Outlook Today

[loidster]

I have installed a standalone version of Outlook 2007 to accompany Office H &
S 2007. The Outlook Today buttion is missing from the Navigation Bar.
Outlook Today is listed as a short cut, which does not allow specifying it as
the default page. When sellected as the short cut, OT does not display all
of the information.

I loaded my .pst from my other computer running Outlook 2000/2002. The .pst
was imported from a USB stick from Outlook 2007 . Some of the data did not
transfer from Outlook 2000/2002.

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

I have installed a standalone version of Outlook 2007 to accompany Office H &
S 2007. The Outlook Today buttion is missing from the Navigation Bar.
Outlook Today is listed as a short cut, which does not allow specifying it
as
the default page. When sellected as the short cut, OT does not display all
of the information.

I loaded my .pst from my other computer running Outlook 2000/2002. The .pst
was imported from a USB stick from Outlook 2007 . Some of the data did not
transfer from Outlook 2000/2002.

Outlook Today is just the root of your PST. Right-click that root and choose
Properties, then Home Page. Click Restore Defaults.

Import/export is never the proper way to transfer data from one Outlook
instance to another. See this:
http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/backupandrestore.htm

 

[loidster]

Thank you for the quick reply Brian and for the web site. I spent some time
prerusing it. Part of my problem is that I didn't fully understand
completely what the help file was saying. Now I realize that the top folder
with the Outlook Today icon is that folder even though it was labeled
"personal files."

I would seem more intuitive to me if the Outlook Today page had its own
button in the Navigation Pane instead of requiring that the Navigation Pane
be expanded or that the short cut button be clicked and then the sub-menu
item clicked.

I used a program by Microsoft which allows automatic backup of the pst
files. I pointed it to an Outlook folder in My Documents so that it would be
included in my normal data back up. That was the file that I imported into
Outlook 2007.

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

I would seem more intuitive to me if the Outlook Today page had its own
button in the Navigation Pane instead of requiring that the Navigation Pane
be expanded or that the short cut button be clicked and then the sub-menu
item clicked.

The Advanced toolbar has an Outlook Today button at its left end.

I used a program by Microsoft which allows automatic backup of the pst
files. I pointed it to an Outlook folder in My Documents so that it would
be
included in my normal data back up. That was the file that I imported into
Outlook 2007.

The point is you should NEVER import a PST into any Outlook. Do you import a
DOC file into Word? Do you import a spreadsheet into Excel? Of course not.
Each application will open its native file format. PSTs are Outlook's native
file format. Thus, to see the contents of a PST you click File>Open>Outlook
Data File in Outlook. Importing always loses data.