One of my least favorite functions in Outlook in Tasks. Not only is it generally hidden from view, but there is very little you can do to integrate a task into your email work flow … at least so I thought. Through the 43 Folders mailing list I learned of a trick which is definitely helpful. You can drag an email to the task icon / bar (depending on how minimal you keep things) and a new task will be generated with the contents of the message.
This is great – too bad it can’t be accomplished with a keystroke in the same simple manner as Entourage, Outlook’s Mac cousin.
Last night I had reached my limit in trying to manage tasks while on the go on my laptop and brought my Palm T3 out of retirement. That’s right I am back to two-pieces. Blackberry for email (and calendar which it does nicely) and Palm for Tasks, Calendar and other pocketable info – SplashID returns!
Not sure why both Blackberry and Outlook limit the ease of use and access to Tasks — BB is actually a few menus deep, but Palm keeps it all right there easy to access.
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