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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. ...
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).
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.
PS, re 'all the pre-existing tasks had now come live again', I meant the pre-existing task flags in OneNote.