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How do I navigate to a day 120 (or other number of) days from a da

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mastoreality - 26 Jan 2006 21:30 GMT
How do I navigate to a day 120 (or other number of) days from a specific date
without actually counting the days between them?

I know I can easily write a formula in Excel, but more often I need to do
this while looking at my Outlook calendar and scheduling certain events based
on definite time intervals.

So, if I schedule an event on a date and want to schedule a reminder exactly
60 days prior, I would ordinarily first copy the event to the same date and
then edit the copied event (by putting "60 day Reminder" after the subject
line) and then changing the date manually.  I'd much rather just quickly
navigate to the correct date and paste the copy there.

Thanks for your help.
Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook] - 26 Jan 2006 22:19 GMT
In the Calendar folder you can hit Ctrl-G (Go To) then enter a date followed
by '+60d' to go sixty days from the date.

> How do I navigate to a day 120 (or other number of) days from a specific
> date
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> line) and then changing the date manually.  I'd much rather just quickly
> navigate to the correct date and paste the copy there.
mastoreality - 26 Jan 2006 22:54 GMT
That is so great!  I see it works for counting weeks too (e.g., +6w)!

Problem is, can I get it to work in REVERSE?  I usually have a specific date
for an event and want to count BACKWARDS to set reminders.  I tried using
'-60d' with no success.  Any ideas?

> In the Calendar folder you can hit Ctrl-G (Go To) then enter a date followed
> by '+60d' to go sixty days from the date.
[quoted text clipped - 11 lines]
> > line) and then changing the date manually.  I'd much rather just quickly
> > navigate to the correct date and paste the copy there.
Diane Poremsky [MVP] - 27 Jan 2006 05:35 GMT
minus doesn't work for negatives - try before: 60 days before.

for more tips:
http://www.slipstick.com/emo/2005/up050818.htm#naturaldate

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> That is so great!  I see it works for counting weeks too (e.g., +6w)!
>
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>> > quickly
>> > navigate to the correct date and paste the copy there.
 
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