General

CheckList has the same look & feel as the built-in applications, so you should be familiar with it quickly.

There are two views. In the main view, you create or select a checklist, in the checklist view you work with the list or edit it.

Main view

• To create a new list, tap on the "New" button. 
• To use or edit an existing list, tap on the name of the list.
• To delete a list, tap on the name of the list and then select "Delete list" from the menu. 
• To show only checklists of one category, select the category on the top right. 

Checklist view

• To use the list select "Uncheck all" from the menu then check the items as they are completed. 
• The title bar shows the number of completed items and the total number of items.
• To delete the list select "Delete list" from the menu. 
• To make a copy of the list select "Copy list" from the menu.
• To set the category of the list select the category on the top right.
• To edit the list name tap into the name field or select "Set list name" form the menu. 
• To add a new item tap on the "New" button. 
• To insert an item after another one tap into the item where it should be inserted after and then tap on the "New" button. 
• To edit the text of an item tap on the text. 
• To delete an item select "Delete Item" from the menu. 
• To add a note to an item select "Attach Note" from the menu. 
• To edit an existing note tap on the note symbol. 
• To delete a note select "Delete Note" from the menu. 
• To show or hide the priority column select "Preferences" from the menu and check or uncheck the "Show Priorities" checkbox.
• To make completed items disappear select "Preferences" from the menu and uncheck the "Show Completed" checkbox or use the button at the lower right. 
• To sort the items according to their priority select "Sort by prio" from the menu.
• To move an item up or down in the list use the two lower left sort buttons (^)(v).
• To remove completed items permanently from the list select "Purge" from the menu.

Import & Export from/to the MemoPad

One important feature is the capability of import and export of checklists from and to the MemoPad. In this way, checklists can be edited and archived on the PC and they can be shared with other PalmPilot users.
Please Note: If you only want to backup your lists, not edit them on the PC, just use the normal hotsync procedure. This will create a file named CheckItDB.PDB in your backup directory on the PC. This file can be reinstalled on the PalmPilot like any other PDB file in case of a data loss.

Export

To export a list to the MemoPad, select the list and then select "Export" from the menu. This will create a note in MemoPad in the category "unfiled" with the same title as the exported checklist. The syntax of the note is as follows:

Title
[_] 1 an item
[_] 1 another item
[·] 1 this item was checked
[_] 1 an item|with a note text
[_] 2 an item with another priority
[_] 1 an item
that spans
several lines|and also has
a note with
more than one line.
[_] 1 an item

Import

Import can be done in two ways: You can import a list as a whole (in the main view select "Import list" from the menu) or the imported items will be added to an existing list (in the checklist view select "Import items" from the menu). After selecting the menu command, a list of all Memos appears. Select one and tap "Import". Or tap "Cancel" to abort the operation.

The export-syntax should be kept when editing lists on the PC. However, the Import feature is quite flexible to correctly read in other syntaxes, too:

Checklist name
· Item|note 
· another item|another note 
· an item without note
· an item
that spans
several lines|and also has
a note with
more than one line.
· an item

You could also use "-" to mark the items:

Checklist name
- Item|note 
- another item|another note 
- an item without note
- an item
that spans
several lines|and also has
a note with
more than one line.
- an item

You can omit any mark for the items. In this case, however, you cannot have items with more than one line. The first line will be taken as the title of the checklist.

Checklist name
Item|note 
another item|another note 
an item without note
an item that spans
several lines is NOT possible here
an item

An exported checklist in MemoPad