

( boolean) Indicates whether the item’s children are parallel ( true) or sequential ( false). Denotes flagged status if the item is flagged. ( time span) The estimated time needed to complete the task, e.g. ( date) The date on which the item is due. ( date) The date on which the item was completed. ( date) The date until which the item is deferred, e.g. ( string) The context assigned to the item, if any. OmniFocus uses the following tags to represent item attributes when copied into the TaskPaper format: ( boolean) Indicates whether the item automatically completes itself when its children are complete. This can be used to (for example) batch process dozens or hundreds of OmniFocus items at once, round-tripping them out from OmniFocus in the TaskPaper syntax, performing the batch processing actions, and bringing them back to OmniFocus without loss of important metadata. So while Copy as TaskPaper can be used to share OmniFocus items with TaskPaper itself, its primary use is as an intermediary between OmniFocus and other apps that support TaskPaper's tag system. OmniFocus also supports pasting plain text lists formatted in TaskPaper syntax into the open window of an OmniFocus database. The Edit ▸ Copy as TaskPaper menu item provides an easy way to bring items-and their properties, such as due date, context, or repeat type-from OmniFocus to any other app that supports the TaskPaper tag syntax. Most aspects of an OmniFocus item can be represented as tags in the plain text syntax used by Hog Bay Software’s to-do list app TaskPaper.
