Outlook 2016 Intermediate/Advanced

Lesson – Working with Tasks and To Do Bar

Outlook 2016

If necessary, open the Tasks pane and select the Simple List view from the Folder pane.

Steps

Practice Data

1. To mark a task complete, click the check box to the left of the task subject. A check mark appears in the check box, the task subject changes color and appears with a line through it. 2. To return the task to its original status of not complete, click the check box again to deselect it. The check mark is cleared from the check box, the line is removed from the subject, and the task subject returns to its original color when you click away from the task row.

Click the Review monthly newsletter task

Click the Review monthly newsletter task

Deselect the task to view the results.

Practice the Concept: Mark the Submit monthly report to manager recurring task complete. Notice that the next occurrence of the task appears in the task list.

S ORTING T ASKS

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Discussion

You can sort tasks quickly by clicking the column heading on which you want the sort to be based. For example, to sort by due date, you can click the Due Date column heading. You can sort a task by its column in ascending or descending order. Each time you click a column heading, you reverse its sort order. An arrow on the column heading indicates the direction of the sort.

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Procedures

1. Open the Tasks folder. 2. To sort tasks, click the column heading by which you want to sort.

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