Comments on: Outlook: Convert email messages into tasks or meetings!

By: d3l3t3m3

d3l3t3m3 — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:41:40 +0000

Another tip:

You can RIGHT+CLICK and drag/drop the e-mails to calendar/tasks. This will allow you to create the object with the e-mail attached to it.

By: Joel

Joel — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:16:44 +0000

Actually I found that if you rightclick and drag the email to the task icon it prompts you to create a task with the email as an attachment which copies the actual email and any attachments. This might be useful.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:28:50 +0000

Kristen,

Thanks for commenting. With Outlook 2003 (yeah, I know!) if I drag an email to Tasks, I can set it up as a task, establish a due date, etc. The original email stays in my Inbox – so I can move it to a folder, save it to my hard drive, or leave it in the Inbox. If I need to respond, forward, or otherwise react to the message, I can do so.

Perhaps you’re using 2007 and it’s different?

By: Kristen

Kristen — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:11:56 +0000

Hi Kevin,

I like the ability to drag an email into the task folder, but what happens when I want to respond to that email?

Everytime I do this, the email body comes up, but I’m unable to hit reply, and then I spend more time digging through my folders to find the original email and click respond.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

By: Kevin

Kevin — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 01:47:11 +0000

Nathan, you can drag a message into your Outlook calendar, but you’re going to have to manually set up everything – date, start and end times, attendees, etc. But the body of the message should show up in the meeting invitation. (I am writing this from memory, but think I’ve got it right.) Thanks for commenting! kc