Task Management in Outlook 2007

Today, many strategies and products are used for task management system that is possible to count and each one has at least one follower who swears by its merit. Most of the people use Outlook because of their convenience and simplicity. As many people use Outlook for email and calendaring purpose, so why not make it one stop for your to-do list as well?

Outlook improves its quality and offers numerous improvements over previous versions of the product. There are many topics to discuss about task such that how tasks in Outlook 2007 are managed, how to use new To-Do Bar, how to connect external program to Outlook tasks and many more.

Entering Task Item:

Outlook 2007 contains more simplicity to create a task in the system. First, Input panel for task is a simple way to enter a description in one line which item you want to track. The Task Input panel is the easiest and quickest way to do just that. Outlook 2003 widely used follow-up flags, which were operative as an email to-do list; however it was not provided to assimilate the deadline scheduling into that list. But Outlook 2007, associate with a date in an email which is simple to follow-up. Right-click on the flag placeholder alongside with each message and choose the reminded date for the item. Use the option “Hotlinks” which include Next Week, Tomorrow, Today and also by selecting the Custom define your own date.

Using To-Do Bar:

Outlook 2007 has no matter to put the entire task in the location of folder structure, on the To-Do Bar. But you may ignore the task from appearing into the certain folder on the bar to give a perfect and clear look or protect the complex task to be displayed in every view. To do so, follow these steps:

1. From To-Do Bar list, select “Arrange By header” and click the Custom.
2. Choose the Filter button in the Customize view dialog box.
3. Click on the advanced tab.
4. Under Fields, choose “All Task Fields”, and select the option “In Folder”.
5. Click the drop down list under Condition and choose Doesn’t Contain.
6. Type the name of the folder under “Value” which you want to ignore. And after providing the folder name, click on the button “Add to List“.