Looking for task-list software better then Outlook
 

This is an ActiveSync limitation, not an Outlook limitation. Since synchronizing task subfolders is not a feature of ActiveSync, you'd have to either consolidate the data into the default Tasks folder or look for another sync utility. (That's not a product area that I follow.) Maybe it's time to revisit the question of why you're using subfolders for tasks?

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Do you have a solution to the other problem mentioned by the previous
poster;

"I'm also not able (or not knowing how) to synchronize task sub-folders
onto my PocketPC using the standard ActiveSync software."

I am trying to figure out how to do the same thing. I suspect it isn't
possible, which would be another limitation on the usability of tasks
in Outlook. Please prove me wrong.

-Jonathan

Looking for task-list software better then Outlook
 

The limitation is caused by ActiveSync but the end result is it limits
how I can use Outlook tasks.

Why do we use subfolders for email? The same reason I want to use them
for tasks: Organization.

Looking for task-list software better then Outlook
 

Repeat after me - "Categories, Categories, Categories!!!!"

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After furious head scratching, asked:

| The limitation is caused by ActiveSync but the end result is it limits
| how I can use Outlook tasks.
|
| Why do we use subfolders for email? The same reason I want to use them
| for tasks: Organization.

Looking for task-list software better then Outlook
 

On Wed, 08 Feb 2006 11:41:02 -0800, jonfklein wrote:

Ok, inferior or not inferior, poorly written or not. I can't prove any of
these statements in the amount of time I want to discuss this so I will
take them back. But my general impression is that non-Microsoft software
is more user-friendly. Perhaps I should have said I am simply dissapointed
with the usability of Outlook tasks and I think there is a lot of room for
imporvement.

1) Yes I am using Group By. The main problem I have with this is that
Outlook always shows all categories and orders them in ascending or
descending alphabetical order. So if you have several groups you still
have to sort through all the groups, to find the one you want which may be
several screens down. There is no easy way, that I have found so far, to
view only one specific group on the screen at once.

Ok, I haven't looked at using the search folder yet. Perhaps I can make it
more usable if I figure that out.

Outlook is no different than the bible or the law: you
have to figure it out. I chose to remove it. Actually, after a
nightmare-in hell, I un-installed, re-installed (MS Office 2003) and
unchecked/unticked--- OUTLOOK.

Perhaps OUTLOOK in Office 2007 will be an improvement?

http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/pricing.mspx#EW

Looking for task-list software better then Outlook
 

You are not alone in your disappointment:
http://blogs.msdn.com/melissamacbeth...13/512780.aspx

In the 3+months that has passed, have you come up with any insights?
-Lou

" wrote:

I am looking for software that handles task lists better then Microsoft
Outlook. Does anyone in this group have any suggestions?

I have tried using Outlook and I am frankly stunned that it is a
product of the largest software company in the world. My specific
gripes are

1) Outlook allows you to assign tasks to multiple categories. However,
it is difficult to only select specific categories of tasks to view at
once. You have to view all categories at the same time. So, if a task
is in two or three categories it appears on the screen multiple times.
If you have a large number of tasks you might only want to look at a
few categories at once.

2) Formatting for printing task lists is limited, so say the least.
a) It is not possible to have the subject line word wrap to a second
line, in table format. So if your subject line is long and you are
printing a table format list to a small page (for example a Day Runner
Running mate page), the subject line gets cut off.

b) The preview of the task notes is limited to two or three lines and
the formatting elliminates line breaks. It should allow you to select
the size of the preview text and if you want line breaks ellimiated.

c) It is not possible to insert page breaks before a new category
heading so that new categories appear at the top of the page.

3) It is not possible to select the order that categories are
displayed. You can select the order that individual tasks are
displayed, but not categories.

4) You cannot view multiple task folders in the same task list. I
prefer to keep different categories of tasks in folders and sub
folders. But it is not possible to view the tasks from multiple folders
or even sub-folders in a single list. So I have to use one folders for
all tasks and use categories to organize them.

These are major deficiencies in my opinion. I can see why people
consider MS software inferior, because it is.

-Jonathan