Outlook Task List / Todo list is no where to be found in the NEW Outlook Desktop.

Anonymous
2023-05-05T16:43:24+00:00

OKAY, So I was offered to try out the new outlook desktop today and to be honest I'm in love with the new look.

In addition to being able to now PIN important emails to the top, it also now seems to integrate with Gmail to import and save all of your contacts !!, Another feature that has been missing from outlook forever !!

Anyways, Microsoft and all their wisdom seems to remove functionality or break stuff whenever they think they're fixing and it appears now that the tasks / todo list is nowhere to be found...

MS pointed me to support article that specifically says that they do still have tasks / to-do and that it has been relocated to (MY DAY) Top right hand corner, But there is no tab that says Todo as stated in their support article... see my attached screen shot..

according to the Microsoft article there should be a tab right next to the calendar tab --

Here is the link for the MS article.--Use My Day in Outlook - Microsoft Support

I only use Gmail accounts. I do not use my Microsoft account as my default email provider ... So I'm concerned that the reason why the to-do list isn't showing up for me is because perhaps Gmail doesn't support this functionality (and or) the new outlook can't integrate with Gmail properly...

Please help.

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-05-07T15:04:23+00:00

    Hello Lordvader1501# thank you very much for your reply and thank you for your patience, I'm really sorry to hear that the article didn't work, but lets try this steps below

    Click the View tab on the ribbon.

    Expand the Layout group, if necessary.

    Click the To-Do Bar button.

    Select Tasks.

    https://www.customguide.com/outlook/view-tasks

    Just so there’s no misunderstanding, this is a user-to-user support forum. We’re users just like you helping other users. We do not work for Microsoft and have no access to any user account so there is nothing we can do or check from within the forum. We have no input on Microsoft’s policies, procedures, or design decisions.

    Let me know if you need further assistance.

    Regards,

    Jane.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-05-07T13:25:09+00:00

    That does not work! !!

    The article you are referencing is for office 365 and is not applicable to (New Office)

    Anyways I'm going to assume that the lack of functionality and or broken options are because it's an experimental beta version and that MS is offering it to the public to try for feedback...
    I have offered my feedback through the feedback option so hopefully they get these issues fixed very soon.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-05-05T21:18:38+00:00

    Hello Lordvader1501 thank you very much for your reply and your patience

    to locate your task option, please click on the link below for more details

    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/view...

    Let me know if you need further assistance.

    Regards,

    Jane.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-05-05T19:51:11+00:00

    365 Outlook (Version 2304) (Build 16327.20214) even has Task Options in the outlook options menu. The NEW outlook does not.

    Screenshot of Old Outlook.

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-05-05T19:39:42+00:00

    YES - I already did that ... didn't work.

    Even so ...... There should be a way to turn on or show Outlook Tasks, even if you are not importing your settings.

    This is a no brainer......

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