Getting yourself organized with Org-mode

This lesson shows the installation of the latest version of Org-mode.

In this lesson you will learn the concept of headlines on different hierarchy levels and how to use Org-mode as an outline tool to structure your ideas.

You will learn how to make your items "actionable" by assgning different ToDo keywords to them.

You will learn how to plan your work. Assign dates on when you want to start with your action items and deadlines when they need to be done. You will also learn the basics of agenda views which create a view like a calendar that shows you what actions  are scheduled or due on a specific date.

You will learn how to schedule repeating tasks that will be automatically rescheduled once you are marking them as completed.

You will learn the use of checklists, how to quickly enter them and how to check off items.

You will learn how to use tags for your items. In that way you can categorize them.

You will learn to get the most out of the predefined agenda views.

Not satisfied with what the predefined agenda views offer? Then create your own personalized agenda views.

You will learn how to hide stuff in drawers and create "micro blogs" for you items and add notes to them quickly.

Learn how to move finished items to archive files so that your system is not cluttered with old stuff.

You will learn how to automatically create a note or a timestamp every time the status of a task changes.

You want to separate work stuff from private things? No problem, just split the system up to several files.

You will learn how to capture new items with predefined forms that can be accessed from a menu.

You will explore the full power of capture templates.

You will learn how to enforce that tasks have to be completed in a predefined order.

Learn to use countdown timers and set timers that count up.

You will learn how to accurately measure the time that you spend on your tasks.

You will learn how to view your files in columns and manipulate properities.

You will learn how to estimate your efforts and compare them with the clocked time that you really need to to the task.

You will learn how to link to other items in your current file.

You will learn how to link to websites or items in other Org files.

You will learn how to attach files to your task items.

You will learn how you can set task priorities.

You will learn the basic table editor.

You will learn how to export your Org files to HTML or PDF format.

You will learn how to create a slide presentation with Orgmode.

You will learn how to publish a small static web site with Orgmode.

You will learn how to use a clocktable to get detailed clocking reports and how to capture column views.

You will learn how to use Orgmode as a habit tracker.

You will learn how to mark items in the agenda view and perform bulk actions on them.

You will learn how to import calendar events from your Google calendar and make them show up in your agenda views.

You will learn how to utilize org-babel to write and execute small source code snippets inside your Org file.

You will learn how to set your goals and track them with Orgmode.

In this final lesson you can have a look at the system that I'm using for several years now. You will see how to make daily plans with links to your backlogs and how to perform a weekly review.