put birthdays etc into Outlook Calendar from address book

[Ghiadoc]

I would like to automatically put birthdays, anniversaries from address book
properties into Outlook's calendar and set up notification of such dates.
Thanks

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

There is no address book in Outlook. Outlook uses the Contacts folder to
store addresses and information about contacts. Once a birthday is entered
in the contact record, it automatically displays in your defalult calendar
with the default reminder attached.

The Outlook Address Book is a virtual view of all contacts with an
electronic address, either email or fax, or both. It is derived from the
contacts folder and has no separate existence.

Please be more specific in what you want. What you are asking for is
impossible.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After furious head scratching, Ghiadoc asked:

| I would like to automatically put birthdays, anniversaries from
| address book properties into Outlook's calendar and set up
| notification of such dates. Thanks

 

[Sproxton]

I think Ghiadoc was asking what I wanted to ask and Milly has answered it.
In Outlook 2007, I wanted to be able to update the birthday of a contact and
then have that automatically be placed within my Outlook 2007 Calendar.
Well, it does update automatically. I don't know if that is new for the 2007
Beta or has always been there. To do it, go to 'Details' on the page that
shows your chosen contact's information, update the birthday date, save and
'presto!', when you go to that date in your Calendar, there is the recurring
event. If you then double-click on the event in your Calendar, you can set
the reminder period. I don't think you can do this bit from the Contact
page, only from within the Calendar.