Journal: Tracking time, activity by client

[ReOutlook]

With Outlook, 2002, I cannot figure out how to end up with some kind
of a list printout of all journal entries for a particular contact,
including time spent on tasks and phone calls; also a way to printout
all activity for all contacts for a month by contact. (The timeline
thing that you do get does not give me this information). Anyone know
the secret?

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

What about creating new table view on the Journal folder, grouped by contact?
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[ReOutlook]

Hi. Sue . This is a make or break issue as to whether or not to
continue with Outlook which I am just starting because it came with my
celfone. I guess I haven't really explained my issue. Here's the
question. With Outlook02 is there a way to view and print the complete
text (not a list) of all journal entries for a month or some other time
frame? Is there a way to do this segregated by contact for all records
over the full time period for which there are records? If not, is that
purposeful so that you need to buy some other software. If so, what
software, other than Time and Billing. I am using Daytimer 2000, which
does this well enough, but is no longer supported, etc. and needs to be
replaced. But if the information is in Outlook, there must be a way to
get it back out in some kind of a printable, usable record format?

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

You're the only one who can decide what a "printable, usable record format" is. Outlook has only one native format, the memo style, for printing the complete contents of any journal entry. If that format doesn't work for you, the only workarounds are to see if there's something at http://www.slipstick.com/addins/ that suits you or start writing your own VBA code.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[ReOutlook]

Thanks for your help so far. Does this mean that there is no possible
way to print out either (1) all journal entries for a given month in
complete form or (2) all journal entries at any time for a given
contact? What I have so far is that the options are (1) printing each
journal entry individually, or (2) printing a list, without the
content. (The link you provided game me some interesting add-on stuff,
but nothing that covers the two crucial questions, which makes me think
it must be possible already, but I just don't know how.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Again, I'm not sure what you mean by "complete form." Outlook's native printing does lists and individual items. "complete form" would seem to correspond to the lattter.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

Thanks for your help so far. Does this mean that there is no possible
way to print out either (1) all journal entries for a given month in
complete form or (2) all journal entries at any time for a given
contact? What I have so far is that the options are (1) printing each
journal entry individually, or (2) printing a list, without the
content. (The link you provided game me some interesting add-on stuff,
but nothing that covers the two crucial questions, which makes me think
it must be possible already, but I just don't know how.

You're the only one who can decide what a "printable, usable record format" is. Outlook has only one native format, the memo style, for printing the complete contents of any journal entry. If that format doesn't work for you, the only workarounds are to see if there's something at http://www.slipstick.com/addins/ that suits you or start writing your own VBA code.

Hi. Sue . This is a make or break issue as to whether or not to
continue with Outlook which I am just starting because it came with my
celfone. I guess I haven't really explained my issue. Here's the
question. With Outlook02 is there a way to view and print the complete
text (not a list) of all journal entries for a month or some other time
frame? Is there a way to do this segregated by contact for all records
over the full time period for which there are records? If not, is that
purposeful so that you need to buy some other software. If so, what
software, other than Time and Billing. I am using Daytimer 2000, which
does this well enough, but is no longer supported, etc. and needs to be
replaced. But if the information is in Outlook, there must be a way to
get it back out in some kind of a printable, usable record format?

Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] wrote:
What about creating new table view on the Journal folder, grouped by contact?

With Outlook, 2002, I cannot figure out how to end up with some kind
of a list printout of all journal entries for a particular contact,
including time spent on tasks and phone calls; also a way to printout
all activity for all contacts for a month by contact. (The timeline
thing that you do get does not give me this information). Anyone know
the secret?

 

[Guest]

Use the Import/Export feature to export the Journal data to a CSV file. Then
open the CSV in Excel and use the Auto Filter feature to find the entries you
want.

I do this to track all my time and activities.

Thanks,

Jon Moss

Thanks for your help so far. Does this mean that there is no possible
way to print out either (1) all journal entries for a given month in
complete form or (2) all journal entries at any time for a given
contact? What I have so far is that the options are (1) printing each
journal entry individually, or (2) printing a list, without the
content. (The link you provided game me some interesting add-on stuff,
but nothing that covers the two crucial questions, which makes me think
it must be possible already, but I just don't know how.

You're the only one who can decide what a "printable, usable record format" is. Outlook has only one native format, the memo style, for printing the complete contents of any journal entry. If that format doesn't work for you, the only workarounds are to see if there's something at http://www.slipstick.com/addins/ that suits you or start writing your own VBA code.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

Hi. Sue . This is a make or break issue as to whether or not to
continue with Outlook which I am just starting because it came with my
celfone. I guess I haven't really explained my issue. Here's the
question. With Outlook02 is there a way to view and print the complete
text (not a list) of all journal entries for a month or some other time
frame? Is there a way to do this segregated by contact for all records
over the full time period for which there are records? If not, is that
purposeful so that you need to buy some other software. If so, what
software, other than Time and Billing. I am using Daytimer 2000, which
does this well enough, but is no longer supported, etc. and needs to be
replaced. But if the information is in Outlook, there must be a way to
get it back out in some kind of a printable, usable record format?

Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] wrote:
What about creating new table view on the Journal folder, grouped by contact?

With Outlook, 2002, I cannot figure out how to end up with some kind
of a list printout of all journal entries for a particular contact,
including time spent on tasks and phone calls; also a way to printout
all activity for all contacts for a month by contact. (The timeline
thing that you do get does not give me this information). Anyone know
the secret?

 

[ReOutlook]

John. Thanks. At least we got some kind of useful answer on how to
make Microsoft's usual crippleware do something it ought to be able to
do with a push of a button, like print what is already recorded in the
system!