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I'd like to be able to set daily reminders in my Outlook tasks, but they don't seem to work consistently.
If I set a task to repeast every day without a due date, I expect to see it every day. As it stands, sometimes I do and sometimes I don't. Do I click "dismiss" when I'm done reading the task, or "completed". Either way doesn't seem to be working at the moment.
I also have a task that is set for today at 8:00 am. It is now 9;13 and the task has not popped up.
Beyond that, how do I set a reminder for a certain time before the appointment occurs?
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by: BlueDevilFanPosted on 2009-11-06 at 02:08:21ID: 25757881
Hi, NigelRocks.
"If I set a task to repeast every day without a due date, I expect to see it every day."
The next task won't generate until you mark the current task complete. For example, you must mark Friday's copy complete before Outlook will create Saturday's task.
"I also have a task that is set for today at 8:00 am. It is now 9;13 and the task has not popped up."
Is the task's reminder set and turned on? Is the task in the default task folder?
"Beyond that, how do I set a reminder for a certain time before the appointment occurs?"
Tasks and appointments aren't the same thing. If we are talking about tasks, then you cannot set the reminder to occur before the due date. Tasks have due dates, not due times (i.e. there is no time associated with a task). If instead we are talking about an appointment, then you can set the reminder to any number of minutes before the appointment's start time. So, which are we talking about?