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Import deadlines from a syllabus

Every course hands you a syllabus with the term's deadlines buried in it. Give that PDF to Latte and it pulls out the due dates, exams and hand-ins, shows you what it found, and — only after you confirm — turns them into tasks.

Before you start

You need the syllabus as a PDF with selectable text (the kind you can copy text out of), up to 10 MB. Latte reads the text directly — it doesn't guess at scans — so a photographed or scanned syllabus is refused with This PDF has no selectable text: "It looks like a scan. Export the syllabus with selectable text (or run OCR on it) and try again."

Importing a syllabus is free — it isn't a Premium feature.

  1. Open Calendar → Schedule setup (the schedule screen at /calendar/schedule).

  2. Click Import deadlines from a syllabus (PDF) and pick your file. Latte opens Import deadlines from a syllabus — "We scan your syllabus PDF for due dates, exams and hand-ins. Nothing is created until you confirm."

  3. While it works you'll see Reading your syllabus…

  4. Check the Date format setting. Latte reads dates Day first (31.12.2026) by default; switch to Month first (12/31/2026) if your syllabus uses US-style dates — it re-reads the PDF straight away.

  5. Review what it found: "N deadlines found — untick anything you don't want to import." Each row shows Import (the keep-checkbox), Title, Due date, Type (Exam, Assignment, Quiz or Other) and the Page it came from. Titles and dates are editable — fix anything that came out wrong, and untick anything you don't want.

    Screenshot coming soon
    The Import deadlines from a syllabus dialog after parsing: the Date format toggle (Day first / Month first) and the extracted-deadlines table with Import checkboxes, editable Title and Due date, Type and Page columns, above the 'Create N tasks' button

  6. Click Create N tasks. Latte creates one task per ticked row and confirms "N tasks created from your syllabus." Use View tasks to jump to them, or Done to close.

On the Latte desktop app

The desktop app opens the same dialog.

If nothing is found​

If the PDF has text but no dated deadlines, Latte says No deadlines found — "We could not find dated deadlines in this PDF. You can still add tasks manually." — see Create a task.