Appointments & tasks

Tasks

Tasks record what you want to get done for your contacts and organizations, such as a callback, a follow-up email, or a document. You can link them to people, organizations, and content.

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Task list #

On the Home tab, the “Tasks” area shows the three most important open tasks. Use “Show all →” to open the full list. At the top, you switch between the “List”, “Board”, and “Statistics” tabs.

Swiping on a row offers “In progress” and “Delete”; a long press offers the status and “Delete”. After deleting, you can undo the step.

  • Quick buttons “Smart suggestions”, “Templates”, and “New task”.
  • Filters “All”, “Mine”, and “Waiting”: “Waiting” lists tasks that someone else is responsible for.
  • Each row shows the due date, linked people, and a colored priority dot. Overdue tasks carry a warning icon.
  • Tap the circle: the task is done. Tap the row: the task opens for editing.
  • “Show completed” shows the most recently completed tasks, “Hide completed” hides them again.
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“List” tab with seven open tasks, priority, and due date
Completed tasks shown below the open ones
On iPadOn iPad, tasks have their own section in the sidebar (⌃⌘T). The “List”, “Board”, “Statistics” switcher is at the top of the section.
Task list with “Smart suggestions”, “Templates” and the “All”, “Mine”, “Waiting” filter
Task board across the full width
On the MacSidebar › Tasks (⌃⌘T) with the tabs “List”, “Board” and “Statistics”. “All”, “Mine”, “Waiting” and “Completed” are in the toolbar.
Tasks as a list

Board #

On the “Board” tab, you see your tasks as cards in three columns: “Open”, “In progress”, and “Done”. Each column shows the number of its cards at the top. The cards show the due date, repeat, and the number of linked people and items.

Drag a card to another column to change its status. Tapping opens the task for editing. Swipe horizontally to see the other columns.

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Board with the “Open” column and the beginning of “In progress”
A task is now in the “In progress” column
On iPadOn iPad, the board uses the full width next to the sidebar. Drag a card to another column with your finger or the mouse.
Task board across the full width
On the MacTasks › “Board”.
Tasks as a board

Task statistics #

The “Statistics” tab shows how you are progressing with your tasks. At the top are the numbers for “Open”, “Done”, and “Overdue”. The statistics are display only; you can collapse the individual sections.

  • “Weekly”: your tasks over the last few weeks.
  • “By priority”: open tasks per priority.
  • “Completion rate”: share of completed tasks and average time to completion.
  • “Productivity streak”: on how many consecutive days you have completed tasks.
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Statistics with key figures, weekly trend, priorities, and completion rate
On iPadOn iPad, the statistics sections appear side by side in two columns.
Statistics with key figures, weekly trend, priorities, and completion rate
On the MacTasks › “Statistics”.
Task statistics

Create a task #

In the task list, tap “New task” or the plus button. You can also create tasks on the Home tab, in a contact profile, or in an organization profile. If you create a task from an organization, it is already linked to it.

Under “Responsible”, you set whether you are responsible yourself or are waiting on someone else.

How it works

  1. Under “Task”, enter a title. Type notes or speak them with “Dictate”.
  2. Choose the “Priority”: “Low”, “Medium”, or “High”.
  3. Turn on “Due date” and set “Due on”.
  4. Under “Repeat”, choose “None”, “Daily”, “Weekly”, “Every 2 Weeks”, “Monthly”, or “Yearly”.
  5. Turn on “Reminder” if needed.
  6. Under “Links”, link contacts, organizations, or content and tap “Save”.
NoteReminders arrive as notifications and need notification permission. A location-based reminder also needs “Always” location access.
TipWhen you check off a recurring task, Linknor automatically creates the next one.
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“New task” from an organization: it is already linked under “Organizations”
Task with title, note, high priority, and due date
Repeat selection from “None” to “Yearly”
“Link contacts” sheet with search and one selected person
On iPadOn iPad, open the menu with “+” at the top of the task list and choose “Empty task”. The form appears as a sheet in the middle of the screen.
The “+” menu of the task list with “Empty task”, “Create from template”, “Smart suggestions” and “View”.
Task with title, note, high priority, and due date
Repeat selection from “None” to “Yearly”
“Link contacts” sheet with search and one selected person
On the Mac“+” in the Tasks toolbar › “Empty task”.
New task

Tasks from templates #

There are templates for recurring types of tasks. They prefill the title, priority, repeat, and due date. In the list, each template shows its priority, any repeat, and in how many days the task will be due.

How it works

  1. In the task list, tap “Templates”.
  2. Choose a template, for example “Callback”, “Follow-up email”, “Prepare meeting”, “Review document”, “Weekly update”, or “Birthday”. With “Empty task”, you start without a template.
  3. Adjust the prefilled task and tap “Save”.
TipYou create and edit your own templates under More › Library › “Task templates”.
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“Choose template” sheet with “Empty task” and six templates
“Choose template” sheet with “Empty task” and six templates
On the Mac“+” in the Tasks toolbar › “Create from template”.

Smart suggestions #

Smart suggestions turn your analyzed content into tasks. They are based on the recommended actions and follow-up candidates from the AI analysis in the Inbox. Linknor creates the selected tasks and links them to the item they come from.

How it works

  1. In the task list, tap “Smart suggestions”.
  2. Under “Suggestions from your content”, you see each suggestion with its source, estimated due date, and priority.
  3. Select the suggestions you want or tap “Select all”.
  4. Tap “Create (n)”.
NoteSuggestions are only available if items in the Inbox have been evaluated with the AI analysis.
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Smart suggestions from content; one suggestion is selected for creation
Smart suggestions from content; one suggestion is selected for creation
On the MacOn the Mac, the sparkle icon “Suggestions” in the Tasks toolbar opens the smart suggestions.
Smart suggestions for tasks

Edit a task #

Tap a task in the list, on the board, on the Home tab, or in a profile. The “Edit task” sheet contains the same fields as when creating a task, plus the “Status”: “Open”, “In progress”, or “Done”.

Change what you need and tap “Save”. “Cancel” discards the changes.

TipYou can also change the status without the sheet: tap the circle in the list, drag the card to another column on the board, or long-press the row.
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“Edit task” with the status options “Open”, “In progress”, “Done”
On iPadOn iPad, “Edit task” opens to the right of the task list.
“Edit task” with the status options “Open”, “In progress”, “Done”
On the MacRight-click a task › “Edit…”. The same menu sets it directly to “In progress” or “Done”.
Edit task with status

Follow-ups #

A follow-up reminds you to get back in touch with a person. Unlike a task, it is attached directly to the person.

On the Home tab, the “Follow-ups” area shows people whose follow-up is due in the next seven days or is already overdue. The “Reach out now?” area also suggests people you should get in touch with, for example because your last contact was a long time ago. Tapping opens the profile in each case.

  • From an encounter: in the “Follow-up” section, turn on “Follow-up needed?” and choose a date. When you log an encounter, the follow-up applies to all directly linked people.
  • From a person's context profile: “Set follow-up” with a date, as a recurring follow-up if you want.
NoteOn the due date, a notification reminds you, provided Linknor is allowed to send notifications.
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“Follow-up” section of an encounter with “Follow-up needed?” and date
Home tab with the “Reach out now?” and “Follow-ups” areas
“Follow-up” section of an encounter with “Follow-up needed?” and date
Middle of the start page: link suggestions, “Reach out now?”, recently edited, communication, follow-ups and recent encounters.
On the MacOn the Mac, follow-ups are in the Overview under “Upcoming Actions” › “Follow-Ups” and in Relationship management.
Upcoming actions and occasions side by side