Forum Discussion

traceyg22's avatar
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 ...
abeck1226's avatar
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.
PANadmin's avatar
PANadmin
Copper Contributor
Apr 09, 2024

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

  • GaryNeal's avatar
    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.

    • GaryNeal's avatar
      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.