Re: Schedule appt by advancing 100 days

I was hoping for an automated function in Outlook such as Go to new date by
days, weeks, etc. I guess not. Perhaps a feature request.

Thanks.

;-)


"Daniel Mitchell [MVP]" <djmitchella@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> "TM" <benospam@hotmail.com> wrote in
> news:xHednfeLzNvd22ejXTWJgQ@comcast.com:
> > I'd like to be able to schedule a meeting 100 days from today. How do I
> > find the date without counting the actual days and then scheduling?
>
> Here's an ugly hack: Create a new recurring meeting. Set the recurrence
> pattern to be daily, every 100 days. Click on 'end after', set to 2
> occurences, then click on 'end by'. The "End by" box will now contain the
> last occurrence, which is the second one, which is thus 100 days from
today.
> Now remember that date, close down the recurrence you started, go to the
> date in question, and start your real meeting.
>
> There's probably a better way using VBA, but this does work, nasty though
> it is.
>
> -- dan