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David_Edinburgh
Mar 24, 2019Brass Contributor
Microsoft ToDo, Outlook tasks, OneNote - doesn't work (Folders)
I have a major flaw (unless I'm not understanding it correctly). I include Outlook/OneNote training in my productivity workshops and looking forward to integrating Microsoft ToDo into the training. ...
- Jan 04, 2021
Hi, the functionality hasn't changed but the only version of OneNote that has the ability to create Outlook tasks is OneNote for Office (not OneNote online or OneNote for Windows 10).
OneNote has never had full task functionality (due dates, recurring tasks, etc.) which is where Outlook fills the gap.
You can still do it, but make sure you use OneNote for Office (it might be called OneNote 2016).
jonathan55
Feb 10, 2022Copper Contributor
Hi allobar. Not sure if the 'same problem' to which you refer is that cited by JennySihvonen (Oct '19), and by yourself back in 16, but I just had that problem and found a cause. In my case, pre-existing task flags had 'died' and newly created ones were going into the task folder associated with another mailbox. So the OneNote/Outlook dimension was behaving as though I had signed in to an account other than the one with which I'd actually signed in. With the help of a support agent, I went to File > Account Settings > Email and found that the wrong email account was selected as default. We corrected that, but still no joy. Then we went to File > Account Settings > Data Files and saw need of the same correction. (black tick indicating 'default' was on the wrong data file listing). This time: joy! Tasks newly created in OneNote were now appearing in the right folder of Outlook Tasks, and, joy of joys, all the pre-existing tasks had now come 'live' again. If you or anyone else with the issue has more than one mailbox running in Outlook then the File > Outlook Settings > Data Files.
KevinRussell96
Sep 08, 2023Copper Contributor
I don't suppose anyone else has another solution? This has been an issue going back 10 entire years based on a web search. I'm still having this issue despite working through solutions I've seen elsewhere as well as the one you posted here. I'm on all the right applications and all my settings are correct.
Still can't keep Tasks in sync if starting in OneNote. It's maddening.
Still can't keep Tasks in sync if starting in OneNote. It's maddening.
- David_EdinburghSep 10, 2023Brass Contributor
I'm not sure it will ever be fixed. I tend to warn my students to view it as a one way send rather than a two way sync.
I don't find it a huge problem in the real world but I agree it would make a pretty much perfect process