Apologies for my lack of Outlook knowledge...

My company wish to implement the following in Outlook 2003 on Exchange
Server 2003 [SP2].

The staff create an appointment item with details of when they are out
of the office. They then send this to one of two 'managers' who can
then simply click on a button for this to be added to a public
calendar folder. Only the two managers would have the ability to add,
remove or amend anything in this public calendar but all staff can
view it.

Would this require a custom form? Would I have to delve into VB to get
this functionality?

Thanks in advance.

Yes, this would require a custom form, published to the Organizational Forms library on the Exchange server, and VBScript code behind that form.

FYI, there is a newsgroup specifically for Outlook forms issues "down the hall" at microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms or, via web interface, at http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm....program_forms

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

"Andy Thompson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Apologies for my lack of Outlook knowledge...
>
> My company wish to implement the following in Outlook 2003 on Exchange
> Server 2003 [SP2].
>
> The staff create an appointment item with details of when they are out
> of the office. They then send this to one of two 'managers' who can
> then simply click on a button for this to be added to a public
> calendar folder. Only the two managers would have the ability to add,
> remove or amend anything in this public calendar but all staff can
> view it.
>
> Would this require a custom form? Would I have to delve into VB to get
> this functionality?
>
> Thanks in advance.