A nice addition to the taskpad in your calendar view is a reminder of the number of days until a task is due.  You can do this by adding a custom field to the view.

1. Right-click on the column headings in the taskpad.
2. Select the "Field Chooser"
3. Click on the "New..." button
4. Enter the name "DueIn" for the field name.
5. Select the type "Formula".
6. Enter (or copy and paste) the following formula:

IIf(IsDate([Due Date]),Fix([Due Date]-Now()),"")

7. Click "Okay"
8. Drag the new field to the taskpad columns.
9. The new field will calculate anytime your task has a due date.