Left Panel: Can't Have >2 Months / Must Keep 'Tutorial' Questions

[Brett]

Roady (MVP) kindly indicated that unlike Outlook 2003, I can't get more than
2 months in the left panel and am stuck with canned questions ("How to Share
Calendars", "Search Calendars...") when they'r somewhat redundant with the
"Type a question for help" box in the upper right (or tons of other ways).
So...

- Was there any logic or rationale for this (counter-productive, for me)
change from the very useful multiple calendars available in Outlook 2003?
(If I'm missing some very valid reason for this redundancy, I won't likely
bother complaining to MS, once I understand.)

- Does telling / complaining to Microsoft do any good at all (i.e. if little
ol' me says I find the lack of extra future months frustrating and these
questions useless and annoying, might they actually listen?)

- Is there a forum or whatever (say with Technet/MSDN) where I can provide
input for Outlook 2010 (or whatever) to have it user-customizable or revert
this back to displaying calendar months like Outlook 2003? Or is *this* the
only place / best place to make these views known (i.e. in the suggest to
Microsoft option)?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

You can't get rid of the links but you can have more calendars if your
window is tall enough and you don’t have too many calendars, collapse the
groups you don't need, and have the buttons minimized. You can also make it
wider, with 2 calendars (or more) side by side.

MS listens, but whether they will change is it another matter. It's not like
everyone is limited to 1 navigation calendar - you can pull the right edge
towards the middle of the screen to show more calendars.

This is the best place to make suggestions - use the web interface and
create it as a suggestion. Note however, that outlook 2010 is feature set,
so any suggestions will be considered for later versions. Also, the to-do
bar puts the navigation calendars on the right in all folders and the
navigation calendar on the left is depreciated.


--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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[Brett]

Thanks, Diane... My system died after OS corruption following a large
Windows Update yesterday, but I'll try your ideas when I get back up... they
don't sound like they'd be of use to me right row (I don't want to make the
panel wider or minimize anything... I just want these utterly useless canned
questions gone and more space for 2 or 3 more months, as with Outlook 2003...
and I already have 2 months, as I noted).

By the absense of a reply from you (or others), it sounds like it was an
arbitrary decision with no real reason or benefit - I'd hoped someone might
point out why the space for these links might be of any benefit to me...
maybe even of greater benefit than the very useful calendars, but I guess
that's not the case. I just cannot understand why they wouldn't allow an
option to supress this box. But again, thanks, anyway.

You can't get rid of the links but you can have more calendars if your
window is tall enough and you don’t have too many calendars, collapse the
groups you don't need, and have the buttons minimized. You can also make it
wider, with 2 calendars (or more) side by side.

MS listens, but whether they will change is it another matter. It's not like
everyone is limited to 1 navigation calendar - you can pull the right edge
towards the middle of the screen to show more calendars.

This is the best place to make suggestions - use the web interface and
create it as a suggestion. Note however, that outlook 2010 is feature set,
so any suggestions will be considered for later versions. Also, the to-do
bar puts the navigation calendars on the right in all folders and the
navigation calendar on the left is depreciated.


--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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mailto:[email protected]

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Roady (MVP) kindly indicated that unlike Outlook 2003, I can't get more
than
2 months in the left panel and am stuck with canned questions ("How to
Share
Calendars", "Search Calendars...") when they'r somewhat redundant with the
"Type a question for help" box in the upper right (or tons of other ways).
So...

- Was there any logic or rationale for this (counter-productive, for me)
change from the very useful multiple calendars available in Outlook 2003?
(If I'm missing some very valid reason for this redundancy, I won't likely
bother complaining to MS, once I understand.)

- Does telling / complaining to Microsoft do any good at all (i.e. if
little
ol' me says I find the lack of extra future months frustrating and these
questions useless and annoying, might they actually listen?)

- Is there a forum or whatever (say with Technet/MSDN) where I can provide
input for Outlook 2010 (or whatever) to have it user-customizable or
revert
this back to displaying calendar months like Outlook 2003? Or is *this*
the
only place / best place to make these views known (i.e. in the suggest to
Microsoft option)?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

At the time they added the links, it was to make the options more
accessible - they got a lot of suggestions from people asking how to share
because the sharing capabilities wasn't exposed in earlier versions. (It
was on the nav bar in outlook 2003.)

It's not a problem for most people - most don't have a lot of calendars in
the list so there is room for nav calendars - we see more complaints about
the navigation calendars moving to the to-do bar side than complaints about
the links.


--
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:
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Thanks, Diane... My system died after OS corruption following a large
Windows Update yesterday, but I'll try your ideas when I get back up...
they
don't sound like they'd be of use to me right row (I don't want to make
the
panel wider or minimize anything... I just want these utterly useless
canned
questions gone and more space for 2 or 3 more months, as with Outlook
2003...
and I already have 2 months, as I noted).

By the absense of a reply from you (or others), it sounds like it was an
arbitrary decision with no real reason or benefit - I'd hoped someone
might
point out why the space for these links might be of any benefit to me...
maybe even of greater benefit than the very useful calendars, but I guess
that's not the case. I just cannot understand why they wouldn't allow an
option to supress this box. But again, thanks, anyway.

You can't get rid of the links but you can have more calendars if your
window is tall enough and you donâ?Tt have too many calendars, collapse
the
groups you don't need, and have the buttons minimized. You can also make
it
wider, with 2 calendars (or more) side by side.

MS listens, but whether they will change is it another matter. It's not
like
everyone is limited to 1 navigation calendar - you can pull the right
edge
towards the middle of the screen to show more calendars.

This is the best place to make suggestions - use the web interface and
create it as a suggestion. Note however, that outlook 2010 is feature
set,
so any suggestions will be considered for later versions. Also, the to-do
bar puts the navigation calendars on the right in all folders and the
navigation calendar on the left is depreciated.


--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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mailto:[email protected]

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Roady (MVP) kindly indicated that unlike Outlook 2003, I can't get more
than
2 months in the left panel and am stuck with canned questions ("How to
Share
Calendars", "Search Calendars...") when they'r somewhat redundant with
the
"Type a question for help" box in the upper right (or tons of other
ways).
So...

- Was there any logic or rationale for this (counter-productive, for
me)
change from the very useful multiple calendars available in Outlook
2003?
(If I'm missing some very valid reason for this redundancy, I won't
likely
bother complaining to MS, once I understand.)

- Does telling / complaining to Microsoft do any good at all (i.e. if
little
ol' me says I find the lack of extra future months frustrating and
these
questions useless and annoying, might they actually listen?)

- Is there a forum or whatever (say with Technet/MSDN) where I can
provide
input for Outlook 2010 (or whatever) to have it user-customizable or
revert
this back to displaying calendar months like Outlook 2003? Or is
*this*
the
only place / best place to make these views known (i.e. in the suggest
to
Microsoft option)?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Brett]

Hmmm... Now I'm wondering if I've miscommunicated. With your "most don't
have a lot of calendars in the list so there is room for nav calendars", it
sounds like there's a difference bewteeen what you call 'calendars' and 'nav
calendars' - I'm only referring to the 'month calendars' at the left and I
wouldn't say I want 'a lot', but as per the subject heading, more than 2
would be nice and I can't see wanting much more than 4 (3 or 4 isn't 'a lot'
to me... nor is 5 which is likely my max).

So, what is the difference between 'calendars' and 'nav calendars' (as per
your quoted phrase) and which, if any, relates to the month calendars, please?

Either way, if most people are happy with these useless links that they
could type into 'Help' instead, I won't bother complaining to Microsoft or
asking for change - it'd seem to be a futile exercise to be almost the only
one asking for change and actually hoping it might happen.

At the time they added the links, it was to make the options more
accessible - they got a lot of suggestions from people asking how to share
because the sharing capabilities wasn't exposed in earlier versions. (It
was on the nav bar in outlook 2003.)

It's not a problem for most people - most don't have a lot of calendars in
the list so there is room for nav calendars - we see more complaints about
the navigation calendars moving to the to-do bar side than complaints about
the links.


--
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)

Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter:
(e-mail address removed)




You can access this newsgroup by visiting
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newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com.

Thanks, Diane... My system died after OS corruption following a large
Windows Update yesterday, but I'll try your ideas when I get back up...
they
don't sound like they'd be of use to me right row (I don't want to make
the
panel wider or minimize anything... I just want these utterly useless
canned
questions gone and more space for 2 or 3 more months, as with Outlook
2003...
and I already have 2 months, as I noted).

By the absense of a reply from you (or others), it sounds like it was an
arbitrary decision with no real reason or benefit - I'd hoped someone
might
point out why the space for these links might be of any benefit to me...
maybe even of greater benefit than the very useful calendars, but I guess
that's not the case. I just cannot understand why they wouldn't allow an
option to supress this box. But again, thanks, anyway.

You can't get rid of the links but you can have more calendars if your
window is tall enough and you donâ?Tt have too many calendars, collapse
the
groups you don't need, and have the buttons minimized. You can also make
it
wider, with 2 calendars (or more) side by side.

MS listens, but whether they will change is it another matter. It's not
like
everyone is limited to 1 navigation calendar - you can pull the right
edge
towards the middle of the screen to show more calendars.

This is the best place to make suggestions - use the web interface and
create it as a suggestion. Note however, that outlook 2010 is feature
set,
so any suggestions will be considered for later versions. Also, the to-do
bar puts the navigation calendars on the right in all folders and the
navigation calendar on the left is depreciated.


--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



Outlook Tips by email:
mailto:[email protected]

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
mailto:[email protected]

You can access this newsgroup by visiting
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"Brett" <brettDotaubreyAtshawDotca> wrote in message
Roady (MVP) kindly indicated that unlike Outlook 2003, I can't get more
than
2 months in the left panel and am stuck with canned questions ("How to
Share
Calendars", "Search Calendars...") when they'r somewhat redundant with
the
"Type a question for help" box in the upper right (or tons of other
ways).
So...

- Was there any logic or rationale for this (counter-productive, for
me)
change from the very useful multiple calendars available in Outlook
2003?
(If I'm missing some very valid reason for this redundancy, I won't
likely
bother complaining to MS, once I understand.)

- Does telling / complaining to Microsoft do any good at all (i.e. if
little
ol' me says I find the lack of extra future months frustrating and
these
questions useless and annoying, might they actually listen?)

- Is there a forum or whatever (say with Technet/MSDN) where I can
provide
input for Outlook 2010 (or whatever) to have it user-customizable or
revert
this back to displaying calendar months like Outlook 2003? Or is
*this*
the
only place / best place to make these views known (i.e. in the suggest
to
Microsoft option)?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Brett]

Oh, and by the way, this...

"you can have more calendars if your window is tall enough and you don't
have too many calendars..."

made no sense to me. Say what? "You can have more calendars if... you
don't have too many calendars"???

At the time they added the links, it was to make the options more
accessible - they got a lot of suggestions from people asking how to share
because the sharing capabilities wasn't exposed in earlier versions. (It
was on the nav bar in outlook 2003.)

It's not a problem for most people - most don't have a lot of calendars in
the list so there is room for nav calendars - we see more complaints about
the navigation calendars moving to the to-do bar side than complaints about
the links.


--
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)

Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter:
(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.

Thanks, Diane... My system died after OS corruption following a large
Windows Update yesterday, but I'll try your ideas when I get back up...
they
don't sound like they'd be of use to me right row (I don't want to make
the
panel wider or minimize anything... I just want these utterly useless
canned
questions gone and more space for 2 or 3 more months, as with Outlook
2003...
and I already have 2 months, as I noted).

By the absense of a reply from you (or others), it sounds like it was an
arbitrary decision with no real reason or benefit - I'd hoped someone
might
point out why the space for these links might be of any benefit to me...
maybe even of greater benefit than the very useful calendars, but I guess
that's not the case. I just cannot understand why they wouldn't allow an
option to supress this box. But again, thanks, anyway.

You can't get rid of the links but you can have more calendars if your
window is tall enough and you donâ?Tt have too many calendars, collapse
the
groups you don't need, and have the buttons minimized. You can also make
it
wider, with 2 calendars (or more) side by side.

MS listens, but whether they will change is it another matter. It's not
like
everyone is limited to 1 navigation calendar - you can pull the right
edge
towards the middle of the screen to show more calendars.

This is the best place to make suggestions - use the web interface and
create it as a suggestion. Note however, that outlook 2010 is feature
set,
so any suggestions will be considered for later versions. Also, the to-do
bar puts the navigation calendars on the right in all folders and the
navigation calendar on the left is depreciated.


--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



Outlook Tips by email:
mailto:[email protected]

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
mailto:[email protected]

You can access this newsgroup by visiting
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your
newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com.


"Brett" <brettDotaubreyAtshawDotca> wrote in message
Roady (MVP) kindly indicated that unlike Outlook 2003, I can't get more
than
2 months in the left panel and am stuck with canned questions ("How to
Share
Calendars", "Search Calendars...") when they'r somewhat redundant with
the
"Type a question for help" box in the upper right (or tons of other
ways).
So...

- Was there any logic or rationale for this (counter-productive, for
me)
change from the very useful multiple calendars available in Outlook
2003?
(If I'm missing some very valid reason for this redundancy, I won't
likely
bother complaining to MS, once I understand.)

- Does telling / complaining to Microsoft do any good at all (i.e. if
little
ol' me says I find the lack of extra future months frustrating and
these
questions useless and annoying, might they actually listen?)

- Is there a forum or whatever (say with Technet/MSDN) where I can
provide
input for Outlook 2010 (or whatever) to have it user-customizable or
revert
this back to displaying calendar months like Outlook 2003? Or is
*this*
the
only place / best place to make these views known (i.e. in the suggest
to
Microsoft option)?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

"Nav calendars" are the thumbnail calendars - the small monthly calendars at
the top of the nav pane or to-do bar/task pane. Plain old "Calendars" are
calendar folders you select to see in Day/Week/Month or list view.

See
http://www.xsolive.com/Outlook Screen shots/Forms/DispForm.aspx?ID=90

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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Hmmm... Now I'm wondering if I've miscommunicated. With your "most don't
have a lot of calendars in the list so there is room for nav calendars",
it
sounds like there's a difference bewteeen what you call 'calendars' and
'nav
calendars' - I'm only referring to the 'month calendars' at the left and I
wouldn't say I want 'a lot', but as per the subject heading, more than 2
would be nice and I can't see wanting much more than 4 (3 or 4 isn't 'a
lot'
to me... nor is 5 which is likely my max).

So, what is the difference between 'calendars' and 'nav calendars' (as per
your quoted phrase) and which, if any, relates to the month calendars,
please?

Either way, if most people are happy with these useless links that they
could type into 'Help' instead, I won't bother complaining to Microsoft or
asking for change - it'd seem to be a futile exercise to be almost the
only
one asking for change and actually hoping it might happen.

At the time they added the links, it was to make the options more
accessible - they got a lot of suggestions from people asking how to
share
because the sharing capabilities wasn't exposed in earlier versions. (It
was on the nav bar in outlook 2003.)

It's not a problem for most people - most don't have a lot of calendars
in
the list so there is room for nav calendars - we see more complaints
about
the navigation calendars moving to the to-do bar side than complaints
about
the links.


--
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)

Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter:
(e-mail address removed)




You can access this newsgroup by visiting
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Thanks, Diane... My system died after OS corruption following a large
Windows Update yesterday, but I'll try your ideas when I get back up...
they
don't sound like they'd be of use to me right row (I don't want to make
the
panel wider or minimize anything... I just want these utterly useless
canned
questions gone and more space for 2 or 3 more months, as with Outlook
2003...
and I already have 2 months, as I noted).

By the absense of a reply from you (or others), it sounds like it was
an
arbitrary decision with no real reason or benefit - I'd hoped someone
might
point out why the space for these links might be of any benefit to
me...
maybe even of greater benefit than the very useful calendars, but I
guess
that's not the case. I just cannot understand why they wouldn't allow
an
option to supress this box. But again, thanks, anyway.

:

You can't get rid of the links but you can have more calendars if your
window is tall enough and you donâ?Tt have too many calendars,
collapse
the
groups you don't need, and have the buttons minimized. You can also
make
it
wider, with 2 calendars (or more) side by side.

MS listens, but whether they will change is it another matter. It's
not
like
everyone is limited to 1 navigation calendar - you can pull the right
edge
towards the middle of the screen to show more calendars.

This is the best place to make suggestions - use the web interface and
create it as a suggestion. Note however, that outlook 2010 is feature
set,
so any suggestions will be considered for later versions. Also, the
to-do
bar puts the navigation calendars on the right in all folders and the
navigation calendar on the left is depreciated.


--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



Outlook Tips by email:
mailto:[email protected]

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
mailto:[email protected]

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"Brett" <brettDotaubreyAtshawDotca> wrote in message
Roady (MVP) kindly indicated that unlike Outlook 2003, I can't get
more
than
2 months in the left panel and am stuck with canned questions ("How
to
Share
Calendars", "Search Calendars...") when they'r somewhat redundant
with
the
"Type a question for help" box in the upper right (or tons of other
ways).
So...

- Was there any logic or rationale for this (counter-productive, for
me)
change from the very useful multiple calendars available in Outlook
2003?
(If I'm missing some very valid reason for this redundancy, I won't
likely
bother complaining to MS, once I understand.)

- Does telling / complaining to Microsoft do any good at all (i.e.
if
little
ol' me says I find the lack of extra future months frustrating and
these
questions useless and annoying, might they actually listen?)

- Is there a forum or whatever (say with Technet/MSDN) where I can
provide
input for Outlook 2010 (or whatever) to have it user-customizable or
revert
this back to displaying calendar months like Outlook 2003? Or is
*this*
the
only place / best place to make these views known (i.e. in the
suggest
to
Microsoft option)?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

It's not a problem for most people - most don't have a lot of calendars
I said "more navigation calendars if you don't have too many calendars" -
calendars are calendar folders - see
http://www.xsolive.com/Outlook Screen shots/Forms/DispForm.aspx?ID=90
for a screenshot of what I mean.

--
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Oh, and by the way, this...

"you can have more calendars if your window is tall enough and you don't
have too many calendars..."

made no sense to me. Say what? "You can have more calendars if... you
don't have too many calendars"???

At the time they added the links, it was to make the options more
accessible - they got a lot of suggestions from people asking how to
share
because the sharing capabilities wasn't exposed in earlier versions. (It
was on the nav bar in outlook 2003.)

It's not a problem for most people - most don't have a lot of calendars
in
the list so there is room for nav calendars - we see more complaints
about
the navigation calendars moving to the to-do bar side than complaints
about
the links.


--
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)

Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter:
(e-mail address removed)




You can access this newsgroup by visiting
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your
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Thanks, Diane... My system died after OS corruption following a large
Windows Update yesterday, but I'll try your ideas when I get back up...
they
don't sound like they'd be of use to me right row (I don't want to make
the
panel wider or minimize anything... I just want these utterly useless
canned
questions gone and more space for 2 or 3 more months, as with Outlook
2003...
and I already have 2 months, as I noted).

By the absense of a reply from you (or others), it sounds like it was
an
arbitrary decision with no real reason or benefit - I'd hoped someone
might
point out why the space for these links might be of any benefit to
me...
maybe even of greater benefit than the very useful calendars, but I
guess
that's not the case. I just cannot understand why they wouldn't allow
an
option to supress this box. But again, thanks, anyway.

:

You can't get rid of the links but you can have more calendars if your
window is tall enough and you donâ?Tt have too many calendars,
collapse
the
groups you don't need, and have the buttons minimized. You can also
make
it
wider, with 2 calendars (or more) side by side.

MS listens, but whether they will change is it another matter. It's
not
like
everyone is limited to 1 navigation calendar - you can pull the right
edge
towards the middle of the screen to show more calendars.

This is the best place to make suggestions - use the web interface and
create it as a suggestion. Note however, that outlook 2010 is feature
set,
so any suggestions will be considered for later versions. Also, the
to-do
bar puts the navigation calendars on the right in all folders and the
navigation calendar on the left is depreciated.


--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



Outlook Tips by email:
mailto:[email protected]

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
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"Brett" <brettDotaubreyAtshawDotca> wrote in message
Roady (MVP) kindly indicated that unlike Outlook 2003, I can't get
more
than
2 months in the left panel and am stuck with canned questions ("How
to
Share
Calendars", "Search Calendars...") when they'r somewhat redundant
with
the
"Type a question for help" box in the upper right (or tons of other
ways).
So...

- Was there any logic or rationale for this (counter-productive, for
me)
change from the very useful multiple calendars available in Outlook
2003?
(If I'm missing some very valid reason for this redundancy, I won't
likely
bother complaining to MS, once I understand.)

- Does telling / complaining to Microsoft do any good at all (i.e.
if
little
ol' me says I find the lack of extra future months frustrating and
these
questions useless and annoying, might they actually listen?)

- Is there a forum or whatever (say with Technet/MSDN) where I can
provide
input for Outlook 2010 (or whatever) to have it user-customizable or
revert
this back to displaying calendar months like Outlook 2003? Or is
*this*
the
only place / best place to make these views known (i.e. in the
suggest
to
Microsoft option)?

Thanks in advance.