Adding additional text to an appointment in addition to the subjec

Thread view:

Enable EMail Alerts

Start New Thread

Thread rating:

Aly - 08 Mar 2006 16:29 GMT

I will be migrating to Outlook 2003 shortly and following a pilot test of
the prouct find that the calendar facility is restricting conpared with
Microsoft Schedule +.

As a Training Manager I utilise the calendar to manage 3 training rooms.
All students attending training daily are entered into the training room
calendar and are visible immediatly when viewing that calendar.

Outlook is only allowing text within the subject field of the appoitment and
only the subject is visible when viewing the calendar.

Reply to this Message

Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] - 08 Mar 2006 20:07 GMT

So what happens when you open the appointment and try to add text to its body?

Signature

Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

> I will be migrating to Outlook 2003 shortly and following a pilot test of
> the prouct find that the calendar facility is restricting conpared with
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
> Outlook is only allowing text within the subject field of the appoitment and
> only the subject is visible when viewing the calendar.

Reply to this Message

Aly - 10 Mar 2006 09:45 GMT

Thanks for respnding - within Microsoft Schedule+ I am able to enter details
directly into the weekly calendar with click and drag and it is visible to
all persons viewing the calendar at a glance.

Within Outlook, detail cannot be entered directly into the appointment other
than the subject field (this is the only visible text when viewing the weekly
calendar).

I want to be able to click and drag the duration of a training course and
enter text immediatly. I do not want to have to open the appointment
everytime I need to enter information or to view information.

> So what happens when you open the appointment and try to add text to its body?
>
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
> > Outlook is only allowing text within the subject field of the appoitment and
> > only the subject is visible when viewing the calendar.

Reply to this Message

Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] - 10 Mar 2006 13:22 GMT

I think you already known the answer to your question: Outlook is not Schedule+ and does things differently. You will need to open the appointment to type in its body. Users will be able to see at least some of the text in the daily calendar if they use the Day/Week/Month with AutoPreview view.

Signature

> Thanks for respnding - within Microsoft Schedule+ I am able to enter details
> directly into the weekly calendar with click and drag and it is visible to
[quoted text clipped - 18 lines]
>> > Outlook is only allowing text within the subject field of the appoitment and
>> > only the subject is visible when viewing the calendar.

Reply to this Message