Always begin your tasks with a context so you don't have to use the ADD or + command.

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Remember this trick only works if your entry is longer than 10 characters — it probably will be.

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Use the extend and the :d+X format command to postpone until tomorrow, including some notes explaining why. Here we postpone task 6.

 

Take a quick look at the top five tasks you should be working on.

 

Use the modify command to quickly change the context of a task. Here we change the context of task 5 to @Computer.

 

Learn to use global filters to help manage your tasks.  Just arrived at work but the network's down.  So I only want to see tasks that have a context of @Work but do not have a context of @Computer.

 

I want to print a to-do list that I can work with away from the computer. I obviously don't want to see tasks with a context of @Computer so use a filter excluding the @Computer context.

 

Use the :dX format to quickly move tasks into the future.

 

Use the sub command to correct spelling mistakes.

 

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