Task list sorting?

[MCHSI]

I have entered a DUE DATE for several tasks. List sorts by this just fine.
If I enter a new task with a due date - in the past - seems like it should
sort to the top - but no - it sorts to just AFTER any others with dates.
How do I get a true sort by any due date?

Thx.

JDS

 

[Judy Gleeson \(MVP Outlook\)]

As a very general answer: click the column header to sort.

I have no idea what you are looking at by the way. Which version? Which
folder? Which view?

I hope this helps you at least a little bit!

Judy Gleeson
MVP Outlook
Outlook trainer and author of Productiv_IT with Outlook

read my articles here: www.judygleeson.com
www.acorntraining.com.au
Canberra, Australia

In mathematics you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
Johann von Neumann (1903 - 1957)

 

[MCHSI]

Sorry I forgot my details!

Outlook 2003.

Looking at the Calendar view - with task list on the right side.

I have 3 tasks with 4/25 due date. They sort to top - clicking on the due
date header.

I want to add a past due task with date of 4/23. There is the problem - it
does NOT sort to top! It sits in the 4th position - below the 3 4/25 dates.

Hope that draws a clearer picture.

JDS

 

[Judy Gleeson \(MVP Outlook\)]

What you are describing is the TaskPad - that's what it says on the heading
in 2003.

Try customising it and setting your preferred grouping and sorting this way:

right click the column header (the grey bar where it says Subject or Due
date etc)
Customise Current View
Set the Group by.. choices
Set the Fields ....choices.

I hope this helps you at least a little bit!

Judy Gleeson
MVP Outlook
Outlook trainer and author of Productiv_IT with Outlook

read my articles here: www.judygleeson.com
www.acorntraining.com.au
Canberra, Australia

In mathematics you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
Johann von Neumann (1903 - 1957)

 

[MCHSI]

That doesn't get it either - anytime I add a date - in the past - it does
not go to the top! Grouped or not makes no dif. The group dated 4/30 sorts
to the top with balance of tasks assigned no due date. I then select 1 task
and enter the date 4/24 - and it moves to the middle of 4/30 and no date
group!

Other thoughts? Seems like a bug here.

 

[Judy Gleeson \(MVP Outlook\)]

try a command line switch to reset the TaskPad?

I hope this helps you at least a little bit!

Judy Gleeson
MVP Outlook
Outlook trainer and author of Productiv_IT with Outlook

read my articles here: www.judygleeson.com
www.acorntraining.com.au
Canberra, Australia

In mathematics you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
Johann von Neumann (1903 - 1957)

 

[MCHSI]

sure how do i do that?

try a command line switch to reset the TaskPad?

I hope this helps you at least a little bit!

Judy Gleeson
MVP Outlook
Outlook trainer and author of Productiv_IT with Outlook

read my articles here: www.judygleeson.com
www.acorntraining.com.au
Canberra, Australia

In mathematics you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
Johann von Neumann (1903 - 1957)

 

[Judy Gleeson \(MVP Outlook\)]

sorry - I was in the training room for a few days.

http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/commandlines.htm

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I hope this helps you at least a little bit!

Judy Gleeson
MVP Outlook
Outlook trainer and author of Productiv_IT with Outlook

read my articles here: www.judygleeson.com
www.acorntraining.com.au
Canberra, Australia

In mathematics you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
Johann von Neumann (1903 - 1957)

 

[MCHSI]

no prob! i appreciate the help!

trying to follow syntax from that url i've typed:

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\OUTLOOK.EXE" /resettasks"

but i get an error advising "cannot start outlook"

that path is coped from the shortcut that actually starts outlook.

??

 

[Brian Tillman]

trying to follow syntax from that url i've typed:

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\OUTLOOK.EXE" /resettasks"

but i get an error advising "cannot start outlook"

Outlook 2003 doesn't have a /resettasks command switch and, for the life of
me, I can't see one on the web page Judy cited, so I'm unsure why you tried
to use it.

 

[MCHSI]

Because she knows a lot more about Outlook than I do and she suggested it.

Do you have any solutions to the problem?

Outlook 2003
Looking at the Calendar view - with task list on the right side.
I have 3 tasks with 4/25 due date. They sort to top - clicking on the due
date header.
I want to add a past due task with date of 4/23. There is the problem - it
does NOT sort to top! It sits in the 4th position - below the 3 4/25 dates.

JDS

 

[Brian Tillman]

Because she knows a lot more about Outlook than I do and she
suggested it.

What she said was "try a command line switch to reset the TaskPad". She
didn't mention "/resettask". While I can't find any such switch (other than
the more general "/cleanviews"), as you say, Judy knows a lot.

Outlook 2003
Looking at the Calendar view - with task list on the right side.
I have 3 tasks with 4/25 due date. They sort to top - clicking on
the due date header.
I want to add a past due task with date of 4/23. There is the
problem - it does NOT sort to top! It sits in the 4th position -
below the 3 4/25 dates.

When I add the Due Date field to the TaskPad header line and then add a task
whose Due Dat is earlier than any I have already displaying, then click the
Due Date header twice to sort in the opposite direction, then in the
original direction, the tasks appear sorted correctly to me.

 

[MCHSI]

Any others idea why its not sorting correctly.

What she said was "try a command line switch to reset the TaskPad". She
didn't mention "/resettask". While I can't find any such switch (other
than the more general "/cleanviews"), as you say, Judy knows a lot.


When I add the Due Date field to the TaskPad header line and then add a
task whose Due Dat is earlier than any I have already displaying, then
click the Due Date header twice to sort in the opposite direction, then in
the original direction, the tasks appear sorted correctly to me.