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Useful Notion Features You May Not Know About Yet

I’ve compiled together a list of the most useful Notion features that I believe everyone should know about, plus some of the most useful Notion...
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Decision Tree Matrix to Filter by Variable Criteria

Here is how to build a decision tree matrix to dynamically filter by variable criteria in Notion. When challenged to find a way to set...
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Date is Last Week, This Week or Next Week (Accurate Formulas)

If you’ve been knocking around Notion for a while you’ve probably had occasion to dynamically check if an entry date falls within the current week....

Auto-Increment Table Row IDs

Update 05/19/2023 – I am happy to report that this hack is now obsolete! Read the reason why here In the absence of a native...
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Project Tasks Progress Display

Here’s a fun, new way to visualize the status of tasks for a project! We use formulas to calculate how many tasks are “incomplete” and...
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Calculate the Next Occurrence of a Date (After Today)

If you have an event, task, bill or subscription that happens on a weekly, monthly or yearly recurring cycle, here is a formula that will...
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Timeline Progress Visual Display

Here is a nice visual way to display progress within a timeline using a formula. Our formula is going to require a few different properties...
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Word Count / Page Count Formulas

Readers, writers and students – do you need to be able to calculate a word count on your stories, articles and essays? We can do...

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