Quick Start

Congratulations on choosing Swift To-Do List 7! We are confident that it will help you tremendously in your life and goals. This short guide will help you start using Swift To-Do List 7 immediately.

Things good to know

•	The program has inbuilt auto-save feature. Everything is saved automatically.

•	There is a lot of inbuilt tooltips. If you wonder what some feature is, then, in most cases, by holding the mouse pointer over it for a while will show you a tooltip explaining the feature.

•	You can undo most operations using Edit - Undo (Control+Z). The deleted tasks can be restored in Archive.

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The program comes in two editions - Standard and Professional. The free trial is for the Professional edition by default. The difference between the editions is that the Professional edition has Email Task feature, and it also has more task fields that you can use, including: Assigned To, Start Date, Completion Date, Context, Percent Done, Status, Time Estimate and Time Spent.

The main window

The three most important parts of the main window are: the to-do list tree, task-view, and notes panel. You can customize all of these parts in Options.

1.	The tree is used to organize your to-do lists and also for selecting the current to-do list.

2.	The task-view displays tasks contained in the currently selected to-do list.

3.	The notes panel displays notes for the currently selected task.

(1) To-Do List Tree:

The to-do list tree panel is used to organize all your to-do lists and to select the currently viewed to-do list, which is displayed in the task-view.

•	There is a small tree toolbar right above the tree, which allows you to add, edit, delete, and move to-do lists.

•	To add a new to-do list, simply click the first icon in the tree toolbar. You can also press Control+R or use the "To-Do List" menu.

•	When adding a to-do list, you can either choose to create a regular to-do list or a memo. Memo's are notes in the tree that are not attached to any task.

•	You can drag & drop to-do lists around to organize them.

(2) Task-view

The task-view displays tasks in the currently selected to-do list.

•	To add a new task, click the Add Task toolbar button. You can also press Control+T or use the "Task" menu".

•	To mark task as done, click the checkbox upon it.

•	You can drag & drop your tasks up and down to organize them.

•	You can drag & drop your tasks to a to-do list in the tree to move them there.

•	To edit a task, double click it, or use the Edit Task toolbar button.

•	To change the columns displayed in the task-view, use menu item Manage - Columns.

(3) Notes panel

You can edit and view notes of the currently selected tasks in the Notes panel. There are many formatting options, as well the ability to import or export the notes.

•	You can also drag & drop files into the notes panel to attach them to the selected task.

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