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  • Subject: Re: Rolling Month View
  • Author: Janice Chung
  • Date: 29 Jan 2011
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Yes, I agree with all asking for rolling calendar default option. At least in Office 2010 there is a "go to next 7 deays", but there is no way to set that as the default view, which requires an extra click.
> On Monday, March 31, 2008 7:44 AM opieand wrote:
> This is where Outlook calendar really breaks down. In month view, today > doesn't even show up on my screen because it is on the fifth row of the > calendar. I can't find any way to point the calendar permanently to set the > current week on top in month view. It's unbelievable products can make it > out of beta testing with such flaws. Any help? > > Chris
>> On Monday, March 31, 2008 8:44 AM Brian Tillman wrote:
>> opieandy <opieandy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >> >> >> Some may consider it a flaw. Others don't. Outlook will show the current >> month, with the week containing the first day of the month at the top, and a >> total of five weeks. There is no way to have Outlook display a rolling >> list, with the current week at the top. You can certainly have Outlook view >> the entire month or only the weeks you wish by clicking and dragging within >> the Date Navigator, but that view will revert of you leave the view then >> return. >> -- >> Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]
>>> On Monday, March 31, 2008 9:02 AM Diane Poremsky {MVP} wrote:
>>> it would show today if you were not using compressed weekends. >>> http://www.slipstick.com/calendar/wrongweek.htm >>> >>> -- >>> Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] >>> Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours >>> Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/ >>> Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/ >>> >>> Outlook Tips by email: >>> dailytips-subscribe-request@lists.outlooktips.net >>> >>> Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ >>> Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com >>> Subscribe to Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter: >>> EMO-NEWSLETTER-SUBSCRIBE-REQUEST@PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM >>> >>> ** Please include your Outlook version, Account type, and Windows Version >>> when requesting assistance ** >>> >>> >>> "opieandy" <opieandy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >>> news:C67C7160-C642-44EB-8F7E-B72F15C729C1@microsoft.com...
>>>> On Monday, March 31, 2008 9:05 AM opieand wrote:
>>>> "Brian Tillman" wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> Thanks, Brian. At least your answer tells me there is no 'fix.' It's hard >>>> to conceive of how some folks don't consider it a flaw. I can't even see >>>> today's schedule without additional clicking every time I check it. Even if >>>> this is the default view, at a minimum there should be customizable options >>>> to, for example, put the current week at the top of the calendar. >>>> >>>> Chris
>>>>> On Monday, March 31, 2008 9:34 AM Diane Poremsky {MVP} wrote:
>>>>> If you need to see today on top, use the week view. If you want the whole >>>>> month, uncompress weekends. To see two or more weeks, see >>>>> http://www.slipstick.com/calendar/2wk_cal.htm. >>>>> >>>>> Every time a user customizable option is added it has the potential to add >>>>> bugs to previously working features so only features which are heavily >>>>> requested are considered. Many that are considered are determined to have >>>>> unwanted side effects. While I don't know where this request falls, I do >>>>> know most people either don't care or use the week view. >>>>> >>>>> Outlook has always worked like this and complaints only come up once or >>>>> twice a year - during long months when compressed weekends mess up the >>>>> calendar. While this wasn't the reason compressed weekends was removed from >>>>> Outlook 2007, there will be fewer support calls from Outlook 2007 users >>>>> thanks to its removal. (Compressed weekends were removed for calendar >>>>> overlay support.) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] >>>>> Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours >>>>> Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/ >>>>> Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/ >>>>> >>>>> Outlook Tips by email: >>>>> dailytips-subscribe-request@lists.outlooktips.net >>>>> >>>>> Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ >>>>> Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com >>>>> Subscribe to Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter: >>>>> EMO-NEWSLETTER-SUBSCRIBE-REQUEST@PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM >>>>> >>>>> ** Please include your Outlook version, Account type, and Windows Version >>>>> when requesting assistance ** >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> "opieandy" <opieandy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >>>>> news:2330CF94-E33E-4B9A-9233-654686F8C0DB@microsoft.com...
>>>>>> On Monday, March 31, 2008 1:32 PM opieand wrote:
>>>>>> It's not just a problem today, it's a fundamental flaw in the design. Even >>>>>> last week, the calendar showed only one week of the future. Why should the >>>>>> default view in the calendar show prior periods? Calendars are primarily >>>>>> used to plan future events. >>>>>> >>>>>> Can you point me to where I can change the 'compressed weekend' view? I >>>>>> don't see it on the 'options' menu. >>>>>> >>>>>> Chris >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> "Diane Poremsky {MVP}" wrote:
>>>>>>> On Monday, March 31, 2008 1:36 PM opieand wrote:
>>>>>>> EDIT - I found the instructions to change the 'compressed weekend' in the >>>>>>> link you attached. Thanks. However, it still doesn't fix the issue. March >>>>>>> 1 was on Saturday, the last day of the first row in Outlook, so the calendar >>>>>>> still only shows five weeks ending March 29. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> "opieandy" wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Monday, March 31, 2008 2:00 PM Diane Poremsky {MVP} wrote:
>>>>>>>> the monthly calendar is modeled on the wall calendar design - it doesn't >>>>>>>> change each week, it changes monthly. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> right click on the grid, choose other settings and deselect compress >>>>>>>> weekends. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] >>>>>>>> Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours >>>>>>>> Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/ >>>>>>>> Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/ >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Outlook Tips by email: >>>>>>>> dailytips-subscribe-request@lists.outlooktips.net >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ >>>>>>>> Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com >>>>>>>> Subscribe to Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter: >>>>>>>> EMO-NEWSLETTER-SUBSCRIBE-REQUEST@PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> ** Please include your Outlook version, Account type, and Windows Version >>>>>>>> when requesting assistance ** >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> "opieandy" <opieandy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >>>>>>>> news:ECB5BBCE-9A67-4CE4-94B2-09753173AE4C@microsoft.com...
>>>>>>>>> On Monday, March 31, 2008 2:06 PM Brian Tillman wrote:
>>>>>>>>> opieandy <opieandy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I clicked the Today button on the Standard toolbar and Outlook rolled the >>>>>>>>> calendar down a week so that the top line contains March 2 through 8 and the >>>>>>>>> bottom line contains March 30 through April 5. >>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>> Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]
>>>>>>>>>> On Monday, March 22, 2010 10:34 AM Thomas Kase wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> I am equally perplexed - the way MS Outlook behaves proves beyond a doubt that coders are detached from reality - who would NOT want a rolling month window? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I addition to what has been said already, personally I would like last week at the top, current week as second row, and future weeks below that. To me it is useful to also see last week's activities. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> The ongoing Outlook switch between zero past weeks and four past weeks depending on day of the month is helter-skelter nonsense. Anyone with 2 cents of UI research experience cannot deny that consistency is the hallmark of good design. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Note someone else who finds this to be a shortcoming: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> http://aspadvice.com/blogs/ssmith/archive/2006/01/29/Outlook-Calendar-Default-Month-View.aspx >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> The response by Redmond apologists will naturally be to adopt the MS view of the calendar. Changing the way I work is less of a headache than trying to get an MS product to do what I actually want. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> In case any real MS coder reads this - I cannot see why a monthly view option along the lines of "start with first day of the month", "start with last week", or "start with current week" on top, would gum up the works. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Thomas
>>>>>>>>>>> On Tuesday, June 29, 2010 7:43 AM Lyn Witt wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> "Modeled after a wall calender"????? So other parts are modeled after buggy whips? Isn't modern software supposed to improve upon the way we do things? >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Lots of people have a 3-month view wall calender so that both past and future dates are visible. It is a real drag to have the 'Today' button place the current date at the bottom of the window in 'month view'. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Come on MS, get with it and either make it customizable or have 'today' land in the middle of the window.
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Tuesday, June 29, 2010 7:46 AM Lyn Witt wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> [the first part of my note was mysteriously removed... it said:] >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Modeled after a wall calender? Are other parts modeled after buggy whips? Isn't the purpose of modern office software to improve the way we manage workflows? >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> ...
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29 Jan 2011Re: Rolling Month View.Janice Chung
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