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Searching & filtering |
  
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Searching & filtering |
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Most of us have lots of things to do. We live stressful lives. TaskAngel starts to relieve that stress when we capture every single task in one list - when there is nothing that we've forgotten, only to be worried about in the middle of the night.
But no matter how many things there are on the list, you can only do one of them at a time. So you have to decide what to do, then concentrate on doing it. Forget about everything else for a while. To the left of the Task List is your Filter Panel. This is where you make the choices. There is one Search box, and a whole list of filters of different types.
Searching and Filtering works for your Notes as well as for your Tasks.
Searching
To search for tasks containing a given word or phrase, type your search text into the Search box and press the Enter key or click on the search icon 
. Then your Task List will contain only tasks that have that word or phrase in their subject. If you want to include completed tasks, check the Show Completed box. If you want to include the notes attached to each task, use the red search icon 
, or press Shift+Enter.
This is ideal for pulling together all the tasks relevant to a person you are going to call, or a meeting you are about to attend.
Filtering
To cancel a search and go back to viewing all your tasks, click on the All Tasks filter.
To filter your tasks based on their properties, click on one of the filters in the Filter List.
The Filter List can get quite long if you have lots of projects and contexts, but you can collapse or expand each filter type by clicking on the icon to the left of the filter type. If you choose Auto Collapse Filters in the View menu, then when you expand a filter type, all other types are collapsed.
Filtering Subtasks
If you want to view all tasks in a task group whenever the parent of the group is visible, choose Filter Subtasks with Parents in the View menu.
Filter types
The filter types are as follows:
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Show all tasks |
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Show your hotlist. See The hotlist. |
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Show tasks you have highlighted with a star. See Using stars. |
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Show tasks you have identified as next actions. See Selecting the next action. |
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Show tasks you have completed. |
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Use a custom filter you create yourself. See Custom Filters |
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Show all the tasks in a project or folder. See Using projects and folders. |
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Show all the tasks for a context. See Using contexts |
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Show all tasks that address this goal. If you are using Goal Trees, include tasks addressing contributing goals. See Using goals |
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Show all tasks that have this tag. See Using tags |
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Show tasks starting by a given date. These are cumulative, so for example the list of tasks starting by tomorrow includes tasks starting today. |
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Show tasks due by a particular date. These are cumulative, so for example the list of tasks due by tomorrow includes tasks due today. |
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Show tasks with given priorities. The Negative priority filter is the only way of seeing tasks with negative priority, as they are normally excluded from the Task List. See Setting priorities. |
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Show tasks with given status. |
