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traceyg22
Brass Contributor
May 24, 2023

Searching for TO DO tasks in Outlook

I feel like I must be missing someting and have searched through posts but can't find the answer.  I have been using Microsoft To Do (and love it).  But now that it is available via Outlook, I can't ...
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Mark_Philpott
Copper Contributor
Feb 25, 2024

Phillip_AT_Jones I have the same issue. It is incredbily frustrating and I am leaving this comment in the hope that Microsoft bring this feature back ASAP.  It is taking an age and should be one of the most fundamental requirements for any task management list.  Come on Microsoft, let's get it together shall we.  I'll be reverting to Copilot AI to create an option soon! Much more responsive!

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abeck1226
Copper Contributor
Feb 27, 2024
I found a small (albeit annoying) work around, but I don't have a ton of tasks (currently only about 150) so for me it's feasible. I'm on my "planned" tasks tab and scroll quickly all the way to the bottom of the list. Ctrl+F to opens a search box and I can type what I need to search. This only worked after I scrolled to the bottom of the list which was quick for me with only a few tasks. Hope this helps someone.
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    PANadmin
    Copper Contributor
    Apr 09, 2024

    abeck1226 Seems to now be present at the top bar in the new Outlook.

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      GaryNeal
      Copper Contributor
      Apr 10, 2024

      PANadmin , the search bar at the top of the "To Do" tab just jumps back to the "Mail" tab search tool.  I don't know if this is new functionality, but if you change the search to "All Outlook Items", one of the results is the "Tasks" category, which is what we want.  You have to wade through all the other search results (Inbox, Calendar, etc.), but it's better than nothing.

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        GaryNeal
        Copper Contributor
        Jun 19, 2024
        I'm happy to report that Microsoft finally released an update to search directly in the Tasks tab! I'm not sure when this happened, but I'm running classic Outlook for Microsoft 365 MSO (Version 2405 Build 16.0.17628.20006) 64-bit.

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    Mark_Philpott
    Copper Contributor
    Feb 27, 2024

    abeck1226 Thank you. That’s a good idea and will try this. Using the web version of tasks is a good option too which works well. I just hope MS can sort out the same function in PC application. Think not must just be an oversight but hope they catch up very soon or explain why they can’t or haven’t done it.