From your description of what you want,. I can still do it with Tasks -
you just have to adjust the settings.

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 Judy Gleeson [MVP Outlook]
 Acorn Training and Consulting
 www.acorntraining.com.au

 Everyone - turn on your Advanced Toolbars and learn how to use the Field
Chooser and Group by Box!!

 > Thanks for your suggestion and I am familiar with Tasks, but my
suggustion is
 > that I want it tied to a time schedule!  I am working with my work
schedule,
 > my personal schedule, and in the moment most of the time being asked to
 > attend another meeting or working on a schedule weeks/months ahead.  I
do
 > have a family calendar separate from my calendar for the non-work hour
 > schedules.  My point is that people use their calendars to remind them
and to
 > keep them focused on many tasks and the time it will take to do
something,
 > thus they block out or confuse others looking at their shared calendar.
 >
 > "Judy Gleeson MVP Outlook" wrote:
 >
 >>
 >>   Use  Tasks!  They are for things to do that are not tied to a
specific
 >> time.
 >>
 >>
 >>   Judy Gleeson [MVP Outlook]
 >>   Acorn Training and Consulting
 >>   www.acorntraining.com.au
 >>
 >>   Everyone - turn on your Advanced Toolbars and learn how to use the
Field
 >> Chooser and Group by Box!!
 >>
 >>
 >>   "shortyhanson" <shortyhanson@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
 >> news:517A1CA8-92B8-4B53-8FDE-2BAED93D54CE@microsoft.com...
 >>   > Please add a category to the "Show time as:" field on Outlook
Calendar
 >> that
 >>   > allows individuals to make their own notes to a calendar, but that
will
 >> not
 >>   > show up as blocked time.
 >>   >
 >>   > I know that you can mark something private, I also know that I can
show
 >> time
 >>   > as free, but why can't I create a post-it to a day as a reminder to
do
 >>   > something or to track my work hours.
 >>   >
 >>   > If you have ever tried to schedule a meeting with multiple people,
you
 >>   > realize that people block time on their calendars just to remind
 >> themselves,
 >>   > by time, that they need to do something or go somewhere.  Also if
they
 >> share
 >>   > their calendars with private items, these times are blocked and the
 >> meeting
 >>   > organizer would not likely schedule over it.  It would help me who
likes
 >> to
 >>   > stay organized, but would give latitude to those who are scheduling
the
 >>   > meetings around my work schedule.  I know some people just block
time on
 >>   > their calendar to appear busy at many meetings, but when they are
really
 >>   > working on tasks at their desks.  These people claim that everyone
 >> should
 >>   > just schedule whatever they want on their calendar, blocked or not.
 >> That is
 >>   > fine when it is only their calendar, but how does a meeting
organizer
 >> know
 >>   > this and why should they have others screaming who have legitamate
 >> meetings
 >>   > that can not be changed.  It just creates a lot of havoc that is
not
 >>   > necessary.  So please give us the opportunity to post-it, to show
we are
 >>   > available for meetings, and to stay organized.
 >>   >
 >>   > Please vote to make this happen!!!
 >>   >
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the
 >>   > suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click
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 >>   > Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button,
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 >> then
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