Responding to a to do assignment

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Responding to a to do assignment
When you receive notification of a to do assignment, you can respond by accepting, declining, or delegating the assignment. You can also propose a new due date or start date, and mark the assignment as completed.

If an assignment notice contains Respond and Respond with Comments options, then the assignor expects a response. If an assignment notice contains an Add to To Do List option instead, the notice is an information-only copy of the assignment which you may add to your to do list or not.

1. Open the assignment notice in your Inbox.

2. Click Respond or Respond with Comments, and then do one of the following:

Task Description

Accept the assignment Click Accept.

Decline the assignment Click Decline, select Keep me informed of updates if you want to receive any further notices about the assignment, and then click OK.

Delegate the assignment to someone else Click Delegate, specify the person to whom you want to send the assignment notice, select Keep me informed of updates if you want to receive any further notices about the assignment, and then click OK.

Propose a new date Click Propose New Date, and then specify a new due date, start date, or both.

Mark the assignment completed Click Completed.

3. If you clicked Respond with Comments, do one or more of the following, and then click OK:

Type your comments. To format comment text, click the T icon and click the format to apply.
To add graphics or attachments to your comments, click the drop-down arrow, click Graphics or Attachments, click the icon that displays, and select files to add.
To add a document, view, or application link to your comments, copy the link to the clipboard, click the drop-down arrow, click Links, and click the links icon that displays to paste the link.

Note: If you want to accept some but not all instances of a repeating assignment, you must first accept the assignment. Then open your to do list, open the instances of the assignment you don't want to accept, and decline those instances. Similarly, if you want to propose a new date for a repeating assignment, accept the assignment and then open the first instance of the assignment and propose a new date.

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Task	Description
Accept the assignment	Click Accept.
Decline the assignment	Click Decline, select Keep me informed of updates if you want to receive any further notices about the assignment, and then click OK.
Delegate the assignment to someone else	Click Delegate, specify the person to whom you want to send the assignment notice, select Keep me informed of updates if you want to receive any further notices about the assignment, and then click OK.
Propose a new date	Click Propose New Date, and then specify a new due date, start date, or both.
Mark the assignment completed	Click Completed.