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Thursday, October 26, 2006 6:13 PM

Don't Delete: Mark it Complete

I have heard of a few instances where people love the To-Do Bar, but can't figure out how to get tasks off of it. So here is a little explanation. Because the To-Do Bar is a collection of tasks, flagged mail and flagged contacts, when you delete a flagged
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Thursday, October 05, 2006 6:10 PM

Olya's latest post: Assigning Tasks from Shared OneNote Notebooks

Check out Olya's latest post on Assigning Outlook tasks from OneNote shared notebooks . She details how to use OneNote as a depository for a shared task list. Cool stuff! -Melissa
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Friday, September 29, 2006 3:54 PM

Make your To-Do Bar only show tasks

For some of you, flags may have had a whole different meaning, and the fact that the To-Do Bar is cluttered with your flagged mail and flagged contacts may not be working for you. Here is a solution: filter the To-Do Bar to just show tasks! To filter
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Monday, July 31, 2006 4:30 PM

Make that PST show up on the To-Do Bar

Do you have a pst or an archive that has tasks and flagged mail it, but the tasks and flagged mail don’t show up on the To-Do Bar? Here’s how you can make it work! Right click on the name of your archive, (in the picture below, the archive is named “StuffForToDoBar”),
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Wednesday, April 19, 2006 10:41 AM

Addendum to How to show tasks from some folders and not others in the To-Do Bar - a how-to guide

Andrew Coates was kind enough to point out that there is another way to hide a folder that is much, much simpler. Thanks Andrew! If you have one particular folder that you want to hide, for example, a task folder of Christmas presents for your family
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Tuesday, April 18, 2006 11:59 AM

How to show tasks from some folders and not others in the To-Do Bar - a how-to guide

Recently, I received the following e-mail and I thought I would post my response: Hi Melissa, Since you’re so active on bloggin on Outlook I was wondering if you can help me solve this question. I have about 35 task folders in Outlook and by default this
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Friday, March 31, 2006 5:58 PM

Make that mail an appointment

How often have you received an e-mail that is about something you want to put on your calendar? For example, I received an e-mail about a presentation about Office Live. I am interested in learning more about Office Live, so I want to go. What to do?
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Thursday, March 02, 2006 2:27 PM

Tips for the Outlook Tasks Module

Below are some tips for the Tasks Module (most are oldies (will work in most versions) but goodies): 1. Outlook 12: See the thread of a conversation of a flagged mail in the Tasks Module : Here ’ s the scenario: You flagged a mail message, and now you
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