Create a Task

You’ve been put in charge of updating the marketing brochure for the conference. You can use Outlook to organize the task, set reminders for deadlines, and update your progress.

Click the New arrow, and then click Task.

Task icon

Send Status Report button

Send a status report on a task    First open the task by finding it in the task list and double-clicking the task icon. Click Send Status Report. All the task information, including the status options, appears in an e-mail message. Just fill out the To and Cc lines, and then send the message. Edit Recurrence button Set up recurring tasks   Suppose you send out a status report on a regular basis. With the task open, click Edit Recurrence, and then specify the recurrence interval.