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Synchronizing Tags and Status in Outlook
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rob |
The Chromatic Dragon ToodledoSync application is pretty marvelous, but I wanted to post and find out more information about a couple features I'd like to see. I'm not sure if there is some way of achieving these that I'm unaware of, or what limitations there might be so I figured I'd post and see what the story is:
1) Tags in Outlook From what I can find Tags in Toodledo do not synchronize to Outlook. Is this correct? If so, is there any idea of when it might be available? 2) Status in Outlook I greatly prefer the detailed (and GTD-oriented) naming that Toodledo implements for task status to that of the default Outlook usage conventions. I notice that synchronization maps the Toodledo conventions to the existing Outlook conventions, but does not replace them. I'm assuming this is an Outlook limitation...Is there any way to overwrite the Outlook status conventions with those used by Toodledo? |
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keef |
There isn't much that I can do about the status translation. The status options in Outlook are hard coded.
I probably could sync the tag somewhere, but I'd need a destination for it. Any suggestions as to what field to use? In the worst case I could make a custom property I guess. keef |
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menza |
There is an Outlook addon called Taglocity at Taglocity.com if you could store the tags the same way as the add-in does, then you could have synced tags.
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rob |
Posted by keef:
There isn't much that I can do about the status translation. The status options in Outlook are hard coded. I probably could sync the tag somewhere, but I'd need a destination for it. Any suggestions as to what field to use? In the worst case I could make a custom property I guess. keef I suspected that the status list was hard-coded into Outlook. That's a shame. Let me think about the tag field. I was originally thinking it would have to be a custom property, but I'll look at it again. |
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Per |
Hi All
A field called tdtag would be perfect Cheers |
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rob |
Posted by Per:
Hi All A field called tdtag would be perfect Cheers For maximum flexibility, I'd say that Per is correct. |
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keef |
Yep, I am going to look at this for the next release
keef |
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menza |
Could you create a custom field for status. This would allow me to create a system that better mimics Toodledo in Outlook?
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keef |
I'll look into that for the next release
keef |
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marc.brosius |
Hi keef,
thank you for your great work. But I would love to see the TD-status in OL. I am using OL2007 and found a field 'custom status', which is text/text. You could sync this field i.e. or create a custom field tdstatus. Is the status-sync still on your roadmap? Marc |
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keef |
Hi Marc,
Thanks for bumping this thread. I had forgotten about this. I'll add this as a task for the next release right now. keef |
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elgabo |
oh yes, a tdstatus custom field will be great. Thanks
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Andy |
bump
Is there still a potential for "tdstatus" or syncing with Outlook's "Custom Status" field? I am using GTD with Outlook and since I use status to derive my next action list, it'd be great if the TD status values could sync with Outlook. Thanks for this great tool. Even without status syncing, it is working fabulously for me, especially now that I can sync category<>context. Cheers! |
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