Microsoft KB Archive/216773

= PRJ: Task Created in Outlook Not Recognized as Project Task =

Article ID: 216773

Article Last Modified on 1/24/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Project 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Project 98 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Outlook 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Outlook 98 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q216773



SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Outlook, when you create new tasks in your task list, they will not be recognized as Microsoft Project tasks and will not be included in TeamUpdate or TeamStatus messages.



CAUSE
There is no way to indicate that tasks created in Microsoft Outlook are also Microsoft Project tasks. When you add a new task to your Outlook task list, it is not recognized as a Microsoft Project task because Microsoft Project tasks include addressing information that Outlook needs to populate the custom form and update tasks in Microsoft Project. If the task is created in Outlook, this information will not be available to the custom form.



WORKAROUND
To add new tasks to the list of Microsoft Project tasks assigned to a resource, the project manager has to create a task, assign the resource to the task and then send a TeamAssign message to the resource.



MORE INFORMATION
More information about Workgroup Messaging is available in Module 9 of the Microsoft Project Training manual. To download this, first click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

PRJ98: Microsoft Project 98 Training Manual

Then, click the link to the file named Projtrn4.exe, which includes Module 9. Projtrn(1-3).exe contain all modules not included in Projtrn4.exe.

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