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# Work a Task from Start to Done

> Open a task, mark it in progress, break it into subtasks, leave a comment, log your time and mark it complete

A task holds everything about one piece of work: who does it, when it is due, the steps, the conversation and the time spent. This guide takes one task from the moment you pick it up to the moment it is done.

It follows Northwind's "Print the opening-day menu" task in the Pearl District Café Opening project. To make a project and its tasks first, see [Plan a Project and Add Its Tasks](/how-tos/teamwork/plan-a-project).

## Open the task

Click **PM Projects** in the left rail, pick the project, then click the task. Its details open on the right: **Status**, **Priority**, **Assignee**, **Due** and **Type**, with the **Details**, **Time** and **Comments** tabs below.

![The task list with Print the opening-day menu, Nov 12, Queued, outlined, and its details on the right: Mark Complete, Status Queued, Priority Medium, Assignee Jamie Holloway, Due Nov 12, 2026, Type Design, and the Details, Time and Comments tabs](https://mintcdn.com/locusdigital/26CeJ6OMRemkhO4R/images/how-tos/teamwork/wt-01-open-task-closeup.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=26CeJ6OMRemkhO4R\&q=85\&s=baff8e404f6f8918b5de761e19826ef6)

**My Tasks**, at the top of the projects sidebar, lists every open task assigned to you across all projects.

## Work it

**1. Mark it in progress**

Click the **Status** and pick **In Progress**. The task's row in the list changes too, so your team can see it is being worked on.

![The Status menu open under Queued with Queued, In Progress, outlined, QA, Ready for Review, Blocked, Need Info and Done](https://mintcdn.com/locusdigital/26CeJ6OMRemkhO4R/images/how-tos/teamwork/wt-02-status-closeup.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=26CeJ6OMRemkhO4R\&q=85\&s=fa40d2e852c8520682a05934c403b212)

The choices are the project's own statuses; you set them in the project's settings under **Task Statuses**.

**2. Break it into subtasks**

On the **Details** tab, under **Subtasks**, click **+ Add**, type a step and press **Enter**. Add one for each step, then tick each one as you finish it. The count next to **Subtasks** shows how many are done.

![Subtasks 2/3 with + Add outlined, and the list outlined: Proof every price against the website and Order the cream card stock ticked and crossed out, and Pick up the menus from the printer still open](https://mintcdn.com/locusdigital/26CeJ6OMRemkhO4R/images/how-tos/teamwork/wt-03-subtasks-closeup.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=26CeJ6OMRemkhO4R\&q=85\&s=2e7307a6e67f16e10fa3ba7e2d109a52)

Hover a subtask to edit it with the pencil or remove it with the bin.

**3. Leave a comment**

On the **Comments** tab, write an update and click **Send Comment**. Type **@** to mention a teammate.

![The comment box with Prices checked against the website. Card stock arrives Tuesday; printing Wednesday. typed in, and Send Comment, outlined](https://mintcdn.com/locusdigital/26CeJ6OMRemkhO4R/images/how-tos/teamwork/wt-04-comment-closeup.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=26CeJ6OMRemkhO4R\&q=85\&s=7194526930746c7b31c95816974dfede)

The comment shows with your name and when you wrote it.

![Comments: Jamie Holloway, just now: Prices checked against the website. Card stock arrives Tuesday; printing Wednesday., outlined](https://mintcdn.com/locusdigital/26CeJ6OMRemkhO4R/images/how-tos/teamwork/wt-05-comment-posted-closeup.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=26CeJ6OMRemkhO4R\&q=85\&s=de38436c3e7af643223b88ebc90cf887)

**4. Log your time**

On the **Time** tab, under **Manual**, enter the **Hours** and **Minutes** or click a **Quick** amount, add what you worked on if you like, and click **Log Time**. **Billable** is ticked unless you untick it. The total at the top, such as **1.0h logged**, adds up everything logged on the task.

![Time tracking, 0.0h logged, Manual: Hours 1, Minutes 0, today's date, the Quick buttons 15m, 30m, 1h, 2h and 4h outlined, Proofed the menu prices, Billable ticked, and Log Time, outlined](https://mintcdn.com/locusdigital/26CeJ6OMRemkhO4R/images/how-tos/teamwork/wt-06-log-time-closeup.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=26CeJ6OMRemkhO4R\&q=85\&s=a2e3f4252d9ad5bbe22a04ec6c7c62ea)

**Timer** instead times the work as you do it.

## Mark it done

Click **Mark Complete** at the top of the task.

![The top of the task: #1, Mark Complete, outlined, and the edit, more, expand and close buttons](https://mintcdn.com/locusdigital/26CeJ6OMRemkhO4R/images/how-tos/teamwork/wt-07-mark-complete-closeup.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=26CeJ6OMRemkhO4R\&q=85\&s=c5bb8a8b20dc47eec72e5ba4555d81e1)

The status turns **Done**, the task moves to the bottom of the list crossed out, and the project's count of open tasks goes down. It also leaves **My Tasks**. **Reopen**, where **Mark Complete** was, puts it back to work.

![The project header with 2 open, outlined; the list with Print the opening-day menu crossed out and marked Done, outlined; and the task's details with Reopen and Status Done, outlined](https://mintcdn.com/locusdigital/26CeJ6OMRemkhO4R/images/how-tos/teamwork/wt-08-done-closeup.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=26CeJ6OMRemkhO4R\&q=85\&s=c1a3c354c7daa4eb531f38228c154760)

## Good to know

* **Change anything else from the panel.** Click **Priority**, **Assignee** or **Due** to change it in place, or the pencil to edit the whole task, including its description.
* **Files.** Drop a file under **Attachments** on the **Details** tab, such as a menu proof, up to 50 MB.
* **More:** [Plan a Project and Add Its Tasks](/how-tos/teamwork/plan-a-project) covers sections, views and project settings.


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