How to Set Current Week at Top of Month View

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opieandy - 31 Mar 2008 12:44 GMT

This is where Outlook calendar really breaks down. In month view, today
doesn't even show up on my screen because it is on the fifth row of the
calendar. I can't find any way to point the calendar permanently to set the
current week on top in month view. It's unbelievable products can make it
out of beta testing with such flaws. Any help?

Chris

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Brian Tillman - 31 Mar 2008 13:44 GMT

> I can't find any way to point the calendar
> permanently to set the current week on top in month view.

Some may consider it a flaw. Others don't. Outlook will show the current
month, with the week containing the first day of the month at the top, and a
total of five weeks. There is no way to have Outlook display a rolling
list, with the current week at the top. You can certainly have Outlook view
the entire month or only the weeks you wish by clicking and dragging within
the Date Navigator, but that view will revert of you leave the view then
return.

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opieandy - 31 Mar 2008 14:05 GMT

> Some may consider it a flaw. Others don't. Outlook will show the current
> month, with the week containing the first day of the month at the top, and a
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> the Date Navigator, but that view will revert of you leave the view then
> return.

Thanks, Brian. At least your answer tells me there is no 'fix.' It's hard
to conceive of how some folks don't consider it a flaw. I can't even see
today's schedule without additional clicking every time I check it. Even if
this is the default view, at a minimum there should be customizable options
to, for example, put the current week at the top of the calendar.

Chris

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Diane Poremsky {MVP} - 31 Mar 2008 14:34 GMT

If you need to see today on top, use the week view. If you want the whole
month, uncompress weekends. To see two or more weeks, see
http://www.slipstick.com/calendar/2wk_cal.htm.

Every time a user customizable option is added it has the potential to add
bugs to previously working features so only features which are heavily
requested are considered. Many that are considered are determined to have
unwanted side effects. While I don't know where this request falls, I do
know most people either don't care or use the week view.

Outlook has always worked like this and complaints only come up once or
twice a year - during long months when compressed weekends mess up the
calendar. While this wasn't the reason compressed weekends was removed from
Outlook 2007, there will be fewer support calls from Outlook 2007 users
thanks to its removal. (Compressed weekends were removed for calendar
overlay support.)

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> Thanks, Brian. At least your answer tells me there is no 'fix.' It's
> hard
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> Chris

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Diane Poremsky {MVP} - 31 Mar 2008 14:02 GMT

it would show today if you were not using compressed weekends.
http://www.slipstick.com/calendar/wrongweek.htm

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> This is where Outlook calendar really breaks down. In month view, today
> doesn't even show up on my screen because it is on the fifth row of the
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> Chris

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opieandy - 31 Mar 2008 18:32 GMT

It's not just a problem today, it's a fundamental flaw in the design. Even
last week, the calendar showed only one week of the future. Why should the
default view in the calendar show prior periods? Calendars are primarily
used to plan future events.

Can you point me to where I can change the 'compressed weekend' view? I
don't see it on the 'options' menu.

Chris

> it would show today if you were not using compressed weekends.
> http://www.slipstick.com/calendar/wrongweek.htm
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opieandy - 31 Mar 2008 18:36 GMT

EDIT - I found the instructions to change the 'compressed weekend' in the
link you attached. Thanks. However, it still doesn't fix the issue. March
1 was on Saturday, the last day of the first row in Outlook, so the calendar
still only shows five weeks ending March 29.

> It's not just a problem today, it's a fundamental flaw in the design. Even
> last week, the calendar showed only one week of the future. Why should the
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Brian Tillman - 31 Mar 2008 19:06 GMT

> EDIT - I found the instructions to change the 'compressed weekend' in
> the link you attached. Thanks. However, it still doesn't fix the
> issue. March 1 was on Saturday, the last day of the first row in
> Outlook, so the calendar still only shows five weeks ending March 29.

I clicked the Today button on the Standard toolbar and Outlook rolled the
calendar down a week so that the top line contains March 2 through 8 and the
bottom line contains March 30 through April 5.

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Diane Poremsky {MVP} - 31 Mar 2008 19:00 GMT

the monthly calendar is modeled on the wall calendar design - it doesn't
change each week, it changes monthly.

right click on the grid, choose other settings and deselect compress
weekends.

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> It's not just a problem today, it's a fundamental flaw in the design.
> Even
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