Updating Tasks in the Task List

The Task List gives project managers the ability to easily edit tasks in-place. It also allows project members to update (and, with appropriate permissions, to edit) their assigned tasks.

Note: Updating a task is not the same as editing a task. Changes to fields in the Update Pane are not edits. For information about the difference between updating and editing, see Task Edit and Task Update.

There are several ways to update a task from the Task List:

Context-Sensitive Menus

Right-click on an assigned task to open a context-sensitive menu that includes update and (where appropriate) edit options for selected tasks in the Task List. See Using the Task List Context-Sensitive Menus.
Update from Toolbar
Click the Update button on the Task List toolbar to open the Task Update pane.