Message Alerts

[Dextyr]

Is there any way to get Outlook to initiate a popup on the desk top when a
calender event is approching the scheduled time?

 

[Bob I]

Please see the "reminder" box in the calendar appointment.

 

[Dextyr]

Thanks Bob - I did check the reminder box out and all I find is the ability
to play a sound. I was looking for some kind of dialogue box/visual reminder
to show up on the desk top.

 

[Bob I]

Apparently you haven't tried it and seen that it does in fact pop up on
the desktop.

 

[Dextyr]

I looked further and found I did have both visual and sound reminders set. I
guess I need to restate my original question though. Outlook does provide
visual notification when the program is open. What I wanted to do was set
reminders that pop up on the desktop when outlook is not open. I guess the
only way that might work is if Outlook is a startup application, is
minimized, always runs in the background.

 

[Bob I]

Correct, a program MUST be running if you want it to work! That is true
for any software. Why would you expect otherwise?