Contents Contents Welcome to OmniFocus What is OmniFocus? What’s New in OmniFocus 2.6 Making the Transition: OmniFocus 1 to OmniFocus 2 Migrating your Database Migrating your Archive Changing Terminology Standard and Pro How to Try Pro Using This Book Get the EPUB Tell Us What You Think Getting Synced Omni Sync Server Other WebDAV Options How Synchronization Works Guided Tour The Toolbar Customizing the Toolbar Perspective Tabs The Sidebar The Focus Bar The Main Outline Status Circles and What They Mean The Inspector The Bottom Bar Inbox, Items, and Actions Inbox Items Actions Cleaning Up Projects Understanding Project Types Sequential Projects Parallel Projects Single Action Lists Project Status Creating Action Groups Grouping Projects with Folders Marking a Project Complete Placing a Project On Hold Dropping a Project Contexts Assigning a Context Managing Your Contexts Forecast The Forecast Sidebar Adding Your Calendars to OmniFocus Flagged Review Perspectives Perspectives List Using the Perspectives Editor Capture Methods Copying From Plain Text Quick Entry Clippings Setting Up a Clippings Shortcut Email Capture (Mail Drop) Importing from OmniOutliner Quick Navigation Quick Open Searching in the Toolbar Find Dialog OmniFocus Extended Sharing Today Extension Interactive Notifications Archiving and Backup Creating an Archive Restoring from a Backup Printing and Exporting Printing Exporting Notes and Attachments Creating and Syncing Attachments Option 1: Attaching Files from the Edit Menu Option 2: Attaching Files from the Finder The Attachment List Dates and Times Setting Defer and Due Dates Supported Date Formats Repeating Items Focusing Scripting Preferences General Organization Layout Style Dates & Times Notifications Synchronization Update Glossary Menus and Keyboard Shortcuts OmniFocus Menu File Menu Edit Menu Organize Menu View Menu Perspectives Menu Format Menu Window Menu Help Menu Managing Your Omni Licenses Getting Help The OmniFocus Website The Official Forums Email Support Release Notes Troubleshooting Finding Misplaced Items Improving Performance Resolving Sync Conflicts