In Outlook 2007 (and future releases), I would like to see an option to setup
conditional formatting in the To-Do bar. For example, my appointments all
have the blue/white blend as the background color, but for appointments
within 24 hours, I would like to make that a yellow/white blend, and within 1
hour, a red/white blend so it really stands out. It would be nice to have a
conditional formatting dialog like Excel uses, or something with similar
functionality.

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1 hour is not doable - but you can use autoformatting to color items. right
click on the row of field names and choose customize. Under conditions, use
Due today in the autoformatting filter.


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"Jade Skaggs" Jade wrote in message
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In Outlook 2007 (and future releases), I would like to see an option to
setup
conditional formatting in the To-Do bar. For example, my appointments all
have the blue/white blend as the background color, but for appointments
within 24 hours, I would like to make that a yellow/white blend, and
within 1
hour, a red/white blend so it really stands out. It would be nice to have
a
conditional formatting dialog like Excel uses, or something with similar
functionality.

----------------
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suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
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Thanks for the response! I cannot seem to get that to work either though.
While today's appointments are properly colored in the calender view with the
auto formatting, the "To-Do bar" in my mail view does not reflect this
change.

Regardless, a higher time resolution would still be a nice feature, but if
you do have any tips on how to make your suggestion work, that would be
better than nothing.

Thanks again!


Jade

"Diane Poremsky" wrote:

1 hour is not doable - but you can use autoformatting to color items. right
click on the row of field names and choose customize. Under conditions, use
Due today in the autoformatting filter.


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"Jade Skaggs" Jade wrote in message
...
In Outlook 2007 (and future releases), I would like to see an option to
setup
conditional formatting in the To-Do bar. For example, my appointments all
have the blue/white blend as the background color, but for appointments
within 24 hours, I would like to make that a yellow/white blend, and
within 1
hour, a red/white blend so it really stands out. It would be nice to have
a
conditional formatting dialog like Excel uses, or something with similar
functionality.

----------------
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You need to customize the task view on the to-do bar.

In this screen shot, I show the menu (opened by r-clicking on the field
name) and the 3 messages that are flagged as due today are shown in maroon
italics. (Yes, I have a lot that are overdue. )
http://www.xsolive.com/Outlook%20Scr...mize-to-do.png

Unlike other folders, this task list supports just one view, so you can't
make multiple views to show different things.

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"Jade Skaggs" wrote in message
...
Thanks for the response! I cannot seem to get that to work either though.
While today's appointments are properly colored in the calender view with
the
auto formatting, the "To-Do bar" in my mail view does not reflect this
change.

Regardless, a higher time resolution would still be a nice feature, but if
you do have any tips on how to make your suggestion work, that would be
better than nothing.

Thanks again!


Jade

"Diane Poremsky" wrote:

1 hour is not doable - but you can use autoformatting to color items.
right
click on the row of field names and choose customize. Under conditions,
use
Due today in the autoformatting filter.


--
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Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
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"Jade Skaggs" Jade wrote in message
...
In Outlook 2007 (and future releases), I would like to see an option to
setup
conditional formatting in the To-Do bar. For example, my appointments
all
have the blue/white blend as the background color, but for appointments
within 24 hours, I would like to make that a yellow/white blend, and
within 1
hour, a red/white blend so it really stands out. It would be nice to
have
a
conditional formatting dialog like Excel uses, or something with
similar
functionality.

----------------
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suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the
"I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow
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I'm not sure that you really answered the right question, initially
Jade was asking about Appointments, not Tasks. You showed how to
filter tasks for today, not Appointments.

I love the new To-Do bar, I am planning on buying a copy of Outlook
2007 just to have it (currently using the trial). However, it is
confusing when I keep seeing that I have appointments, but they are
not appointments for today. A way to filter appointments, or do
coloring per Jade's suggestion, would be excellent.

Regards,
Doug


On Jan 9, 6:45*pm, "Diane Poremsky" wrote:
You need to customize the task view on the to-do bar.

In this screen shot, I show the menu (opened by r-clicking on the field
name) and the 3 messages that are flagged as due today are shown in maroon
italics. (Yes, I have a lot that are overdue. )http://www.xsolive.com/Outlook%20Scr...mize-to-do.png

Unlike other folders, this task list supports just one view, so you can't
make multiple views to show different things.

--
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Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Need Help with Common Tasks?http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
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"Jade Skaggs" wrote in message

...



Thanks for the response! *I cannot seem to get that to work either though.
While today's appointments are properly colored in the calender view with
the
auto formatting, the "To-Do bar" in my mail view does not reflect this
change.

Regardless, a higher time resolution would still be a nice feature, but if
you do have any tips on how to make your suggestion work, that would be
better than nothing.

Thanks again!

Jade

"Diane Poremsky" wrote:

1 hour is not doable - but you can use autoformatting to color items.
right
click on the row of field names and choose customize. Under conditions,
use
Due today in the autoformatting filter.

--
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/

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"Jade Skaggs" Jade wrote in message
...
In Outlook 2007 (and future releases), I would like to see an option to
setup
conditional formatting in the To-Do bar. *For example, my appointments
all
have the blue/white blend as the background color, but for appointments
within 24 hours, I would like to make that a yellow/white blend, and
within 1
hour, a red/white blend so it really stands out. *It would be nice to
have
a
conditional formatting dialog like Excel uses, or something with
similar
functionality.

----------------
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"I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow
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then
click "I Agree" in the message pane.

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