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tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Posted: Mon Jun 04, 07 11:02 am Post subject: Recurring reminder in Outlook
I need a reminder on the first Monday of every month, how do I do it? I can set up recurring tasks but not their corresponding reminders. If I can't do it in Outlook how else can I?

Northern_Lad

Joined: 13 Dec 2004
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Posted: Mon Jun 04, 07 11:04 am Post subject: Re: Recurring reminder in Outlook

tahir wrote:

I need a reminder on the first Monday of every month, how do I do it? I can set up recurring tasks but not their corresponding reminders. If I can't do it in Outlook how else can I?

I thought that if you got a reminder on the first task, then you'd get one on them all?

And won't the clinic phone you if you miss the apointment?

tahir

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Posted: Mon Jun 04, 07 11:05 am Post subject: Re: Recurring reminder in Outlook

Northern_Lad wrote:

I thought that if you got a reminder on the first task, then you'd get one on them all?

Me too

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And won't the clinic phone you if you miss the apointment?

They charge extra

hedgewitch

Joined: 26 Nov 2005
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Location: Daft wench GHQ

Posted: Mon Jun 04, 07 11:07 am Post subject:
Set the task, then open the task record. In the top menu you get a "Recurrence..." option that opens a dialogue box where you can set all the details.

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Essex

Posted: Mon Jun 04, 07 11:42 am Post subject:
Oh yeah, you have to make sure you mark the first task completed. Fanks HW

bagpuss

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Posted: Mon Jun 04, 07 11:55 am Post subject:
not wanting to sound like a google sales person but a google calendar could do it

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Essex

Posted: Mon Jun 04, 07 11:59 am Post subject:

bagpuss wrote:

not wanting to sound like a google sales person but a google calendar could do it

But I use Outlook all day every day.

sean
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Location: North Devon

Posted: Mon Jun 04, 07 12:02 pm Post subject:

bagpuss wrote:

not wanting to sound like a google sales person but a google calendar could do it

Or of course a desk calendar. Or a paper diary.

bagpuss

Joined: 09 Dec 2004
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Location: cambridge

Posted: Mon Jun 04, 07 12:06 pm Post subject:

sean wrote:

bagpuss wrote:

not wanting to sound like a google sales person but a google calendar could do it

Or of course a desk calendar. Or a paper diary.

but a desk calendar or a paper diary wouldn't send you an email or an sms to remind you of the thing you need to do nor would it fill out the entries for all months for perpetuity

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45432
Location: Essex

Posted: Mon Jun 04, 07 12:07 pm Post subject:

bagpuss wrote:

but a desk calendar or a paper diary wouldn't send you an email or an sms to remind you of the thing you need to do nor would it fill out the entries for all months for perpetuity

You tell him BP

bagpuss

Joined: 09 Dec 2004
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Location: cambridge

Posted: Mon Jun 04, 07 12:17 pm Post subject:

tahir wrote:

bagpuss wrote:

not wanting to sound like a google sales person but a google calendar could do it

But I use Outlook all day every day.

Which is indeed a fair point

a google calendar might not need to replace outlook though, there are alsorts of import/export options but changing which programs/utilities you use can be a real pain in the ass

james_so

Joined: 10 May 2006
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Location: Torbay, S. Devon

Posted: Mon Jun 04, 07 12:20 pm Post subject:
I would second the google calendar vote TBH. If you make an 'iGoogle' personalised homepage you can add it as a widget (so many widgets so little time) and then your calendar can be with you wherever you go so long as you can find a computer which is online..

mrutty

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 1578

Posted: Tue Jun 05, 07 7:56 am Post subject:
As long as you trust Google to secure your calender. Most companies ban it's use. When RIM first came to market we had a devil of a job to sell it into the corp space. I guess thinks in IT never change.

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