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CREATE A MONTHLY REPEATING TASK

1 Select the Monthly option ( changes to ).

2 Select the Day option ( changes to ).

3 Type the day of the month you want to use.

4 Type the monthly interval you want to use.

CREATE A WEEKLY REPEATING TASK

1 Select the Weekly option ( changes to ).

2 Type the weekly interval you want to use.

3 Select the check box beside each day you want to

use ( changes to ).

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If you want to schedule a new task after you

complete the current task, select this option

( changes to ).

CREATE A BASIC REPEATING

TASK

1 Switch to Tasks and create a new

task.

Note: See the section “Create a Task” to learn how

to create a new task.

2 Click the Occurs and then

click the recurrence interval you

want to use.

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To create your own recurrence

interval, click Custom or click

Edit to open the Recurring Task

dialog. The rest of this section

shows you how to use this dialog.

CREATE A DAILY REPEATING

TASK

1 Select the Daily option

( changes to ).

2 Select the Every option

( changes to ).

3 Type the daily interval you want

to use.

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If you want to schedule a new

task after you complete the

current task, select this option

( changes to ).

Create a Repeating Task

You can schedule a task that occurs at a regular

interval, such as a weekly phone call or a monthly

writing assignment as a recurring task. You can set

up the task to repeat daily, weekly, monthly,

yearly, or every weekday.

You can also set up a custom recurrence pattern to suit your needs.

Create a

Repeating Task

CREATE A YEARLY REPEATING TASK

1 Select the Yearly option ( changes to ).

2 Select the Every option ( changes to ).

3 Click and then click a month.

4 Type the day of the month you want to use.

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Can I create a repeating task that ends after a certain number of occurrences?

1 Follow the steps in this section to create a

repeating task.

2 Double-click the repeating task to open

the Recurring Task dialog.

3 Select the End after option ( changes

to ).

4 Type the total number of occurrences you

want Entourage to repeat.

5 Click OK.

CREATE A MONTHLY REPEATING TASK

1 Select the Monthly option ( changes to ).

2 Select the Day option ( changes to ).

3 Type the day of the month you want to use.

4 Type the monthly interval you want to use.

CREATE A WEEKLY REPEATING TASK

1 Select the Weekly option ( changes to ).

2 Type the weekly interval you want to use.

3 Select the check box beside each day you want to

use ( changes to ).

●

If you want to schedule a new task after you

complete the current task, select this option

( changes to ).

You can schedule a task that occurs at a regular

interval, such as a weekly phone call or a monthly

writing assignment as a recurring task. You can set

up the task to repeat daily, weekly, monthly,

yearly, or every weekday.

You can also set up a custom recurrence pattern to suit your needs.

Create a

Repeating Task

CREATE A YEARLY REPEATING TASK

1 Select the Yearly option ( changes to ).

2 Select the Every option ( changes to ).

3 Click and then click a month.

4 Type the day of the month you want to use.

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