Work notes: Use the notebook sections and section groups. If you find you have too many tasks, you're better off using a dedicated task management app.Ģ. However, OneNote does not scale very well for tasks because you end up trying to manually move them around, if you're shifting priorities for example. Alternatively, make a notebook section called To Do, make pages inside it per week (for example) and put all your to do's in there. Task management: if you like flagging to do's throughout your notes, use OneNote's Home > Find Tags to find them across different pages. Here are some suggestions for your three use cases in OneNote: I’ll cover the todo/task-based applications in my future article, but for now, we’ll focus on management and notes.Don't get sucked into trying out different tools and complex methods that people have invented, as they won't pay off unless you know exactly what you want to do with them. in one app, whereas my stock market trade, my everyday tasks, my ToDo stuff reminders, etc in another app. I do most of my non-volatile stuff like project management, class and studio notes, etc. Personally, I’ve tried everything for years, undecided, and ended up with what I have now. This will avoid the mess which would be created. Try merging at least any of the two into one application. I know people who use 3 different apps for this, although I would suggest not to. Project management is different from note taking which is different from task management.

This is gonna be a long article compared to my usual ones. And finally here are my subjective recommendations. I try about 40 apps and I’ve done this for years without this article in my mind, each for about a month or two depending on what my type is. I’ll go over the different types of note-takers and choose which type you are, what features you prioritize and which you don’t, and so on. By the end of reading this, article you would have complete productivity-based management apps ready to use. By The Way, when I say note-taking, I include stuff like project management, ToDo & task management, class notes, etc…

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