The Outlook To-Do Bar is too cluttered
In Outlook 2003 and previous the Task Pad only listed my tasks. I also used flagging to mark some messages. Now in Outlook 2007 these are all combined in the To-Do Bar.
How do I get the Task Pad back?
Well, that one is gone. Short from unflagging all your messages and using Color Categories instead to unclutter the To-Do Bar you can set a filter so the To-Do Bar will only show tasks;
- To open the View Settings dialog choose;
- Outlook 2007
Right click the "Arranged By:" column header in the To-Do Bar and choose Custom… - Outlook 2010 and Outlook 2013
Right click the "Arrange By:" column header in the To-Do Bar and choose View Settings…
Opening the View Settings for the To-Do List.
- Outlook 2007
- In the View Settings dialog that pops-up choose Filter...-> tab Advanced
- Here set the following criteria;
- Field: Message Class
- Condition: contains
- Value: task
- Press the button "Add to List" to apply the filter.
- Press OK and the OK again close the open dialogs.
Type in the criteria and press the “Add to List” button to apply the filter.
