How to use Outlook Tasks as a powerful “To Do List”

Maintaining a good To Do list is essential to being productive in my opinion. I’ve seen too many people have poor To Do List systems which have significantly hindered their productivity. I want to show you some powerful ways to use Outlook Tasks as your To Do List.

• My Tasks in Outlook
• The Different Task views available
• The “Completed Tasks” view

Creating a new Task

• Basic Task Form “Layout”
• Use the Task Notes area
• Recurring Tasks
• Marking a Task “Complete”

Customising your Outlook Task Views

• Choose Columns to display
• Choose how to “Group” your Tasks
• Apply “Grid Lines” in “Other Settings”

Using Outlook Tasks as your To Do List

• Categories & Tasks
• Create a Task from an Email
• Insert Emails or Attachments into Task
• Insert Hyper-Links
• Create a Task from MS Teams
• Create a Task from MS OneNote
• Assigning Tasks

Introducing the “To Do Bar”

• Customising your “To Do Bar”
• Choose how to “Group” your Tasks
• Other Settings – Grid Lines and Single Line Layout
• Show in Groups

Using Your “To Do Bar”

• Change Due Dates Quickly
• Change Priority Status of Items Quickly
• Reorder your To Do Items in your list with your Mouse
• Re-Naming Email Subject in To Do Bar