Create saved "views" in OL2007?

[jg70124]

Is it possible to save a particular "view", so that when I invoke it
the next time, the options are the same?

For instance, every time I look at the full month, I want the
"Navigation Pane" and "To Do Bar" to be collapsed. Every time I look
at just today, I want the "Navigation Pane" to be collapsed, but the
"To Do Bar" to be expanded enough to see all the fields in my tasks.
Every time I look at my email, I want the "Navigation Pane" to be
displayed and the "To Do Bar" to be displayed at minimum width.

This was possible in the last version of Outlook I used (OL2002). Is
it possible in OL2007?

 

[Diane Poremsky]

No, you cannot do that. FWIW, it wasn't possible in OL2002 because 2002
didn't have the navigation pane or to-do bar.

 

[jg70124]

It most certainly was possible in OL2002 - with "folder tree" instead
of the "Navigation Pane" and the "Taskpad" for "To-Do List". But it's
the same idea.

Here's what I mean: I set up OL2002 so whenever I opened the app, it
started with 2 windows. One window would have the folder list in the
left pane and show my email inbox in the main area of the window. The
other window would not have the folder list on the left, but would
show my calendar (in day view) in the main part of the window with the
Task Pad on the right. When I clicked on "month" in the menu bar, it
would show the full month in the main part of the window automatically
collapse the Task Pad. And when I clicked on "day" it would go back
to showing the view with the task pad.

 

[Diane Poremsky]

To recreate the view you had:
Select the folder list navigation pane (ctrl+6) then select the inbox.
Turn off the to-do pane (x the pane to close it)
right-click on the calendar and open it in a new window.
either use the to-do pane on the calendar (r-click on the to do bar name to
choose options and turn off all but tasks) or x it and use the active tasks
at the bottom of the window
x the navigation pane.
File, Exit to close Outlook.

when you reopen, it should open the two windows with the same layout as when
you closed them. Just remember to use File, Exit to close.

It most certainly was possible in OL2002 - with "folder tree" instead
of the "Navigation Pane" and the "Taskpad" for "To-Do List". But it's
the same idea.

Here's what I mean: I set up OL2002 so whenever I opened the app, it
started with 2 windows. One window would have the folder list in the
left pane and show my email inbox in the main area of the window. The
other window would not have the folder list on the left, but would
show my calendar (in day view) in the main part of the window with the
Task Pad on the right. When I clicked on "month" in the menu bar, it
would show the full month in the main part of the window automatically
collapse the Task Pad. And when I clicked on "day" it would go back
to showing the view with the task pad.

No, you cannot do that. FWIW, it wasn't possible in OL2002 because 2002
didn't have the navigation pane or to-do bar.

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Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
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