Eclipse ant question

Is there any way to execute a task directly? I mean, the way I do it is to right click in my build.xml in the navigator, select Run Ant and check the target I want, and click run.
the outline browser (below the navigator) shows all the tasks available in my build.xml. I thought it could be as simple as right-clicking the task and execute it..
this is my first week using eclipse, so please understand

I think I got it, this is how I did it:
window -> show view -> other...
select the ant folder and then click on the "add build file"...
now the targets appear and you can simply right-click to run your tasks.