PatJennings wrote:
>>>>>>> Using Outlook 2002.
>>>>>>> Whenever I go to set a time for a follow-up to an email and
>>>>>>> open up the time drop-down, it defaults to 11PM - hardly the
>>>>>>> time I will likely be following-up. How can I set it to 8AM?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Tools - Options - Calendar should have settings as to when the
>>>>>> work day starts. Is it currently set to 11p?
>>>>>
>>>>> No, the workday is set to start at 8AM and end at 5PM.
>>>>
>>>> Ok. When you first go into Add Reminder, the drop down is blank
>>>> right? The issue is just that when you click the dropdown arrow
>>>> for the field, the first entry it selects is 11:00 PM? Is that
>>>> the first or last entry in the dropdown list?
>>>>
>>>> The odd part about that is that it is 11:00PM. In 2003, it's
>>>> 12:00AM (it makes sense that the beginning of the day would be at
>>>> the top of the field.
>>>>
>>>> In 2007, Add Reminder has better functionality where the Due By is
>>>> set to an hour before your end of workday (iirc, or it's just for
>>>> 4pm) on Today.
>>>>
>>>> Taking a closer look, this might not be changeable. I think I was
>>>> misunderstanding initially (and I'm used to certain fields that do
>>>> work with your workday).
>>>
>>> Just to clarify: I am adding a Follow-up to an email by right
>>> clicking on the email and selecting "Follow-up". There is a little
>>> red flag preceding the words Follow up. Then the "Flag for
>>> Follow-Up" dialogue box opens. There is no date in the "Due by"
>>> box. Clicking the drop down reveals the monthly calendar. To the
>>> right of the Due By box is a box with the word "None" appearing. When
>>> clicking the drop down arrow, the time in half-hour increments
>>> appears. That which is presented is the bottom of the list: 8:30PM
>>> through 11:30PM. Scrolling to the top of the list shows that
>>> 12:00AM is at the top.
>>
>> Ok, well, first, the good news. What's happening is, likely,
>> fixable, tho at this moment, I haven't a clue what could be causing
>> the drop down box to go to the *end* of the box rather than the
>> beginning. The bad news is that even when we fix that, the dropdown box
>> will
>> start at the beginning which is, as you've seen, 12:00am, which
>> isn't any more likely to be useful than 11:30pm. So, while yes,
>> something on your system is behaving oddly, fixing it won't resolve
>> the issue you want resolved. The good/bad news is that Microsoft
>> recognized that when someone
>> does a Follow-Up tag on an email, they likely want a reminder so it
>> defaults to a 'normal' time (1 hour before the end of the work day,
>> whatever it may be), so that is what it does in Outlook 2007.
>
> Thanks for your note. I would rather scroll down to 8AM than back to
> 8AM. If is just a consistency thing with me.
I've been trying to find a similar control on some other form somewhere in
Windows but haven't found one yet, so, have you tried a Detect and Repair?
It is, indeed, a shot in the dark, but I've seen it fix odder issues.
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f.h.
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