[UPDATED] How to use the Asana add-on for Gmail? | Scribe

    [UPDATED] How to use the Asana add-on for Gmail?

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    Re-authenticate Asana add-on for Gmail

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    Navigate to your Gmail account.
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    Click "Create new task".
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    Click "Logout and re-authenticate".
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    Click "Logout".
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    Click "Log in".
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    Grantt permission to Asana to access your email account, click "Allow".
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    Select your email account.
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    Click "Continue".

    Email sync

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    Email sync allows you to sync future email replies to tasks in Asana. This means you no longer need to create multiple Asana tasks each time you receive a new email reply and removes the “middle man” by ensuring email context is being shared with all collaborators contributing to the same task or project. When creating a new task using the Gmail add-on, you can enable the **Sync future replies to this task** feature. All future replies within this email thread will be automatically synced to the Asana task as comments. Read more: <https://help.asana.com/hc/en-us/articles/14107505420443-Asana-for-Gmail-add-on#h_01HJ3EP17B5RTQGHKRTK1540T0>
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    When selecting an email, click the Asana add-on for Gmail icon in the right panel.
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    Click "Create new task".
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    Make task public if is the case, if not it will be private and only the people added as collaborator will get access to this task.
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    Make sure to add the task to the right project if it's the case, by selecting the project. Click "None" right bellow to "Project".
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    Type the project's name and click "Search".
    Type the project's name and click "Search".
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    Select the project. By default the task will be created in the first section (column) of the project.
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    Set a due date for the task, if it's the case.
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    Under **Options**, the option to **Sync future replies to this task** will be checked by default. This will update the Asana task each time a new email reply is received.
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    Click "Create task".