Creating and managing tasks

In this section, you'll learn how to create and manage a task so that you receive a reminder of items you need to complete by a certain date and a status report. We will also cover marking tasks as complete and assigning a task to another Outlook user. Accepting and declining task assignments will also be covered in this topic.

Creating tasks

1. Click on the tasks icon at the bottom of the Navigation Pane:

2. In the task window, you will see any follow-up messages you have received, as well as any outstanding tasks or to-do list items.
3. Click on the Home tab, then select the New Task icon:

4. Fill out the details for the task:

5. Click on the Save & Close icon.

Note that Outlook items can...