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In a data-driven and ever-evolving industry, it’s not easy to sift through the available information and prioritize the main tasks at hand. From a productivity viewpoint, there’s nothing more vital than setting up a reminder system to highlight what truly matters. When it comes to Outlook, the beauty of the Microsoft email client is that it offers a solid foundation for organizing and managing your daily objectives efficiently. It basically comes in the form of a small red flag icon found in the top right corner of your home tab that automatically adds a relevant task to your to-do list. The benefits of email reminders The interesting thing about Outlook follow-up reminders is that you can set them for both yourself and your recipients. This means when you send an email that you really need a reply to, you can set a reminder on it for your recipient, and when the time comes, they'll get notified. Using reminders in Outlook has a number of benefits: Helps to establish a solid rapport with recipients In an over-saturated marketplace, with people constantly Source: Microsoft Support Sending Outlook reminders for important emails also shows that you value the recipient's opinion and feedback on a particular matter. It shows you're interested in getting an answer from the recipients in a timely manner. Minimizes missed opportunities Regardless of the type of business you're running, Source: How-to-Geek When you have a specific due date to meet, or you need to Helps you stand ou...

How to Create a Task in Microsoft Outlook In Microsoft Outlook, it’s easy to create appointments and tasks that repeat or recur. To create a task that repeats, first choose one of these ways to add a task in Outlook: • From other views such as Mail or Calendar, pick New Items from the Home tab and then Task -OR- • From any view, press [Ctrl] + [Shift] + K -OR- • Move to the Tasks view and click once on the New Task button -OR- • From the Tasks view, press [Ctrl] + N. Tasks can also be created from the To-Do Bar and by dragging an email message to the Tasks folder. How to Repeat Outlook Tasks To repeat a task created in Microsoft Outlook: • Set a reminder for the first occurrence of the task. • Pick Recurrence from the Task tab. • Define the Task Recurrence pattern, such as the 1st day of the month or every Wednesday. • Choose OK and Save & Close to complete the task. Why Reminders for Repeating Tasks Don’t Work When you create a recurring task with a reminder, you may notice the first reminder works, but it doesn’t repeat again for future tasks even when you enable the task recurrence. During an Outlook email productivity training session with an executive team, one of the participants shared that she no longer creates recurring tasks because the reminders stop working. The solution isn’t obvious due to a “flaw” in the display of reminders, but there is a way to continue seeing reminders for repeating tasks in Outlook. Here’s the trick: Don’t Dismiss Tasks! The design of O...

How many times have you requested for information via email and then… nothing. Here’s how you can set a reminder for the person you emailed and for yourself. In this post, I will show you how to set both the reminders while writing the email. Set Auto-Reminders for your Recipients • Open Outlook • Create a new email • On the Ribbon, click Follow-up> Add Reminder… • On the screen that appears, tick the checkbox “ Flag for Recipients“ • Tick the Reminder: checkbox • Select the Date and Time for the reminder to appear in the recipients Outlook Set Auto-Reminder for Yourself • On the same screen that you set the reminder for the recipient as above, tick the checkbox “ Flag for me“ • Select the Start and Due Date • Tick the Reminder: checkbox • Select the Date and Time for the reminder to appear in your Outlook Now on the date and time you have set, a reminder will automatically appear in the recipients and your Outlook. This way either of you are likely to follow-up on the email in case it has not been dealt with. If you find this tip useful, you may also want to check out Deborah Savadra’s Do you have your own methods of setting reminders in Outlook, please share it with us by leaving a comment below.

• Calendar > select event > Edit > More options> Remind me> Add email reminder> Add email reminder> select time > Save. • You can enter an optional message to your calendar reminder. • Need to send to other people? You can add invitees to your calendar reminder. This article explains how to create an Outlook calendar email reminder. Instructions apply only to Outlook.com. In Outlook select the Calendar icon at the bottom of the screen, then open the meeting you want to set reminders for. If Open Recurring Item appears, select Just this one to set a single reminder or The entire series to set for all appointments and meetings attached to that series. From the Meeting tab (it will be Meeting Series if it's recurring), open the Reminder drop down menu and choose how long before the meeting you want to be reminded. • From your Outlook calendar select the meeting, then under Tabs and Commands select Attendees> Tracking. Next, select all the attendees who haven't responded and copy them to your clipboard with Ctrl + C. Select Actions> Forward> Forward, then paste the copied attendees as recipients. Send the reminder when you've finished adding recipients and editing the reminder message (if necessary). •

I’ve imported a Calendar from another user into my own Outlook Calendar and noticed that these appointments do not have any Reminders set. Also, as I’ve moved, I want to adjust the Reminder time for several of my own existing appointments as well. Is there a way to globally add or modify Reminders to all or a selection of existing Calendar appointments without needing to open and adjust them one-by-one? Fortunately, to add or change Reminders for multiple Calendar appointments, you won’t have to do this one-by-one. Even better, you won’t need to use any VBA macro code to do it either. To achieve this, you can set your Calendar to a List view, group by the “Reminder” or “Remind Beforehand” field and simply use drag & drop to adjust the Reminder. Step 1: Switch the Calendar to the List view First, we’re going to switch Outlook’s Calendar view to the List view; • View-> Change View-> List Step 2: Enable Reminders in bulk In this step, we’ll find all items without a Reminder by grouping by the Reminder field and enable Reminders by using drag & drop; • Open the View Settings dialog; • Simplified Ribbon (Microsoft 365) View-> Current View-> View Settings… • Classic Ribbon View-> View Settings… • Click on: Group By… • From the first dropdown list select: Reminder. • Press OK and OK again to return to your Calendar. • You’ll now see your Calendar items divided into 2 groups; • Reminder: Has Reminder • Reminder: No Reminder • Select all the items, for which you want to enable a Re...

Changing the reminder time on a group of appointments or events is easy. Just use a group by view with the Remind Beforehand field visible and group by it. Then drag items to the group with the reminder time you want them assigned to. First, when possible create a view with the items you need changed either grouped together or filtered. In this example, we're using the By Category view because we need to change everything in the Anniversary category. To change the reminder on multiple items at once: • Make sure at least one of the items has the desired Reminder time set. Times are in minutes. • Right click on the row of field names and choose Field Chooser. • Find the Remind Beforehand field and drag it to the row of field names to add it to the view. • Right click on the Remind Beforehand field and choose Group By Box- this will display the group by region. • Drag the Remind Beforehand field to the Group By Box so its the secondary group. • Now drag items from one Remind Before group to another to change their reminder times. Use the Reminder field to add (or remove) Reminders. Change the Reminder on Several Appointments Video Tutorial You can use this method to change many other editable fields, including the Private flag and Company name fields. MoreInformation To select several items at once, select the first one with the mouse, hold Ctrl and click on the last item. Hold Select to pick and choose non-contiguous items. To move everything in a group, grab the Group heade...