Organizing Tasks

Organizing Tasks

You can display tasks in a variety of views. The default Simple List view displays the task's description, the due date, and a check box to indicate that the task is completed. To see more information about each task, you can switch to Detailed List view, which includes columns for the task's priority, whether a file is attached, the status of the task, the percentage complete, and the category of each task. Detailed List view does not include the column with the check box to indicate that a task is completed (although in both views, completed tasks are indicated with strikethrough text). To show all your tasks in order by due date, you can switch to Task Timeline view to see a horizontal timeline with tasks noted on their due dates.

Change Tasks Views

Click the Tasks button on the Navigation pane.

You can change the Tasks view in several ways.

• Click the View menu, point to Arrange By, point to Current View, and then click By Category.

• Click the Detailed List option in the Navigation pane.

• Click the Next Seven Days option in the Navigation pane.

• Click the Task Timeline option in the Navigation pane.

• Click the Simple List option in the Navigation pane.

Did You Know?

You can hide tasks in a grouped view . Hide tasks in grouped views (By Category and By Person Responsible) by clicking the minus sign to the left of the group name. When you do this, the tasks collapse under the group header and the minus sign changes to a plus sign. To display the tasks in that group again, click the plus sign to the left of the group name .