Differentiating meeting requests/responses for manager vs delegate

[Elizabeth]

I'm set up as a delegate with "editor" access to my manager's calendar. So I
receive meeting requests and responses for both his calendar and mine. But
there is no obvious way to tell them apart.

I've looked in the Rules menu, but can't seem to figure out how to set up a
rule change the color of requests/responses received on behalf of my manager
versus the ones that I receive for myself. The requests and responses come
directly to me, with my name in the "To:" box. The only way to tell who
they're for is the blue highlighted note above the attendee list that says
"Received for [manager name]" .

Help!

Thanks,
Elizabeth

 

[Rick Young]

I've been spending a lot of time looking at the meta-data associated with
calendar events, so I thought I'd share my method for reviewing that
information. It might help you to figure out how to distinguish your
appointments from your managers so you can assign colors appropriately.

#1 - If you are running Outlook 2007, you'll need to activate the Developer
tab.
#2 - Open one of your manager's calendar events (double-click on an entry in
your calendar that is a meeting for your manager)
#3 - If you are using Outlook 2003, click on | Tools | Forms | Design This
Form |
If you are using Outlook 2007 (and have the Developer tab displayed) click
on the Developer tab then Design This Form
#4 - Click on (All Fields) tab. Use the drop-down list to review all of the
meta-data associated with the appointment.

Once you've found a way to distinguish the appointments, you can use that to
build a rule for assigning color.

Hope this helps