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MS Office Forum / Outlook / Calendaring / October 2007Can I cross-out days in the past or make them another color
I want to mark off the days as they go by, like everyone does on their paper calenders, so I know what day it is when I look quickly. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to do this? Thanks. You can't. --=81 Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without reading. After a lot of head-scratching, Tate Decker asked: | I want to mark off the days as they go by, like everyone does on | their paper calenders, so I know what day it is when I look quickly. | Does anyone have any suggestions on how to do this? Thanks. Thanks for your help Milly. I would have thought that would have been #2 on Microsoft's list of how to make a calender, right after #1 Putting the days of the week on the calender. > You can't. > > | I want to mark off the days as they go by, like everyone does on > | their paper calenders, so I know what day it is when I look quickly. > | Does anyone have any suggestions on how to do this? Thanks. To put the days of the week on the calendar, change how your long date format displays under Control Panel->Regional Settings->Long Date Format. Change the Long Date Format to dddd. As for the crossing out of the dates, most people know that the day before today is outdated and not relevant so it is not a major request. -- Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without reading. After a lot of head-scratching, Tate Decker asked: | Thanks for your help Milly. I would have thought that would have | been #2 on Microsoft's list of how to make a calender, right after #1 [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] ||| their paper calenders, so I know what day it is when I look quickly. ||| Does anyone have any suggestions on how to do this? Thanks. There should be a way to adjust the color of future and past days such that it is quickly obvious what day it is. Or a user should at least be able to adjust the shading of "today" to draw attention to it. I hope this can be forwarded to the design team for the next version of Outlook because when you want to use the month view, this becomes important. As it is now, there is a shade difference, but it is too close. > To put the days of the week on the calendar, change how your long date format displays under Control Panel->Regional Settings->Long Date Format. Change the Long Date Format to dddd. > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > ||| their paper calenders, so I know what day it is when I look quickly. > ||| Does anyone have any suggestions on how to do this? Thanks. If you change your Windows display colors, the difference can be made more apparent.  Signature--? Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without reading. After furious head scratching, Downstairs in my lousy office asked: | There should be a way to adjust the color of future and past days | such that [quoted text clipped - 47 lines] ||||| quickly. ||||| Does anyone have any suggestions on how to do this? Thanks. I agree - I find it very cumbersome to easily see the current day. I always use the month view and think it should be an option to color past and future days. > If you change your Windows display colors, the difference can be made more > apparent. [quoted text clipped - 50 lines] > ||||| quickly. > ||||| Does anyone have any suggestions on how to do this? Thanks. I would like to do the same. There are several posts here that area all asking for the same thing in one way or another (another post wanted to "deemphasize" days in the past. What we want is for past days (and even the current day) to be highlighted in such a way that one can tell at a glance where you are in the week or month! > I want to mark off the days as they go by, like everyone does on their paper > calenders, so I know what day it is when I look quickly. Does anyone have > any suggestions on how to do this? Thanks. You can't mark off (or highlight) the entire day - you can use filters to hide old appointments or automatic formatting rules that mark items dated before today with a gray font. outlook does highlight today a little around the date. SignatureDiane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide) Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide) Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com Join OneNote Tips mailing list: http://www.onenote-tips.net/ >I would like to do the same. There are several posts here that area all > asking for the same thing in one way or another (another post wanted to [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >> have >> any suggestions on how to do this? Thanks. Diane, can you explain how to do that? > You can't mark off (or highlight) the entire day - you can use filters to > hide old appointments or automatic formatting rules that mark items dated [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > >> have > >> any suggestions on how to do this? Thanks. Diane, I know you can't mark off days. The challenge is to get someone at Microsoft to see that this is a feature that thousands of customers would like! There ought to be settings that allow one a variety of methods for "marking the dates". Know anybody in Microsofts's office group? ;) > You can't mark off (or highlight) the entire day - you can use filters to > hide old appointments or automatic formatting rules that mark items dated [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > >> have > >> any suggestions on how to do this? Thanks. We all know folks in Microsoft's Office group as well as Outlook and believe me, this is far down on the wish list and even further down on the list of items to program. Foremost right now is fixing the performance issues with Outlook 2007. Marking past days with an X is both very hard to do and very unlikely to be done. If you would really like this feature, then put in a wish on the Microsoft Office site but don't hold your breath. SignatureMilly 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, BruceM asked: | Diane, I know you can't mark off days. The challenge is to get | someone at Microsoft to see that this is a feature that thousands of [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] |||| anyone have |||| any suggestions on how to do this? Thanks. My question is similar but a tad different. The default Calendar view in Outlook shows you the current week at the very bottom, looking back at the past 4 weeks. Obviously the appointments and meetings in the future are more important. How do I change it so I'm seeing maybe, only 1 week in the past at the top and the coming weeks at the bottom? Thanks, Evan > We all know folks in Microsoft's Office group as well as Outlook and believe me, this is far down on the wish list and even further down on the list of items to program. Foremost right now is fixing the performance issues with Outlook 2007. > [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > |||| anyone have > |||| any suggestions on how to do this? Thanks. I presume you are talking about the month view? If yes, you asked for a month view and that is what you are seeing, the entire current month. If you want a month ahead view, change to the daily view and then swipe an entire month from the data navigator. This method will always keep the current week at the top. SignatureMilly 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, edonovan52 asked: | My question is similar but a tad different. | [quoted text clipped - 61 lines] |||||| anyone have |||||| any suggestions on how to do this? Thanks. Thanks for your help. However, can you give me some steps on how to "change to the daily view and then swipe an entire month from the data navigator" ??? Thanks, Evan > I presume you are talking about the month view? If yes, you asked for a month view and that is what you are seeing, the entire current month. > [quoted text clipped - 65 lines] > |||||| anyone have > |||||| any suggestions on how to do this? Thanks. Enable the Advanced Toolbar, then use the dropdown to change to daily view. With the Date Navigator displayed click on the current day and using the Shift button, click on the day 30 or 31 days out. Release your mouse and you should have a current month view that will advance with the dates rather than display the current month. Your week should always be on top. SignatureMilly 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, edonovan52 asked: | Thanks for your help. | [quoted text clipped - 86 lines] |||||||| anyone have |||||||| any suggestions on how to do this? Thanks. Hi, I too want to do what this post is trying to achieve, and I am half way there. I can make it so that the current day/week is on the top of my monthly calendar, as per this post (Outlook 2007), but every time I go to some other part of Outlook, and then return to my Calendar, it defaults to the old view with the current day/week at the bottom. Is there any way to save a current view. So that all the settings will return next time I come back to the calendar. I've tried the customise current view page, but it doesnt load the settings from the current view, and I dont really know which settings to change to make it identical to my "live" current view. Mike in Sydney. > Enable the Advanced Toolbar, then use the dropdown to change to daily view. With the Date Navigator displayed click on the current day and using the Shift button, click on the day 30 or 31 days out. Release your mouse and you should have a current month view that will advance with the dates rather than display the current month. Your week should always be on top. > [quoted text clipped - 88 lines] > |||||||| anyone have > |||||||| any suggestions on how to do this? Thanks. You could use the free Outlook add-in available at www.moreproductivenow.com. It allows you to maintain a separate open calendar window independent of your Outlook view. Phil Seeman, More Productive Now! > Hi, I too want to do what this post is trying to achieve, and I am half > way [quoted text clipped - 110 lines] >> |||||||| anyone have >> |||||||| any suggestions on how to do this? Thanks. |
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