Office 2007 reminders

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Tim

In Office 2003, only the primary calendar folder generated reminders. This
has changed in Office 2007 so that reminders are now generated from all
calendar folders. I'm sure some find this as an improvment, but it should be
possible to disable this new functionality (globally or for an individual
calendar folder).

Specifically I need to store calendar items with reminders, for transfer to
mobile devices. I want the reminder on the device (therefore it must be set
on the calendar item), but I don't want the reminder to pop-up on the desktop
PC. I have a .net application integrated with Outlook that depends on the
existing functionality, and I hope you change this to remain compatible with
the previous version.

I also noted that the new to-do list has the same problem, it displays to-do
items from all folders. It should be possible to disable this for individual
folders.

Hope you fix this in the final release!

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

You are apparently in the minority as many, many folks have requested reminders from non-default folders for several versions now. It will not revert to previous behaviors.

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After furious head scratching, Tim asked:

| In Office 2003, only the primary calendar folder generated reminders.
| This has changed in Office 2007 so that reminders are now generated
| from all calendar folders. I'm sure some find this as an improvment,
| but it should be possible to disable this new functionality (globally
| or for an individual calendar folder).
|
| Specifically I need to store calendar items with reminders, for
| transfer to mobile devices. I want the reminder on the device
| (therefore it must be set on the calendar item), but I don't want the
| reminder to pop-up on the desktop PC. I have a .net application
| integrated with Outlook that depends on the existing functionality,
| and I hope you change this to remain compatible with the previous
| version.
|
| I also noted that the new to-do list has the same problem, it
| displays to-do items from all folders. It should be possible to
| disable this for individual folders.
|
| Hope you fix this in the final release!
|
| ----------------
| This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
| suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click
| the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the
| button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft
| Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane.
|
| http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...9ac719ecc60e&dg=microsoft.public.officeupdate
 
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Tim

I'm not so sure I'm in a minority, keep in mind that most users don't
complain since they are happy with the way it works today. I'm not saying you
should revert back, but make it possible to turn it off.
 

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