Create a searchable daily record of events log in Outlook

It would be of great advantage if MS Outlook had some way of intering daily
records of events that could be searched. For example, if I worked on a
project where I had to schedule a sample to be taken. It would be nice to
have some way of searching back through the calendar to find when the sample
was taken and what those results were without having to block out time on the
calendar.

Is there some other product that will work with MS Outlook to do this type
of record keeping and searhability? This is one of the items that Franklin
Covey offers in their software.

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http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...ook.calendaring

That sounds like what the Journal folder was designed to do.

--
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
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"Ted" <Ted@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:E25B9C91-8A73-4FDB-8FFE-77EB3A5248C0@microsoft.com...
> It would be of great advantage if MS Outlook had some way of intering daily
> records of events that could be searched. For example, if I worked on a
> project where I had to schedule a sample to be taken. It would be nice to
> have some way of searching back through the calendar to find when the sample
> was taken and what those results were without having to block out time on the
> calendar.
>
> Is there some other product that will work with MS Outlook to do this type
> of record keeping and searhability? This is one of the items that Franklin
> Covey offers in their software.
>
> ----------------
> This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
> suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
> Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this
> link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
> click "I Agree" in the message pane.
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...ook.calendaring

Using the journal would work, but it does not tie your record to a date. What
I would like to see is something that is tied in with the calendar so that
dates, times, people, places, etc can be searched and I do not have to have a
file for each day. What I do now is have a daily repeating task called DRE
and put all my information in the notes section. This works great with one
exception. MS Outlook will not search the notes section and that is the
problem.

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

> That sounds like what the Journal folder was designed to do.
>
> --
> 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
>
> "Ted" <Ted@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:E25B9C91-8A73-4FDB-8FFE-77EB3A5248C0@microsoft.com...
> > It would be of great advantage if MS Outlook had some way of intering daily
> > records of events that could be searched. For example, if I worked on a
> > project where I had to schedule a sample to be taken. It would be nice to
> > have some way of searching back through the calendar to find when the sample
> > was taken and what those results were without having to block out time on the
> > calendar.
> >
> > Is there some other product that will work with MS Outlook to do this type
> > of record keeping and searhability? This is one of the items that Franklin
> > Covey offers in their software.
> >
> > ----------------
> > This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
> > suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
> > Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this
> > link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
> > click "I Agree" in the message pane.
> >
> > http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...ook.calendaring
>

> it does not tie your record to a date.

So what is the Start Time control on the journal form doing, if not tying the entry to a date?

--
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

"Ted" <Ted@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:08BCF3F6-2646-49A1-8E17-C98322673BE3@microsoft.com...
> Using the journal would work, but it does not tie your record to a date. What
> I would like to see is something that is tied in with the calendar so that
> dates, times, people, places, etc can be searched and I do not have to have a
> file for each day. What I do now is have a daily repeating task called DRE
> and put all my information in the notes section. This works great with one
> exception. MS Outlook will not search the notes section and that is the
> problem.
>
> "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:
>
>> That sounds like what the Journal folder was designed to do.

>> "Ted" <Ted@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:E25B9C91-8A73-4FDB-8FFE-77EB3A5248C0@microsoft.com...
>> > It would be of great advantage if MS Outlook had some way of intering daily
>> > records of events that could be searched. For example, if I worked on a
>> > project where I had to schedule a sample to be taken. It would be nice to
>> > have some way of searching back through the calendar to find when the sample
>> > was taken and what those results were without having to block out time on the
>> > calendar.
>> >
>> > Is there some other product that will work with MS Outlook to do this type
>> > of record keeping and searhability? This is one of the items that Franklin
>> > Covey offers in their software.
>> >
>> > ----------------
>> > This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
>> > suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
>> > Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this
>> > link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
>> > click "I Agree" in the message pane.
>> >
>> > http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...ook.calendaring
>>