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First of all, here\u2019s the background. As all MYN users know, with MYN settings in Outlook\u2019s To-Do Bar, all future tasks are hidden until their start date arrives. When that date arrives, they pop into the top of their urgency zone. Before that happens, if you want to see future-dated tasks, there are two ways to do this in the standard MYN system. One is to view the Daily Task List<\/a> in the week calendar. The other is to go to the Tasks folder and activate a view like Simple List that shows future tasks.<\/p>\n But I often get pushback from new users who say \u201cno, I want to see tomorrow\u2019s tasks right on my MYN Task List. I don\u2019t want to have to look somewhere else.\u201d And my standard response has been that I fundamentally disagree with doing this. Why? Because the reason most tasks lists fail is they get overloaded. So, you want to simplify your list to show only those tasks that you need to worry about right now. That\u2019s why I instruct you to hide tasks you don\u2019t want on your mind today. And if you create a future task that you realize you do<\/i> need to worry about right now, well then just set today’s start date on it and indicate a future deadline in the subject line. But just for that task. Don\u2019t clog up your task list by showing all<\/i> future-dated tasks.<\/p>\n Some Good Reasons for This<\/b><\/p>\n But my stance is softening a little bit and I can see some arguments for showing tomorrow\u2019s<\/i> tasks on your list. For example, seeing them may trigger some preparation today that you did not consider were needed when you first wrote down and dated the task. It also gives you a way, at the end of today, to create a list for tomorrow, and so plan ahead. And it allows you to rethink what you may have planned earlier for tomorrow, before the day starts.<\/p>\n With all this in mind, I\u2019ve developed an optional set of configuration additions to the MYN standard Outlook settings that will accomplish this. They result in view you see above.<\/p>\n Configuration Additions<\/b><\/p>\n All of the steps I\u2019m about to show you are in addition to<\/i> the standard MYN settings that are shown both in the MYN Outlook video class<\/a>, and in Lesson 3 of the Outlook book<\/a>. So ensure those settings are in place first before proceeding with the steps below. The steps below work for Windows Outlook 2007, 2010, and 2013.<\/p>\n There are two sets of changes to make. The first are changes to the filter<\/em> so that tasks starting tomorrow are also shown on your list. The second sets the formatting for those tasks to be a lighter gray color (as shown in the figure above).<\/p>\n All of these changes start at the main configuration window for the To-Do Bar, which I fondly call \u201cthe tall stack of buttons.\u201d So let\u2019s start with opening that.<\/p>\n Opening the tall stack of buttons window<\/b><\/p>\n Once at the tall stack of buttons, then take these steps:<\/p>\n Filter Change<\/b><\/p>\n Formatting Change<\/b><\/p>\n That\u2019s it. Your view should look similar to above. If you don\u2019t see any gray tasks at the top of each section you may not have any tasks scheduled for tomorrow, so create a few to test the settings.<\/p>\n Conclusion<\/b><\/p>\n Again, I don\u2019t recommend this for everyone, but if you feel it fills an important need for you, give it a whirl. And if you do try this out, let me know how you like (or dislike) the changes in the comments below. I am particularly interested if you find this makes your list too busy, or if in fact you feel it provides useful information.<\/p>\n Michael Linenberger<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Jan 31, 2014 It\u2019s not often that I come out with new configuration changes for the MYN Outlook system, but here\u2019s an optional one that you might want to consider. It\u2019s to show tomorrow\u2019s tasks in the MYN Task List … Continue reading \n
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