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NovaMind has the ability to add task information to the topics. To add the information, just
select the topic or topics you want to add the information to, and use the controls for
setting the task information such as priority, percentage complete, duration, start and end
dates and resources.
The priority is drawn as an icon at the left end of the topic, and gives you a visual indication
of the priority of different tasks. The percentage complete is shown as a pie chart on the topic
so that it is very easy to see how far through the task you are.
The other task information is shown below the topic in summary format. When you set
the start date, finish date, and duration, you can either enter each one manually, or
you can enter two values and use the calculate button to calculate the third value. The calculation
is not tied to any calendar, so if you put in two dates a week apart, it will calculate
the duration as 7 days even if you only have a 5 or 6 day working week.
For resources, you can enter the resource name and initials in the panel just by clicking
the plus button. The panel will show you all the resources, and you can assign them to
the selected task by checking the box beside them.
If you have multiple topics selected and they have different values for the task information,
you will see a specially colored box around the items that have multiple values. If you
do not change the settings on those controls, the individual settings will be preserved,
but if you change a value, that value will be set on all the selected topics, and you
will see that the multiple values indicator will disappear. If you have resources only
assigned to some of the selected topics then those resources will show the indeterminate
state in the checkbox beside that resource.