How to add a TODO item in MS Word?

Question

I am working on a longer document in Word, and I would like to add TODO notes that I can review and work on. I googled a little and apparently, such a function exists. According to this report, I only have to type TODO: or <<to do something here>> and Word automatically creates a TODO item.

This does not work- I have also tried adding a comment and writing TODO in there, also without any success. I also tried using @MyName to tag myself hoping that would give me TODO options, but that didn't do anything either.

Is this a feature I have to enable somewhere? I am using Office 365 on Mac.

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 03 '23 at 16:21

It looks like the feature was dropped. Here is the 2022 writeup of the original article @FlonLon referred to https://office-watch.com/2022/word-gets-a-to-do-list-at-long-last/

I would have loved this feature. I am trying to use Word instead of OneNote so that I can place the notes (word document) together with other artifacts.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 07 '20 at 13:25

From the View tab on ribbon, mark the checkbox for the Navigation Pane. You can also open the sidebar from the Menu Bar > View > Sidebars.

On the Sidebar there is a Check icon and selecting it will show the follow-up items you have entered into the document.

To add Follow Up items to a document, type a double bracket like this: {{

A display field opens for you to type in your follow up reminder. Here's what it looks like:

How to add a TODO item in MS Word?

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