Make To-Do Bar in Outlook 2007 Show Only Today's Tasks
One of the best new features in Outlook 2007 is the To-Do bar, where you have quick access to your calendar as well as your task list. Unfortunately, the default setting of showing all of your tasks regardless of date can be overwhelming for anybody that has a lot of tasks, and just isn't all that helpful.
One of the first things I did when I started using Outlook 2007 was to change the filter to only show the tasks for the current day, or if you want, you can also show tasks that are overdue as well.
To change this setting, just right-click on the "Arranged By" column and then choose Custom from the menu.
Note: You could just click the Filter button and then change the Time drop-down on the Tasks menu to "due" and the second drop-down to "today". The only problem with this is that it won't show overdue tasks, so we'll do it a different way.
In this step, we'll click on the Filter button, then click the Advanced tab, then click the Field drop-down button. Choose Date/Time fields and then Due Date from the menu.
Now change Condition to "on or before" and type in today into the Value box.
Now we'll see Today's tasks as well as the overdue ones.
But you'd never forget to do something, would you? =)
If I click on 7/3, will it show me the tasks that are due on 7/3? I don't understand why this is so hard for Microsoft to do, in both outlook AND their PPC products.
I was able to do this with great success. There is one residual problem that stumps me however. Every task on my To-Do List is shown twice. Kind of makes me tired, thinking I have twice the work to do than I thought. Any ideas of how to eliminate this anomaly? Thanks for your time.
I wish I could have it show for the week, or perhaps tasks that are up to the next day or two. It is great to limit the list, but sometimes having a little look into the future is good too, in the event that you have to shuffle things… and just to be prepared.
'Flagged' email used to show up in my 'to do bar' but for some reason, it does not any more. Can anyone help me on this? Thank you.
Outlook 2007 Tasks. changed from 2003 to 2007 and server exchange. Old 2003 tasks did not transfer well. field categories were altertered…user ID fields.. disappeared. Must I only select the list from All task list for my fields or can I use others. The old field I had listed as categories.. no longer has my list of categories.. now it has become a choice of color assignments….also when I create in user field list named Category.. it will let me type in the field…
Please advise re: which fields can be used, can I put in user fields and have the be typable…How can I recover the fields I previously had in 2003 before the transfer…
many thanks..meb
Hi, as to the comments above - your To do List shows up Twice resolution:
Outlook replicates each To do List item for each MAIN OUTLOOK PST FILE, if you have copied your main outlook data file and renamed it in the same folder as the rest of the PST files. If you click on To do Bar, and then on current view, and then outlook data files, you will see that the To do task Item has been duplicated with 2 outlook data files, hence showing twice, You need to remove the copy of the main outlook data file you wish ( there will be a copy of the main data file) and then the task will not show up twice. Your PST files are in C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook usually….
HOPE THAT HELPED!!!!!
Sorry if i wasnt clear above!, You need to go into your folder that holds all your PST files, the path is given above. Then check which PST files are duplicates of your Main outlook PST file. Your main outlook PST file will be called Outlook.pst. If you copy this and paste in same folder, then rename the copy, it will cause you to get duplicate Task entries when you enter in "To-Do-list".
1. Go to outlook, tools, options and then email accounts. then click data files and remove the copy of the main outlook.pst (you may have renamed this) Then try to do a Task - it will not duplicate!!! (but you still need that other mailbox in your account….) so…
2. If you want to have multiple mailboxes in your folder list, you would have to copy and paste a pst file. So dont copy the Main outlook.pst, copy another pst file (off a mate maybe) and paste in same folder - then rename. That way you will have the other mailbox as well as the main mailbos in your folder list.
THATS IT!!!
Thanks, this worked like a charm!
This is very helpful–thanks! Once in a while the View used in the To-Do Bar will change for some reason and I can't find where I can choose the View. How do I change the view used in the To-Do Bar?
Hello,
the only option i have for follow up is flag message any body know what happend to the other options or how to get back?
Everytime I exit outlook by to do bar settings don't save? What can I do?
Oh, I wish I could set it to show me tasks that are "Due Date" "on or before" "two weeks in the future". Not the current month. That's a bit weird (so always at the end of the month your task list gets slimmer?!?)
Also I want to show tasks that actually don't have a due date set for whatever reason….