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MS Office Forum / Outlook / General MS Outlook Questions / October 2007Global Outlook Categories
Is it possible to control Outlooks list of categories so that all users see the same list of categories? In what version of Outlook?  SignatureSue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming: Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54 > Is it possible to control Outlooks list of categories so that all users see > the same list of categories? Sorry, Outlook 2003. Thanks. > In what version of Outlook? > > > Is it possible to control Outlooks list of categories so that all users see > > the same list of categories? In Outlook 2003, each user's master category list is stored in the WIndows registry, so replacing it would remove any user-created categories. See http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/olcat.htm SignatureSue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming: Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54 > Outlook 2003. > >> > Is it possible to control Outlooks list of categories so that all users see >> > the same list of categories? How about doing this for Outlook 2007? > In what version of Outlook? > > > Is it possible to control Outlooks list of categories so that all users see > > the same list of categories? In Outlook 2007, there's a group policy setting in the Outlk12.adm for appending categories. SignatureSue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming: Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54 > How about doing this for Outlook 2007? > >> In what version of Outlook? >> > Is it possible to control Outlooks list of categories so that all users see >> > the same list of categories? Sue, do you know any disadvantages of that method? SignatureViele Gruesse / Best regards Michael Bauer - MVP Outlook Organize eMails: <http://www.vboffice.net/product.html?id=2006063&cmd=detail&lang=en&pub=6> Am Mon, 30 Jul 2007 19:39:03 -0400 schrieb Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]: > In Outlook 2007, there's a group policy setting in the Outlk12.adm for appending categories. I can't think of any, since it's supposed to append, not overwrite. SignatureSue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming: Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54 > Sue, do you know any disadvantages of that method? > Am Mon, 30 Jul 2007 19:39:03 -0400 schrieb Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]: > >> In Outlook 2007, there's a group policy setting in the Outlk12.adm for > appending categories. So it's possible to deploy categories to all OL 07 clients, say once a day, isn't it? (I'm asked to develop an addin for that. But it seems that it wouldn't be necessary.) SignatureViele Gruesse / Best regards Michael Bauer - MVP Outlook Organize eMails: <http://www.vboffice.net/product.html?id=2006063&cmd=detail&lang=en&pub=6> Am Tue, 31 Jul 2007 15:23:58 -0400 schrieb Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]: > I can't think of any, since it's supposed to append, not overwrite. > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >>> In Outlook 2007, there's a group policy setting in the Outlk12.adm for >> appending categories. Using GPO, categories would be updated whenever Outlook starts. If you wanted to do it once a day or be able to refresh the list on demand, that would be a good add-in. More importantly, though, the GPO setting just does the category names, not colors. An add-in that facilitated central deployment of category names *and* colors would probably be very well received, particularly by organizations that used category color-coding extensively in public calendar folders. SignatureSue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming: Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54 > So it's possible to deploy categories to all OL 07 clients, say once a day, > isn't it? > > (I'm asked to develop an addin for that. But it seems that it wouldn't be > necessary.) > Am Tue, 31 Jul 2007 15:23:58 -0400 schrieb Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]: > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >>>> In Outlook 2007, there's a group policy setting in the Outlk12.adm for >>> appending categories. Thanks a lot, Sue! So, we started already to develop that useful tool. SignatureViele Gruesse / Best regards Michael Bauer - MVP Outlook Organize eMails: <http://www.vboffice.net/product.html?id=2006063&cmd=detail&lang=en&pub=6> Am Wed, 1 Aug 2007 08:30:04 -0400 schrieb Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]: > Using GPO, categories would be updated whenever Outlook starts. If you wanted to do it once a day or be able to refresh the list on demand, that would be a good add-in. More importantly, though, the GPO setting just does the category names, not colors. An add-in that facilitated central deployment of category names *and* colors would probably be very well received, particularly by organizations that used category color-coding extensively in public calendar folders. Dear Sue On 1 Aug., 14:30, you wrote: > An add-in that facilitated central deployment of category names *and* colors would probably be very well received, particularly by organizations that used category color-coding extensively in public calendar folders. Is there any other way to distribute the colors? Mirko Are you asking if there is anything built into Outlook to do this? No, there isn't. That's why it would require some other application. SignatureSue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming: Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54 > Dear Sue > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Mirko Mirko, please see the new Category Manager (link in my signature). You can have a central category list, synchronize category colors; force users to assign categories and much more. SignatureViele Gruesse / Best regards Michael Bauer - MVP Outlook Synchronize Outlook Categories: <http://www.vboffice.net/product.html?id=2006063&cmd=detail&lang=en&pub=6> Am Wed, 08 Aug 2007 05:37:53 -0700 schrieb mscholz@gmail.com: > Dear Sue > > On 1 Aug., 14:30, you wrote: >> An add-in that facilitated central deployment of category names *and* colors would probably be very well received, particularly by organizations that used category color-coding extensively in public calendar folders. > Is there any other way to distribute the colors? > > Mirko |
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