Outlook should let me see calendar, e-mail, tasks on one screen

[Tom Glatt]

FranklinCovey has a great (though flimsy) add-on called PlanPlus. What makes
it useful is that you can see your tasks, calendar, and e-mail all on one
screen. It would be nice if you could configure Outlook with a similar view.
It would be a lot easier to move tasks to the calendar, e-mail to tasks, etc.
I removed PlanPlus because it was too unstable. When it worked, however, it
was a great tool.

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[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

you can drag items between folders - i.e. drag an email to the tasks folder
or tasks button to create a task.

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[Brian Tillman]

FranklinCovey has a great (though flimsy) add-on called PlanPlus.
What makes it useful is that you can see your tasks, calendar, and
e-mail all on one screen. It would be nice if you could configure
Outlook with a similar view. It would be a lot easier to move tasks
to the calendar, e-mail to tasks, etc. I removed PlanPlus because it
was too unstable. When it worked, however, it was a great tool.

You can view the calendar and taskpad in one window and the inbox in
another, tiling them as you like. You can also use a tool like
http://www.xemico.com/desklook/ or
http://www.digidashlive.com/AD_DD.htm

 

[Leigh]

This is EXACTLY what I'd like to see. My NUMBER ONE suggestion is to do
this!! I can't tell you the countless number of times I've needed to pull
out a single date, a single contact, and a single task from an e-mail body
(without needing the entire e-mail as I use a PDA--simplicity is key) and
have to open up the e-mail, resize it, move it to the side, restore down the
Outlook screen, move it to the other side, and view them side-by-side.
ALLLLLLL of the time I do this.