A VERY basic To-Do List search fails miserably EVERY TIME!

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TheMicorsoftCurse

In my To-Do list, I only want to see the tasks that I have not completed. So,
without a lot of intelligence, I run a simple like this [iscompleted:false]

However, almost ALL of my tasks that I have completed remain on the list!

What gives? Is my outlook defective? Am I a complete idiot and don't
understand the true meaning of complete? Or does microsoft have some serious
problems with basic programming?

Any solutions?
 
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Diane Poremsky [MVP]

How about a custom view instead? It works as expected. :)

The complete field is wacky. False is apparently looking for an empty field
while True is apparently also looking for status =completed. The status
field is the one you want (but its limited to not started, in progress etc,
not every thing except complete)

If you use advanced find or a custom view, you can use the advanced tab and
set the Completed field to equals No.

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Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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