Outlook 2003 - How to copy recurring events?

[Guess Who]

Using Outlook 2003 at home, and I set up all my birthdays, etc as recurring
events. I backed up my .pst file with all mail/contacts/etc. When I
reinstalled Office 2003, and ran Outlook 2003, I opened up the backup file,
and all my recurring events were there, on the backed up calendar. However,
I could not copy these events into the new calendar.

Using the "copy calendar" function just put it as a sub calendar under my
main calendar, and I did not want to have the 2 calendars open. I had to
open both calendars side by side and go through the whole year,
right-dragging each event to the corresponding date on MY calendar, then
update EACH and EVERY event in MY calendar to a yearly recurrence, as it was
only set up as a one time thing.

There HAS to be a better way to do this. This is ridiculous. Is there any
way to copy all appointments/events, etc. at once from an old calendar to
the new one? At least with the contacts folder, I can select all and copy
to my contacts in one shot. Is there any way to view all
appointments/events in one place instead of the calendar?

 

[Guess Who]

DUhhh.... After I sent this I figured it out. It's kind of hidden, and
this option was not presented to me in the help files.

In the calendar, go to VIEW, ARRANGE BY, CURRENT VIEW and choose the
RECURRING APPOINTMENTS option. It lists them all in one list. Then just
SELECT ALL, and right-drag to whatever calendar you want and choose COPY.
That was pretty simple. So why didn't I see this in HELP? I typed in "Copy
Calendar" and this was not an option offered. maybe if I typed "Copy
Events" ?? Anyhow, it's sorted out.


| Using Outlook 2003 at home, and I set up all my birthdays, etc as
recurring
| events. I backed up my .pst file with all mail/contacts/etc. When I
| reinstalled Office 2003, and ran Outlook 2003, I opened up the backup
file,
| and all my recurring events were there, on the backed up calendar.
However,
| I could not copy these events into the new calendar.
|
| Using the "copy calendar" function just put it as a sub calendar under my
| main calendar, and I did not want to have the 2 calendars open. I had to
| open both calendars side by side and go through the whole year,
| right-dragging each event to the corresponding date on MY calendar, then
| update EACH and EVERY event in MY calendar to a yearly recurrence, as it
was
| only set up as a one time thing.
|
| There HAS to be a better way to do this. This is ridiculous. Is there
any
| way to copy all appointments/events, etc. at once from an old calendar to
| the new one? At least with the contacts folder, I can select all and copy
| to my contacts in one shot. Is there any way to view all
| appointments/events in one place instead of the calendar?
|
|
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