"Locking" the tasks-bar

[Paul]

For the umpteenth time in just a few days I have inadvertently clicked on the
row up at the top of the Tasks pane (that has the column titles, such as
Subject, priority, date due, etc.). This removes all my sorting and
grouping, and requires I go drilling down to set them up right again.

Is there any way I can "lock" my settings so one silly click doesn't goof
this up? I am starting to like Outlook's Task manager but this one
feature/bug is really driving me crazy.

Help me out please.
--
Paul

MS Office Pro 2003
XP Home SP3
Dell Inspiron 1501

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

No, it can’t be locked.

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[Paul]

OK I see that.

My next move was to try to record a macro (like I can in Word), but I failed
and after checking this newsgroup I see that this can't be done.

OK then. Is there a code for a macro I can enter, that would GROUP by
Categories, and SORT by Priority? At least then, when I goof up and
inadvertently hit one of those higher rows, I can run the macro and get it
all back with teh click of an icon (I would put it on a toolbar).

I have done this several times already and I"ve only been using Outlook a
couple of days. I'm just not used to the "look but don't touch" part of this
software program.
--
Paul

MS Office Pro 2003
XP Home SP3
Dell Inspiron 1501

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

No, you can't control views with macros.

Try this: create the view you like then go to Views, Current view, Define
views and copy the current view - name it Master view and make a few copies.
Apply a copy as your view and when you mess one up, apply the next. Every
few times, go back to the Define views dialog to delete the messed up views
and copy the Master again. After you are more comfortable using outlook
you'll either stop accidently changing the view or will be much faster as
fixing it.

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OK I see that.

My next move was to try to record a macro (like I can in Word), but I
failed
and after checking this newsgroup I see that this can't be done.

OK then. Is there a code for a macro I can enter, that would GROUP by
Categories, and SORT by Priority? At least then, when I goof up and
inadvertently hit one of those higher rows, I can run the macro and get it
all back with teh click of an icon (I would put it on a toolbar).

I have done this several times already and I"ve only been using Outlook a
couple of days. I'm just not used to the "look but don't touch" part of
this
software program.
--
Paul

MS Office Pro 2003
XP Home SP3
Dell Inspiron 1501

No, it can’t be locked.

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Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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[Paul]

Thanks, Diane. I think I got it. You had me copy the "Master" view because
every time I click on Subject or whatever else I click on, I can't go back to
the old Master, but have to move on to a copy.


Thanks.
--
Paul

MS Office Pro 2003
XP Home SP3
Dell Inspiron 1501

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

Right.

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