Tip #4510 - Remember the Milk + Gmail
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Remember
the Milk + Gmail
Hello again! As
you may recall, yesterday, we discussed using Remember the
Milk to organize your tasks. Well, Remember the Milk also
has a Firefox extension for Gmail, which makes organizing your schedule
even easier. So, for all of you Gmail users out there, let's get ready,
get set and go!
1.) First, click
here
and follow the instructions to install Remember the Milk
for Gmail.
2.) Once Firefox
has restarted, head on over to your Gmail account and you’ll
immediately see a new sidebar.
3.) Click the
Login link and type in your username and password.
Now, you will notice that all of your tasks have been added to your
Gmail. Cool, huh?!
4.) Next, in the top text box, enter in a task, like this: 
It will then automatically
be added to today’s date, but if you click on the task, another
box will appear.
5.) Here you can
set details for the task, just like we did yesterday.
6.) If you look
right under the task entry box, you’ll see the Task
View List. Here you can opt to view your tasks that are only
in a certain list or tag.
7.) Now, I’d like you to open a message you’ve received
in your Gmail Inbox.
8.) Once you do
that, click the More Actions drop down list and select
Create Task.
9.) Voila! The task is automatically added to your list.
If you head over
to the Settings area and select Tasks,
you can also add some interesting features.
For example, you
can make it so that starred messages and messages that have been labeled
are automatically added as a task. I think that’s a great feature,
because I usually use stars as a way to flag e-mails I need to follow
up with.
Finally, the last
option deals with auto-suggesting contact names when entering in tasks.
Try this out!
1.) Go back to
your Gmail homepage.
2.) In the task
entry box, type in "Call," followed by
one of your contact’s names.
3.) You will notice
that a drop down box appears with your contact‘s name inside.
That’s pretty
cool, huh?!
Oh, and by the
way, if you’d ever like to hide the Remember the Milk sidebar,
just click the little gray arrow in the middle. Once
again, I hope you’ve enjoyed learning about Remember the Milk.
It’s a great tool that makes the ever popular Gmail even better
as well. Check it out today!
~ Neil Patel
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