Why do I have two calendars?

[achyfakey]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)
Processor: Power PC
Email Client: Exchange

I just upgraded from Office X. Why do I have two calendars? One is listed under my account with a green check on it and a second calendar is listed under "On My Computer" without a green check mark on it. They have different items inside that I used to see on one calendar in the old version.

Is there a way to fuse these calendars together and delete one so that I have only one calendar?

 

[William Smith]

I just upgraded from Office X. Why do I have two calendars? One is
listed under my account with a green check on it and a second
calendar is listed under "On My Computer" without a green check mark
on it. They have different items inside that I used to see on one
calendar in the old version.

Is there a way to fuse these calendars together and delete one so
that I have only one calendar?

You can actually have multiple calendars with an Exchange account.
That's a feature of Exchange.

The green checkmark indicates that is your default calendar. You've made
your Exchange account the default and so your Exchange calendar will
also be your default calendar when adding new items and accepting
appointments.

Unfortunately, you can not merge information from the two into a single
view. You can use a Calendar View (File --> New --> Saved Search) and it
will merge any number of calendars but only as a list and not as a
calendar view. You can not delete your local calendar.

Since I have an Exchange account I simply ignore the local Calendar
(without the green checkmark) and Address Book and always put everything
into Contacts and my Exchange calendar.

Hope this helps!

--

bill

William M. Smith, Microsoft Interop MVP - Mac/Windows
Entourage Help Page <http://entourage.mvps.org/>
Entourage Help Blog <http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/>

 

[achyfakey]

It does help but why do I see only one calendar if I set up an IMAP account?

Thanks for the response!

 

[Barry Wainwright]

You can use a Calendar View (File --> New --> Saved Search) and it
will merge any number of calendars but only as a list and not as a
calendar view.

However, having done this you can then select these items and drag them
all to your default (or other preferred) calendar so they all show up in
the same calendar.

 

[Barry Wainwright]

It does help but why do I see only one calendar if I set up an IMAP account?

Thanks for the response!

Because IMAP is for mail only - a true IMAP account doesn't know
anything about calendars.

In Entourage, calendars can be local ('On My Computer' - just the one)
or in Exchange (stored on the exchange server, but locally cached - as
many as you want!)

If an IMAP account is your default mail account, the local calendar will
be default.


Many of us have been hoping for 'multiple calendar views' for a long
time now. Please add your voice to the calls by using the 'send
feedback' option under the Entourage Help menu.

 

[achyfakey]

Thanks so much for your help. It is much appreciated.