Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Instructions For Using Outlook Tasks

Microsoft Outlook is a personal manager program with an email manager program, a calendar option, a note-taking feature and a tasks’ manager. Follow the simple instructions given below for creating a new task in Microsoft Outlook.

Instructions
  • For creating a new task in the Outlook program, click on the File tab located at the menu bar found at the top of the application window and then select the Task option found under the New option in the drop down menu. 
  • When the new task window appears, fill in all the details about the task you wish to create like the start date of the task, subject, status and contacts for the task. You can also open this window by clicking on the Tasks icon found in the clipboard. You can enter the task beside the option that reads Click to Add a New Task. 
  • Now finish the Outlook setting configuration of the task by clicking on the To-Do List found in the Tasks window. 
  • The Outlook program also allows the users to make a completed task active again. The completed tasks can be viewed by clicking on the option named Completed Tasks found under the Tasks tab. Double click on the task you wish to revive and then change the status of the task to reflect the progress of the present situation. 
  • If you wish to assign the new task created to some users, you can do so by following the simple Outlook setting instruction given here. Click on the File tab and then on the Task Request tab found under the New option of the File drop down menu. In the To field of the message, type in the email address of the recipient. 
  • After including all details about the task like the start data, time and status option, click on the Send button for sending the invitation to the recipient. 
  • If you would like to view the task created by another person, you can check that by clicking on the Open Shared Tasks option found under the Tasks tab. If the user has not given you permissions to view or change the task, you can ask the users to grant you permission by sending a notification message. 
If you follow the simple instructions given above, you will be able to create a task in the Outlook program with ease.

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