Outlook 2003 and View as Group

[Josh]

We're preping to roll out Office 2003. Every user who is
testing so far has complained about the "Show in Groups"
default setting for views.

In Outlook XP and 2K you could modify the view and it
would apply to all folders that used that view but in
Outlook 2003 it only seems to apply to the folder you are
on when you set it - which means you have to change the
view for every folder, subfolder, public folder, etc.

Anyone know of a workaround for this? How can I turn
off "Show in Groups" without the need to do it to dozens
of folders?

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Try this suggestion from Outlook MVP Diane Poremsky:

"view, arrange by... define views and customize the view by name, not by
<current view>"



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After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer
Josh <[email protected]> asked:

| We're preping to roll out Office 2003. Every user who is
| testing so far has complained about the "Show in Groups"
| default setting for views.
|
| In Outlook XP and 2K you could modify the view and it
| would apply to all folders that used that view but in
| Outlook 2003 it only seems to apply to the folder you are
| on when you set it - which means you have to change the
| view for every folder, subfolder, public folder, etc.
|
| Anyone know of a workaround for this? How can I turn
| off "Show in Groups" without the need to do it to dozens
| of folders?

 

[David Donley]

No luck with this one. It is only changing the settings
one folder at a time. Also, View -> Arrange By -> Custom
does not have anything about Name vs. Current View. Not
only that, but the Help files state to leave the <Group
By> option as NONE (default) but it still defaults to the
Group By setting.

 

[Josh]

Yeah, that's the first thing we tried. I know that used
to work in Outlook XP but now when you modify by name it
still only applies to the current folder. I'm personally
getting used to the sorting on some folders where it
makes sense but it doesn't on the majority.