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+Creating Tasks
+==============
+
+From the board, click on the plus sign next to the column name:
+
+![Task creation from the board](screenshots/task-creation-board.png)
+
+Then the task creation form appears:
+
+![Task creation form](screenshots/task-creation-form.png)
+
+Field description:
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+- **Title**: The title of your task, which will be displayed on the board.
+- **Description**: Description that use the [Markdown](syntax-guide.markdown) format.
+- **Tags**: The list of tags associated to tasks.
+- **Create another task**: Check this box if you want to create a similar task (some fields will be pre-filled).
+- **Color**: Choose the color of the card.
+- **Assignee**: The person that will work on the task.
+- **Category**: Only one category can be assigned to a task (visible only if the projects have categories).
+- **Column**: The column where the task will be created, your task will be positioned at the bottom.
+- **Priority**: Task priority, the range can be defined in the project settings, default values are P0 to P3.
+- **Complexity**: Used in agile project management (Scrum), the complexity or story points is a number that tells the team how hard the story is. Often, people use the Fibonacci series.
+- **Reference**: External ID for the task, for example it can be ticket number that come from another system
+- **Original Estimate**: Estimation in hours to complete the task.
+- **Time Spent**: Time spent working on the task.
+- **Start Date**: This is a date time field.
+- **Due Date**: Overdue tasks will have a red due date and upcoming due dates will be black on the board. Several date format are accepted in addition to the date picker.
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+With the preview link, you can see the task description converted from the Markdown syntax.