Frequently asked questions about Smart Add are answered below. If you still have questions after reading the FAQ, you might like to try asking in the forum or contacting us.
Does Smart Add work in services like Remember The Milk for Gmail, Twitter, email, etc?
Yes! Aside from the web app, the currently supported products and services are:
You can enter tasks with the Smart Add syntax in any of these services. Stay tuned for Smart Add support in our other services. :)
Does Smart Add work in other languages?
Yes! Smart Add should understand your language for all tasks properties (as long as you've chosen your language on the Settings screen). If Smart Add has trouble understanding your due date when entered with task name, you may need to enter your due date separately after ^, e.g.:
Pick up the milk ^tomorrow
How does Smart Add work with Smart Lists?
You can add to Smart Lists and have your tasks inherit the Smart List criteria. The only thing to be aware of is that task properties in Smart Add will take precedence; so, if you added "Pick up the milk !1" to a Smart List with criteria priority:3, the resulting task would take its priority from Smart Add (not the Smart List) and have a priority of 1.
I want to enter dates as part of a task name, but Smart Add keeps eating my dates. What do I do?
If your task name includes a date or time word, you can put the phrase that you don't want Smart Add to understand in quotes:
Wash clothes for "Casual Friday" 5pm
I have a list and tag with the same name. How do I say whether I'm referring to the list or tag?
It's not possible at this time, sorry. If you have both a list and a tag named "personal", and you add a task such as:
Pick up the dry cleaning #personal
The task will be added to the "personal" list, not be tagged with "personal". A task will only be tagged if the name specified does not first match an existing list name.
Are there more options for due dates?
Yes! You're not limited to those suggested when you type ^. You can use any of the supported date and time formats, e.g.:
Call Bob ^next friday at 5pm
or simply
Call Bob next friday at 5pm
Are there more options for repeating?
Yes! You're not limited to those suggested when you type *. You can use any of the supported repeat formats, e.g.:
Clean out the fridge *every month on the 2nd last friday
Are there more options for time estimates?
Yes! You're not limited to those suggested when you type *. You can use any of the supported time estimate formats, e.g.:
Study for exam =3.5hrs
Can I turn off the Smart Add feature?
Yes, just visit the "Settings" screen in the web app. On the "General" tab, you'll see a "Smart Add" option. Simply set it to "Off".
Can I keep Smart Add enabled, but sometimes disable it on a per task basis?
You can disable Smart Add for a particular task by putting ~ at the start of the task name:
~Class notes for 08/07/2009
