Curious Outlook users discover the Custom Priority and Custom Status fields in the field chooser and try adding them to the Tasks view, hoping they can configure their own priority and status settings, only to discover they can't edit the fields.
First the bad news: it doesn't do what you might hope it does (configure custom priorities and statuses for Tasks). They do actually work though. Those two fields are used when Outlook links to a SharePoint task list - they display the priority and status fields for SharePoint tasks. If you don't use SharePoint or don't link SharePoint tasks to Outlook, those fields will be empty and are not editable.
Serge says
Hi I realise this is an old Thread , but I've hit a bit of an issue trying to manipulate the Custom status field in Outlook VBA.
I have a SP Task list connected to Outlook, the 'custom Status' field is there and synchs between outlook an SP no problem. But when I try to access the Itemproperties it does not appear as in the ItemProperties collection, nor the UserDefinedProperty, I can manipulate all the other properties .. but not the Custom Status.. can you help
Edwin says
We have a number of custom columns on our SharePoint site, is there any way to make them visible in the Outlook Task page? And is there a way to open a task in Outlook and edit the columns made from SharePoint?
liveinnovationsfarm says
So stupid that one can not add custom priorities...
John R. Morency says
How do I add a new page as Diane mentioned above?
Diane Poremsky says
You need to go into Forms Designer and drag a field to one of the extra pages. See https://www.slipstick.com/developer/designing-custom-forms/ for screen shots and more information.
Haim Modiano says
Can I add a user-defined task field (for example, "Job number") the way I can for contacts?
Diane Poremsky says
Yes, you can. It's done the same way, except that you need to add a new page since you can't customize the main task page.
Joel K says
Ah now I know what I didn't see it. The priority field is not in the Field Chooser because it is already displayed on the left side. I didn't notice it because "Low", "Medium" or "High" is replaced automatically with symbols.
Diane Poremsky says
You can change the symbols to text using Format Columns. In Outlook 2010/2013, Format Columns is in View Settings. In some versions/views Format Columns is listed on the context menu when you right click on the row of field names.
Joel K says
So where is the regular priority task field (low, medium, high) in the Field Chooser? I don't see it anywhere.