Outlook2000 calendar appointment colors

[Andrew Howell]

In the Outlook2000 calendar, is it possible to color-code the appointment
items? The default view of "Day/week/month" where the calendar appears as a
table containing appointment items, all I've got is gray appointments on a
gray or white background.

Ideally I'd like to color-code based on the appointment's category - e.g,
default=gray, "Work"=blue, "Holidays"=green, etc.

I'm VB fluent, so I'd even be willing to write a "Save As" macro that could
set the desired color?

Thanks,
Andrew.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

No. That kind of color-coding was introduced in Outlook 2002. It doesn't
exist in Outlook 2000.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Only in a list view. Outlook 2002 and later support colors in the
day/week/month views.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
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After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, Andrew Howell
asked:

| In the Outlook2000 calendar, is it possible to color-code the
| appointment items? The default view of "Day/week/month" where the
| calendar appears as a table containing appointment items, all I've
| got is gray appointments on a gray or white background.
|
| Ideally I'd like to color-code based on the appointment's category -
| e.g, default=gray, "Work"=blue, "Holidays"=green, etc.
|
| I'm VB fluent, so I'd even be willing to write a "Save As" macro that
| could set the desired color?
|
| Thanks,
| Andrew.

 

[AndrewH]

Many thanks for the replies, guess it's time to upgrade anyway. As a
single-user, is it worth all the collaborative overhead to upgrade to
Office2003 or just 2002?

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

I don't know what you mean by "collaborative overhead." As for Outlook
2003's features, see http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2003/newfeatures.htm
.. It's a long list.

 

[Jim Nickerson]

Outlook takes a long time downloading message and then times out with err 0x800CCC0F with McAfee, or err 0x8004210A without McAfee
If I delete the "BAD" message using webmail all returns to normal
This is a recurring problem, typicaly on SPAM messages
There is a character sequence ( or lack of one ) that Outlook trips on
Logs of the session are detailed below
What aditional information is required to fix Outlook
Jim Nickerso
janickerson at hotmail.co

-- with McAfee virus scan -

Task 'spamtrap - Receiving' reported error (0x800CCC0F) : 'The connection to the server was interrupted. If this problem continues, contact your server administrator or Internet service provider (ISP).

--Outlook Log begin -
2004.04.27 13:10:02 spamtrap: Synch operation started (flags = 00000001
2004.04.27 13:10:02 spamtrap: UploadItems: 0 messages to sen
2004.04.27 13:10:02 spamtrap: Synch operation complete
2004.04.27 13:10:02 spamtrap: Synch operation started (flags = 00000030
2004.04.27 13:10:02 spamtrap: DoPOPDownload(flags = 00000030, max msg = ffffffff): full item
2004.04.27 13:10:02 POP3 (pop.west.cox.net): Begin executio
2004.04.27 13:10:02 POP3 (pop.west.cox.net): ========= Initial blob ========
2004.04.27 13:10:02 POP3 (pop.west.cox.net): ==================================
2004.04.27 13:10:02 POP3 (pop.west.cox.net): Port: 110, Secure: no, SPA: n
2004.04.27 13:10:02 POP3 (pop.west.cox.net): Finding hos
2004.04.27 13:10:02 POP3 (pop.west.cox.net): Connecting to hos
2004.04.27 13:10:02 POP3 (pop.west.cox.net): Connected to hos
2004.04.27 13:10:02 POP3 (pop.west.cox.net): <rx> +OK InterMail POP3 server ready
2004.04.27 13:10:02 POP3 (pop.west.cox.net): Authorizing to serve
2004.04.27 13:10:02 POP3 (pop.west.cox.net): [tx] USER spamtra
2004.04.27 13:10:02 POP3 (pop.west.cox.net): <rx> +OK please send PASS comman
2004.04.27 13:10:02 POP3 (pop.west.cox.net): [tx] PASS ****
2004.04.27 13:10:03 POP3 (pop.west.cox.net): <rx> +OK spamtrap is welcome her
2004.04.27 13:10:03 POP3 (pop.west.cox.net): Authorized to hos
2004.04.27 13:10:03 POP3 (pop.west.cox.net): Connected to hos
2004.04.27 13:10:03 POP3 (pop.west.cox.net): [tx] STA
2004.04.27 13:10:03 POP3 (pop.west.cox.net): <rx> +OK 1 271
2004.04.27 13:10:03 POP3 (pop.west.cox.net): [tx] UID
2004.04.27 13:10:04 POP3 (pop.west.cox.net): <rx> +OK 1 message
2004.04.27 13:10:04 POP3 (pop.west.cox.net): <rx> 1 <[email protected]
2004.04.27 13:10:04 POP3 (pop.west.cox.net): <rx>
2004.04.27 13:10:04 POP3 (pop.west.cox.net): [tx] LIS
2004.04.27 13:10:04 POP3 (pop.west.cox.net): <rx> +OK 1 message
2004.04.27 13:10:04 POP3 (pop.west.cox.net): <rx> 1 271
2004.04.27 13:10:04 POP3 (pop.west.cox.net): <rx>
2004.04.27 13:10:04 POP3 (pop.west.cox.net): ==== Comparing server and local blobs ===
2004.04.27 13:10:04 POP3 (pop.west.cox.net): <[email protected]> : new
2004.04.27 13:10:04 POP3 (pop.west.cox.net): =========================================
2004.04.27 13:10:04 POP3 (pop.west.cox.net): [tx] RETR
2004.04.27 13:10:04 POP3 (pop.west.cox.net): <rx> +OK 2716 octet
2004.04.27 13:14:04 POP3 (pop.west.cox.net): Connected to hos
2004.04.27 13:14:04 POP3 (pop.west.cox.net): Disconnected from hos
2004.04.27 13:14:04 POP3 (pop.west.cox.net): End executio
2004.04.27 13:14:04 spamtrap: ReportStatus: RSF_COMPLETED, hr = 0x800ccc0
2004.04.27 13:14:04 spamtrap: Synch operation complete
2004.04.27 13:14:09 Resource manager terminate

-- Outlook log end -
--no McAfee virus scan --

Task 'spamtrap - Receiving' reported error (0x8004210A) : 'The operation timed out waiting for a response from the receiving (POP) server. If you continue to receive this message, contact your server administrator or Internet service provider (ISP).

--outlook log begin --
2004.04.28 20:02:46 <<<< Logging Started (level is LTF_TRACE) >>>
2004.04.28 20:02:46 spamtrap: Synch operation started (flags = 00000001
2004.04.28 20:02:46 spamtrap: UploadItems: 0 messages to sen
2004.04.28 20:02:46 spamtrap: Synch operation complete
2004.04.28 20:02:46 spamtrap: Synch operation started (flags = 00000030)
2004.04.28 20:02:46 spamtrap: DoPOPDownload(flags = 00000030, max msg = ffffffff): full items
2004.04.28 20:02:46 POP3 (pop.west.cox.net): Begin execution
2004.04.28 20:02:46 POP3 (pop.west.cox.net): ========= Initial blob =========
2004.04.28 20:02:46 POP3 (pop.west.cox.net): ===================================
2004.04.28 20:02:46 POP3 (pop.west.cox.net): Port: 110, Secure: no, SPA: no
2004.04.28 20:02:46 POP3 (pop.west.cox.net): Finding host
2004.04.28 20:02:46 POP3 (pop.west.cox.net): Connecting to host
2004.04.28 20:02:46 POP3 (pop.west.cox.net): Connected to host
2004.04.28 20:02:46 POP3 (pop.west.cox.net): <rx> +OK InterMail POP3 server ready.
2004.04.28 20:02:46 POP3 (pop.west.cox.net): Authorizing to server
2004.04.28 20:02:46 POP3 (pop.west.cox.net): [tx] USER spamtrap
2004.04.28 20:02:46 POP3 (pop.west.cox.net): <rx> +OK please send PASS command
2004.04.28 20:02:46 POP3 (pop.west.cox.net): [tx] PASS *****
2004.04.28 20:02:55 POP3 (pop.west.cox.net): <rx> +OK spamtrap is welcome here
2004.04.28 20:02:55 POP3 (pop.west.cox.net): Authorized to host
2004.04.28 20:02:55 POP3 (pop.west.cox.net): Connected to host
2004.04.28 20:02:55 POP3 (pop.west.cox.net): [tx] STAT
2004.04.28 20:02:56 POP3 (pop.west.cox.net): <rx> +OK 1 2716
2004.04.28 20:02:56 POP3 (pop.west.cox.net): [tx] UIDL
2004.04.28 20:02:56 POP3 (pop.west.cox.net): <rx> +OK 1 messages
2004.04.28 20:02:56 POP3 (pop.west.cox.net): <rx> 1 <[email protected]>
2004.04.28 20:02:56 POP3 (pop.west.cox.net): <rx> .
2004.04.28 20:02:56 POP3 (pop.west.cox.net): [tx] LIST
2004.04.28 20:02:56 POP3 (pop.west.cox.net): <rx> +OK 1 messages
2004.04.28 20:02:56 POP3 (pop.west.cox.net): <rx> 1 2716
2004.04.28 20:02:56 POP3 (pop.west.cox.net): <rx> .
2004.04.28 20:02:56 POP3 (pop.west.cox.net): ==== Comparing server and local blobs ====
2004.04.28 20:02:56 POP3 (pop.west.cox.net): <[email protected]> : new
2004.04.28 20:02:56 POP3 (pop.west.cox.net): ==========================================
2004.04.28 20:02:56 POP3 (pop.west.cox.net): [tx] RETR 1
2004.04.28 20:02:57 POP3 (pop.west.cox.net): <rx> +OK 2716 octets
2004.04.28 20:04:11 POP3 (pop.west.cox.net): End execution
2004.04.28 20:04:11 spamtrap: ReportStatus: RSF_COMPLETED, hr = 0x8004210a
2004.04.28 20:04:11 spamtrap: Synch operation completed
2004.04.28 20:04:30 Resource manager terminated
--- Outl;ook log end---

 

[Dave]

I print monthly calendars regularly from Outlook. With the old version, it would print the pages in plain B&W. Now (2003) it will only print with color applied to the appointments to which I've applied labels. I have looked all through the menus and dialogs and cannot see how to change it to just printing text. What's the secret

----- Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] wrote: ----

No. That kind of color-coding was introduced in Outlook 2002. It doesn'
exist in Outlook 2000

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MV
Author o
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart fo
Administrators, Power Users, and Developer
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.asp