Catching up, skipping, and postponing tasks on the iPhone, desktops and Palm.
Problem:
I need to skip a routine task but I don't want checking it to give me credit.Solution:
On Macintosh 4/5 and Windows 5 desktops, there are new menu items for handling the catch up, skip, and postpone situation.
The Palm Life Balance 3.5 has those commands, too. You can reach them from the To Do screen Task menu.
Here's what happens to routine tasks:
Skip: Reschedules the task to occur one period later that it is currently scheduled to occur. So if it repeats every year and it's scheduled for 2/1/09, skipping the task will reschedule it for 2/1/10, regardless of what today is.
Catch Up: Acts as if you just completed the task, but doesn't give you credit for it. The next scheduled time will be one period from now, regardless of when it was originally scheduled for.
Postpone Until: You get to specify exactly when to reschedule it for. In that case, it becomes a due date schedule.
