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Basic features & How to
Basic features & How to
Learn the basics of how to use Marvin
52 articles in this collection
Written by
Christina,
Mark,
and
Branko
What changed with the Notes?
Differences in behavior between the old notes and the new markdown notes
Written by
Mark
Updated over a week ago
Two-Factor Authentication
An extra layer of security for your Marvin account
Written by
Branko
Updated over a week ago
What are the differences between Tasks, Events, and Time Blocks?
Written by
Mark
Updated over a week ago
How to subscribe to your Calendars as Public Feeds
Written by
Mark
Updated over a week ago
How to add confetti/fireworks to your sidebar
Sometimes it's time to celebrate
Written by
Mark
Updated over a week ago
Reward Points
What are Reward Points, how can I earn them, and how can I spend them?
Written by
Mark
Updated over a week ago
How to restore backups
How to restore an automatic or manual backup and how backup restoration works
Written by
Mark
Updated over a week ago
Automatic backups (desktop only)
How to setup and access automatic backups
Written by
Mark
Updated over a week ago
How does the Trash Area work?
Use the Trash Area to recover deleted tasks, projects, and recurring tasks
Written by
Mark
Updated over a week ago
How can I add projects to the sidebar?
Find out how to add individual projects to Marvin's sidebar
Written by
Mark
Updated over a week ago
How to enable notifications
What to do when notifications aren't being shown in your browser/desktop app for timers and reminders
Written by
Mark
Updated over a week ago
Marvin's category groupings explained
What's are the differences between group by main/secondary/tertiary/parent/category/project/next level?
Written by
Mark
Updated over a week ago
Strategies & Workflow customization
Reward Point Smart Defaults
How to assign reward points to tasks and projects automatically
Written by
Mark
Updated over a week ago
How to customize the right click menu and hover buttons
A detailed guide to "Right click menu" and "Hover button actions" strategy settings
Written by
Mark
Updated over a week ago
How to turn features on and off with Strategies
How to customize Marvin
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
How to pick Strategies
Learn how to use the strategies
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
Workflow Library
All you need to know about the workflow library
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
Master List
What is the purpose of the Master List?
Find out why the Master List is a key part of Marvin and what to add there
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
Categories, Projects and Tasks
The three main item types in Marvin
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
How to convert items into other items
Turn a project into a category, or task into a project etc.
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
My Day
What is the "My day" view?
Taking life one day at a time
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
How to schedule tasks into your days
Schedule tasks into your day
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
The Reschedule Dialog
What is the reschedule dialog?
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
Lists
How to change the layout
Vertical, horizontal, 2x2 or 3x3, you can have it all
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
Filtering lists
How to filter lists
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
Sorting lists
How to sort lists
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
Dates
The different dates in Marvin
Due date, do date, start date and end date
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
The difference between do and due dates
Scheduling something vs. assigning a deadline - a crucial difference
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
Due Dates
How to use due dates in Marvin
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
Tasks
What are tasks?
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
Using shortcuts while creating a task
"Task input" shortcuts
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
How to edit/rename a task title
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
Bulk editing tasks
Want to apply the same action to multiple tasks at once? No problem!
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
Re-ordering tasks
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
All about subtasks
How to add, edit and remove subtasks
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
How to delete a task
Remove a task or project
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
Projects
How to add due dates to a project with a deadline.
You can add a due date to any project that has a fixed deadline.
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
How to complete a project
All done with a project? Here is how you mark it done in Marvin.
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
Project/Category Fullscreen View
"Zoom" in on your projects for focused planning and work
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
Recurring Items (tasks and projects)
When to create recurring items
Recurring tasks and projects can make your life much easier
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
Custom recurrence patterns
How to use RRULE recurrence patterns to recur tasks using patterns otherwise not available in Marvin
Written by
Mark
Updated over a week ago
Recurring tasks
Learn how recurring tasks work
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
Recurring projects
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
How to create recurring tasks
There are two ways to create recurring tasks
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
How to add, edit and remove attributes to recurring tasks
How to add priority stars, frogs, labels, time estimates to recurring tasks
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
Helpful Basics
Task and Project Search
Looking for something? Use the global search
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
Closing Overlays
Close overlays to return to your "My day" home screen.
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
Marvin Shortcuts
Shortcuts can make navigation and working in Marvin much faster
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
Stats
Completed Task Stats
See stats on your completed tasks
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
Archive
Archive (completed items)
Where completed tasks and projects live
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
Sync
Sync Health Check
What is this and how to do it
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
Settings
Factory Reset
How can I reset my Marvin to a clean state?
Written by
Mark
Updated over a week ago