How to use Microsoft To Do
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Published 2020-06-10
0:00 Introduction
1:00 How to get Microsoft To Do
3:08 Create first task
3:50 Create a list of tasks
4:30 Edit list Name
4:48 Set a theme for your list
5:15 Add tasks to list
7:00 Edit task attributes like importance, due date, etc.
7:42 Add sub-steps
8:45 How My Day works
10:05 Set reminders
10:20 Add a due date
11:00 Repeat / recurring tasks
11:15 Category colors
11:30 Attach an item & add note
11:50 Move and Copy tasks
12:35 Prioritizing and sorting tasks
13:25 Grouping lists
14:20 Share lists with others and assign tasks
17:57 Completed tasks
18:40 Search
19:20 Create tasks from email
20:20 Advanced settings
21:07 Wrap up
Learn how to track tasks across a team using Microsoft Planner: • How to use Microsoft Planner
As full-disclosure, I work at Microsoft as a full-time employee.
All Comments (21)
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Absolutely love how you not only teach us these tips and tricks, but you also organize the video so when we hover over the "line" (sorry, don't know what it's technically called) we can see what topic is covered - WOW! How super organized is that!!!! Thank you Kevin Stratvert for giving us these tools!
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Kevin, I really like how you explained things so clearly. I am a senior adult and can feel challenged trying to keep up with how to stay on top of my schedule as well as using "To Do" when I have not grown up in that generation. I am determined to learn. Thank you for doing this video.
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Great clarity. I have been using To Do for a couple of weeks, and had no idea of all its features. So helpful Kevin. A gift that keeps on giving 3 years later!
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Really hope that now that you've left Microsoft, you expand this out into a series of videos using all sorts of productivity tools. The world is your oyster now!
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Holy crap Kevin, this is better than anything you can find in the actual MS trainer/explainer videos. Keep up the great work on quality content.
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Kevin: your tutorials are the best I've seen! Congratulations!
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OMG - you totally solved my issue with TO DO and figuring out how to do sub-folders (used groups worked fabulously). Thank you so much for this video. I had spent over an hour trying to figure this out & then found you had the whole thing laid out so well. Bravo!
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Really great. Thanks Kevin. I just switched over from Wunderlist to MS To Do and wanted to make sure I still had all the same features and abilities. Love it.
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Really helpful video to get me started - very comprehensive! A helpful addition to would be more flexible custom reminders, e.g. every 1st Tuesday of the month or every other Friday (like in Outlook). I can't move all my productivity stuff to OneNote/To Do yet, mainly because this feature is lacking. Hope you're reading, Kevin!
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I have been using MS TODO for a while now. I love this tool. Learned a few new things from this video. Thank you so much.
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Microsoft has really stepped up their game during Satya Nadella's time as CEO (from 2014-). The tools are becoming more powerful, connected and simple at the same time, and this has created A LOT of added value for me recently. Another amazing thing is this Youtube channel; an easy, fresh and friendly way to learn about Microsoft's tools. Thanks Kevin for that! Microsoft is also doing very cool stuff on their hardware and software, instead of progressing in tiny increments like before. Very compelling stuff, creating value for the consumer first and to the shareholders second.
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Your video is immensely straight forward and useful, great job!!!
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Thanks, Kevin, I have learnt a great deal and most importantly appreciate the TODO more than what I had before. I did not know the features and functions previously. 👍
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Thank You Kevin I could have never found a teacher like you . I learnt so much from your channel. Thanks
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Adding flagged emails to your tasks is really powerful. At first I did not like it and switched that feature off in settings. But I found it very inefficient to try and manually add the tasks in especially when I needed information in a specific email in order to do the task. So now I keep the feature on and I love that you can create subtasks within the flagged email task. Often the first step for me is simply "read this in detail" as I'll often get wall of text emails that take 10-15 minutes to fully read and understand.
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Hey Kevin, thanks for the video, thats the thing about Microsoft, sometimes you have a powerful tool in front of you but without guidance you dont see how far you can go. The devs and desgners added a lot of options but sometimes you use the basics if you dont have the proper awareness Great ! tks
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I first started watching your videos on TikTok and found you to be very informative. Easy to understand. Thank you
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As a Sharepoint Administrator and a DBA, all i can say is: "This is a perfect explanation/exposure" of this topic. Congratulations, awesome Job !!
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Nice...like I was looking for this...thanks man I found your channel more clear and professional without adds and extra animations etc... Good kevin best of luck I have watched almost all videos and looking for more to come. They are helping me alot....
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You are the master of simplified teaching . I thank you!
