Actio Help

Adding Detail

Detail is an important part of Action Management methodology. The detail field (shown in Detail View and the item Window) is large to encourage the input of plenty of information. A lack of detail in some ToDo lists and even project management schedules is where projects and actions often fall down. The few words included in an action’s title are rarely sufficient to accurately describe the requirement.

To test whether or not enough detail is provided check whether the following questions are answered to provide the context:

Why is this action necessary?
What is it going to achieve?
How is it to be done?

Showing Detail

Detail can be seen in 2 views:

Detail View: Click the Detail View button in the toolbar. Select an action and edit the detail field.
Item View: Hold down the Option key and Double Click an action any of the 3 views. This will open the action in a new window, allowing you full typographical control over the content of the detail field.

Note: Double Clicking any action (not a folder) without holding down the Option key will also open it in a new window.

Editing Detail

Use the typographical controls in the Item Window (also available in the Note Window) to format the text in the detail to make it more expressive. The resultant formatting will also be shown in the Detail and Page views.

Like other controls, if you select multiple actions in the Detail View and edit the detail field - the same content will be placed in the detail field of all the actions, over-writing any pre-existing content.