Turn a Teams message into a task
A question in a chat, a request in a channel: in Teams, tasks turn up in passing. On the Mac, Omnido takes the text as the source when you select it in Teams and start a capture. The message itself stays in Teams.
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Teams-Nachricht als Aufgabe: so geht es mit Omnido am Mac.
1. Markiere den Text in Teams. Starte die Erfassung mit Control + Umschalt + Leertaste.
2. Die Erfassung landet im Eingang. Die KI schlägt Titel, Datum und Kategorie vor.
Lies die Vorschläge und ändere, was nicht stimmt.
„Übernehmen“ macht daraus eine Aufgabe. Die Quelle bleibt dabei an der Aufgabe.
3. „Zur Quelle“ öffnet später die gefundene Nachricht in Teams.
Die ganze Anleitung: saschahenning.de/apps/omnido/teams-nachricht-als-aufgabe
First: connect a work or school account
If you want to jump back to the message later, connect a work or school account to Omnido under Settings → Microsoft 365 before you capture. A personal Microsoft account at outlook.com, hotmail.com or live.com is not enough, because it has no Teams. Omnido looks for the message right after the capture. An account you connect afterwards does not start a search for that capture. Connecting Microsoft 365 needs a subscription or the free trial.
1. Select the text in Teams and capture it
Open the chat or channel and select the text that becomes the task. Then start the capture with the keyboard shortcut (Mac default: Control+Shift+Space) or from the Mac app’s menu bar item. This works in the Teams app and in Teams in the browser. Omnido takes the selected text and the window title as the source. If Omnido reads the selection directly, it creates the capture right away. If it had to copy the text, the window first shows it as “Copied text – not saved yet”; then choose “Next”.
2. Review it and accept it as a task
The capture lands in the inbox. “Create now” skips this step, and Omnido then does not look for the message. Read the title and description, change what is wrong and choose “Accept”. The source stays with the task.
3. The way back to Teams
Omnido looks for the message behind the source when a work or school account is connected at capture time and one line of the selection has at least three words. Teams messages have no subject like an email; Omnido searches with the text only. If the window title names the chat, matches from that chat count for more.
- If one message matches better than all others, “Go to source” opens that message in Teams.
- If several equally good matches belong to the same chat, “Go to source” opens the chat.
- If several equally good matches belong to the same channel, “Go to source” opens the most recent of those messages.
- If equally good matches belong to different chats or channels, no link to a specific message appears.
Omnido does not find every message; then the source stays on the task without a link, and you search Teams for the saved text. The selected text and the window title remain attached to the task as its source either way.
Optional: check off the message when you complete the task
Under Settings → Microsoft 365, a work or school account offers “Check off Teams messages when you complete a task”. After “Allow”, Microsoft asks once whether Omnido may send messages on your behalf. Omnido only uses this to put the ✅ reaction under the message when you complete the task, never to send a message. Whether Omnido asks first is up to you: “Ask”, “Always” or “Never”. The check mark only works for tasks whose “Go to source” opens a single message.
Before you start
Privacy lists which data goes to AI providers. The Mac app and its cost are on the pricing page. For emails, see the guide Outlook email to task .
Try the steps on a message that is not sensitive. From the Omnido page you can download the Mac app; selection capture and the shortcut need it. You can also connect the account in the browser: open Settings → Microsoft 365 (opens in a new tab) .