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Please note: This article has been contributed by a user.

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Please note: as of Things 0.9.1 native printing is supported; using the in-program printing will likely be more effective than exporting tasks for most people.

Things does not yet sync or print, so there is no simple offline viewing of your tasks.

However, a workaround can be implemented by selecting a view that captures what you want to take with you. For example, a view of all your Errands.

Next, open a text editor with a blank document

In Things, select all the tasks in the view by pressing Command-A

Now drag the tasks from Things to the text editor document.

You'll end up with something that looks like this:

====Name Of First Project In View==== 
#Task A<br> 
#Task B<br> 
#Task C<br>

If you do a quick Find and Replace for the # and the <br> you can clean up the list nicely. I replace the # with [ ] to get a check box, and I replace the <br> with nothing to eliminate it.

Also, only the name of the first project in the view is exported. I just delete it.

Finally, you can print the text file, or copy it to your PDA.

Cleaning Things export with TextSoap

Ian Beck here again. For those of you who use TextSoap, I've written a custom cleaner that will take exported text (like that above) and convert it to TaskPaper format:

Name of Project:
- Task A
- Task B
- Task C

Download the cleaner here:

onecrayon.com/downloads/Things2TaskPaper.ccleaner

Please note that as of 0.8.1 there's bugs in how Things exports the text from the drag and drop. Tasks are not sorted by project, and the project at the top was the last project in the list when I tried it. Your mileage will likely vary.

Also, if anyone knows of a way to format TaskPaper style tasks with notes, let me know and I'll add it to the cleaner.

Cleaning with TextMate

You can also use TextMate's find&replace to accomplish this task and replace the string (<note xml:space="preserve"> with Note: and delete </note> and then indent the note below the task.

I'm sure Ian's method is more clever but this suits us old guys without his skills.