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Old November 19th 08, 10:11 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook
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Does anyone know how to import recurring appointments from an excel sheet?

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Old November 19th 08, 11:45 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook
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Not sure if it's possible but try creating one in Outlook then exporting the
Calendar folder to an XLS file then take a look at it to see how Outlook
does it.

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Does anyone know how to import recurring appointments from an excel sheet?

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Old November 20th 08, 12:12 AM posted to microsoft.public.outlook
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you can't import them as recurring - you need to set that field after
import.

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Does anyone know how to import recurring appointments from an excel sheet?

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Old November 20th 08, 08:51 AM posted to microsoft.public.outlook
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I figured as much... is there a way to create a recurring via an ICS file?

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you can't import them as recurring - you need to set that field after
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Old November 20th 08, 02:10 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook
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Sure, as long as you know how to write them. The easiest way to see how they
are written is to save an ics then open in notepad.

For most people, importing from excel then setting the recurring flag in
outlook is easier. Or just make single appointments in excel for each of
the dates. That is fairly simple using Excel formulas and features.

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"Vince Averello" wrote in message
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I figured as much... is there a way to create a recurring via an ICS file?

"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote in message
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you can't import them as recurring - you need to set that field after
import.



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Old November 20th 08, 03:22 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook
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"Vince Averello" wrote in message
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Not sure if it's possible but try creating one in Outlook then exporting
the Calendar folder to an XLS file then take a look at it to see how
Outlook does it.


You can't export recurring events. Outlook always makes you choose a range
of dates and then exports them as single items for the date range.
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Old November 20th 08, 04:20 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook
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Default using excel to import calendar appointments

Thanks everyone. I actually created it in outlook, exported it and added it
to the rest of my appointments. This was the easiest solution.

"********Meg" wrote in message
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Does anyone know how to import recurring appointments from an excel sheet?

Office 2003
Windows XP

Thanks



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Old November 20th 08, 04:45 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook
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"********Meg" wrote in message
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Thanks everyone. I actually created it in outlook, exported it


Hmmm. next time do it the EASY way. If it's only a small number of
appointments, just attach them to an email and send it to yourself. Or, if
it's a large number then create a new pst file in Outlook, copy the
appointments to it, close it and do the reverse in the instance of Outlook
you want to transfer the appointments to....

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Old November 20th 08, 05:46 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook
Vince Averello
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I love the 'not easy' method :-)

"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote in message
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Sure, as long as you know how to write them. The easiest way to see how
they are written is to save an ics then open in notepad.

For most people, importing from excel then setting the recurring flag in
outlook is easier. Or just make single appointments in excel for each
of the dates. That is fairly simple using Excel formulas and features.



 




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