Display two time zones in Calendar view?

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Mattmiz

This is one thing I loved about Outlook - the ability to show two time zone scales on the left so I could easily check what time an appointment was with overseas colleagues. Basically it is just another scale along the vertical axis. Is there a reason Entourage omits this? It seems really easy to do - or am I just missing it? Thanks!
 
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William Smith

This is one thing I loved about Outlook - the ability to show two time
zone scales on the left so I could easily check what time an appointment
was with overseas colleagues. Basically it is just another scale along
the vertical axis. Is there a reason Entourage omits this? It seems
really easy to do - or am I just missing it? Thanks!
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Entourage is not a port of Outlook and therefore is not omitting this
feature. Customer demand will need to request this feature be added.

Please be sure to let Microsoft know you'd like to see this feature in
future versions by using the Help --> Send Feedback mechanism in any
Office application.

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bill

William M. Smith, Microsoft Interop MVP - Mac/Windows
Entourage Help Page <http://entourage.mvps.org/>
Entourage Help Blog <http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/>
 
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Ed Kimball

Entourage is not a port of Outlook and therefore is not omitting this
feature. Customer demand will need to request this feature be added.

Please be sure to let Microsoft know you'd like to see this feature in
future versions by using the Help --> Send Feedback mechanism in any
Office application.
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Bill,
Of course, you're right that Entourage is not a port of Outlook. But when MS
replaced Outlook for Mac with Entourage, didn't they realize that customers
wanted/expected an application with the same features as Outlook?
EMK
 
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William Smith

Ed said:
Bill,
Of course, you're right that Entourage is not a port of Outlook. But when MS
replaced Outlook for Mac with Entourage, didn't they realize that customers
wanted/expected an application with the same features as Outlook?
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Hi Ed!

I know this is like picking nits but Microsoft never replaced Outlook
with Entourage. Both existed at one time as separate products and are
still considered separate products.

Outlook 2001 was the last Mac OS 9 compatible version of Outlook for Mac
and was discontinued by the Exchange Server team, who had contracted its
development. Entourage was introduced by the Macintosh Business Unit as
part of Office 2001.

A year or two later when the Exchange Server folks announced their
discontinuation of Outlook for Mac, nothing existed to support Macintosh
users on Mac OS X. The Macintosh Business unit decided to include
Exchange Support in Entourage in an update to Office X, which was the
first Mac OS X version of Office.

While many folks would like to blame "Microsoft" for not building in
full Exchange support into Entourage to date, the fact is that the MacBU
is picking up where the Exchange Server group dropped support. Yes,
Microsoft is all one company but anyone familiar with large corporations
can understand that they are really groups of different business units
that each have their own leadership, goals and finances.

Have a look at my blog post from last May on The Entourage Help Blog for
additional information
<http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/2007/05/why_did_microsoft_replace_outl.html>.

I'm not trying to sway your opinion one way or the other. Just trying to
give you the history of "why" and "how".

Hope this helps!

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bill

William M. Smith, Microsoft Interop MVP - Mac/Windows
Entourage Help Page <http://entourage.mvps.org/>
Entourage Help Blog <http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/>
 
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