If you’re using the MyAnalytics Insights add-in in Outlook, the “View outstanding tasks” insight reminds you of tasks that you've agreed to do during the last 14 days. You can also see inline suggestions to review suggested outstanding tasks for the person who sent the email or calendar invitation. Whether corporate policy or personal preference pushed you to use Microsoft Outlook, the more organized your task management is, the better your productivity will be. Here are 5 quick tips that can help you organize your Outlook tasks and increase your productivity. The Visual Method This method is based on two popular productivity concepts.
Good bye Wunderlist, Hello Microsoft To-Do.
Microsoft To-Do is a brand new task management app from the Wunderlist and Office teams. It's straightforward, with lists of tasks and a clear button to check them off. Add tasks quickly—just tap Add a to-do, type in your task, press Enter, and immediately start typing in your next task to quickly fill out your list. Drag tasks to the order you want, or make a new list and drag tasks there to organize them. (quote from Zapier blog, awesome, as usual)
You can read more about Microsoft To-Do here and here.
PomoDone app lets you apply Pomodoro Technique® to your Microsoft To-Do environment right now.
Unfortunately, there is no macOS, iPad and Apple Watch apps, but hopefully it's going to be released soon.
On the other hand, there is Microsoft Outlook and its tasks.
Many people keep a list of things to do — on paper, in a spreadsheet, or by using a combination of paper and electronic methods. In Outlook, you can combine your various lists into one list, enhanced with reminders and tracking (source).
…For small projects, freelancers, or teams of one or two, Outlook has the essential features needed to succeed in any undersized situation. Here are just a few of the basic features it contains:
- Customizable task fields
- Assignable to-dos
- Helpful reminders
- Time tracking
- Status updates
- Prioritization and categorization
- Export function
Outlook Reviews Using Tasks List
Read more the great post about MS Outlook tasks at MakeUseOf: How to Use Outlook for Simple Task and Project Management (hey, they know about PomoDone as well ;)
PomoDone app lets you apply Pomodoro Technique® to your Microsoft Outlook Tasks right now*.
* Microsoft Outlook Tasks integration is available on any Premium Plan
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Outlook Reviews Using Tasks Online
Cheers!