Organize your To-Do work with Google Tasks
Ultimately, Google Tasks is an effective and well organized tool available in Google Workspace. As it integrates seamlessly into all other Google Workspace apps including Gmail and Calendar, it helps to manage your work in a more organized way and enhances your productivity.
Google Tasks helps you keep track of your daily tasks, organize multiple lists, and set important due dates. It is integrated with Google Calendar and you can find Google Tasks in the side panel of all Google workspace collaboration apps such as Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Chat, Google Doc, Google Sheet,etc.
In this Article i have explained how to use Google Tasks :-
- Creating & Renaming the List :-
At the top of the Tasks window, click the Drop down arrow.
then Create a new list.
Name the list and click Done.
- Creating a Task :-
You can add tasks or subtasks by using the side panel in Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, and Slides.
Click on add a task
Enter the title, details and date/time. The same task will automatically be visible in your calendar.
How to use Google Tasks for emails
If you receive an important email and you’re too busy to answer immediately, you can add it to your Tasks list for later. There are two different ways to use Tasks for emails:
- Drag & Drop :-Simply hold the email and drag it to your open Task list. You’ll see the email icon under the task, which, if you click, will take you to the email.
2 Within the email :- If you’re within the email when you decide you want to add it to Tasks, simply click the task icon at the top of your email and select, “Add to Tasks' '.
How to assign tasks to other team members in Google Workspace (Google Chat/Spaces)
- Open Google Chat and select any space on which you want to assign the task. Ensure that the team member to whom you want to assign the task is available in that space. If you don’t have any space, you can easily create one by clicking on the Plus + icon beside the Spaces and selecting the Create space option. After that, you can give your space a name and add your team members to it.
- In the space, switch to the Tasks tab where you can create space tasks.Then, click on Add space task button to create the task.
- Now give your task a name, description, add a due date, etc. Click on the Assign option and select the team members that you want to assign the task. Once done, click on the Add button to assign the task.
Keyboard Shortcuts to Manage your Google Tasks:-
Isn’t Google Tasks a superb utility application that makes your work life so much simpler?
