From jbartow at winhaven.net Thu Jun 1 12:37:13 2017 From: jbartow at winhaven.net (John R Bartow) Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2017 12:37:13 -0500 Subject: [Dba-office] Outlook Series appointments don't persist in tasks In-Reply-To: <000401d2d3be$fdc55260$f94ff720$@gmail.com> References: <000401d2d3be$fdc55260$f94ff720$@gmail.com> Message-ID: <138701d2dafd$b4be7f10$1e3b7d30$@winhaven.net> I would have expected it to transfer the occurrence but that doesn't happen either. -----Original Message----- From: Dba-office [mailto:dba-office-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Susan Harkins Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2017 7:21 AM To: dba-office at databaseadvisors.com Subject: [Dba-office] Outlook Series appointments don't persist in tasks This morning, I discovered something I wasn't expecting. I dragged a recurring appointment to the Tasks window, expecting to see several tasks pop up accordingly. However, Outlook created a task using only the single dragged appointment. Seems odd to me, so I'm off to do a bit of research. If you've encountered this and found a fix, please let me know. Thanks! Susan H. _______________________________________________ Dba-office mailing list Dba-office at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-office From ssharkins at gmail.com Fri Jun 2 16:07:36 2017 From: ssharkins at gmail.com (Susan Harkins) Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2017 17:07:36 -0400 Subject: [Dba-office] Outlook Series appointments don't persist in tasks In-Reply-To: <138701d2dafd$b4be7f10$1e3b7d30$@winhaven.net> References: <000401d2d3be$fdc55260$f94ff720$@gmail.com> <138701d2dafd$b4be7f10$1e3b7d30$@winhaven.net> Message-ID: <001701d2dbe4$435cfe40$ca16fac0$@gmail.com> I started to research it but lost the scent... I mean to try again this weekend. I've also noticed that if I drag a series to another date, the series doesn't update. Susan H. I would have expected it to transfer the occurrence but that doesn't happen either. This morning, I discovered something I wasn't expecting. I dragged a recurring appointment to the Tasks window, expecting to see several tasks pop up accordingly. However, Outlook created a task using only the single dragged appointment. Seems odd to me, so I'm off to do a bit of research. If you've encountered this and found a fix, please let me know. Thanks! Susan H. _______________________________________________ Dba-office mailing list Dba-office at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-office _______________________________________________ Dba-office mailing list Dba-office at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-office From ssharkins at gmail.com Mon Jun 5 10:04:03 2017 From: ssharkins at gmail.com (Susan Harkins) Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2017 11:04:03 -0400 Subject: [Dba-office] UPDATE Outlook Series appointments don't persist in tasks Message-ID: <01f101d2de0c$f906ec40$eb14c4c0$@gmail.com> When you create a recurring task by dragging a recurring appointment, you must set the intervals manually -- Outlook doesn't create the recurrence for you. I had expected you to, but it doesn't. Even if you do so, you'll only see one task -- the current task. Outlook won't display subsequent tasks until you complete the current one. I think it's an odd behavior, but that's how it works. Susan H. I started to research it but lost the scent... I mean to try again this weekend. I've also noticed that if I drag a series to another date, the series doesn't update. Susan H. I would have expected it to transfer the occurrence but that doesn't happen either. This morning, I discovered something I wasn't expecting. I dragged a recurring appointment to the Tasks window, expecting to see several tasks pop up accordingly. However, Outlook created a task using only the single dragged appointment. Seems odd to me, so I'm off to do a bit of research. If you've encountered this and found a fix, please let me know. Thanks! Susan H. _______________________________________________ Dba-office mailing list Dba-office at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-office _______________________________________________ Dba-office mailing list Dba-office at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-office From jbartow at winhaven.net Tue Jun 6 21:49:57 2017 From: jbartow at winhaven.net (John R Bartow) Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2017 21:49:57 -0500 Subject: [Dba-office] UPDATE Outlook Series appointments don't persist in tasks In-Reply-To: <01f101d2de0c$f906ec40$eb14c4c0$@gmail.com> References: <01f101d2de0c$f906ec40$eb14c4c0$@gmail.com> Message-ID: I guess that's in the eye of the beholder. I don't expect a recurring task to present but the next occurring date/time. That could be an adapted thought process since that's what I've dealt with since 1997 ;-) But I do find it strange that reoccurrence doesn't transfer, or at least, that it doesn't prompt whether or not we want it to transfer. -----Original Message----- From: Dba-office [mailto:dba-office-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Susan Harkins Sent: Monday, June 05, 2017 10:04 AM To: dba-office at databaseadvisors.com Subject: Re: [Dba-office] UPDATE Outlook Series appointments don't persist in tasks When you create a recurring task by dragging a recurring appointment, you must set the intervals manually -- Outlook doesn't create the recurrence for you. I had expected you to, but it doesn't. Even if you do so, you'll only see one task -- the current task. Outlook won't display subsequent tasks until you complete the current one. I think it's an odd behavior, but that's how it works. Susan H. I started to research it but lost the scent... I mean to try again this weekend. I've also noticed that if I drag a series to another date, the series doesn't update. Susan H. I would have expected it to transfer the occurrence but that doesn't happen either. This morning, I discovered something I wasn't expecting. I dragged a recurring appointment to the Tasks window, expecting to see several tasks pop up accordingly. However, Outlook created a task using only the single dragged appointment. Seems odd to me, so I'm off to do a bit of research. If you've encountered this and found a fix, please let me know. Thanks! Susan H. _______________________________________________ Dba-office mailing list Dba-office at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-office _______________________________________________ Dba-office mailing list Dba-office at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-office _______________________________________________ Dba-office mailing list Dba-office at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-office From ssharkins at gmail.com Wed Jun 7 05:43:48 2017 From: ssharkins at gmail.com (Susan Harkins) Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2017 06:43:48 -0400 Subject: [Dba-office] UPDATE Outlook Series appointments don't persist in tasks In-Reply-To: References: <01f101d2de0c$f906ec40$eb14c4c0$@gmail.com> Message-ID: <002301d2df7a$f2499b40$d6dcd1c0$@gmail.com> I use the Task list like a To-Do list -- they're not appointments that have a set time and date. Rather, they are things I need to do and some of them might have a set time and date, but most won't. I have high hopes of completing things as scheduled, but can easily move them to another day as needed. If a future recurring task doesn't show for a particular day, it's hard to plan around it. For better or worse, that's how it works and users have to adjust and accommodate the behavior. Susan H. I guess that's in the eye of the beholder. I don't expect a recurring task to present but the next occurring date/time. That could be an adapted thought process since that's what I've dealt with since 1997 ;-) But I do find it strange that reoccurrence doesn't transfer, or at least, that it doesn't prompt whether or not we want it to transfer. From jbartow at winhaven.net Wed Jun 28 00:45:07 2017 From: jbartow at winhaven.net (John R Bartow) Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2017 00:45:07 -0500 Subject: [Dba-office] Setting a specific Outlook contact to always get plain text email Message-ID: <1c3e01d2efd1$b3c2ff30$1b48fd90$@winhaven.net> To always send plain text emails to a specific contact (such as dba-office) you can set a field in Outlook contact to make sure that it get sent as plain text without you having to remember to do that :-) In Outlook: -open the contact you wish to always send plain text emails to -double click on their email address link -set the "Internet Format" dropdown to plain text. (If you have Outlook 2013/16 and that doesn't show up see below.) -Save everything -You are done If you have Outlook 2013 or 2016 you may need to enable that option. And this is the part that is insane; For Outlook 2013 (version 15): edit the registry key [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Common\Contactcard] "turnonlegacygaldialog" to be a 1 instead of a zero. If the key isn't there you have to add it. Or you could copy the following 2 lines into notepad: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Common\Contactcard] "turnonlegacygaldialog"=dword:00000001 Save it as plaintext.reg Then double click plaintext.reg to run it and do this all for you. ---------------------------------------------------------------- For Outlook 2016 (version 16): edit the registry key [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\Contactcard] "turnonlegacygaldialog" to be a 1 instead of a zero. If the key isn't there you have to add it. Or you could copy the following 2 lines into notepad: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\Contactcard] "turnonlegacygaldialog"=dword:00000001 Save it as plaintext.reg Then double click plaintext.reg to run it and do this all for you. From ssharkins at gmail.com Fri Jun 30 07:46:19 2017 From: ssharkins at gmail.com (Susan Harkins) Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2017 08:46:19 -0400 Subject: [Dba-office] plug-in usage Message-ID: <001501d2f19e$df8b2290$9ea167b0$@gmail.com> Anyone now of a product that tracks Outlook plug-in usage? Susan H.