Viewing other peoples calendars in Entourage

C

Charles

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: intel
Email Client: Exchange

On my PC in Outlook I can add other peoples' calendars on the left in the folder and then when booking an appointment I click to view multiple peoples calendars all on the screen at the same time to look for free time or to see what they are doing (with permissions of course).

Can I do the same with Entourage?
 
J

Jesse David Hollington

There's actually two parts to this question...

You can add other users' calendars, subject to your rights to view them,
simply by choosing "File->Open Other User's Folder" and choosing the user
name and the "Calendar" folder. Their calendar will appear in your
"Calendars" page identified by their name.

However, you don't specifically need to add other users' calendars if you're
only concerned with looking for free time when booking a meeting. When you
create a new event and invite other users, a "Scheduling" tab will appear in
the lower part of the new event dialog box... Clicking on it will show a
free/busy grid for all attendees that you can refer to when scheduling the
meeting.
 
J

JimFarrell

However, you don't specifically need to add other users' calendars if you're
only concerned with looking for free time when booking a meeting. When you
create a new event and invite other users, a "Scheduling" tab will appear in
the lower part of the new event dialog box... Clicking on it will show a
free/busy grid for all attendees that you can refer to when scheduling the
meeting.


On 03/21/08 9:25 AM, in article [email protected]9absDaxw,
:

> Version: 2008
> Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
> Processor: intel
> Email Client: Exchange
>
> On my PC in Outlook I can add other peoples' calendars on the left in the
> folder and then when booking an appointment I click to view multiple peoples
> calendars all on the screen at the same time to look for free time or to see
> what they are doing (with permissions of course).
>
> Can I do the same with Entourage?
Click to expand...

I'm not sure this answers the question. I have the same need as Charles to be able to view multiple calendars at one time. In Outlook, this is easy. You just add the other users' calendars, and then click whichever ones you want to compare. That same functionality doesn't appear to be available in Entourage, but it would definitely help me. (I am trying to use Entourage's calendar for work scheduling, even though I know it isn't the ideal application.)

I have been trying to work around it with some sort of Calendar View, where I can at least select a few users' calendars at one time and have that show up, but the documentation is weak and Views tend to spit out lists of events, instead of in a nice calendar view.

Anyone have an idea on how I can make this work?
 
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