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Carry Planner All the Time??

One of the tenets I thought David Allen put forward was to carry what ever you used as your planner (notebook or PDA) at all times. I can see the value of capturing something that comes to me at dinner, but using either of these mechanisms seems a bit much. What sort of balance do you strike?

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Here's a hybrid I came up with using 3x5 cards and..

..Outlook. I didn't find 3.5x5 cards and they would work better but you may like this anyway. I bought blank 3x5s and then experimented with Outlook print output adjusting the page setup for both the weekly calendar and task pages.

For tasks I found if you:

  • select "Page Setup" then on the "Format" tab changed the two Font settings to 6pt (just type it in);

  • then on the "Paper" tab in the "Paper Type" section select 3.5x5;

  • in the "Page Size" section select 3.5x5 instead of the default 3.5x5 in half;

  • in "Orientation" select Landscape;

  • finally, in "Margins" make Top .75 and the other three margins .25. Look at the Print Preview and see if you don't find this useful.

I did the same for the calendar weekly page setup and was very happy with the result.

Thanks for all the help. I have my Moleskine (the new 3 small ones) and my 3x5s and feel armed for the week. Take care....

 
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