Without a handful of to-do lists, my life runs out of control. Back in college, I fell victim to a practical joke when a roommate hid all my lists and I missed two exams and a date. In Control is for people like me.
In Control works something like a cross between an outliner and a spreadsheet. It lets the user create lists in the familiar fashion — from the top of the page down — but it also works in indented outline form. You can collapse an immense list down to a bare skeleton and expand it again to get die full sense of all you need to do.
In addition, In Control lets you create columns. You can expand your to-do lists outward to attach comments, note task assignments, establish priorities — there are plenty of options. The collapsible row-and-column format alone is definitely worth the $129.95 list price.
The advantages of an electronic to-do list over the paper variety become immediately apparent when you cut and paste or simply drag items to rearrange their order. However, In Control’s powerful sorting and matching capabilities give you much more flexibility for organizing lists. For example, you can sort by priority (high, medium, and low) and send all the high-priority items to the top of the list. That’s straightforward enough, but In Control can sort according to any data in any column. The Match function finds data equal to (or not equal to, less than, or greater than) the value you enter. So you could find all project tasks assigned to John with due dates sooner than October 1, and then print out two versions of a to-do list — an expanded, detailed one for him and an outline for yourself.
In Control provides customizable data-entry helpers (pop-up menus and auto-type) that you can use to enter text and numerical data in any column. With support for 32-bit color, the program also lets you custom colorize a list. I’ve found a fire-engine red that keeps urgent items in plain view.
In Control comes with an excellent, easy-to-follow manual and a selection of sample files. Together, these enabled me to begin using nearly all the program’s features within minutes of pulling it from the box. Technical support is available for registered users in need of a little hand-holding.
The program imports and exports data through XTND technology and supports System 7 balloon help, Apple events, and TrueType fonts. Printing options include custom headers and footers. I’d like to see the next version add an archiving feature to let me clean out completed items while saving outdated to-do lists for reference. I’d also like the ability to select discontinguous text for editing, deleting, moving, and so on.
Still, In Control is a first-rate to-do list manager — flexible and easy to use, with a clean interface and plenty of power. Without combining all the functions of either a dedicated outliner or a calendar program, it manages to incorporate some of the most useful features of both. If you make lists — and mercy on you if you don’t — get this program.
Reynolds, George L. (May 1992). In Control 1.0. Macworld. (pg. 196).
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Emulating this? It could probably run under: 
Basilisk II
