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With the To Do integration in new Outlook, you can create tasks anywhere from the My Day pane. Need to schedule a time to do a task? Use the drag feature to book time to work on it. Here's how. 

Use the My Day pane to create an event in your calendar from a task. Show calendar and tasks with My Day in Outlook

Drag a task to your calendar with To Do in new Outlook

  1. Go to Calendar in new Outlook.

  2. Open the My Day pane by selecting My Day iconMy Day on the toolbar at the top of the page.

  3. Select the To Do tab.

  4. Find the task that you want to create a calendar event from.

  5. Select and drag the task to when you want it on your calendar.

Drag a task to your calendar with To Do in Outlook on the web and Outlook.com

  1. Log into your Outlook account and go to Calendar.

  2. Open the My Day pane by selecting My Day iconMy Day on the toolbar at the top of the page.

  3. Select the To Do tab.

  4. Find the task that you want to create a calendar event from.

  5. Select and drag the task to when you want it on your calendar.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

See also

Create tasks with To Do in Outlook

Use My Day with To Do in Outlook

Manage tasks with To Do in Outlook​​​​​​​

Drag a message to create a task with To Do in Outlook

Create and manage task lists with To Do in Outlook

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