Outlook 2007 won't show calendar appointment reminders

[Dean]

I have a new Dell Computer that has Microsoft Office 2007 installed on it.
For the most part, I like the program and it does what I want but there is
one very annoying problem I have. I use the calendar feature often and
always set up appointments by time and day and like to get visual reminders
when my appointments are due or coming up. I set the reminder time to when I
want (i.e. 15 minutes before the appointment time) but those reminders never
come up on my computer screen like they are supposed to. I have tried
everything I can think of and hope it is a simple setting or "check-box" that
I am missing but I am stuck. Can anyone help me out?

 

[Brian Tillman]

I have a new Dell Computer that has Microsoft Office 2007 installed
on it. For the most part, I like the program and it does what I want
but there is one very annoying problem I have. I use the calendar
feature often and always set up appointments by time and day and like
to get visual reminders when my appointments are due or coming up. I
set the reminder time to when I want (i.e. 15 minutes before the
appointment time) but those reminders never come up on my computer
screen like they are supposed to. I have tried everything I can
think of and hope it is a simple setting or "check-box" that I am
missing but I am stuck. Can anyone help me out?

Hmm. If you have set a reminder on the item, then you should get a reminder
box popping up when the time comes. Do you have many thing accluding your
desktop? Perhaps its popping up underneath the other windows. It should
appear in your Windows Taskbar, though. Click Tools>Options>Other
Options>Reminder Options and see what's checked.