Contacts, Tasks and Notes Copyright Gary Maunder, 2003 Nipawin School Division No.61, Box 2044 Nipawin, SK

Tasks  When you launch Microsoft Outlook you will be placed in the “Outlook Today” screen from which you can go to all the various parts of Microsoft Outlook  We have already examined the Mail, Calendar and Contacts functions of Outlook.  The Tasks function is one which you can use to set up a daily “To do” list to keep you on the straight and narrow.  It will remind you when the deadlines are coming for these tasks as well.  You launch it by clicking here.

Tasks  Here is the main screen  It lists your tasks here  To make a new task, click here

Tasks  Type in your task here  When you press Enter the task will be added to the list

Tasks  Once you have entered your task, click once in the line under Due Date  Then click on the drop down arrow to choose the day when your task is due

Tasks  If you wish to make the task recurrent, double- click it to get this screen  Then click the Recurrence button

Tasks  Choose you pattern fro recurrence here  Choose the duration for the recurrence here  Then click OK and the recurrent deadline is set

Tasks  You will be dropped back to the main screen  Click the Save and Close button and you will be finished

Tasks  When you set a reminder for a task, this screen will pop up at the time you set, to remind you that the task is due or overdue  To get tell Outlook to remind you later, click Snooze  To get Outlook to stop reminding you, click the Dismiss button

Extras you might want to try  Test yourself:  Start up Outlook Tasks  Set up daily task to phone your mom every day for the next week ( she will be so pleased) Make sure you save it