Outlook2003 - calendar/email

[LFWong]

I have 2 problems:
1. when I switch from email to calendar using the icon at the bottom left
of the outlook screen - in the calendar screen at the top left where the
monthly calendar is, I got to wait for a while before the dates are bold
(highlighted) for me to know which day I have appointment. why does it take
so long and worse, there are times it doesn't highlight? Can I solve this
problem and how?
2. when I click between two email (with the preview pane activated, i.e., I
see the message at the bottom half of the screen), it takes quite a while for
the preview pane to show the clicked email, this also happened when I move an
email to another folder, when I click on the next email, the preview pane
will still remain at the moved email - for quite a while before swithching,
why?
Does the above have anything to do with me having quite a number of folders
(abt 50) set in the outlook2003? if it is the case, what is the best
solution for me to keep (file) email that I want?
I am using Pentium 4 with XP SP2. Thanks.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Are you using Word as your message editor?

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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
account will be deleted without reading.

After furious head scratching, LFWong asked:

| I have 2 problems:
| 1. when I switch from email to calendar using the icon at the bottom
| left of the outlook screen - in the calendar screen at the top left
| where the monthly calendar is, I got to wait for a while before the
| dates are bold (highlighted) for me to know which day I have
| appointment. why does it take so long and worse, there are times it
| doesn't highlight? Can I solve this problem and how?
| 2. when I click between two email (with the preview pane activated,
| i.e., I see the message at the bottom half of the screen), it takes
| quite a while for the preview pane to show the clicked email, this
| also happened when I move an email to another folder, when I click on
| the next email, the preview pane will still remain at the moved email
| - for quite a while before swithching, why?
| Does the above have anything to do with me having quite a number of
| folders (abt 50) set in the outlook2003? if it is the case, what is
| the best solution for me to keep (file) email that I want?
| I am using Pentium 4 with XP SP2. Thanks.

 

[LFWong]

Yes, I am using Word as my editor. (apologies for clicking "No" for " Did
this post answer the question?" as I am new at this Discussion Group, so, was
trying to figure out how to reply and accidentally click "no"....)

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Try disabling Word as the editor and see if the speed improves.

--
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
account will be deleted without reading.

After furious head scratching, LFWong asked:

| Yes, I am using Word as my editor. (apologies for clicking "No" for
| " Did this post answer the question?" as I am new at this Discussion
| Group, so, was trying to figure out how to reply and accidentally
| click "no"....)
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|
|| Are you using Word as your message editor?
||
|| --Â
|| 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 account will be deleted without reading.
||
|| After furious head scratching, LFWong asked:
||
||| I have 2 problems:
||| 1. when I switch from email to calendar using the icon at the
||| bottom left of the outlook screen - in the calendar screen at the
||| top left where the monthly calendar is, I got to wait for a while
||| before the dates are bold (highlighted) for me to know which day I
||| have appointment. why does it take so long and worse, there are
||| times it doesn't highlight? Can I solve this problem and how?
||| 2. when I click between two email (with the preview pane activated,
||| i.e., I see the message at the bottom half of the screen), it takes
||| quite a while for the preview pane to show the clicked email, this
||| also happened when I move an email to another folder, when I click
||| on the next email, the preview pane will still remain at the moved
||| email - for quite a while before swithching, why?
||| Does the above have anything to do with me having quite a number of
||| folders (abt 50) set in the outlook2003? if it is the case, what is
||| the best solution for me to keep (file) email that I want?
||| I am using Pentium 4 with XP SP2. Thanks.

 

[LFWong]

Yes, it helps quite a bit. Does this mean that I will not be able to use
Word as my email editor (it is really handy to have)? Any other solution?
How about the speed issue on the Outlook2003 calendar? Tks!

 

[Nick]

I do not have word enabled for reading or editing my emails and it still can
take a few seconds to display an email (plain text & html). I have over 50%
of my physical memory free, and almost zero processor load.
What other solutions do you recommend for speeding up the preview pane?

Thanks.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

I am sorry - but can you quote the entire message thread in your reply? I
clean up every day and the previous postings do not show up.

What version of Office and SP level are you running and what was the
original question?


--
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
account will be deleted without reading.

After furious head scratching, Nick asked:

| I do not have word enabled for reading or editing my emails and it
| still can take a few seconds to display an email (plain text & html).
| I have over 50% of my physical memory free, and almost zero processor
| load.
| What other solutions do you recommend for speeding up the preview
| pane?
|
| Thanks.
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|
|| Try disabling Word as the editor and see if the speed improves.
||
|| --Â
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

 

[Nick]

sorry about that. the entire thread had to do with asking about the preview
pane taking a long time to refresh when switching between messages (in the
same folder or different folders). You suggested checking to see if MS Word
was the default mail editor/reader.

I have office 2k3 (11.6359.6408) sp1 running on win xp pro sp2

thanks

I am sorry - but can you quote the entire message thread in your reply? I
clean up every day and the previous postings do not show up.

What version of Office and SP level are you running and what was the
original question?


--Â
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
account will be deleted without reading.

After furious head scratching, Nick asked:

| I do not have word enabled for reading or editing my emails and it
| still can take a few seconds to display an email (plain text & html).
| I have over 50% of my physical memory free, and almost zero processor
| load.
| What other solutions do you recommend for speeding up the preview
| pane?
|
| Thanks.
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|
|| Try disabling Word as the editor and see if the speed improves.
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Yes, I am using Word as my editor. (apologies for clicking "No" for " Did
this post answer the question?" as I am new at this Discussion Group, so, was
trying to figure out how to reply and accidentally click "no"....)

Are you using Word as your message editor?
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Do you have Instant Messaging (Person Names)enabled? Tools>Options>Other at
the bottom?

--
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
account will be deleted without reading.


After furious head-scratching, Nick asked this group:

| sorry about that. the entire thread had to do with asking about the
| preview pane taking a long time to refresh when switching between
| messages (in the same folder or different folders). You suggested
| checking to see if MS Word was the default mail editor/reader.
|
| I have office 2k3 (11.6359.6408) sp1 running on win xp pro sp2
|
| thanks
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|
|| I am sorry - but can you quote the entire message thread in your
|| reply? I clean up every day and the previous postings do not show
|| up.
||
|| What version of Office and SP level are you running and what was the
|| original question?
||
||
|| --
|| 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 account will be deleted without reading.
||
|| After furious head scratching, Nick asked:
||
||| I do not have word enabled for reading or editing my emails and it
||| still can take a few seconds to display an email (plain text &
||| html). I have over 50% of my physical memory free, and almost zero
||| processor load.
||| What other solutions do you recommend for speeding up the preview
||| pane?
|||
||| Thanks.
|||
||| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|||
|||| Try disabling Word as the editor and see if the speed improves.
|||| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
| Yes, I am using Word as my editor. (apologies for clicking "No" for
| " Did this post answer the question?" as I am new at this Discussion
| Group, so, was trying to figure out how to reply and accidentally
| click "no"....)
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|
|| Are you using Word as your message editor?
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
|
|| After furious head scratching, LFWong asked:
||
||| I have 2 problems:
||| 1. when I switch from email to calendar using the icon at the
||| bottom left of the outlook screen - in the calendar screen at the
||| top left where the monthly calendar is, I got to wait for a while
||| before the dates are bold (highlighted) for me to know which day I
||| have appointment. why does it take so long and worse, there are
||| times it doesn't highlight? Can I solve this problem and how?
||| 2. when I click between two email (with the preview pane activated,
||| i.e., I see the message at the bottom half of the screen), it takes
||| quite a while for the preview pane to show the clicked email, this
||| also happened when I move an email to another folder, when I click
||| on the next email, the preview pane will still remain at the moved
||| email - for quite a while before swithching, why?
||| Does the above have anything to do with me having quite a number of
||| folders (abt 50) set in the outlook2003? if it is the case, what is
||| the best solution for me to keep (file) email that I want?
||| I am using Pentium 4 with XP SP2. Thanks

 

[Nick]

I disabled the personal names smart tags and noticed some improved
performance when switching between messages in the same folder, however
switching between folders is still slow.
What else do you recommend?

Thanks,

Do you have Instant Messaging (Person Names)enabled? Tools>Options>Other at
the bottom?

--
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
account will be deleted without reading.


After furious head-scratching, Nick asked this group:

| sorry about that. the entire thread had to do with asking about the
| preview pane taking a long time to refresh when switching between
| messages (in the same folder or different folders). You suggested
| checking to see if MS Word was the default mail editor/reader.
|
| I have office 2k3 (11.6359.6408) sp1 running on win xp pro sp2
|
| thanks
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|
|| I am sorry - but can you quote the entire message thread in your
|| reply? I clean up every day and the previous postings do not show
|| up.
||
|| What version of Office and SP level are you running and what was the
|| original question?
||
||
|| --Â
|| 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 account will be deleted without reading.
||
|| After furious head scratching, Nick asked:
||
||| I do not have word enabled for reading or editing my emails and it
||| still can take a few seconds to display an email (plain text &
||| html). I have over 50% of my physical memory free, and almost zero
||| processor load.
||| What other solutions do you recommend for speeding up the preview
||| pane?
|||
||| Thanks.
|||
||| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|||
|||| Try disabling Word as the editor and see if the speed improves.
|||| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
| Yes, I am using Word as my editor. (apologies for clicking "No" for
| " Did this post answer the question?" as I am new at this Discussion
| Group, so, was trying to figure out how to reply and accidentally
| click "no"....)
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|
|| Are you using Word as your message editor?
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
|
|| After furious head scratching, LFWong asked:
||
||| I have 2 problems:
||| 1. when I switch from email to calendar using the icon at the
||| bottom left of the outlook screen - in the calendar screen at the
||| top left where the monthly calendar is, I got to wait for a while
||| before the dates are bold (highlighted) for me to know which day I
||| have appointment. why does it take so long and worse, there are
||| times it doesn't highlight? Can I solve this problem and how?
||| 2. when I click between two email (with the preview pane activated,
||| i.e., I see the message at the bottom half of the screen), it takes
||| quite a while for the preview pane to show the clicked email, this
||| also happened when I move an email to another folder, when I click
||| on the next email, the preview pane will still remain at the moved
||| email - for quite a while before swithching, why?
||| Does the above have anything to do with me having quite a number of
||| folders (abt 50) set in the outlook2003? if it is the case, what is
||| the best solution for me to keep (file) email that I want?
||| I am using Pentium 4 with XP SP2. Thanks

 

[Nick]

After using Outlook all day yesterday, I am still experiencing long delays
between messages, in the same folder, and in different ones (up to 10 seconds
a message). Word is not my email editor, and personal names are off.

Thanks for the help

I disabled the personal names smart tags and noticed some improved
performance when switching between messages in the same folder, however
switching between folders is still slow.
What else do you recommend?

Thanks,

Do you have Instant Messaging (Person Names)enabled? Tools>Options>Other at
the bottom?

--
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
account will be deleted without reading.


After furious head-scratching, Nick asked this group:

| sorry about that. the entire thread had to do with asking about the
| preview pane taking a long time to refresh when switching between
| messages (in the same folder or different folders). You suggested
| checking to see if MS Word was the default mail editor/reader.
|
| I have office 2k3 (11.6359.6408) sp1 running on win xp pro sp2
|
| thanks
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|
|| I am sorry - but can you quote the entire message thread in your
|| reply? I clean up every day and the previous postings do not show
|| up.
||
|| What version of Office and SP level are you running and what was the
|| original question?
||
||
|| --Â
|| 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 account will be deleted without reading.
||
|| After furious head scratching, Nick asked:
||
||| I do not have word enabled for reading or editing my emails and it
||| still can take a few seconds to display an email (plain text &
||| html). I have over 50% of my physical memory free, and almost zero
||| processor load.
||| What other solutions do you recommend for speeding up the preview
||| pane?
|||
||| Thanks.
|||
||| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|||
|||| Try disabling Word as the editor and see if the speed improves.
|||| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
| Yes, I am using Word as my editor. (apologies for clicking "No" for
| " Did this post answer the question?" as I am new at this Discussion
| Group, so, was trying to figure out how to reply and accidentally
| click "no"....)
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|
|| Are you using Word as your message editor?
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
|
|| After furious head scratching, LFWong asked:
||
||| I have 2 problems:
||| 1. when I switch from email to calendar using the icon at the
||| bottom left of the outlook screen - in the calendar screen at the
||| top left where the monthly calendar is, I got to wait for a while
||| before the dates are bold (highlighted) for me to know which day I
||| have appointment. why does it take so long and worse, there are
||| times it doesn't highlight? Can I solve this problem and how?
||| 2. when I click between two email (with the preview pane activated,
||| i.e., I see the message at the bottom half of the screen), it takes
||| quite a while for the preview pane to show the clicked email, this
||| also happened when I move an email to another folder, when I click
||| on the next email, the preview pane will still remain at the moved
||| email - for quite a while before swithching, why?
||| Does the above have anything to do with me having quite a number of
||| folders (abt 50) set in the outlook2003? if it is the case, what is
||| the best solution for me to keep (file) email that I want?
||| I am using Pentium 4 with XP SP2. Thanks