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Keeping Track of Your Tasks

Tasks can be added to your Tasks folder in one of two ways: you can create the task yourself or accept a task that someone else assigns to you. If you create the task yourself, you can create it using the New menu, or you can create it through the Tasks folder.

Outlook includes a Tasks folder that you can use to store your tasks and tasks that you assign to others. The Tasks folder offers a handful of ways to view and work with your tasks, including the Daily Task List that appears at the bottom of the Calendar, and the Tasks List in the To-Do Bar. The default view for the Tasks folder is the Simple List view, which shows whether the task is complete, the name (subject) of the task, and the due date.

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