find and replace categories and labels?

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davido

I'd like to find all appointments whose subject is X and
with a category and label of <don't care>, and replace the
category and label with specified values. I can find them
ok, but I can't work out how to batch replace the
categories or labels.

eg if I have 100 appointments of subject "Call Mum", some
with no category and others with category "Personal", some
with no label and others with label "Phone Call", I want to
make them all of category Personal and label Phone Call.

Any help appreciated.
thanks
David
 
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Roady [MVP]

When you sort by Category you can drag & drop those items into a categry
group. This will automatically add the category to those items. The same
goes for the Label but you'll have to add that column first and then
manually set it to sort by Label (creating a new view with these settings
might be the eassiest way to go)

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Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-What do the Outlook Icons Mean?
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David

thanks, got that. The interesting bit was when you group by
Label, any edits that you made to the label list are not
picked up in the drop-down list of labels. Instead, the
original, default values are still there. If you remember
which position in the list your edits are, you can do this
ok, and it "all comes out in the wash". Labels are
hard-coded in the list when using "Group by", in other
words, even though you've changed them in your "personal view".

cheers
David
-----Original Message-----
When you sort by Category you can drag & drop those items into a categry
group. This will automatically add the category to those items. The same
goes for the Label but you'll have to add that column first and then
manually set it to sort by Label (creating a new view with these settings
might be the eassiest way to go)

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-What do the Outlook Icons Mean?
-Create an Office 2003 CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 1

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I'd like to find all appointments whose subject is X and
with a category and label of <don't care>, and replace the
category and label with specified values. I can find them
ok, but I can't work out how to batch replace the
categories or labels.

eg if I have 100 appointments of subject "Call Mum", some
with no category and others with category "Personal", some
with no label and others with label "Phone Call", I want to
make them all of category Personal and label Phone Call.

Any help appreciated.
thanks
David
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