OL2003 won't save changes made to Outlook Today screen

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jampa - 28 Feb 2008 07:27 GMT

I've been trying to customize the appearance of Outlook 2003's 'Today' screen
but it always reverts back to the "Winter" style whenever I switch to another
screen in Outlook such as the inbox or calendar.

I'm trying to switch to the single column view. I also noticed that there
is a placeholder (a red 'x' in a rectangle) in the top left corner of the
single column view where I assume some sort of graphic or icon should be.
Not sure what that's about either.

Additionally, is there any way to get more than 7 days to appear under the
Calendar section/header?

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Brian Tillman - 28 Feb 2008 14:46 GMT

> I've been trying to customize the appearance of Outlook 2003's
> 'Today' screen but it always reverts back to the "Winter" style
> whenever I switch to another screen in Outlook such as the inbox or
> calendar.

Have you tried changing it in the registry instead? See
http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/oltoday.htm

> I'm trying to switch to the single column view. I also noticed that
> there is a placeholder (a red 'x' in a rectangle) in the top left
> corner of the single column view where I assume some sort of graphic
> or icon should be. Not sure what that's about either.

I suspect it's the "Customize Outlook Today" button. Have you tried
resetting your Internet zones to their default settings on Internet
Explorer's Security tab?

> Additionally, is there any way to get more than 7 days to appear
> under the Calendar section/header?

If you read the web page I cited, you'll see a value for the CalDays key.
That key can be changed to a much larger value, although my experiements
show that it doesn't do anything above about 50.

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jampa - 08 Mar 2008 18:27 GMT

Hello Brian,

Thank you for the tip - I'm truly pleased to finally have a today screen
that displays more than just the next 7 days' appointments. Unfortunately,
the today style still refuses to be changed permanently. I tried editing the
style(x) key in the registry to no avail. Is there anything else I might try?

Thanks again.

> > I've been trying to customize the appearance of Outlook 2003's
> > 'Today' screen but it always reverts back to the "Winter" style
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> That key can be changed to a much larger value, although my experiements
> show that it doesn't do anything above about 50.

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Brian Tillman - 11 Mar 2008 17:54 GMT

> Thank you for the tip - I'm truly pleased to finally have a today
> screen
> that displays more than just the next 7 days' appointments.
> Unfortunately, the today style still refuses to be changed
> permanently. I tried editing the style(x) key in the registry to no
> avail. Is there anything else I might try?

Two things to try: Help>Detect and Repair in any Office app or a new mail
profile.

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