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MS Office Forum / Outlook / Calendaring / October 2008How do I change the reminder default for "events"?
I'm using Outlook 2003, and the default reminder for "events" (all day items posted in the banner at the top of the calendar day) is pre-set at 18 hours. I'd like to change that to 0 hours so the reminder pops up at the beginning (12:00 am) of the actual day of the event. I have been doing this manually each time I create an event, but would like to personalize the default so I do not have to make this change for each newly scheduled event. (Changing the default reminder time under Properties only works for appointments and meetings; it has no effect on events.) Any suggestions? The default is hard coded and cannot be changed.  Signature--? Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without reading. After furious head scratching, Manny asked: | I'm using Outlook 2003, and the default reminder for "events" (all | day items posted in the banner at the top of the calendar day) is [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] | reminder time under Properties only works for appointments and | meetings; it has no effect on events.) Any suggestions? I've looked through all these posts - is Microsoft going to realise that the reason everyone is asking why they can't change the default reminder to something other than 18 hours is because they want to?? And that software is supposed to do what we want it to do?? Is there a chance that when I get Outlook 2007 it will allow me to change the default for an all day event? (this also seems to be what everyone else wants). Or should we just all go out and buy an Apple in the hope that they care about their users more than Microsoft? Living in hope. > The default is hard coded and cannot be changed. > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > | reminder time under Properties only works for appointments and > | meetings; it has no effect on events.) Any suggestions? outlook 2007 does not allow you to choose a default reminder time for all day events. Enjoy your apple. :) SignatureDiane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/ Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/ Outlook Tips by email: dailytips-subscribe-request@lists.outlooktips.net Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com Subscribe to Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter: EMO-NEWSLETTER-SUBSCRIBE-REQUEST@PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM > I've looked through all these posts - is Microsoft going to realise that > the [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] >> | reminder time under Properties only works for appointments and >> | meetings; it has no effect on events.) Any suggestions? > I've looked through all these posts - is Microsoft going to realise that the > reason everyone is asking why they can't change the default reminder to [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > out and buy an Apple in the hope that they care about their users more than > Microsoft? Let me get this straight, you are going to drop 2-3 thousand dollars on an Apple computer and software on the remote possibility that you might be able to "adjust" a particular default reminder? This was never a problem for me as my PC was usually off at 6am. I now use a Windows Mobile 6.1 phone with ActiveSync and I use the phone as an alarm clock. It is annoying to be woke up by a reminder at 6am, an hour before my alarm goes off. I even get woken up on a weekend when I need a lie in!! For some reason it never did this on my Windows Mobile 2003SE phone. I have a lot of planned events in the future and am loathed to have to go through my Calendar for the forseeable future to change my reminders from 18 hours to 0.5 day. Poor planning on a planning application but certainly not enough to convert to Apple. > This was never a problem for me as my PC was usually off at 6am. I now > use a [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > to > convert to Apple. Ask far as I can tell, all-day events always have an 18 hour default reminder (when default reminders are enabled) and it can't be changed. SignatureBrian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] Seriously, the first post about this is from 2005, and Micro$oft is still not looking at fixing it, or offering a patch for it?! Seems to me like the Outlook development team don't sync to their phones or PDA's at all, because if they did, they would sure fix it fast after being woken up at 6:00AM on a few mornings because of this stupid setting!!! How about doing a Google search for: Outlook / all day / 18 hour and see the *MANY* other people out there upset about this too! Please look to fix this soon - my kids and I are fed-up with early morning alarms... > Seriously, the first post about this is from 2005, and Micro$oft is still > not looking at fixing it, or offering a patch for it?! Seems to me like [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Please look to fix this soon - my kids and I are fed-up with early morning > alarms... How hard can it be to fix the reminder time and not just accept the default? SignatureBrian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] Dear Mr. Tillman: One can indeed change the reminder of one's own all-day appointments to a more suitable advance notice, or disabled default reminders altogether, but for the users in my organization, most of whom use Windows Mobile devices, it is too much to ask for the to change the reminder of every all-day meeting request they receive as well! Especially since they are not even given the option to change it in the invitation e-mail. They would have to accept the invitation, then go to the calendar, open the same item again and then change the reminder. Microsoft's combination of... 1. Enabling default reminders by default [sic] 2. Allowing for the user's changing of only one out of two default reminder times 3. Allowing the meeting organizer's reminder setting to override the invitee's default preference without any visual cues or an easy way to change said reminder when receiving the invite 4. Choosing to set the almost idotic hard coded default reminder to 06:00 (-18 h) for an all-day appointment 5. Not hearing user complaints for the last, say, five years ...is quite depressing for its customers. Especially for the ones using Windows Mobile and getting woken up by reminders for appointments they did not even organize. Sincerely, Jonas Hearing user > How hard can it be to fix the reminder time and not just accept the default? [Sorry for my two grammar mistakes there in the first paragraph of my previous post.] Dear Mr. Tillman (again): I just read similar posts from you in the Outlook Forum over at office-outlook.com, and I can but conclude that you do not work in a large organization where you frequently receive meeting requests from others, with reminders set. Or maybe you do not have a Windows Mobile device waking you up; or maybe you are up and about at 06:00 every day (including Sundays, in case you receive all-day meeting requests for Mondays). Sorry about getting fresh, but judging from your previous posts, it seems you are all into that thing. :o) Sincerely, Jonas > I just read similar posts from you in the Outlook Forum over at > office-outlook.com, and I can but conclude that you do not work in a large > organization where you frequently receive meeting requests from others, > with > reminders set. Your conclusion would be wrong. I work for a company with 300,000 employees and I usually accept (or reject) 15 to 20 meeting requests each week. I have always had the ability to override the reminder BEFORE accepting the request and I always change it to suit myself if I don't like what the request contains. > Or maybe you do not have a Windows Mobile device waking you up; or maybe > you > are up and about at 06:00 every day (including Sundays, in case you > receive > all-day meeting requests for Mondays). I do have a Windows Mobile device and it never wakes me up because I always mute it before going to bed. It takes all of two seconds. > Sorry about getting fresh, but judging from your previous posts, it seems > you are all into that thing. :o) You can be as fresh or as stale as you wish. SignatureBrian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] When Outlook was first conceived there were very few people using Activesync with their mobile phones / PDAs etc. so there would not have been many people getting disturbed by their PCs alarming at 6:00 am. Now that there are many people synchronising their calendars onto the Windows Mobile devices that they keep beside their beds at night I would think that there are a lot of very frustrated people out there silently cursing Outlook . People use the most convenient feature of their software and double clicking to set up an All Day Event (for say a Birthday, or a day out of the office) is the quickest, simplest thing to do. As it's quick and simple most people won't spend the time looking through all of the options to change the reminder time for the Event. Since the principle of configurable reminders has been set for apointments can we not have an update to make Event reminders configurable and to save a lot of cursing at 6:00 am each time the alarm for a next day Event goes off ? SignatureAndre Peppiatt (Director, Large IT Outsourcing company) > > This was never a problem for me as my PC was usually off at 6am. I now > > use a [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > Ask far as I can tell, all-day events always have an 18 hour default > reminder (when default reminders are enabled) and it can't be changed. > People use the most convenient feature of their software and double > clicking [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > the > alarm for a next day Event goes off ? Open a support incident with Microsoft and complain. If enough people do, perhaps they'll listen. SignatureBrian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] I too have been looking at the default time for events. Because I have synced three different sources I have alarms going off a 23:45 as well as 06:00. I think the easiest way to sort this out is for the default alarm time to be set to the User's working hours setting I used to have this function when I used my Psion 5mx so it is possible. KentishScot > > People use the most convenient feature of their software and double > > clicking [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Open a support incident with Microsoft and complain. If enough people do, > perhaps they'll listen. >I too have been looking at the default time for events. Because I have >synced [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > I > used my Psion 5mx so it is possible. You'll have to contact Microsoft directly and tell them that if you hope to ever see it. SignatureBrian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] |
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