How do I show details of an appointment on the Calendar screen?

[Monica Gandhi]

Hi - I am new to Outlook and am only using it to sync to my new iPhone. I
was formerly a Palm fan. Anyway, I often put in items in my calendar that
are just detailed comments for the day to remind me of something. These text
items are longer than what is allowed in the "Subject" and "location" lines
of a typical Outlook appoinment on the calendar, but they fit in the details
box. However, I have to click on that item to look at details - any way that
you know of to elect to show the details right on the computer Calendar
screen without clicking on each item? Thanks for letting me know!

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

try the Day/Week/Month view with autopreview. also, if you hover over it the
tool tip should show details. or you can turn on the preview pane.

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[biz_kid1]

I am having a similar issue (I think). This method works fine when viewing
by day or week but not by month - we are trying to view all the details of
the appointment on multiple lines within the month view (using Outlook 2007).
How do we accomplish this please?

Thanks!

try the Day/Week/Month view with autopreview. also, if you hover over it the
tool tip should show details. or you can turn on the preview pane.

--
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Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

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Hi - I am new to Outlook and am only using it to sync to my new iPhone.
I
was formerly a Palm fan. Anyway, I often put in items in my calendar that
are just detailed comments for the day to remind me of something. These
text
items are longer than what is allowed in the "Subject" and "location"
lines
of a typical Outlook appoinment on the calendar, but they fit in the
details
box. However, I have to click on that item to look at details - any way
that
you know of to elect to show the details right on the computer Calendar
screen without clicking on each item? Thanks for letting me know!

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

Outlook doesn't support multiple line appointments in the month view. You
can either hover over the appointments to see the tooltips or turn on the
reading pane. You can select the reading pane to use the bottom layout -
in outlook 2007, the pane layout is folder specific and it generally shows
more of the selected appointment without affecting the calendar view so
much. This may also help:
http://www.slipstick.com/Tutorials/2wk_cal/2wk_cal.htm


--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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I am having a similar issue (I think). This method works fine when
viewing
by day or week but not by month - we are trying to view all the details of
the appointment on multiple lines within the month view (using Outlook
2007).
How do we accomplish this please?

Thanks!

try the Day/Week/Month view with autopreview. also, if you hover over it
the
tool tip should show details. or you can turn on the preview pane.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

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Hi - I am new to Outlook and am only using it to sync to my new
iPhone.
I
was formerly a Palm fan. Anyway, I often put in items in my calendar
that
are just detailed comments for the day to remind me of something.
These
text
items are longer than what is allowed in the "Subject" and "location"
lines
of a typical Outlook appoinment on the calendar, but they fit in the
details
box. However, I have to click on that item to look at details - any
way
that
you know of to elect to show the details right on the computer Calendar
screen without clicking on each item? Thanks for letting me know!

 

[Meridith]

How do I turn on the tool tips?

try the Day/Week/Month view with autopreview. also, if you hover over it the
tool tip should show details. or you can turn on the preview pane.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

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Hi - I am new to Outlook and am only using it to sync to my new iPhone.
I
was formerly a Palm fan. Anyway, I often put in items in my calendar that
are just detailed comments for the day to remind me of something. These
text
items are longer than what is allowed in the "Subject" and "location"
lines
of a typical Outlook appoinment on the calendar, but they fit in the
details
box. However, I have to click on that item to look at details - any way
that
you know of to elect to show the details right on the computer Calendar
screen without clicking on each item? Thanks for letting me know!

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Right click on the toolbar area, then customize, and select options. Turn
on ScreenTips.

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After furious head scratching, Meridith asked:

| How do I turn on the tool tips?
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| "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:
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|| try the Day/Week/Month view with autopreview. also, if you hover
|| over it the tool tip should show details. or you can turn on the
|| preview pane.
||
|| --
|| Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
|| Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
|| Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/
||
|| Outlook Tips by email:
|| (e-mail address removed)
||
|| EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
|| (e-mail address removed)
||
||
||
||
|| You can access this newsgroup by visiting
|| http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx or
|| point your newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com.
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|| message ||| Hi - I am new to Outlook and am only using it to sync to my new
||| iPhone. I
||| was formerly a Palm fan. Anyway, I often put in items in my
||| calendar that are just detailed comments for the day to remind me
||| of something. These text
||| items are longer than what is allowed in the "Subject" and
||| "location" lines
||| of a typical Outlook appoinment on the calendar, but they fit in the
||| details
||| box. However, I have to click on that item to look at details -
||| any way that
||| you know of to elect to show the details right on the computer
||| Calendar screen without clicking on each item? Thanks for letting
||| me know!