Comments on: Changing the Due Date on Multiple Tasks in Microsoft Outlook 2007 http://www.thinkingserious.com/2009/04/11/changing-the-due-date-on-multiple-tasks-in-microsoft-outlook-2007/ My goal is to help you focus on your passions by reducing or eliminating the time needed to maintain your life. Sat, 31 Dec 2011 18:17:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Michael http://www.thinkingserious.com/2009/04/11/changing-the-due-date-on-multiple-tasks-in-microsoft-outlook-2007/#comment-348 Michael Wed, 13 Oct 2010 14:11:24 +0000 http://www.thinkingserious.com/?p=400#comment-348 Very helpful workaround - thanks! What I can't figure out is why Microsoft provides a menu button for edit task due date in the T-Do bar and then grays it out so you can't use it. Very helpful workaround – thanks!
What I can’t figure out is why Microsoft provides a menu button for edit task due date in the T-Do bar and then grays it out so you can’t use it.

]]> By: DBMC http://www.thinkingserious.com/2009/04/11/changing-the-due-date-on-multiple-tasks-in-microsoft-outlook-2007/#comment-347 DBMC Wed, 12 May 2010 13:47:45 +0000 http://www.thinkingserious.com/?p=400#comment-347 Thanks so much! Seems like such an obvious answer to someone who is used to moving batches of things in Excel, but I couldn't figure out how to select the darn items with no checkbox. I too much prefer to keep these things in a task list instead of the calendar -- too much visual clutter is overwhelming & counterproductive. And I've wasted so much time moving tasks one at a time...this made my day! Thanks so much! Seems like such an obvious answer to someone who is used to moving batches of things in Excel, but I couldn’t figure out how to select the darn items with no checkbox. I too much prefer to keep these things in a task list instead of the calendar — too much visual clutter is overwhelming & counterproductive. And I’ve wasted so much time moving tasks one at a time…this made my day!

]]> By: denasqu http://www.thinkingserious.com/2009/04/11/changing-the-due-date-on-multiple-tasks-in-microsoft-outlook-2007/#comment-346 denasqu Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:42:19 +0000 http://www.thinkingserious.com/?p=400#comment-346 Interesting. I tried it but didn't like it. Too much trouble to create the dummy task. But it DID get me thinking.... and here's what I came up with. I tiled two Outlook windows. On the left I've got a Calendar View (Week)with the Navigation Pane and ToDo Bar minimized and the Tasks due showing below. On the right I've got my ToDo View list with Navigation Pane and ToDo Bar minimized. I tweaked the Active Tasks view to group by date. Now if I've got too many Tasks due on any given date, I just select them on the right and drag them to a new day on the Tasks on the left. Franklin-Covey can suck it! I made a better mouse trap! LOL Interesting. I tried it but didn’t like it. Too much trouble to create the dummy task. But it DID get me thinking…. and here’s what I came up with.

I tiled two Outlook windows.

On the left I’ve got a Calendar View (Week)with the Navigation Pane and ToDo Bar minimized and the Tasks due showing below.

On the right I’ve got my ToDo View list with Navigation Pane and ToDo Bar minimized. I tweaked the Active Tasks view to group by date.

Now if I’ve got too many Tasks due on any given date, I just select them on the right and drag them to a new day on the Tasks on the left.

Franklin-Covey can suck it! I made a better mouse trap! LOL

]]> By: MC Slim JB http://www.thinkingserious.com/2009/04/11/changing-the-due-date-on-multiple-tasks-in-microsoft-outlook-2007/#comment-345 MC Slim JB Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:10:12 +0000 http://www.thinkingserious.com/?p=400#comment-345 Hallelujah! I have a persistent problem synching my Blackberry Tour to Outlook since I started using the NextAction! 2.0 as an alternative to Blackberry's rather weak Tasks application. Specifically, Outlook Task due dates randomly reset to dates in the distant future. This technique works to gang-reset Task dates via Outlook, which is a big help: I like NextAction!, but I think it's the likely culprit here. Now I don't have to abandon NextAction!, which would have been too bad, as it is a big improvement on Blackberry Tasks for GTD adherents. Hallelujah! I have a persistent problem synching my Blackberry Tour to Outlook since I started using the NextAction! 2.0 as an alternative to Blackberry’s rather weak Tasks application. Specifically, Outlook Task due dates randomly reset to dates in the distant future. This technique works to gang-reset Task dates via Outlook, which is a big help: I like NextAction!, but I think it’s the likely culprit here. Now I don’t have to abandon NextAction!, which would have been too bad, as it is a big improvement on Blackberry Tasks for GTD adherents.

]]> By: New Person http://www.thinkingserious.com/2009/04/11/changing-the-due-date-on-multiple-tasks-in-microsoft-outlook-2007/#comment-344 New Person Thu, 24 Sep 2009 04:02:32 +0000 http://www.thinkingserious.com/?p=400#comment-344 Thanks for sharing. I've been trying to figure this out for awhile and this works great. Thanks for sharing. I’ve been trying to figure this out for awhile and this works great.

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