#Xmind export to onenote android#

It is perfect for information gathering, you can create Outlook tasks from within ON and they will automatically stay linked to Onenote file, it has a great iOS version and an OK Android version, all free. Now, there's another tool that is just perfect for project planning - OneNote. I don't need the tasks to stay linked to the project they came from - although it's doable I found it to be just a waste of time. If I can easily say what project the task is for by just reading the subject, I don't even bother with tags.

If I have two similar tasks from different projects, I assign tags. TD acts as my master task list from all projects. I just copy & paste them in TD window on the desktop (on iPad, I can actually create a reminder from within iThoughts).

When I am done with high level planning, I export concrete actionable tasks to Toodledo.

#Xmind export to onenote free#

I can use my maps on Android via the free Mindmeister and on the iPad via paid (but extremely good so it was worth it) iThoughts. It's easy to plan with a mind map format. I use a free mindmap program called Xmind (they have a paid version as well but the free one is pretty good) to do a high level project planning & collect info. I like to separate my project planning (a lot of which is storing info and making plans / outlines of things to do) from my master task list - which is a list of concrete distinct actionable items that can be worked on, from all of my projects. If I learned one principle that really helps it's KISS - Keep It Simple Stupid. However, unless you _really_ need a complex project management tool, you'd find yourself spending way too much time managing the task list at the expense of actually working on your tasks. Also, just to save time in this discussion, I'm not interested in MS Project since all but the enterprise-level projects can be planned using a simple outline-capable tool like Evernote or any word-processing program. In general, I value being able to quickly see what's due and what I can work on today based on context/time/energy among all projects, but know that all but the simplest tasks should be planned out to create the doable tasks that go in to the TD database. Does anyone have any tips for keeping both the project plans and TD task lists synchronized efficiently? I know I can constantly and manually cut/paste/update from one tool to the other, but perhaps this process can be made more automated or at least routine/habitual with the help, say, of saved searches?

Perhaps someone has kludged a way to see dependencies using existing TD options? I know I can change the STATUS field to 'waiting,' but upon checking off a task, I wouldn't automatically know which dependent tasks to change from 'waiting' to 'next action' without manually tracking the dependent tasks in the notes or something.Īssuming my premises are correct, project plans/notes are best kept outside of TD. It would certainly be nice is to be able to see what I can work on today as opposed to what items will need to be worked on in the future but cannot be worked on today because of a dependency. The TD sub-task feature is only 1 sub-level - not very useful in most cases.Īs an aside, I know TD doesn't have this, but in reality, projects have dependencies where one task cannot be worked on until a previous task is complete. I know there are due-dates, but arbitrarily adding-in due-dates ruins the whole system-due dates should only be used for hard deadlines. I was considering using the TD 'goal' field (per project), but there's no way to sort the goals inside a goal view that one would normally need to order the tasks based on what needs to be done first. I know TD has 'notes' and 'outlines' but those are odd rudimentary appendages that aren't very useful (they aren't searchable, or categorizable, etc.). Also, a project plan would be a place to store notes about that project. AFAIK, there's no good way to plan out a project in Toodledo and those of us with more complex planning needs simply have to use an alternative text tool like Evernote, and copy tasks from there to TD to use TD's line-item sorting/filter tools (context, due date, etc.).īy project planning, I mean making an outline showing/listing all the tasks and sub tasks and sub-sub tasks, etc.