Outlook Tips

Learning Microsoft Outlook One Tip At A Time

Diane Poremsky [Outlook MVP]

Diane Poremsky

Tip 641: Appointments Gone Missing

We get a lot of questions that go something like this ‘My appointments prior to [a date] disappeared from my calendar; only recurring events remain. How do I retrieve the appointments?’ This happens either because AutoArchive is enabled or because you are syncing with a mobile device and the device is set to keep a limited number of appointments. When they are deleted from the … [Read more...] about Tip 641: Appointments Gone Missing

Tip 639: Choosing a default calendar

A reader recently asked how to set a different calendar as default: "I have a Google Calendar in my Internet Calendars section of Outlook 2007.  When I start Outlook 2007 the calendar is by default not active.  I do not use the built-in Calendar under "My Calendars" but instead only use/need the Google Calendar under "Other Calendars".  Can I set up Outlook 2007 … [Read more...] about Tip 639: Choosing a default calendar

Tip 638: Copy: [subject]

If you are seeing Copy: [subject] on appointments you copy between calendars and wonder why it’s happening, it’s a new feature of Outlook 2007 SP2. All meetings copied from other calendars are now identified as copies. The release notes for SP2 say Copy: is added to meetings copied from shared calendars, but in my experience, it happens on meetings copied from any calendar, … [Read more...] about Tip 638: Copy: [subject]