Comments on: How To Convert An Email Into An Outlook Task http://itmanagersinbox.com/1711/how-to-convert-an-email-into-an-outlook-task/ Resources for IT Managers Fri, 18 Apr 2014 14:38:10 +0000 hourly 1 By: Ross Setlow http://itmanagersinbox.com/1711/how-to-convert-an-email-into-an-outlook-task/#comment-1715 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 20:16:34 +0000 http://itmanagersinbox.com/?p=1711#comment-1715 I love this feature, however, is there a way to indentify if an e-mail was converted into a task. This would help, because I sometimes forget if I had made a task from the email. In other words, once the email is dragged over and made into a task, is there a way of setting it up so it is obvious that the task conversion was done.

Thanks!

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]]> By: Frank http://itmanagersinbox.com/1711/how-to-convert-an-email-into-an-outlook-task/#comment-1650 Wed, 22 Aug 2012 14:54:40 +0000 http://itmanagersinbox.com/?p=1711#comment-1650 Hi Petey,

I just noticed the same thing. It looks like the normal conversion from messages to tasks looses formatting information – not only table formatting. Although the missing table formatting is probably the most obvious…
I found out that there are some options for creating a task from a message though. If you use the right mouse button for dragging the message onto the “Tasks” header button, you will see the following options (in Outlook 2007 at least):

– Copy Here as Task with Text (the default – looses formatting)
– Copy Here as Task with Attachment (only the subject is used for the task, the complete message is attached)
– Move Here as Task with Atachment (same as above, but the message gets removed automatically)

This should solve the issue at least partially. It would be preferable to have the original message text in the original formatting as the task body. The attachment approach has an advantage however: after opening the attached message, you can do all message related actions like replying, forwarding, moving to a folder (via drag&drop, not via the “Move to Folder” toolbar button)…

I think this could work well for my workflow. Hope that helps. 😉

Best regards

Frank

]]> By: Sam http://itmanagersinbox.com/1711/how-to-convert-an-email-into-an-outlook-task/#comment-1626 Sun, 17 Jun 2012 15:54:38 +0000 http://itmanagersinbox.com/?p=1711#comment-1626 Good ideas, thanks.

]]> By: HAL http://itmanagersinbox.com/1711/how-to-convert-an-email-into-an-outlook-task/#comment-1624 Fri, 15 Jun 2012 18:53:51 +0000 http://itmanagersinbox.com/?p=1711#comment-1624 I have used this functionality for years. Effective and simple. However, I do add my opinion to the considerations regarding the email. It may not be wise to delete it. It must be brought down to the examples themselves.

In Outlook, emails can be flagged in assorted manners in order that they pop up as reminders at a given date/time, with follow-up features, etc. When an email is flagged as pending, it will appear in the Task List view, this is if you click on the Tasks icon; this view is similar to a message center, where all the pending activities can be enlisted. However, such a view is not the tasks itself. If you open the menus view in Outlook and navigate to the Tasks folder, then you can see the tasks in a pure view.

I find it convenient to flag emails so that they appear in the Task lists view, however I do have to remember that such view doesn’t make tasks out of emails, so if I need this list elsewhere, then I have to create the task from the email. I sync my data to mobile devices, and this will only admit tasks that are tasks, not emails flagged as tasks.

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