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Let's take a quick tour at the different views of the Routine app.

📋 Dashboard

The

is not a view per se but kind of an app in itself.

The dashboard is extremely powerful because you can open the dashboard from anywhere on your desktop through the ^⎵ (i.e CTRL+SPACE) hotkey.

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Note that the Routine symbol (above the menu) can also be used to open the dashboard. We however recommend using the

as much as possible to perform actions more quickly.

At any time (even during meetings 😉), you can check what is coming up next, look at the tasks you to complete today but also interact with the

, to write down a task to perform later for instance (see
Create & manage tasks
Create & manage tasks
).

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📅 Today

The Today view's purpose is to force you to concentrate on what matters right now, the upcoming event, the tasks you've decided to complete today etc.

This is the most central view of the application, the one you should be referring the most, if not for the

, to check the
Events & tasks of the day
Events & tasks of the day
.

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📥 Inbox

The Inbox is a view that comes directly from the GTD methodology.

The idea behind it is that everything you need to remember would be better stored in a reliable system than on your mind.

Practically speaking, everything you capture through the

is stored in your Inbox for you to reconsider later. You can think of it as a second memory.

From time to time,

the same way you go through your email inbox to get it all cleaned up, also referred to as
Inbox Zero
Inbox Zero
.

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🕑 Upcoming

The Upcoming view contains all the tasks that have been scheduled for later. In other words, this view offers a glance at the future when it comes to tasks (not events).

Recurring tasks are also accessible through this view. This is particularly useful if you want to edit the name or content of something that you have to do on a regular basis.

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For more information on regular and recurrent tasks, please refer to

.

⌛ Journal

The Journal provides a history of your past activity with events you attended, tasks you completed and pages you archived.

This view is particularly useful to quickly take a look at what took place on a particular day, such as going back to the notes you took for a specific meeting for instance.

The journal also allows for restoring tasks or pages that you may have archived by mistake.

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For more information about the journal, please refer to the

and
Restore archived items
Restore archived items
 articles.

📚 Pages

The Pages view allows you to organize long-term information without being forced to treat that information as a list of todos.

Pages are similar to what notes taking apps (Evernote, Bear, Notion) provide but with a modern approach allowing to:

  1. Embed media-rich content (videos, images etc.)
  2. Turn non-actionable information (e.g text) into a task
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Unlike most notes taking apps, checkboxes in Routine represent full-fledged tasks that can be scheduled, postponed, delegated and even extended with a description of their own.

You can use pages to organize a trip, to list your favorite movies, to plan the renovation of your house etc.

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You can read more about pages in the

article.

⚙️ Settings

The Settings view is quite straightforward, allowing you to change the

, turn on Dark Mode, enable/disable calendars, connect accounts and activate integrations.

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The mobile apps, even though quite different from their desktop counterparts, follow the same logic when it comes to the views and their capabilities. They may however sometimes provide less functionalities.

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Something missing? Send us a message by email, chat (see

) or through the app.