Tasks – Adding/Editing task

To add a new task press the button or double click the empty line inside the viewing area. You can also use shortcuts Ins or Ctrl + N.

To edit an already existing record press the button or double click the record you want to edit in the viewing area. You can use shortcuts Enter or Ctrl + E as well.

Dialog box for working with tasks:

Information fields description:

Title – a record’s title.

Begin – a date of starting the task.

End – a date when the task has to be completed.

While creating a task you can omit entering this information or enter just the Begin or End dates.

For recurring task, make sure you enter the End date.

Date of Completion – a date when the task was actually completed. This field is unavailable for editing, if the task progress indicator is below 100 %. When the task is completed, the date of completion is set automatically and the field becomes available for editing.

Notification options:

Remind at: here you can set date and time when you would like to get the notification about a task being created.

To get access to the Extended notification options, press the button to the right of this field.

Priority – a task’s priority level. The following priority levels are available: low, normal and high.

Completion – this field allows you to track task progress (percentage) or to mark the task as completed by choosing 100 % or by clicking the button to the right of this field.

Recurrence – these settings enable you to make any task a recurring one. When you change the mode or press the  button, the extended recurrence options window opens, giving you an opportunity to select and set an appropriate recurrence template.

Description – use this field to enter an additional task information and its description. The description field supports rich text formatting (RTF), pictures, tables and hyperlink insertion. See “Working with text and descriptions” chapter for details.