Sometimes it is useful to break down tasks representing large amounts of effort into several smaller, more manageable, tasks and then hide away the detail of the smaller tasks. This kind of approach is known as task outlining. OfficeTalk lets you do this in the following way:
Add the parent task by clicking the left mouse button at the bottom of the Task window, entering a description and pressing Enter.
Add one or more additional tasks which will become sub tasks of the parent task.
Select these additional tasks and drag them on to the parent task. The sub tasks will be indented underneath the parent task. A button will appear to the left of the parent task. Clicking the button will hide the sub tasks. Clicking it again will show the sub tasks.
An alternative way of adding sub tasks to a parent task is to open the parent task. This will cause the task list to display the contents of the parent task which, initially, will be empty. However, you may now add sub tasks to the parent task by simply adding the tasks to the task list in the normal way. When you have entered the relevant sub tasks, double click on the {bmct help0012.bmp} marker, on the top line of the task list, using the left mouse button and you will be returned to the previous task list contents.