The Time Management Toolkit: MicrosoftВ® Office OutlookВ® 2007 Step by Step and Take Back Your Life (Step By Step (Microsoft))

You can create tasks for yourself and assign tasks to other people.

Outlook displays tasks in the Tasks pane, in the Daily Task List in the Calendar pane, and on the To-Do Bar, which is available from any Outlook pane.

You can organize tasks by grouping them in additional task folders or by assigning tasks to categories.

When you assign tasks, Outlook sends a task request to the designated person, who can accept or decline the task. If you keep a copy of the assigned task, it is automatically updated when the person you assigned the task to updates the original.

You can update tasks assigned to you and send status reports to the person who assigned the task. A task can have a status of Not Started, Deferred, Waiting, Complete, or the percentage completed.

You can create one-time or recurring tasks. Outlook creates a new occurrence of a recurring task every time you complete the current occurrence.

You can set a reminder to display a message at a designated time before a task is due.