{"id":3388,"date":"2020-05-29T20:37:10","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T20:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/?p=3388"},"modified":"2023-02-24T19:54:47","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T19:54:47","slug":"three-ways-to-make-a-microsoft-to-do-task-without-leaving-your-inbox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/2020\/05\/29\/three-ways-to-make-a-microsoft-to-do-task-without-leaving-your-inbox\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Ways to Make a Microsoft To Do task without Leaving your Inbox"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Inbox zero is a must in my work life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I try to archive 95% of my emails within the first few minutes of reading them. Why? Because almost all of them have an action item that I can either do right now or want to do later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are three ways to make a task in Microsoft To Do that is linked to the original email without leaving your inbox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol type=\"1\">\n<li>Drag and drop into the My Day Pane<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Flag an Email<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select Text and use To Do pop up mini menu<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are some visuals to show you where these buttons are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Drag and drop an email into the My Day Pane<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1556\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/Outlook-Web-To-Do-Task-My-Day-scaled.jpg?fit=1024%2C622&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/Outlook-Web-To-Do-Task-My-Day-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/Outlook-Web-To-Do-Task-My-Day-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/Outlook-Web-To-Do-Task-My-Day-1024x622.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/Outlook-Web-To-Do-Task-My-Day-768x467.jpg 768w, https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/Outlook-Web-To-Do-Task-My-Day-1536x934.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/Outlook-Web-To-Do-Task-My-Day-2048x1245.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Tip: <em>Open Outlook on the Web &gt; open the My Day pane&gt; Select the email &gt; Drag and drop into the &#8220;Add as a Task&#8221; area.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Flag an Email<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1468\" src=\"regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/Outlook-Web-To-Do-Task-Flag-scaled.jpg?fit=1024%2C587&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/Outlook-Web-To-Do-Task-Flag-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/Outlook-Web-To-Do-Task-Flag-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/Outlook-Web-To-Do-Task-Flag-1024x587.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/Outlook-Web-To-Do-Task-Flag-768x440.jpg 768w, https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/Outlook-Web-To-Do-Task-Flag-1536x881.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/Outlook-Web-To-Do-Task-Flag-2048x1174.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Tip: <em>If you flag a message in your Outlook inbox, it Open Microsoft To Do. Settings &gt; Connected Apps &gt; Turn on toggle for Flagged Emails.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Select Text and use To Do pop up mini menu<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/Outlook-Web-To-Do-Task-Select-Text-1-scaled.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/Outlook-Web-To-Do-Task-Select-Text-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/Outlook-Web-To-Do-Task-Select-Text-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/Outlook-Web-To-Do-Task-Select-Text-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/Outlook-Web-To-Do-Task-Select-Text-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/Outlook-Web-To-Do-Task-Select-Text-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/Outlook-Web-To-Do-Task-Select-Text-1-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Tip: <em>Select the text you want to use as the title of your task. 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