This section is to help enlighten you to the productivity enhancing features of the Office suite, especially the communication tool Outlook. Check here for updated info every month. On a network with MS Outlook you can assign tasks to other people which will insert the task onto their personal task list and link with your task in your personal task list. Then it will keep you up to date on that task and even give you a status report when they complete it.
Earlier versions follow a different procedures path.
To create a new task , on the File menu, point to New , and then click Task Request . To assign an existing task, in the task list , open the task you want to assign, and click Assign Task . In the To box , enter the name of the person you want to assign the task to. To select the name from a list, click the To button. For a new task, in the Subject box, type a task name.