Hard Dates

Check Reminder Setup Check your default reminders settings in Entourage before you schedule your first tasks. In Entourage, the Reminder Date is the hard date. The alarm must be enabled. When saving, ignore warnings about the Reminder coming after the Due Date. This...

Hard Dates

The date you must start a task—or bad things might happen. (Reminder Date w/Alarm in Entourage. Only for “must do” tasks.)

Soft Dates

Your first, best guess of when you want to do a task. (Due Date in Entourage. Required unless Someday/Maybe.)

Smart Dates

In Entourage, smart dates are entered using the following fields: Someday/Maybe = Low Priority Soft Date = Due Date Hard Date = Reminder Date w/Alarm Set Deadline = (MM/DD) or (DD/MM) entered after project or task name Do Today = High Priority