To Do - Track your daily tasks with To Do and Planner Tutorial

Struggling to stay organized? Discover how to track your daily tasks with Microsoft To Do and Planner in our video, "Track Your Daily Tasks with To Do and Planner." Learn efficient methods to set priorities, sync with your team, and simplify your daily management in just 5 minutes. Transform your task list into actionable plans and elevate your productivity now!

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long task list into realistic daily action plans.

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The goal is to identify each morning's priorities

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and stay focused on the essentials without multiplying tools.

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Open Microsoft to do and access the My Day list.

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The smart view automatically resets each evening

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to offer a blank page every morning.

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Click on the light bulb icon,

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suggestion,

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at the top of the list to display recommended tasks,

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overdue tasks,

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tasks scheduled for today,

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and tasks nearing their deadline.

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Select 3 to 5 priorities from these suggestions

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and add them to my day by clicking on each task.

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If you need to add a quick action that is not in your existing list,

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click on add a task directly in my day.

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You can also create them lists of projects,

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personal ones,

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and move tasks to my day

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by opening the task details and selecting add to my day.

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To mark a task is important,

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click on the small star next to the task.

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It will automatically appear in the important list.

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Tasks assigned to you in Microsoft Planner

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automatically appear in to do

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under the smart list assigned to me.

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This two-way synchronization allows you to see

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all your team assignments without duplicating information.

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When you complete a planner task and to do,

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the status is automatically updated in the team plan.

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In Microsoft Teams you can directly add planner to a team channel.

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To do this,

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open the desired channel and click on the plus symbol at the

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top of the page to add an app or other features,

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then search for planner.

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You can then choose an existing plan linked to this team

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or create a new one.

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Important,

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the plan must be associated with the Microsoft 365 group of the team

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when it is created to appear in the available options.

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The planner tasks assigned to you and do today automatically appear in my day.

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Let's go back to to do.

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If a task is assigned to you with a later due date

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but you want to handle it today,

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you can manually add it to my day by opening its details and selecting add to my day.

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In both cases,

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the essential condition is that the task is personally assigned to you

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in the planner plan.

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At the end of the day,

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check off all the tasks completed in my day.

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Incomplete tasks automatically return to their original list

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and will appear in the next day's suggestions

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for planner tasks marked as completed,

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the update synchronizes with the team board visible in Teams.

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Microsoft To do turns daily management into a simple system.

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My day focuses your priorities.

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Integration with planners centralizes team assignments,

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and the team's application brings everything

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together in a unique collaborative space.

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A 5 minute morning ritual,

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2 quick reviews,

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and a systematic closure are enough to stay focused on the essentials.

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