The dialog box used for adding and editing tasks contains two tab
pages:
- General - displays the name of a task,
task date and alarm settings.
- The Comment and Alarm pages are identical to
corresponding pages in the editing dialog box for Notes.
The General tab page
This tab page indicates the name of a task. Also - task date
settings, alarms and other specific parameters.
The General tab page appearance:
Each task must have a title that may consist of several text
lines.
Title - the field for storing a task title.
Task date and alarm settings are similar to those of Events.
For description of these settings, go to the Adding and editing events section.
Advanced date/alarm settings help
you specify the more flexible settings for a task date, alarm time
and action (launching an application, opening a document).
The Task completion field group indicates a task status:
percentage of its completeness, date and time of completion.
...%
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Changes the percentage of task completeness. |
Check/Uncheck
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Checks a task as completed. At the same time, the percentage of
task completeness becomes equal 100. The current date and time will
be set in the Date of completion field. The value of the
State field changes to Completed. If a task has
already been completed, this button removes the mark signifying the
task completion. |
Date of completion
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Two fields used for displaying the date and time of task
completion. |
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A group of fields displays the priority, task status and its
assignee.
Priority
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Changes the priority of a task. Each priority has a
corresponding graphic image. There are seven task priorities
available:
Highest
High
Medium
None
Low
Lowest
Unknown
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State
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Enables you to change the current task state (status). The
state field can have one of the following values:
- Not started
- In progress
- Completed
- Awaiting
- Postponed
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Assignee
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Used for displaying a task assignee. To select one of available
contacts (or any other record) as a task assignee, click the
button. The Select Item dialog box
appears. (For more details on how to work with the Select
Item dialog box, go to the Hyperlink - GSO link section).
Note: The Assignee field can be processed
manually. |
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