It is not "recorded" in today's date - you are viewing it in a view of the
Calendar that shows it today. You can choose whether or not completed Tasks
show in the Calendar view you are in.
If you look at your Tasks Folder the Task will show the correct Start, Due
and Date Completed Dates.
Regards
Judy Gleeson
MVP Outlook
Trainer and Consultant
There are various articles about using Outlook here:
www.judygleeson.com
Canberra, Australia
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>
> "Judy Gleeson (MVP Outlook)" wrote:
>
>> Are you using the Start Date button (or Due Date) and wiping a date range
>> in
>> the little Calendar drop down? That will set both Start and Due date for
>> you.
>>
>> Or are you flagging an Email and saying "Task" to us??
>>
>> Regards
>
>
> Hi Judy.
>
> I'm in Outlook 2007 / Calender. I double click in the task section
> underneath the calender day in which I want to record the task. The
> calender
> day is any day prior to 'today'. I keep the start/due dates supplied and
> mark
> as 'completed'. The task is accepted but shifted forward and recorded in
> today's date. I want it recorded under it's original date.
>
>>
>> Judy Gleeson
>> MVP Outlook
>> Trainer and Consultant
>>
>> There are various articles about using Outlook here: www.judygleeson.com
>> Canberra, Australia
>>
>>
>> "Damian" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:7F3C6894-4653-45EC-91E0-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > I'm trying to record tasks retrospectively in Outlook 2007 by selecting
>> > a
>> > previous day, entering task details, marking as completed and setting
>> > start/end date the same as the calender day selected but Outlook always
>> > creates the task in the current day. This was possible under earlier
>> > versions
>> > of Outlook. Some tasks are completed before they are entered and I just
>> > want
>> > to maintain a record of these events. Can someone help please?
>>
>>
>>