On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 3:46 AM, Charles Cave <charlesweb@optusnet.com.au> wrote:

I am reading the Org-mode Release 6.27a manual to learn new things.
and just discovered the C-c C-x c  (clone subtree) command.

This makes copies of a tree and inserts them as siblings. The command
prompts you for the number of copies to make. The really useful
feature is to update dates according to a pattern.

Here is an example of creating headings for each of the next six months:

Start with this:

** First of the month
*** July
   SCHEDULED: <2009-07-01 Wed>

....

Now you just have to change the occurrences of July to the real
month names!

I don't know when this feature appeared but it is very useful.

Charles