Hi,

I'm trying to assign a weekly recurring task in Outlook to someone else. The
task needs to have a reminder time set, and each time the person completes
the task a new task for the following week needs to be automatically
regenerated. I've tried to set this up, however as soon as I select the
Assign Task button, the reminder checkbox and reminder date and time fields
disappear.

I can send the task assignment successfully, but as there is no reminder
setup, the person to whom I've assigned the task will never get a pop-up
reminder when the task becomes due. They will only know that they have a task
assigned to them if they check their Tasks view in Outlook.

Can someone please assist and let me know how to assign a reminder date and
time to tasks assigned to someone else?

Thanks!

The receiver can still assign its own reminders if he/she finds it necessary
to be reminded for it.

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Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
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"Nuzza" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:1B895326-5B69-4C16-B1EF-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to assign a weekly recurring task in Outlook to someone else.
> The
> task needs to have a reminder time set, and each time the person completes
> the task a new task for the following week needs to be automatically
> regenerated. I've tried to set this up, however as soon as I select the
> Assign Task button, the reminder checkbox and reminder date and time
> fields
> disappear.
>
> I can send the task assignment successfully, but as there is no reminder
> setup, the person to whom I've assigned the task will never get a pop-up
> reminder when the task becomes due. They will only know that they have a
> task
> assigned to them if they check their Tasks view in Outlook.
>
> Can someone please assist and let me know how to assign a reminder date
> and
> time to tasks assigned to someone else?
>
> Thanks!

Thanks, but I would actually prefer to set the reminder myself, as the people
being assigned the task may not check the tasks view in their Outlook, so may
never know they have a task assigned to them. Is that possible?

"Roady [MVP]" wrote:

> The receiver can still assign its own reminders if he/she finds it necessary
> to be reminded for it.
>
> --
> Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
> Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
> http://www.howto-outlook.com/
> Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more
>
> http://www.msoutlook.info/
> Real World Questions, Real World Answers
>
> -----
>
> "Nuzza" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:1B895326-5B69-4C16-B1EF-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm trying to assign a weekly recurring task in Outlook to someone else.
> > The
> > task needs to have a reminder time set, and each time the person completes
> > the task a new task for the following week needs to be automatically
> > regenerated. I've tried to set this up, however as soon as I select the
> > Assign Task button, the reminder checkbox and reminder date and time
> > fields
> > disappear.
> >
> > I can send the task assignment successfully, but as there is no reminder
> > setup, the person to whom I've assigned the task will never get a pop-up
> > reminder when the task becomes due. They will only know that they have a
> > task
> > assigned to them if they check their Tasks view in Outlook.
> >
> > Can someone please assist and let me know how to assign a reminder date
> > and
> > time to tasks assigned to someone else?
> >
> > Thanks!
>
>

No, you can't.
Outlook 2007 can play a reminder for tasks with Due Dates but no specified
reminder at a specific time;
Tools-> Options-> Task Options...

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

http://www.msoutlook.info/
Real World Questions, Real World Answers

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"Nuzza" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:0AE7F09E-154D-4657-B061-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thanks, but I would actually prefer to set the reminder myself, as the
> people
> being assigned the task may not check the tasks view in their Outlook, so
> may
> never know they have a task assigned to them. Is that possible?
>
> "Roady [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> The receiver can still assign its own reminders if he/she finds it
>> necessary
>> to be reminded for it.
>>
>> --
>> Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
>> Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
>> http://www.howto-outlook.com/
>> Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more
>>
>> http://www.msoutlook.info/
>> Real World Questions, Real World Answers
>>
>> -----
>>
>> "Nuzza" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:1B895326-5B69-4C16-B1EF-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I'm trying to assign a weekly recurring task in Outlook to someone
>> > else.
>> > The
>> > task needs to have a reminder time set, and each time the person
>> > completes
>> > the task a new task for the following week needs to be automatically
>> > regenerated. I've tried to set this up, however as soon as I select the
>> > Assign Task button, the reminder checkbox and reminder date and time
>> > fields
>> > disappear.
>> >
>> > I can send the task assignment successfully, but as there is no
>> > reminder
>> > setup, the person to whom I've assigned the task will never get a
>> > pop-up
>> > reminder when the task becomes due. They will only know that they have
>> > a
>> > task
>> > assigned to them if they check their Tasks view in Outlook.
>> >
>> > Can someone please assist and let me know how to assign a reminder date
>> > and
>> > time to tasks assigned to someone else?
>> >
>> > Thanks!
>>
>>