Hi People, I need some help with an Outlook 2007 function.
In Calendar, you can select Automatic Formatting to color code appointments
automatically. If you click on the advanced tab, it is supposed to
automatically assign a category to an appointment. This is only working 1/2
way, as my Outlook will take the color and color code the appointment
correctly, but it is not categorizing the appointment. When I go to my
Outlook Today screen, the To-Do bar has my appointments but they are in the
standard blue color, not colored as they are in Calendar view. I have tried
the command line prompt " /remigratecategories" and that didn't help.
Does anyone have any ideas to fix this?
Thanks in advance for your help and replies.

Automatic formatting does not assign categories - it applies a view that
displays the appointments using a category color. The to-do bar appointments
show color physically assigned to the appointment.

BTW - when you physically assign a category, the automatic formatting does
not apply.

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"Daviddude" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi People, I need some help with an Outlook 2007 function.
> In Calendar, you can select Automatic Formatting to color code
> appointments
> automatically. If you click on the advanced tab, it is supposed to
> automatically assign a category to an appointment. This is only working
> 1/2
> way, as my Outlook will take the color and color code the appointment
> correctly, but it is not categorizing the appointment. When I go to my
> Outlook Today screen, the To-Do bar has my appointments but they are in
> the
> standard blue color, not colored as they are in Calendar view. I have
> tried
> the command line prompt " /remigratecategories" and that didn't help.
> Does anyone have any ideas to fix this?
> Thanks in advance for your help and replies.

Hi Diane, thanks for your reply.
I would think that it would categorize the appointment, because on the More
Choices tab, there is the Category button. I have my Outlook set to get the
color of the category from there, not the first tab labeled Appointments and
Meetings tab. Check it out and let me know your thoughts.

"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:

> Automatic formatting does not assign categories - it applies a view that
> displays the appointments using a category color. The to-do bar appointments
> show color physically assigned to the appointment.
>
> BTW - when you physically assign a category, the automatic formatting does
> not apply.
>
> --
> Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
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>
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>
> "Daviddude" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:660A39E6-58E0-4104-9287-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hi People, I need some help with an Outlook 2007 function.
> > In Calendar, you can select Automatic Formatting to color code
> > appointments
> > automatically. If you click on the advanced tab, it is supposed to
> > automatically assign a category to an appointment. This is only working
> > 1/2
> > way, as my Outlook will take the color and color code the appointment
> > correctly, but it is not categorizing the appointment. When I go to my
> > Outlook Today screen, the To-Do bar has my appointments but they are in
> > the
> > standard blue color, not colored as they are in Calendar view. I have
> > tried
> > the command line prompt " /remigratecategories" and that didn't help.
> > Does anyone have any ideas to fix this?
> > Thanks in advance for your help and replies.
>

it is not actually putting a category in the category field - it is just
using the category within that specific view. As soon as you change the
view, the "category" is gone. if you want a category on the item
permanently you need to physically add it.

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"Daviddude" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:A88FB76B-1343-491C-8CED-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi Diane, thanks for your reply.
> I would think that it would categorize the appointment, because on the
> More
> Choices tab, there is the Category button. I have my Outlook set to get
> the
> color of the category from there, not the first tab labeled Appointments
> and
> Meetings tab. Check it out and let me know your thoughts.
>
> "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Automatic formatting does not assign categories - it applies a view that
>> displays the appointments using a category color. The to-do bar
>> appointments
>> show color physically assigned to the appointment.
>>
>> BTW - when you physically assign a category, the automatic formatting
>> does
>> not apply.
>>
>> --
>> Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
>> Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
>> Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com
>>
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>> mailto:dailytips-subscribe-(E-Mail Removed)
>>
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>>
>> You can access this newsgroup by visiting
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>> your
>> newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com.
>>
>>
>> "Daviddude" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:660A39E6-58E0-4104-9287-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > Hi People, I need some help with an Outlook 2007 function.
>> > In Calendar, you can select Automatic Formatting to color code
>> > appointments
>> > automatically. If you click on the advanced tab, it is supposed to
>> > automatically assign a category to an appointment. This is only working
>> > 1/2
>> > way, as my Outlook will take the color and color code the appointment
>> > correctly, but it is not categorizing the appointment. When I go to my
>> > Outlook Today screen, the To-Do bar has my appointments but they are in
>> > the
>> > standard blue color, not colored as they are in Calendar view. I have
>> > tried
>> > the command line prompt " /remigratecategories" and that didn't help.
>> > Does anyone have any ideas to fix this?
>> > Thanks in advance for your help and replies.
>>