Marking one occurrence of a recurring task as complete

[Maria Nocera]

Hi, I am new to Outlook, about 2 weeks now.

I entered all my tasks, most of which repeat on a weekly/biweekly/monthly
basis, making sure that I noted each went through EOY.

I noticed the other day when I was in my calendar view in July, I didn't see
any tasks listed. Sure enough, after mid-June, I didn't see any tasks. I
thought I'd done something wrong, but when I looked into it more, the tasks
are all marked completed.

For example, I had a task to send out notices to update reports on the 15th
of the month. Back on May 15th, I sent out the message and marked the task
complete. Somehow, they are all marked complete. I normally just
right-click on the task and say"mark complete". Should I be doing this
another way? Do I have to re-enter everything?

Any help would be really appreciated.

Maria

 

[Diane Poremsky {MVP}]

the next task is only regenerated after you mark the previous one complete.

 

[Brian Tillman]

Hi, I am new to Outlook, about 2 weeks now.

Which version?

I entered all my tasks, most of which repeat on a
weekly/biweekly/monthly basis, making sure that I noted each went
through EOY.

I noticed the other day when I was in my calendar view in July, I
didn't see any tasks listed. Sure enough, after mid-June, I didn't
see any tasks.

Tasks are in the Tasks folder, not in the Calendar folder.

 

[Maria Nocera]

Hi Diane,

When you say regenerated, you mean that it will only show up in my calendar
view once the previous is marked complete? What if I deleted one - would the
next one show up as well?

Thanx!

Maria

 

[Maria Nocera]

I just got Office 2007.

I have my calendar view set up so that I see my tasks for the day listed on
the bottom. That is the easiest view for me to keep things straight.

Maria

 

[Diane Poremsky {MVP}]

Correct. Until the first task is complete, the next won't exist. you can
delete the old ones as long you don't delete the uncompleted one, it will
not affect future events.

 

[Maria Nocera]

OK, one more question....what if I deleted a task without marking it complete
first? Does that affect future ones?

Sorry for all the questions, but thank you very much for all your help!

Maria

 

[Diane Poremsky {MVP}]

Yes, that deletes future tasks.

OK, one more question....what if I deleted a task without marking it
complete
first? Does that affect future ones?

Sorry for all the questions, but thank you very much for all your help!

Maria

 

[Maria Nocera]

That answers my question. Thanx so much Diane! You've been extremely helpful!