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From: Lionel on 15 Jan 2010 05:39

Coupled with sharing the task lists this would become a very handy (dare I
productivity enhancing tool),
especially for people in different timezones.....

I've just switched over to office 2007 and outwardly (apart from moving the
menus around) it looks kind
of the same. So if MS can spent money on that........


"Barry" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> In a future release of Outlook, please consider letting users create a
> hierarchy of task and subtasks, just like the hierarchy of folders and
> sub-folders.
>
> It would be most useful to be able to arrange my tasks by creating top-level
> tasks that contain sub-tasks, sub-sub-tasks, etc. i.e. just like folders.
>
>
> Thank you!
>
> Barry Fruitman
>
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From: Fred on 15 Jan 2010 12:22
Here is a way to create subcategories for outlook tasks. Using this method
you can view your tasks by category and subcategory.

Add a new Subcategory field to a Task folder like this (Outlook 2003):
Open a Task.
Tools > Forms > Design this form
Select All Fields tab.
Click New.
Define your new field as follows:

Name: CategoryLevel2
Type: Text
Format: Text

Save and close the task

Create a view grouped by categories and subcategories:

View > Arrange By > Current View > Define Views
Select the "By Category" row
Select "Copy"
Enter a new name "Hierarchy"
Select OK

Group By
( "Group items by" should contain "Categories" )
In the "Select available fields from" box, select "User-defined fields
in this folder"
In the first "Then by" box, select the new category "Category2" and
"Show field in view"
Select OK

Select Apply View

You should now see a view grouped by category and subcategory.

You can enter categories and subcategories within the fields in the view.
You can also drag and drop between categories and subcategories.

Other recommendations:
Filter out the completed tasks
Sort by priority and/or subject

(adapted from http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/subcats.htm)

"Barry" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> In a future release of Outlook, please consider letting users create a
> hierarchy of task and subtasks, just like the hierarchy of folders and
> sub-folders.
>
> It would be most useful to be able to arrange my tasks by creating top-level
> tasks that contain sub-tasks, sub-sub-tasks, etc. i.e. just like folders.
>
>
> Thank you!
>
> Barry Fruitman
>
> ----------------
> This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
> suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
> Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this
> link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
> click "I Agree" in the message pane.
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx?mid=ed89dd5e-f498-446e-af87-35a22cd65b39&dg=microsoft.public.outlook.general
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