Hi, James. I'm about 80% certain that this is the correct answer to your question but if it does not work out for you please write back and we can try something else.
There are two different things called templates, which is confusing. A .mlt file, if I'm not mistaken, is for creating new blank .ml files. As an individual user there's not too much call for that. You might use it if you were so thrilled with MLO that you were trying to get all your friends to use it - you might set up a template that contains all of your favorite folders, categories, flags, views and workspaces and save it as a template to help your friends accomplish some of what you have accomplished. If what you have a more like reusable lists of tasks for your own use, you want the other kind of template. Create a folder and call it "templates" or any other name you like). Mark the templates folder as hide-in-to-do and do-not-archive. Set up your reusable lists in the templates folder as projects or tasks with subtasks. Set up dependencies, start and due dates, or whatever you need to make each list be as smart as you need it to be. When you are ready to reuse one of the template lists, use the "new from template" command that you already found. MLO will make a new copy of the project wherever you asked for the new task to go. Dates will get adjusted (the oldest date in the template will be set to today in the new copy and all other dates will be offset appropriately. Try it.) Dependencies will remain intact. Use the template again as often as you like. I hope this works for you. -Dwight On Thursday, October 3, 2013 5:50:16 PM UTC-4, James A Halepaska wrote: > > I have created several lists (travel lists, reusable shopping lists etc) > and stored them as templates. However, when i use the 'new from template' > function in the currently open .ml file, it shows me the lists in that file > and not the templates stored as .mlt files. The only way to access my > templates is to copy and paste them. Am i missing something? > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to mylifeorganized+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to mylifeorganized@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/724d7bec-32d7-48cd-9cbf-0ed5b25d0235%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
