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The quickest way to get a task out of your hair is to get someone else to do it. Outlook enables you to send tasks to your coworkers for completion. However, your office network must be set up to allow it. If you're using Outlook on an office network that uses Microsoft Exchange Server, you can see status information entered by the person to whom you assigned the task. If your office network isn't set up to enable you to assign tasks (or if you're not on an office network), tasks you assign to others are received as e-mail messages.
To assign a task to someone else, follow these steps:
Double-click the task you want to assign to someone else. Click the Assign Task button on the toolbar to open the Task form. Type in the To box the name of the person to whom you want to assign the task.
This step presumes that you've already set up the person's name and e-mail address on your Contact list.
Click Send (or press Alt+S).
The task then appears on your Task list with a special icon next to it. The icon tells you that you've assigned this task to someone else for completion. If the task went out as an e-mail message, the message appears in your Sent Items folder.
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