Managing Tasks

Invite users

1. Login to Zoho Mail and navigate to Tasks.
2. Open the task you want to invite new users to.
3. Click the + icon at the bottom of the Task.
   
4. In the Invitee pop-up, enter the names of the users you want to share the task. You can add more than one user at once.
5. After adding the names of all invitees, click Invite.
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You can also invite users by simply tagging them in the comments section of a task. To invite users via comments,

1. Open the task you want to invite new users to.
2. In the comments section, @ mention the respective users. And then click Comment.
   

Categories

Create via LHS menu

1. Login to Zoho Mail and navigate to Tasks.
2. You can create categories for both Groups and Personal tasks.
   • To create a Category for Personal tasks, right-click Personal Tasks in the left-hand side pane.
   • To create a Category for any Group, right-click the respective group in the left-hand side pane.
3. Click Add Category.
   
4. Enter your Category name and then click Add. You can also choose a color to associate it with the group by clicking on the color of your choice.
   
    

Create via Task Settings

1. Login to Zoho Mail and navigate to Tasks.
2. If you want to add new Categories for your Personal tasks then select Personal tasks from the LHS menu. If you want to add new categories for your Groups, then select the respective group.
3. Click the More Actions icon and navigate Task settings.
   
4. Under the Task Settings, navigate to the Category section.
5. Type in the name of your Category in the 'Search or Create a new category' text box.
6. Once done, click Create. You can also associate a color with your Category by clicking on the color box.
   

You can view the Categories associated with your groups or Personal tasks listed under them in the left-hand side pane.

Add Task under a Category

To associate a Task under a Category,

1. Login to Zoho Mail and navigate to Tasks.
2. Open the task you want to map under a Category. It can be a new task or an existing task.
3. Click the drop-down list next to the under option.
4. Select the Category of your choice.
   

You have now successfully mapped your task under a Category. This will allow you to access them faster and makes organizing easier.

Delete a category

When you delete a category under Personal Tasks or a group, you'll be given the option to move your tasks to a different category under Personal Tasks or the group.

To delete a category and move tasks to a different category, navigate to the category under Personal tasks or a group in the left menu. Right-click on the category you want to delete and choose Delete category from the contextual menu. Choose the category to which you want to move the tasks to and click Change​​​​​.

Add Label/Tag to a task

1. Login to Zoho Mail and navigate to Tasks.
2. Open the task you want to assign a Label to. It can be a new task or an existing task.
3. Click the Label icon. It will open the list of Labels you have created.
4. Choose the labels you want to associate with your task. You can add more than one label to a task.
   
5. Click Save, in case of a new task.

The Labels you associated your task with will be displayed in the Label section of your Task.

Customizing Tags list for a Group

Tags/ Labels are created commonly and will be available for all the Groups to use. But the requirements of each group will be different from the other. While some groups would want a Tag to be present, another group might not. And the preference in the order of the listing might also differ from group to group.

You can avoid these difficulties by customizing every group's Tag list specific to their requirements. To do so,

1. Login to Zoho Mail and navigate to Tasks.
2. If you want to customize the Tags list for your Personal tasks then select Personal tasks from the LHS menu. If you want to customize the Tags list for any of your Groups, then select the respective group.
3. Click the More Actions icon and navigate Task settings.
   
4. Under the Task Settings, navigate to the Tags section.
5. Hover over the Tag/ Label you want to hide or reorder.
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   • To show/not show a Tag in the Tag list, click the hide/unhide icon.
   • To change the order of listing, drag and drop the Tags to fit the order of your choice.

Set Priority to tasks

1. Login to Zoho Mail and navigate to Tasks.
2. Open the task you want to set Priority. It can be a new task or an existing task.
3. Click the Priority icon. You can set Priority to High, Medium, or Low.
   
4. Once done, click Save, in case of a new task.

Task Status

Mark a task as complete

You can mark a task as complete by either changing its status to Closed or by striking it off in Streams. Apart from closing a task, you can also set it to different custom statuses that you create using the same steps.

To mark a task Closed in the Tasks app,

1. Login to Zoho Mail and navigate to Tasks.
2. Open the task you want to close or mark as complete.
3. In the top left corner of the task, click the Status field.
   
4. Change the task status to Closed.
   

If you want to mark a task as complete in Streams, 

1. Login to Zoho Mail and navigate to Streams.
2. Find the task you want to close.
3. Click the checkbox placed in front of the task to strike it off.
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The status of the task will get changed automatically to Closed.

Create custom Status

1. Login to Zoho Mail and navigate to Tasks.
2. If you want to create a custom Status for your Personal tasks then select Personal tasks from the LHS menu. If you want to create a custom Status for any of your Groups, then select the respective group.
3. Click the More Actions icon and navigate Task settings.
   
4. Under the Task Settings, navigate to the Status section.
   
5. You can also associate statuses with the color of your choice.
   
6. Once done, click Create.

Copy Tasks

When you copy a task from one location to a different location, the task will be duplicated and placed in the new location and can be found in the original location as well. To copy a task,

1. Login to Zoho Mail and navigate to Streams.
2. Open the task you want to copy to a different location or Group.
3. Click the More Actions icon and select Copy Task.
   
4. Select the Group and the Group Category. You can choose to exclude the comments in the original task by unchecking the Include comments checkbox while copying the task.
5. Once done, click Save.
   

Move Task

When you move a task, it will get moved from the original location to the new location. That is, the task will not exist in the initial location and can only be accessed from the new location you move it to.

1. Login to Zoho Mail and navigate to Streams.
2. Open the task you want to copy to a different location or Group.
3. Click the More Actions icon and select Move Task.
   
4. Select the Group and the Group Category. You can choose to exclude the comments in the original task by unchecking the 'Include comments' checkbox while copying the task.
5. Once done, click Save.
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Miscellaneous actions

Print Tasks

1. Login to Zoho Mail and navigate to Streams.
2. Open the task you want to print.
3. Click the More Actions icon and select Print.
   
4. In the pop-up window, click Print.

Archive Task

When you archive a task, it will be moved to the archive section. You can access the archived tasks by clicking the Filter icon. Note that when you archive a group task, the task will be archived for all group members, not just for you.

1. Login to Zoho Mail and navigate to Streams.
2. Open the task you want to Archive.
3. Click the More Actions icon and select the Archive Task.
   
4. In the pop-up, click Archive.

Delete tasks

1. Login to Zoho Mail and navigate to Streams.
2. Open the task you want to delete.
3. Click the More Actions icon and select the Delete Task.
   
4. In the pop-up, click Delete.

Watch or Unwatch tasks

When you unwatch a task, you will not receive any notifications related to that task. To watch or unwatch a task,

1. Login to Zoho Mail and navigate to Streams.
2. Open the task you want to watch/unwatch.
3. Click the More Actions icon and select the Watch/Unwatch this task.
   

Other Actions

You can perform a few other operations by going to the More actions menu.

• Disable/enable comments - You can disable or enable comments for that particular task. When you disable comments, the comments section will not be available for that task.
• Share via Cliq - You can share your task via Zoho Cliq using this option. This is particularly helpful when you want to start an extended discussion.
• Permalink - This option will copy the link of your task to your clipboard.

Bulk Actions

Other than performing operations using the More Actions menu, you can also perform bulk actions in the task view pane itself. To perform bulk actions,

1. Login to Zoho Mail and navigate to Streams.
2. Select the tasks you want to make changes to.
   

Using the Bulk Actions menu, you can perform actions such as changing priority, category, assignee, and status of multiple tasks in a single go. Apart from that, you can also tag, delete, archive, and export multiple tasks.