Almost daily, I put too many tasks as due. I guess I like to press myself to get as much done as possible. But one of the issues with this is I frequently have 2-3 tasks at the end of the day I have to move to the next day. This isn’t so bad, but what if it was 25 tasks needing a date adjustment?
Allister Frost has posted a quick way to adjust all of them at one time.
Step by step instructions:
1. Start with a table view of your Tasks folder, then right-click the column headings and choose Customize Current View.
2. Click Group By, and choose Due Date as the grouping field. Click OK until you return to the view.
3. Choose View, Expand/Collapse Groups, Collapse All Groups to make the groups easier to see.
4. Finally, select all the groups that represent dates that have already past, then drag them a group with a future date. Before you release the mouse button, you should see the pop-up tip Change Due Date to , indicating that dropping the items on the group will change the Due Date to the next day.
I mainly use my Pocket PC for task management so it’s a slight adjustment in using Pocket Outlook, but you get the picture.
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