## Approve or reject a task

When you receive a task, you must first handle all the objects attached to the task and approve or reject the objects before you can approve or reject the task. The attached objects can be documents, items, or both.

When you reject a task, you can specify who must handle the rejection - whether the responsible user, who is the default, or any other user. The user who receives the rejected task can then use the Forward option to select the next task or step to continue the workflow.

To approve or reject a task

1. On the Tasks page, under Step/Task, click the appropriate task.
   The task's attributes appear on the details page.
2. In the task's navigation pane, click Attachments.
3. Click the plus sign next to the document ID, and use the shortcut menu to check the contents of the attached files. See View a file.
4. Select the required item or document and do one of the following:

- On the Actions menu, click Approve Attachment or Reject Attachment.
- Click or on the toolbar.

Repeat with all the attached objects.

5. Return to the task list.

The Update Document page appears.

6. Select the task and and do one of the following:

- On the Actions menu, click Approve Task or Reject Task.
- Click or on the toolbar.

7. If prompted, enter your user name and password. If you reject a task, the Reject Task dialog box appears.
8. Select the user who you want to handle the rejection.
   The default is the responsible user.
9. Click OK.

The task disappears from your task list.

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