Outlook 2007 missing the TaskPad

[Gregg Hill]

Hello!

I just upgraded from Office 2003 Pro to Office 2007 Enterprise. Outlook 2003
had a "TaskPad" that I could put to the right of my calendar and its
contents matched the "Tasks" items in Outlook's "folder list" view. I wanted
it there so I had a reminder of tasks that need to be done.

Now, I have this wonderful "To-Do Bar" in Outlook 2007 that has TWO of my 17
tasks showing at the bottom of the To-Do Bar, with a ton of other items
above them. Those other items I figured out are mostly emails that I have
flagged with different color flags. I did that in my emails so I could mark
them with certain levels of importance. They did NOT show up in my Outlook
2003 TaskPad, which was good, but now Outlook 2007 shows them and I cannot
get rid of them. After much digging, I found that the two tasks that show in
the list are ones that have a due date. The ones that do not have a due date
are mixed in with the two dozen or so emails that have flags by them.

How can I regain the TaskPad view that I had with Outlook 2003, other than
by removing Outlook 2007?

This To-Do Bar is a PITA compared to the TaskPad. Perhaps the flags are not
intended for the use I give them, but it was working just fine in Outlook
2003.

Thank you for your help!

Gregg Hill

 

[Judy Gleeson \(MVP Outlook\)]

How can I regain the TaskPad view that I had with Outlook 2003, other than

by removing Outlook 2007?

Here's the standard response to these types of issues from Sue Mosher:

Outlook 2007 does not support that arrangement. If you have a retail version
of Office/Outlook 2007, I suggest that you file a support incident on this
issue. This is the best way to let Microsoft know that there's something
lacking in the application. Unlimited support for Office/Outlook 2007 is
free for the first 90 days after activation. See
http://support.microsoft.com/gp/vista_supoffnew for more information on this
support policy.


Judy Gleeson
MVP Outlook
Outlook trainer and author of Productiv_IT with Outlook
www.acorntraining.com.au
Canberra, Australia

Imagine if every Thursday your shoes exploded if you tied them the usual
way. This happens to us all the time with computers, and nobody thinks of
complaining.
Jef Raskin, interviewed in Doctor Dobb's Journal

 

[Gregg Hill]

Judy,

I took a nap for a few hours, then looked at it again. By adding a due date
of 12/31/07 to each of my tasks they showed up in the To-Do Bar. Then I
collapsed the "No Date" section and I have my functionality back. It is not
as clean as it was since I have to hide the "No Date" section to do it, but
at least I can see my tasks so I can properly put off doing them.

Now I have to wait for Motorola Phone Tools to be compatible with Outlook
2007. I get an error regarding the "outl97.dll" add-in every time I start
Outlook 2007. I just removed the add-in, but now I have to sync my phone via
my laptop. I contacted Motorola, too.

Now to go see if I can get my calendar to show which appointments have the
little alarm icon for appointments with reminder alarms. Some of the things
they took away were good to have.

Gregg Hill