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Can I send an email into To Do and have it become a task
Sometimes sending or forwarding an email is a good intake method, not sure if that is possible?
I understand you have found a solution, but I like the direction you are going and wanted to respond to others who may read this post later on.
Alternative methods to create quick reminders or tasks
- Use the Add a Note feature which sends a note to OneNote
- Pin/unpin an email to the top so you can "tend" to it when you can
- Flag/unflag an email that sends an item to the ToDo list
- Use the Quick action icons and Customize Action icons
- Many users forget to add the icons they use the most
- Many users forget to add the icons they use the most
- Lastly, the inspiration for this post. Microsoft recently added Send to OneNote or Share to Teams. It is a good idea to include Send a Task one-click action. Adding this feature will be helpful to Android/iPhone users.
Teresa
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Great information!
The other scenario not covered yet is if I have a Gmail that I want in To Do, I would like to forward it to an inbound email box that adds to my To Do.
I think the iPad Outlook app has a command to create a To Do Task, I have to check if that is only for O365 emails or Gmails too.
For stray thought tasks, Siri is another option but I don't use Siri.
The other scenario not covered yet is if I have a Gmail that I want in To Do, I would like to forward it to an inbound email box that adds to my To Do.
I think the iPad Outlook app has a command to create a To Do Task, I have to check if that is only for O365 emails or Gmails too.
For stray thought tasks, Siri is another option but I don't use Siri.
Another good idea. I encourage you to give this feedback directly to Microsoft. I know that they review end-user suggestions.
- I appreciate your optimism! That does not match my experience... there are so many User Voice suggestions that have been ignored. They rarely post here. If a Product Manager was here reading these, i might believe it!
- I know I'm coming to this late, but I get frustrated every time I use To-Do
To-Do was created when Microsoft bought the app Wunderlist and forced it to shut down. Wunderlist was amazing and had the ability to do much of what you're describing. (https://mixable.blog/note-to-self-how-to-quickly-create-tasks-in-wunderlist/)
Microsoft assured Wunderlist users that To-Do would retain all of Wunderlist's feature - but instead they've just made it worse.
