Work through your to-dos

Continual writes each to-do's brief before it reaches you, so most take one key to finish.

Open and finish a to-do

1. 1

   Open your thread

   Choose Continual in the left rail. In the message box, the Chat | To-dos switch shows how many to-dos wait.

2. 2

   Switch to To-dos

   Click To-dos, or press ⇧ Tab in the message box. Your to-dos list under Open and Done. Type in Search to-dos to find one.

3. 3

   Open a to-do

   Click the to-do. Its own thread opens, headed by the to-do: its title, when it is due, its brief, the records to review, and the replies on offer.

4. 4

   Review what it brought

   Choose Open beside, or press ⌘ \. The first record to review opens beside the thread. Press the keys again to close it.

5. 5

   Act on it

   Click a reply, or press its number, such as 1. A reply that says you did it, such as "Sent it", closes the to-do. A reply that asks for more, such as "Make it shorter", goes to Continual, which works on it. You can also write anything else to talk it through.

6. 6

   Finish it

   Click Done, or press ⌘ ↵. To come back to it later, click Snooze, or press Esc in the empty message box.

The to-do's head then says how it ended. To go back to your main thread, click Chat above the to-do. A to-do's replies show until you first write in its thread.

• Which of my to-dos is most urgent?Copy
• Snooze this until Monday morning.Copy
• Give this to-do to Rachel.Copy

Keys while you work

The keys work when the message box is empty. On Windows, use Ctrl in place of ⌘.

To	Press
Switch between Chat and To-dos	⇧ Tab
Open or close what to review	⌘ \
Fill in the first reply	Tab
Choose a reply	Its number, such as 1
Complete the to-do	⌘ ↵
Snooze the to-do	Esc

When a to-do offers replies, the first one shows in the empty message box. Press Tab to fill it in, then press ↵ to send it, or change it first.

Snooze takes the to-do out of your open to-dos until 9 AM tomorrow, in your local time. To cancel a to-do, ask Continual.

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