General

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Displays the product's version number and a link to the Llamagraphics web site.

Verify data

Runs a consistency check and repair on the Life Balance database. You can use this if you notice odd behavior by the application, but this is not normally necessary.

Balance

In Life Balance, the credit that you get each time you complete a task is not permanent. It gradually decreases over time so that more recent accomplishments carry more weight. You can control how quickly credit is reduced by changing the value of the credit “half life” setting which is labelled “Reduce credit for completed tasks to 50% after ___ days.” If you choose a larger number, your Actual pie chart will change more slowly than if you choose a smaller number.

Life Balance dynamically adjusts your To Do List to help you achieve the ideal balanced lifestyle you specified in the Desired pie chart. The slider labeled “Encourage me to balance my effort…” controls how strong an effect this will have on your To Do List. Dragging the slider to the right will have a stronger effect, and dragging it left will have a weaker effect. You can turn this feature off by dragging the slider all the way to the left.

Outline and To Do list

The Outline and To Do list respond to three gestures that you can customize: single tap, double tap, and tap & hold. By default, single tap opens the task details, and the other gestures do nothing. You can customize each gesture to perform one of the following commands:

Open task details

Opens the task details view, where you can edit the name, importance, place and other properties of a task.

Expand/collapse outline

Toggles that section of outline open or closed, so that you can see a project's subtasks. Note that this command only works in the Outline, not in the To Do list.

Check/uncheck task

Marks a task as done, or unchecks it if it is already marked done.

Focus on outline section

Opens a new outline view where only the subtasks of the selected task are visible. This is very useful when adding tasks to a project, so that the new tasks will be created inside the project instead of at the bottom of your outline. Note that this command only works in the Outline, not in the To Do list.

Customizing the tabs

You can customize the tabs at the bottom of the screen by going to the More tab and tapping the Edit button. Then drag your favorite icons to the bottom of the screen.

The Places section is especially handy while you are getting started, but you may want to shift to having another of your favorite views in that spot later, perhaps the Calendar, the Add Task, or the Network tab.