Hi - what I'm looking for is to be able to set it up so when I auto-create a
new task that I can set what the options are. For example, I want generic
tasks to have no due date, and the category "Admin", instead of today's date,
and a blank category.

Advice would be appreciated!

(I did find the method for the default due date - thank you to an earlier
poster!)

Is there any way to choose other default catetories?

"B J" wrote:

> Hi - what I'm looking for is to be able to set it up so when I auto-create a
> new task that I can set what the options are. For example, I want generic
> tasks to have no due date, and the category "Admin", instead of today's date,
> and a blank category.
>
> Advice would be appreciated!

No, you can't set the date based on the category.

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"B J" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> (I did find the method for the default due date - thank you to an earlier
> poster!)
>
> Is there any way to choose other default catetories?
>
> "B J" wrote:
>
>> Hi - what I'm looking for is to be able to set it up so when I
>> auto-create a
>> new task that I can set what the options are. For example, I want
>> generic
>> tasks to have no due date, and the category "Admin", instead of today's
>> date,
>> and a blank category.
>>
>> Advice would be appreciated!

Thanks!

However, I'm not looking to have the date set by category.

I'm just looking to have a default category.

When I go to the "Click to add new task" area, all I want is to be able to
type in the name of the task, and have that task default to the "Admin"
category.





"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:

> No, you can't set the date based on the category.
>
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>
> "B J" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:2D432F8D-58CB-43C3-AC7F-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > (I did find the method for the default due date - thank you to an earlier
> > poster!)
> >
> > Is there any way to choose other default catetories?
> >
> > "B J" wrote:
> >
> >> Hi - what I'm looking for is to be able to set it up so when I
> >> auto-create a
> >> new task that I can set what the options are. For example, I want
> >> generic
> >> tasks to have no due date, and the category "Admin", instead of today's
> >> date,
> >> and a blank category.
> >>
> >> Advice would be appreciated!
>
> .
>

You can't do that either. You have two choices - use VBA or save task
templates with the categories filled in. You can open them from a shortcut
(using the normal template menu would be more work than selecting the
category.)

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"B J" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Thanks!
>
> However, I'm not looking to have the date set by category.
>
> I'm just looking to have a default category.
>
> When I go to the "Click to add new task" area, all I want is to be able to
> type in the name of the task, and have that task default to the "Admin"
> category.
>
>
>
>
>
> "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> No, you can't set the date based on the category.
>>
>> --
>> Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
>> Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
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>>
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>>
>> "B J" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:2D432F8D-58CB-43C3-AC7F-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > (I did find the method for the default due date - thank you to an
>> > earlier
>> > poster!)
>> >
>> > Is there any way to choose other default catetories?
>> >
>> > "B J" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi - what I'm looking for is to be able to set it up so when I
>> >> auto-create a
>> >> new task that I can set what the options are. For example, I want
>> >> generic
>> >> tasks to have no due date, and the category "Admin", instead of
>> >> today's
>> >> date,
>> >> and a blank category.
>> >>
>> >> Advice would be appreciated!
>>
>> .
>>

OK, thanks.
I'll poke around with VBA a bit. It's just I'm going to have a couple
users who will be creating a lot of tasks with the same category - just
trying to save them some work!

BJ

"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:

> You can't do that either. You have two choices - use VBA or save task
> templates with the categories filled in. You can open them from a shortcut
> (using the normal template menu would be more work than selecting the
> category.)
>
> --
> Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
> Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
> Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com/
>
> Outlook Tips by email:
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>
> EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
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>
> Poll: What version of Exchange server do you use?
> http://forums.slipstick.com/showthread.php?t=33803
>
> "B J" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:53AE7F75-C555-450F-AB69-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Thanks!
> >
> > However, I'm not looking to have the date set by category.
> >
> > I'm just looking to have a default category.
> >
> > When I go to the "Click to add new task" area, all I want is to be able to
> > type in the name of the task, and have that task default to the "Admin"
> > category.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:
> >
> >> No, you can't set the date based on the category.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
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> >>
> >> Poll: What version of Exchange server do you use?
> >> http://forums.slipstick.com/showthread.php?t=33803
> >>
> >> "B J" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >> news:2D432F8D-58CB-43C3-AC7F-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> > (I did find the method for the default due date - thank you to an
> >> > earlier
> >> > poster!)
> >> >
> >> > Is there any way to choose other default catetories?
> >> >
> >> > "B J" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Hi - what I'm looking for is to be able to set it up so when I
> >> >> auto-create a
> >> >> new task that I can set what the options are. For example, I want
> >> >> generic
> >> >> tasks to have no due date, and the category "Admin", instead of
> >> >> today's
> >> >> date,
> >> >> and a blank category.
> >> >>
> >> >> Advice would be appreciated!
> >>
> >> .
> >>