To make them, "highly visible" ensure that users start in their Calendar
not their Inbox - there's no worse standard setting in Outlook than that one
if you're at all interested in good time management principles!
 --

 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!!

 > PMFJI, but the information you posted in your follow-up should have been
 > posted in your original inquiry.  Lacking the specific details of your
setup
 > and the desired result makes it almost impossible for those of us who
try to
 > help to propose the optimum answer for your COMPLETE scenario.
 >
 > Just an FYI for future consideration.  You might also want to post in a
 > group for Microsoft CRM solutions to see if someone has come up with
 > something that works in that program and/or Outlook.
 >
 >
 > --
 > Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
 >
 > Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.  All
 > unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
 > reading.
 >
 > After furious head scratching, Simon Morris asked:
 >
 > | Thanks for the idea Judy. This issue for us is that we use the
 > | Microsoft-CRM workflow tool to create timed tasks for salespeople to
 > | follow up leads and progress sales opportunities and in these
 > | circumstances it is far safer for a business to make sure that these
 > | follow-up tasks are highly visible rather than run the risk of them
 > | being missed because someone forgot to look at their to do list or
 > | didn't get a pop-up reminder.
 > |
 > | Simon Morris
 > |
 > |
 > | "Judy Gleeson MVP Outlook" wrote:
 > |
 > ||
 > ||   Use the Start Date to start the Task in plenty of time - the Due
 > || Date just pulls you into a trap of Just In Time behaviour which
 > || doesn't suit most white collar workers!
 > ||
 > ||
 > ||   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!!
 > ||
 > ||
 > ||   "Simon Morris" <SimonMorris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
 > || message news:2759CACB-E614-4C54-8983-80FF89ADEB30@microsoft.com...
 > ||   > Is it possible to show dated tasks on my calendar? Something
 > ||   like the > Milestones icon in MS-Project would be ideal.  This
 > || would make it easier for
 > ||   > me to block time in my diary to make sure I start the task in
 > || plenty of time
 > ||   > --
 > ||   > Simon Morris
 > ||   >
 > ||   > ----------------
 > ||   > This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds
 > ||   to the > suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this
 > || suggestion, click the "I
 > ||   > Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button,
 > || follow this
 > ||   > link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based
 > || Newsreader and then
 > ||   > click "I Agree" in the message pane.
 > ||   >
 > ||   >
 > ||
 >
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