What fields are you using to set the criteria in the automatic formatting
rule?
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But I did not use any "categories" - I used the AUTOMATIC FORMATTING
feature
ONLY.. but I guess that "automatically" puts it into Categories.. ????
Is it all possible to get a step by step instruction on how to make
this
work?
:
The problem with outlook 2007 is that color categories colors can't be
overridden by colors assigned by views. So you can create a view that
only
shows the "Meeting" category, but you can't assign the blue color
using
views because the category is really a color category. You need to
use a
different field to identify the items and they can't have categories
assigned. Ie, all meetings in MeetingRoom2 can be blue, as long as
they
aren't assigned the Important category, which is red. If they are
assigned
to the Important category, they will be red - the color assigned to
the
category takes precedence over the color assigned by the view.
Now if everyone has the Important category assigned to the blue color,
then
they will see it in blue. This is unrelated to the view you set on the
folder. If they don't have Important in their master category list,
then
it
should use the color assigned by the view.
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Sorry about that.. I was having problems with the reply option...
Yes,
the
colors exist on the other computers, but now you ask about category
names?? I
am not doing categories as we discussed previously.. your previous
response
(on the other post concerning this very same subject) was that the
best
way
to do this was through Automatic Formatting and setting up Views..
because
categories are per user while the views should be able to be set so
that
all
users of that calendar can then use that view.. I did do that, but
the
view
is not showing up on the other computers..
So.. I just want to make sure I'm on the right track - are we not
using
views to do this now but categories instead? And, if we are using
categories
instead.. how do I do that?? you mentioned something about a Master
Category
list??
Thank you..
:
Well, is it yes or no?
The category names need to exist on the
other
computers - the colors they are assigned on the other computers
will
be
the
color they use - but if they are not in the master category list,
they'll
just be white/no color.
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No.
:
Do the color categories you are using exist on the other
computers?
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Ok, I'll try this question again.. I want to share a custom
calendar
with
about 5 folks in our company.. no problem on creating the
calendar
and
then
sharing it.. we have outlook 2007 with exchange.. BUT the big
problem
comes
with the automatic formatting.. I want the appointment to have
a
specific
color based on the criteria I identified in the auto
formatting
dialog
box.
It works just fine on my calendar but will not transfer to the
shared
calendar.
I followed the MVP Diane advice and created a custom view -
applied
the
view
to the outlook shared calendar - even went into properties and
under
Administration in INITIAL VIEW - made sure that view was
selected..
And, STILL - the automatic formatting is NOT transferring to
the
shared
calendar..
I'm wondering if the shared calendar HAS to be in a "public"
folder?
And,
if
so, how do I do that? I just created the calendar from my
outlook
and
then
did the sharing from the Navigation Pane..
PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
