Using Cell Background for Task List Status

Using Table Background colors as to-do list

April 24, 2018 by cryan.com

Evernote is a great tool for managing Blogging content. The Tables feature allows you to break down the content and identify what task needs to be done in order for a post to go out.

Basic To-Do List

Here's a sample table layout using To-Do list checkboxes. When a task is completed, simply click the checkbox. That way you know what tasks needs to be completed.

Now with Better Table Styles

Last August Evernote made some style changes that make it even easier to manage a status list in a table. Here's the same table using the Cell Background color in Evernote.

Table Design: Items that are light green are in progress, whereas the dark green is completed.

Using Cell Background color makes it really easy to manage the status of the task. It's much easier to figure out what content is in progress and which ones that I should be working on.

Sample Task Status Guide

Here's my task Color guide. It's simple so that I can look at a chart and instantly know where I stand with projects:

Try it Out

If your managing task with Evernote, try using the background cell colors to manage your tasks.