This is probably a simple question, but I can’t seem to figure it out. How can I include a note below a task without having the checkbox appear to the left of it. For instance, I want to write “recur in 3 days” under a task. In the screenshots on this site, that text appears without a checkbox. However, when I do the same I get a checkbox, which really isn’t very functional for a note.

Thanks in advance for the help.

notes

Never mind…I found the Add Note command under Edit menu. I had been just adding a new indented row as a note, not knowing that Omni Outliner had an actual notes feature.

I'm sure you have already

You can also click the little note icon in the gutter on the left of the project, rahter than using the menu. Same thing just closer and quicker than the menu if you are already mousing.
Bikeman

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And the very popular "my

And the very popular “my hands never left the keyboard” approach: command-single quote.

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Johnny-come-lately here.

Johnny-come-lately here. I’ve been wondering how to add notes. I’ve also been wondering what that little box was on the left next to the project name. There is only one word to describe my feeling: chagrined.


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