Manage your tasks

When you open BlackBerry Tasks, a list of your active tasks is displayed. The list is synchronized with your work email account each time you open the app and every ten minutes while it is open. You can swipe down on the list to force synchronization at any time. Each task in the task list will display whether any of the following are specified for it: a priority - High priority icon (High) or Low priority icon(Low). For Normal priority, no icon is displayed. Also, a reminder Reminder icon, recurrence The reccurence icon, and/or a category Category icon.
This app supports Bluetooth keyboard navigation and shortcuts; hold down the Command key to display available shortcuts.
Note: You can view inline attachments and images in tasks. Depending on the Microsoft Exchange Server version and the email client that you are using, some of the following limitations might occur in your environment:
  • If you edit the task properties in Outlook on the Web App, such as the subject or priority, any inline attachments will be removed in BlackBerry Tasks.
  • If you edit the task body before the inline attachment is downloaded, the attachment may be removed. Users are warned when editing a task with an inline attachment that the attachment may be removed.
Complete any of the following tasks:

Task

Steps

Sort your tasks
Do any of the following:
  • Tap the Tasks pull-down list to sort the Tasks list by priority, due date, title, start date, creation date, by type, or last modified, or completion date.
  • Tap Menu iconto change between the calendar view or list. If you select List, you can also sort the Tasks list in ascending or descending order.

Filter tasks

Do any of the following:

  • Tap The Navigation Drawer icon > General to filter the tasks by priority, due date and start date. Tap Categories to filter by the categories that you define.
  • Tap The Filter icon at the bottom left of the screen to toggle between the Tasks list and the list as filtered using the Tasks pull-down icon.
  • Tap Filter By at the bottom-left of the screen to choose whether to display active or completed tasks, or both. You can also choose with this filter to display tasks with any or all of the following: a reminder, recurrence, a specific start date or due date. These filters apply to the complete task list.

Search for a task
  1. Tap Search icon.
  2. Type your search criteria.

Edit a task
  1. Tap a task in the Tasks list.
  2. Make the required changes to the task and tap Back to save the changes.

Delete a task

Swipe left on a task and tap Trash. For recurring tasks, you will be prompted to choose the current task or all instances of it, or to cancel the operation.

Mark task a complete

Tap Circle icon to the left of the task that you want to make as complete.