Editing, sorting and completing a task

Editing tasks

Click on Tasks in the navigation bar at the top right of the screen

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Click Tasks on the left side of the screen

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Select the task you would like to edit

On the right side of the screen, click Edit

You can edit the due date, notes about the task and more

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For a quicker way to change the due date, right click on the flag icon and select an option

To categorise a task, click the three dots at the top of the page and select categorize

For more information on how categorisation works refer to Categorising emails in the Outlook Web App Learning Series

To edit the progress of your task, type the percentage completed in the % complete drop down list

When you have finished editing, click Save at the top of the screen

Sorting tasks

A task can be sorted in the same way as an email, as detailed in the Outlook Web App Learning Series under Grouping and sorting emails

Choose either due date, start date, status, subject, attachments, importance or type from the Sort By drop down list

Marking tasks as complete

Click Complete at the top right of the screen

The task will then have a line through it and a tick to the right of it

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You can also click the flag icon to complete a task and then click the tick to un-complete it

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To bulk delete or complete tasks, select the boxes to the left of each task and then click Delete or Complete in the centre of the screen

Updated on 09/04/2019

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