Key notes at the ready
Agenda makes it easy to have info on hand.
A new way of doing something as basic as taking notes can take getting used to, especially if the app is flipping the workflow on its head as much as Agenda is. Take its On the Agenda feature — a basic, but powerful way of keeping crucial notes at hand.
Putting a note On the Agenda prioritises it in a few ways. It’ll show up in the On the Agenda view, but it’ll also rank higher in searches. Click the orange circle at the top left of a note (or press Shift-Command-U) to place an item on the agenda. Marking a note is simple and there are many ways to use this feature to your advantage.
Score important notes
Use the On the Agenda view to keep key notes close to hand. Say there’s an agenda you want to bring up at the next meeting or a list of groceries you need to pick up after work. Click that orange circle and you’ll have those notes on call.
Mark active notes
Say you’re working on multiple projects that you need to jump between, but each one has dozens of notes. Here’s a tip: mark any note you’re working on as On the Agenda. Now when you go into the On the Agenda view, you can easily see every note you need. And once you’re done with the note, instead of clicking the orange circle to mark it as off the agenda, you can also Control-click and select “Mark as Done” (or press Command-Return).
Make an index
The On the Agenda feature is a great way to keep track of notes, but it becomes overwhelming if you have loads of notes. So here’s an idea: create a master index note.
All you need is a fresh note. There, you can paste Agenda links, which are links to either notes or project pages. To make an Agenda link from a note, Control-click on any note and select Copy As > Agenda Link (or press Shift-Command-L). To create one for a project, Control-click on the project and copy as an Agenda Link.
In the master index note, you can organise the links any way you’d like. You can create a list of links through Format > Lists on the Agenda menu bar or by pressing Shift-Command-Hyphen (-). You can then group them under a header, available through Format > Style or by pressing Control-Command-1.