Using the Wizard

What the Wizard is

The Wizard walks one job in the books from its first step to its last. It stands in the pane on the left of the page. The job stands at the top. The step you are on is told in plain words. The whole list of steps stands under it.

Each step names the page its work is done on. A button takes you there.

Ticks

Most steps tick on their own. The Wizard reads the books, and a step whose work stands recorded stands ticked. A step done out in the world — a talk, a read, a choice — is ticked by hand, on its own line.

Open the Wizard at any time and it reads the books afresh. The ticks show where the job truly stands.

One task at a time

One task runs in the Wizard at a time. Start a second one and the app asks one question: put the first one down, or go back to it? Putting a task down ends nothing in the books. What stands recorded stays recorded.

Pick the task up again later and it starts from where the books stand. Only the steps ticked by hand are gone.

Finding one

The Wizard is found four ways. When no task is running, the pane carries a Start a Task button. It opens a dialog that takes the job in your own words — the same finding as the home page field. The whole list of tasks stands in the dialog under the field.

Under the button, the pane carries task ideas fitted to the page you are on. The field on the home page — What do you want to do? — names the page the job is done on. Or it opens the task in the Wizard that fits.

A task also offers itself on the page where its job starts. And the whole shelf of tasks stands in Help, under Learn.

No Wizard needed

The Wizard holds no door. Each step of each job can be done on its own page with no task open, and no screen waits on the Wizard.

The Wizard is a walk beside the work. It is never a gate in front of it.