Automatic formatting of project or next level up in active task list

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Grant

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Nov 3, 2023, 4:19:24 AM11/3/23
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HI,
I use the options to show the project name, or higher-level folders with the actual task name in the active actions view.

I find it hard to quickly visually differentiate the two when scanning my tasks list (all the text is normal and green)

Is there a way to format the project and/or parent folder names differently than the task name in this view? 

M. Leigh Bender

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Nov 3, 2023, 1:06:35 PM11/3/23
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Grant,

Try some custom formatting in the Options -> General Application Options -> Themes and Formatting.  You can change the font color/size/bold for folders and regular text. You can also select those items in the main outline and change the formatting. All my top level tasks and folders are bold. I have projects bold and a tan color and changed the normal font color to black.

Leigh



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Leigh

Grant

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Nov 4, 2023, 3:59:34 AM11/4/23
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Thanks, Leigh, but my problem is something else. 
I know about custom formatting and use itIt includes a section for 'active tasks' which I have as the default green, but....
my question was about the  'Active Actions' view.  
There I can add the project name, or folder names to the Task Caption.  Unfortunately, this additional text is changed to the active actions default color in this view.  What I want is for the appended project/folder text to retain its original format

Hierarchy view
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Active Actions view
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Grant

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Nov 10, 2023, 3:22:12 AM11/10/23
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Just figured out I can simply add a project column to the view and not use the option to append this information to the task name.  Lets see if that works

M. Leigh Bender

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Nov 10, 2023, 10:39:39 AM11/10/23
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