How do I get outlook to prompt me to turn off OOF?

[Eric the Grey]

I've read in a few threads here that Outlook 2007 no longer alerts you when
you start up with OOF Assistant on. This was an important thing for me,
because I never remember to do it, and always have co-workers telling me I'm
still showing out.

How can I get Outlook 2007 to prompt me, or better yet, turn off the Out of
Office Assistant when I start up my outlook client?


Eric the Grey

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Outlook 2007 still alerts you. In fact, it will first give a pop-up and then
continuously alerts you by showing a message in the right bottom corner
about the OOF being on.

If your corporation also upgraded to Exchange 2007, then you can schedule
your OOF to automatically turn itself on/off between set dates/times.

 

[Eric the Grey]

I beg to differ, but since upgrading to Office 2007, from 2003, I've not seen
a single alert when launching Outlook. The message at the bottom right-hand
corner of the app is the only thing I've seen, but it's not what I'm looking
for.

Perhaps there is a setting that I'm missing for this?


Eric the Grey

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Perhaps there is a setting that I'm missing for this?
No, you're expecting it to behave like previous versions of Outlook with a
dialog prompt. Outlook 2007 doesn't have that anymore.