Recurring tasks won't work

[Steve Ball]

I posted about this last week and got no response, Surely it's not just me.
Here's what I just did. Maybe someone can reproduce it:

Create a new task.

Set recurrence to, "8th (or whatever the current date is) day of every
month".

Close the task.

Re-open the task. You can see that the recurrence pattern reads "Day 8 of
every month".So far, so good.

Close the task.

Open *a different task*, then close it.

Open the original task again. For me, the recurrence pattern has now changed
to "Custom" and, if I click 'EditŠ' it shows the recurrence pattern as
'Daily' 'Every <blank> days' and 'End after 76 recurrences'.

If I mark today's instance as 'Complete', the task recurs tomorrow. If I
mark that one complete, it recurs the next day etc.

This has only broken since I upgraded to Leopard. It all worked fine in
Tiger.

Am I really the only one with this problem?

 

[rkdav]

Exactly the same experience with me on a new iMac running Leopard, factory
installed. This feature of Entourage has always worked as the OP describes.

 

[JE McGimpsey]

I believe the problem is related to the synchronization of Entourage to iCal.
I'm able to replicate the problem consistently when synchronization is
enabled. <br><br>Problem <br>
------- <li> Open Entourage preferences and enable the synchronization of
events and tasks to iCal <li> Create a new recurring task and save it <li>
Wait a few minutes for Entourage to sync the task to iCal <li> Open the task
and observe the recurrence has been removed<br><br>The above described issue
never occurs if the synchronization of events and tasks to iCal is disabled.
<br><br>This problem has been around since the release of Leopard. I can't
replicate the problem in Tiger. <br><br>I've built a brand new system using a
clean install and a fresh installation of MS Office 2004 &amp; 2008, but
still have the same problem. <br><br>

I can reproduce what you describe.

Anyone know how to file a bug report with Microsoft?

In any application, choose Help/Send Feedback

 

[Brian Quinn]

I've got the same problem with Entourage 2004 after upgrading to Leopard.
I need to keep the synch to iCal in order to synch my calendar with iPod Touch.
I 'm a bit behind in catching up with the posting - anyone found a solution yet?