate for the Task Catalog.

6. Pay attention to the MasterList Status Pane on the Home Tab. You can go directly to any overdue task, and the MasterList Recommends section offers good advice.

7. Keep Project Names short. That way, they display better in the Projects List.

8. Use the Mouse Scroll Wheel. With it, you can scroll up and down any list and with the Option Key down, increase or decrease the size to text in all Help Topics.