Google Mail - Add Email to Task List
If you use the tasks list to help keep track of what you need to do, making a task from an email is an easy "task" to do.
Here is how to add an email to your task list.
When in the email, you can either
-go to the More Menu (3 stacked dots) at the top above the email and select Add to Tasks OR
-use the keyboard shortcut of Shift + t
Either method will automatically create a task. This will open up your task list on the right side of you screen:
When you mouse over the task it created, you will see an pencil that can be clicked on to edit the task:
When editing, you can edit/see all the following:
Here is how to add an email to your task list.
When in the email, you can either
-go to the More Menu (3 stacked dots) at the top above the email and select Add to Tasks OR
-use the keyboard shortcut of Shift + t
When you mouse over the task it created, you will see an pencil that can be clicked on to edit the task:
When editing, you can edit/see all the following:
- The title of the task
- Details you want to add to the task
- Which task list it is part of
- Date/time of task (will add to calendar)
- Subtasks
- Direct link to the email used to create the task - so you can reference it
