Assign and track tasks in Outlook

Tasks help track things you need to do. You can assign tasks to other people as well.

1. On the navigation bar, click Tasks, and then click New Task, or open an existing task.

   Keyboard shortcut    To create a task, press Ctrl+Shift+K.

2. Click Assign Task.

3. In the To box, enter a name or an email address.

4. Enter Subject, Start date, and Due date.

5. If you want the task to repeat, click Recurrence, select the options you want, and then click OK.

6. Click Send.

   Note:  If you assign a recurring task, a copy of the task remains in your task list, but it never updates. If you check the Send me a status report when this task is complete box, you receive status reports for each completed occurrence of the task.