Hi, I’m Brian, one of the Support Humans here at Omni.
I’ll be taking you on a tour of the View Options
in OmniFocus for iPhone.
View Options change which tasks you’ll see when viewing an action list,
so you can see the big picture, or switch to laser focus.
In OmniFocus, swipe down on a task list…
to reveal the “secret bar” at the top.
Tap on View, and you’ll see the list of options.
In Projects, “Remaining” is the default setting.
It shows you everything that’s left on your plate.
“Available” shows your actions…
that that you can make progress on right now.
If the action is set to start sometime in the future,
blocked because it isn’t the next action in a sequential project,
or you’ve placed its Project or Context on hold,
it won't show up in this list.
“Next Action” shows you only the…
first Available action in each project.
Perfect for when you’re feeling a little overwhelmed,
and just need to know what’s next.
If you’ve ever gotten into a situation…
where you could swear there was an action on your list…
that’s not showing up,
you might have your View Options set a little too tight to see it.
On the other end of the spectrum is “All”,
which shows you every action that’s part of the project,
even ones that have been completed
or that are in a project or context that have been dropped.
Let's hop over to the context that this task belongs to.
In Contexts, you’ll see one more set of options:
To sort actions in the same order as your Projects,
or to move flagged actions and those with a due date
to the top of the list.
Last, Forecast has view options too.
You can choose whether to show deferred items,
and which of your calendars you’d like to see.
If you have any questions,
send us an email or give us a call.
We’re here to help.