In Day/Week/Month view, why doesn't reminder appear in calendar it

[JTarzan]

In 2003, if you'd set a reminder on a calendar entry, a small flaglike
indicator of that reminder was viewable on the calendar - similar to how
recurrences and private messages were flagged (recurrences have the circular
arrows and private messages have the "lock" image). Now, with 2007, it seems
there's absolutely no way (to my knowledge and I've been searching
everywhere) to reveal that a reminder is set without opening the calendar
meeting/item.

I don't want to take for granted that a meeting's reminder is in place. And
I don't want to open every calendar item, every time I want to know this.
With as many meetings as I have on my calendar, I depend on my reminders.
What I fear is that I'll think a reminder is set (and how am I to know at a
glance?) and it won't be, and I'll be missing important meetings.

This seems like a major oversight in design. It should at least be an
optional view for those who want to know which meetings on their calendar
have set reminders.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

the reminder icon was removed to reduce clutter with the overlays. You can
see it in a table view or use autoformatting rules to highlight items
without reminders.

See http://www.slipstick.com/emo/2008/up080821.htm#2

--
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[JTarzan]

I appreciate your response, but the alternatives aren't workable for several
reasons. For one, I use colors on my calendar. For another, I don't simply
want to highlight meetings without reminders, and I can't if colors are used.
I could go on.

"The Bell" is not clutter. It should be optional to those who clearly want
it, use it and need it to maximize their use of Outlook Calendar. In
addressing usership needs, it's important to find viable solutions. Those
supplied fall far short and I'm certain I'm not alone in this opinion.

the reminder icon was removed to reduce clutter with the overlays. You can
see it in a table view or use autoformatting rules to highlight items
without reminders.

See http://www.slipstick.com/emo/2008/up080821.htm#2

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]





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In 2003, if you'd set a reminder on a calendar entry, a small flaglike
indicator of that reminder was viewable on the calendar - similar to how
recurrences and private messages were flagged (recurrences have the
circular
arrows and private messages have the "lock" image). Now, with 2007, it
seems
there's absolutely no way (to my knowledge and I've been searching
everywhere) to reveal that a reminder is set without opening the calendar
meeting/item.

I don't want to take for granted that a meeting's reminder is in place.
And
I don't want to open every calendar item, every time I want to know this.
With as many meetings as I have on my calendar, I depend on my reminders.
What I fear is that I'll think a reminder is set (and how am I to know at
a
glance?) and it won't be, and I'll be missing important meetings.

This seems like a major oversight in design. It should at least be an
optional view for those who want to know which meetings on their calendar
have set reminders.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

Unfortunately, those are the only alternatives available. It's highly
unlikely that anything will change in Outlook 2007.

Microsoft is aware that some people want the bell back but I don't know yet
if it will be in the next version.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]





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I appreciate your response, but the alternatives aren't workable for
several
reasons. For one, I use colors on my calendar. For another, I don't
simply
want to highlight meetings without reminders, and I can't if colors are
used.
I could go on.

"The Bell" is not clutter. It should be optional to those who clearly
want
it, use it and need it to maximize their use of Outlook Calendar. In
addressing usership needs, it's important to find viable solutions. Those
supplied fall far short and I'm certain I'm not alone in this opinion.

the reminder icon was removed to reduce clutter with the overlays. You
can
see it in a table view or use autoformatting rules to highlight items
without reminders.

See http://www.slipstick.com/emo/2008/up080821.htm#2

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]





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In 2003, if you'd set a reminder on a calendar entry, a small flaglike
indicator of that reminder was viewable on the calendar - similar to
how
recurrences and private messages were flagged (recurrences have the
circular
arrows and private messages have the "lock" image). Now, with 2007, it
seems
there's absolutely no way (to my knowledge and I've been searching
everywhere) to reveal that a reminder is set without opening the
calendar
meeting/item.

I don't want to take for granted that a meeting's reminder is in place.
And
I don't want to open every calendar item, every time I want to know
this.
With as many meetings as I have on my calendar, I depend on my
reminders.
What I fear is that I'll think a reminder is set (and how am I to know
at
a
glance?) and it won't be, and I'll be missing important meetings.

This seems like a major oversight in design. It should at least be an
optional view for those who want to know which meetings on their
calendar
have set reminders.

 

[JTarzan]

Thanks, Diane. Perhaps I should continue making my interest known. "The
squeaky wheel...."

Unfortunately, those are the only alternatives available. It's highly
unlikely that anything will change in Outlook 2007.

Microsoft is aware that some people want the bell back but I don't know yet
if it will be in the next version.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]





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I appreciate your response, but the alternatives aren't workable for
several
reasons. For one, I use colors on my calendar. For another, I don't
simply
want to highlight meetings without reminders, and I can't if colors are
used.
I could go on.

"The Bell" is not clutter. It should be optional to those who clearly
want
it, use it and need it to maximize their use of Outlook Calendar. In
addressing usership needs, it's important to find viable solutions. Those
supplied fall far short and I'm certain I'm not alone in this opinion.

the reminder icon was removed to reduce clutter with the overlays. You
can
see it in a table view or use autoformatting rules to highlight items
without reminders.

See http://www.slipstick.com/emo/2008/up080821.htm#2

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]





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In 2003, if you'd set a reminder on a calendar entry, a small flaglike
indicator of that reminder was viewable on the calendar - similar to
how
recurrences and private messages were flagged (recurrences have the
circular
arrows and private messages have the "lock" image). Now, with 2007, it
seems
there's absolutely no way (to my knowledge and I've been searching
everywhere) to reveal that a reminder is set without opening the
calendar
meeting/item.

I don't want to take for granted that a meeting's reminder is in place.
And
I don't want to open every calendar item, every time I want to know
this.
With as many meetings as I have on my calendar, I depend on my
reminders.
What I fear is that I'll think a reminder is set (and how am I to know
at
a
glance?) and it won't be, and I'll be missing important meetings.

This seems like a major oversight in design. It should at least be an
optional view for those who want to know which meetings on their
calendar
have set reminders.

 

[Mike Frazer]

I agree with JTarzan. I found the bell icon very convenient. I have been
using Outlook 2007 for about a year now, and have missed several appointments
that others have scheduled, simply because I was unaware they had not set a
reminder on the appointment. The fact that reminders were missing would have
been glaringly obvious to me in Outlook 2003, thanks to the bell icon. Now I
must switch to a different view to see it? Isn't there a reason we
participate in the user experience program? I think Microsoft fell a bit
short with the decision to silence the bell icon.

Unfortunately, those are the only alternatives available. It's highly
unlikely that anything will change in Outlook 2007.

Microsoft is aware that some people want the bell back but I don't know yet
if it will be in the next version.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]





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I appreciate your response, but the alternatives aren't workable for
several
reasons. For one, I use colors on my calendar. For another, I don't
simply
want to highlight meetings without reminders, and I can't if colors are
used.
I could go on.

"The Bell" is not clutter. It should be optional to those who clearly
want
it, use it and need it to maximize their use of Outlook Calendar. In
addressing usership needs, it's important to find viable solutions. Those
supplied fall far short and I'm certain I'm not alone in this opinion.

the reminder icon was removed to reduce clutter with the overlays. You
can
see it in a table view or use autoformatting rules to highlight items
without reminders.

See http://www.slipstick.com/emo/2008/up080821.htm#2

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]





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In 2003, if you'd set a reminder on a calendar entry, a small flaglike
indicator of that reminder was viewable on the calendar - similar to
how
recurrences and private messages were flagged (recurrences have the
circular
arrows and private messages have the "lock" image). Now, with 2007, it
seems
there's absolutely no way (to my knowledge and I've been searching
everywhere) to reveal that a reminder is set without opening the
calendar
meeting/item.

I don't want to take for granted that a meeting's reminder is in place.
And
I don't want to open every calendar item, every time I want to know
this.
With as many meetings as I have on my calendar, I depend on my
reminders.
What I fear is that I'll think a reminder is set (and how am I to know
at
a
glance?) and it won't be, and I'll be missing important meetings.

This seems like a major oversight in design. It should at least be an
optional view for those who want to know which meetings on their
calendar
have set reminders.