If you want to lock your view, you find also in the menu bar next to the view selector a switch to do so. In case you haven’t found it yourself already, all your widgets can be moved in space. You have the option the change the color and also set a due date. Again just add that option from your Add to board selection and it will get automatically placed on your board.
Adding a task via drag & drop to your calendar is a very cool feature NoteĪdding a note is also no issue and very simple. Like the calendar as well, you can resize the task list, let’s call it widget, as well. This makes it super fast and really easy to use. The great, really great feature to me is simply dragging & drop putting that task into your calendar. After that, the list gets automatically added to your board where you can add, you guessed it right, tasks. First, you click in the dropdown Add to board on Task list. Adding an additional calendar for planning is easy and fast Task listĪdding a task list to your board is probably a no-brainer. Note: When selecting the month view, the widget can’t be resized. You can also resize the widget depending on your selected view. Depending on all your calendars, that scrollbar might be a little long. You are then able to select which calendar you want to choose. Also, adding a group calendar from one of your Microsoft 365 groups can help you plan your day ad schedule easier.Īfter you select calendar, the calendar widget will be automatically added to your board. Especially when planning an event or meeting, adding the public holiday calendar to your board, is a good reminder in case you plan meetings internationally. Options to add to your board CalendarĪdding a calendar to the calendar sounds at first totally nuts, but the more you think about all your calendars, the more it can make sense. Scroll on to find a short explanation of every single one. Not only can you add a different calendar, task list, notes, and weather to your board view, but after expanding the first results you find goals, links, files, location, person, clock, tips and my favorite, the collection. If you are using the Board view for your very first time, you also get a little animation about what you get yourself into 😉 Welcome to Outlook Board What you can add to your board Depending on how often you’ll use the board view, this might put you on the competitive edge of efficiency. You find your id in the URL of your browser when you’ve opened your board. So that is great news!Īs an alternative, you can bookmark the URL to access the respective board instantly. As of now, you can create more than one board. Previously you had only the option to access “the board”. Just open Outlook on the web, select your calendar, and from the usual view, drop-down select your Board. If you don’t want to scroll and jump right into the topic you’re interested in, here you go:Īs Outlook Calendar Board is part of Outlook on the web, you access it via Outlook. No worries, the animation is a loop, so you can simply stay at the animation to see it again.
#CREATE NOTE ON TASK IN OUTLOOK HOW TO#
For every option, I’ll explain a few things and you see a short animation on how to add it and what you can do with it.
The goal is to have one article, where you find all you need. I’ll show you around and explain every single option you can add to your board. Some say, it has some similarities with Trello. If someone is asking, what is Outlook Boards? I would answer: It is an infinite canvas where you can bring content together and structure calendars, tasks, goals, links notes, files, and even combine all of that. To be honest, I think Outlook boards would be enough but hey, who am I to judge, right? As Microsoft has “boss-mode” activated for renaming products, we saw the next evolution on that with Outlook Spaces and now, the final product is called Outlook Calendar Board view. A few years ago we came to notice something called Project Moca. To start explaining the Outlook calendar board view, we need to take a look into the history of this solution.
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