Tip 469: Color Code To-do Bar’s Task list

January 4, 2008
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The view on Outlook 2007′s To-do bar can be customized using any of the customization options available for Task views, including the ability to color items using Automatic Formatting or filtering items by date.

To change the view, right click on the field header, such as “Arrange By: field_name”. You can choose a different arrange by field, turn off grouping or choose Customize to add filters or automatic formatting. You can only have one view for the To-do bar but the actual To-do List folder shown on the Task module supports many views.

A favorite feature of the taskpad on older versions was the ‘active tasks for selected date’ view; this is not possible to do in the to-do pane. The smaller taskpad at the bottom of day and week calendars replaces this option but the views available for this taskpad are very limited. Click on the task list header to change between start and due date or to show/hide completed tasks.

Related posts:

Tip 158: Who Owns a Task?
Tip 185: Taskpad Views
Tip 92: Create a Task or Appointment From a Message
Tip 363: See More Navigation Calendars
Tip 232: Color Messages Using Rules
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One Response to Tip 469: Color Code To-do Bar’s Task list

  1. Hedgehog on August 10, 2011 at 3:55 pm

    I think I have a tip for you that I have not seen posted on the web, and that has been driving me, and obviously others crazy. You might want to include it.

    Admin note: Used as a tip, now at: http://www.outlook-tips.net/2011/5278/tip-900-sort-tasks/

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