Coloring entries based on categories

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Raj - 13 Jan 2006 11:04 GMT

Hello all,

In my old machine I had setup the calendar to color the entries based
on the category. When I copied the entries from my old machine to the
new machine, the coloring no longer seems to work.

I have Outlook 2000 SP3 installed on both the old and new machines.
However I cant recollect how I setup outlook to color the entries.

Would appreciate any pointers for this.

Thanks in advance.

Raj

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Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook] - 13 Jan 2006 11:24 GMT

Were you using Conditional Formatting? Go to the Tools menu > Organize
command and see if there's a Using Color tab

> Hello all,
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> Would appreciate any pointers for this.

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Raj - 13 Jan 2006 11:39 GMT

Tools>Organize in the calendar view shows only using categories and
using views.
However if I select Inbox and do Tools>Organize, it shows using color
also.

Am I missing the Using color tab for some reason in the calendar?

Thanks,
Raj

> Were you using Conditional Formatting? Go to the Tools menu > Organize
> command and see if there's a Using Color tab
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> > Would appreciate any pointers for this.

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Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook] - 13 Jan 2006 12:40 GMT

Hmmm, same here but you can get to Conditional Formatting the long way. Go
into the view you want to use then go to the View menu > Arrange by >
Current View > Customize Current View > Automatic Formatting

> Tools>Organize in the calendar view shows only using categories and
> using views.
> However if I select Inbox and do Tools>Organize, it shows using color
> also.
>
> Am I missing the Using color tab for some reason in the calendar?

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Raj - 13 Jan 2006 13:00 GMT

Hello Vince,

When i try to customize my default view: Day/Week/Month, the Automatic
Formatting button is disabled. It is enabled only in the views which
are based on a table. Even in the tabled based views, I can configure
the font colour and not the background colour of the entry.

Incidentaly, I have noticed that when I am adding a new appointment, in
the "show time as:" drop down, I vaguely remeber seeing blue colored
boxes in front of each of the options (Free/Busy ...). I see the
options, but the colors are no longer there!

Now I am begining to feel that the colours were not chosen
automatically based on category, there used to be another drop down
next to "show time as:" from which I used to choose the color ... has
anyone seen anything like that?

Thanks,
Raj

> Hmmm, same here but you can get to Conditional Formatting the long way. Go
> into the view you want to use then go to the View menu > Arrange by >
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> > Am I missing the Using color tab for some reason in the calendar?

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Raj - 13 Jan 2006 14:20 GMT

http://www.slipstick.com/calendar/colorcal.htm#earlier

It appears that what I am looking for is a feature like labels and it
is not supported in outlook 2000. I am trying to check if my older
outlook had outlook 2002.

> Hello Vince,
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> > > Am I missing the Using color tab for some reason in the calendar?

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