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Create a Series of Tasks using VBA
Using VBA, you can automatically create a series of Outlook tasks based on a task or appointment. You can create the tasks leading up to an appointment or task or following an appointment or task.
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Tasks: How do I… ?
We get a lot of questions (and complaints) about Tasks so this week I'm going to cover the more common questions. Is there an easy way to move a task to a new due date? Sure. If you use a Group by Due date view, you can easily drag a task to a new date.
Continue reading: Tasks: How do I… ?Syncing Outlook Tasks with Hotmail and Windows Phone
We get the occasional question asking when the Outlook Connector will support syncing Tasks with Hotmail. Over the past several weeks, I’ve had several users ask if the Hotmail Connector is going to sync tasks, since Windows Phone “Mango” now syncs Hotmail Tasks. No, the Outlook Hotmail Connector will not sync Tasks to Hotmail Live
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Filter the To-Do List to Show Only Tasks
How to create a custom filter to show only Tasks in the To-Do Bar folder.
Continue reading: Filter the To-Do List to Show Only TasksChange the look of the TaskPad in the Calendar
If you want to change the look of the taskpad you can start by choosing View | TaskPad View and picking one of the built-in views: All Tasks Today’s Tasks Active Tasks for Selected Days Tasks for Next Seven Days Overdue Tasks Tasks Completed on Selected Days If none of those views meets your needs,
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A user had this question: "I am a real estate agent. When I have a contract, there are a number of tasks that have to happen for each transaction. Some tasks have absolute dates, some have to happen a certain number of days from the contract date, and some have to happen a certain number
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“Type a task” Due date and reminder times
When you use the Type a task field in the To-do bar, the due date is set automatically for you, picked up from the Quick Click flag setting. The reminder time is based on the Quick Flag – Today flags have reminders set for one hour before the end of your work day as set
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Outlook 2010 We’re seeing reports from users that sending Task invitations through an IMAP account is “breaking” the accept and decline buttons. The workaround: Switch to a POP3 account, if supported. Outlook 2003 If you discover you are unable to accept or decline tasks, the likely cause is a failed update. The Security Update for
Continue reading: Can’t Accept or Decline TasksHow to create a “Next 21 days” Task filter
We were asked this question recently: “In the task pane I want to customize a view to show tasks due in the next 21 days. Looking at the “next 7 days” option I tried changing the sql to %next21days(“http://schemas.microsoft.com/mapi/id/{00062003-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}/81050040″)% but this just gives me an error. How do I make a filter for next 21
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