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Scheduling Tasks
by By Ted Williams—NOCCC, , TedWilliams@alum.mit.edu - June 02, 2001 at 15:09:08:
“A winner focuses, a loser strays”Looking for a simple way to organize your daily tasks? If you use Windows9x, Windows ME, or Windows 2000, the Notepad text editor might be just provide the tool that you need. Using the steps shown below, you can have a list of tasks appear every morning when you start up your computer.
Generate a List of Tasks
• Right-click on an empty area of your windows desktop. Select New, Text Document.
• Edit the name of the text document to “Daily Tasks.txt” (or whatever name you prefer).
• Double click on the text document icon to start the Notepad editor.
• Enter a list of pending tasks, appointments, or notes - choose any format that you wish.
• Press Alt F S to save your changes.
• Select File, Exit on the menu bar at the top to close the editor.
Open the List of Tasks Automatically
You can move this daily reminder to your startup folder so that this list is started every morning when you turn on your computer. Just carry out the following steps:
• Right-click on the Start button on the left side of your taskbar.
• Select Open. In the explorer window that is opened, select the icon named Programs.
• Select Programs and then scroll down to the Startup icon.
• Select Startup to open the startup folder.
• Select and drag the text document containing your list of tasks from your desktop to the Startup folder.
Now, every time you restart your computer, your daily list of tasks will be opened automatically.
Try this simple, flexible planning method to make the most of each day.
Send suggestions, comments to TedWilliams@alum.mit.edu.
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