How do I navigate to a day 120 (or other number of) days from a specific date
without actually counting the days between them?

I know I can easily write a formula in Excel, but more often I need to do
this while looking at my Outlook calendar and scheduling certain events based
on definite time intervals.

So, if I schedule an event on a date and want to schedule a reminder exactly
60 days prior, I would ordinarily first copy the event to the same date and
then edit the copied event (by putting "60 day Reminder" after the subject
line) and then changing the date manually. I'd much rather just quickly
navigate to the correct date and paste the copy there.

Thanks for your help.

In the Calendar folder you can hit Ctrl-G (Go To) then enter a date followed
by '+60d' to go sixty days from the date.

"mastoreality" wrote in message
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How do I navigate to a day 120 (or other number of) days from a specific
date
without actually counting the days between them?

I know I can easily write a formula in Excel, but more often I need to do
this while looking at my Outlook calendar and scheduling certain events
based
on definite time intervals.

So, if I schedule an event on a date and want to schedule a reminder
exactly
60 days prior, I would ordinarily first copy the event to the same date
and
then edit the copied event (by putting "60 day Reminder" after the subject
line) and then changing the date manually. I'd much rather just quickly
navigate to the correct date and paste the copy there.

That is so great! I see it works for counting weeks too (e.g., +6w)!

Problem is, can I get it to work in REVERSE? I usually have a specific date
for an event and want to count BACKWARDS to set reminders. I tried using
'-60d' with no success. Any ideas?

"Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

In the Calendar folder you can hit Ctrl-G (Go To) then enter a date followed
by '+60d' to go sixty days from the date.

"mastoreality" wrote

How do I navigate to a day 120 (or other number of) days from a specific
date without actually counting the days between them?

I know I can easily write a formula in Excel, but more often I need to do
this while looking at my Outlook calendar and scheduling certain events
based on definite time intervals.

So, if I schedule an event on a date and want to schedule a reminder
exactly 60 days prior, I would ordinarily first copy the event to the same date
and then edit the copied event (by putting "60 day Reminder" after the subject
line) and then changing the date manually. I'd much rather just quickly
navigate to the correct date and paste the copy there.

minus doesn't work for negatives - try befo 60 days before.

for more tips:
http://www.slipstick.com/emo/2005/up...tm#naturaldate

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"mastoreality" wrote in message
...
That is so great! I see it works for counting weeks too (e.g., +6w)!

Problem is, can I get it to work in REVERSE? I usually have a specific
date
for an event and want to count BACKWARDS to set reminders. I tried using
'-60d' with no success. Any ideas?

"Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

In the Calendar folder you can hit Ctrl-G (Go To) then enter a date
followed
by '+60d' to go sixty days from the date.

"mastoreality" wrote

How do I navigate to a day 120 (or other number of) days from a
specific
date without actually counting the days between them?

I know I can easily write a formula in Excel, but more often I need to
do
this while looking at my Outlook calendar and scheduling certain events
based on definite time intervals.

So, if I schedule an event on a date and want to schedule a reminder
exactly 60 days prior, I would ordinarily first copy the event to the
same date
and then edit the copied event (by putting "60 day Reminder" after the
subject
line) and then changing the date manually. I'd much rather just
quickly
navigate to the correct date and paste the copy there.