Diane Poremsky

We get a lot of questions about missing appointments on the To-Do Bar appointment section:My To-Do Bar is not showing my appointments. Under my 'To-Do Bar' options everything is checked.In addition to missing appointments, some users complain that the wrong appointments are shown.This is always a problem when there is more than one calendar in the … [Read more...] about Tip 963: Which Calendar does the To-Do Bar use?

This question comes up a lot: Is it possible to change the default calendar to one different from the data file I have mail delivered to? The reason for asking is almost always the same: a user with an Exchange mailbox is using a PST file as the default delivery location and this means the default calendar is also in the PST file. As a result, the meeting is added … [Read more...] about Tip 962: Change the Default Calendar for Meeting Requests

Starting the week on Monday is the cause of this new printing bug. An Outlook 2010 user wanted to print a calendar using the options to print exactly one month per page and to print only the weekdays (Monday - Friday) but with September 2012, the printout included only the first 3 weeks – the last week is missing. The fix: Set the calendar to start on Sunday and the … [Read more...] about Tip 960: (Another) Calendar Printing Bug

Note: this works only in Outlook 2010 as written, because Outlook 2007 does not support PostItem in Run a Script. We're working on a version for Outlook 2007 that uses ItemAdd handler. We have a code sample that works on RSS feeds delivered to a single folder at Slipstick.com. Today's tip is one that I expect only a few people will care about... heck, it's not something … [Read more...] about Tip 959: Changing the Font used for Outlook's RSS Feeds

Tasks in the To-Do Bar are the subject of a lot of questions about how to control what tasks are visible. Is it possible to display the Status of a Task as an icon in the To-Do bar? I would like to mark tasks that are currently "Deferred" or "Waiting on someone else", so that one can immediately recognize their Status. Sure. Create a custom view and apply automatic formatting … [Read more...] about Tip 958: Display Task Status in the To-Do Bar