How to sidestep "The contents of this appointment have beenupdated... " issue

[Jim5941]

Like some other folks, and being somewhat naive, I thought that I
could create a recurring meeting and then go in an individually modify
a single instance of that meeting to add details on what was happening
for that specific session.

I think I now realize that this is a bad plan as it can lead to data
corruption, and/or the notes for individual sessions can get lost if
the "repeating series" gets updated carelessly.

If notes need to be added for just a single instance of the meeting,
It seems like it might be better to create a series of individual
meetings instead of a "repeating event". In the old days I beleive
they would call this "fannning".

Is there a way to do this in Outlook 2007 i.e. to create a meeting
every tuesday from 1/1/2010 to 12/30/2010 - 52 individual events at
one time? (Instead of creating a meeting "every Tuesday until
12/30/2010" )

I know I could create it in Excel and import it, but ... was wondering
if there was an easier way...

Thanks!

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]]

Is there a way to do this in Outlook 2007 i.e. to create a meeting
every tuesday from 1/1/2010 to 12/30/2010 - 52 individual events at
one time? (Instead of creating a meeting "every Tuesday until
12/30/2010" )

I know I could create it in Excel and import it, but ... was wondering
if there was an easier way...

I'd create a second calendar file and create the recurring meeting there as
normal. I'd then export that calendar. When exporting an open-ended event,
Outlook will ask you for the time range to be covered by the export (since
exporting an open-ended event would create an infinitely sized output file
otherwise). Specify your one year date range. Now inport this file to your
main calendar. It will be your 52 individual event. You can then delete the
extra calendar you created.

 

[Jim5941]

I'd create a second calendar file and  create the recurring meeting there as
normal.  I'd then export that calendar.  When exporting an open-endedevent,
Outlook will ask you for the time range to be covered by the export (since
exporting an open-ended event would create an infinitely sized output file
otherwise).  Specify your one year date range.  Now inport this file to your
main calendar.  It will be your 52 individual event.  You can then delete the
extra calendar you created.

Thanks Brian!
That's a workable solution even for a slacker like me ;-)