stop recurrence event

[David Humphrey]

How do I stop a recurrence event without losing the
previous event logs in calendar? I had a recurrence time
slot set in the calendar that I wanted to terminate from
that day forward. When I tried to remove this recurrence
setting, it remove all the previous recurrence
appointments and data that was in the calendar.

Is there any way to recover the lost data?

Can you not change an recurrence appointment time slot
without affecting past calendar data? Is this feature
that inflexible or am I just ignorant? Well... I know I'm
ignorant and that's why Im asking for help.

 

[Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook]]

Try changing the recurrence setting to end the recurrence with the last real
copy of the event/meeting

 

[Guest]

Stopping or changing a recurrence has been a serious flaw in Outlook XP 2000 for me in this regard: Changing the date, or making an end specific after having entered "no end date" results in a dialog box warning of the loss of all previous exceptions. If you use the calendar as a record of previous appointments and you have to change a recurrence, you are apparently out of luck. Previous MVP has said that this is unavoidable in Outlook 2000.

Does Outlook 2003 correct this major flaw?

 

[Guest]

I'm having the exact same problem. there does not appear to be a way to stop recurrences without affecting previous exceptions. this obliterates the utility of the calendar for historical tracking (e.g. "where was I on..." questions) This is indeed a MAJOR issue for anyone using recurrence items that might not last forever. I left a job two weeks ago that had a staff meeting every week. sometimes the meeting changed, so my caledar item for that week was modified. Now I don't have the meeting anymore, but I'd like to keep a record of the fact that I was there a year ago

----- john z wrote: ----

Stopping or changing a recurrence has been a serious flaw in Outlook XP 2000 for me in this regard: Changing the date, or making an end specific after having entered "no end date" results in a dialog box warning of the loss of all previous exceptions. If you use the calendar as a record of previous appointments and you have to change a recurrence, you are apparently out of luck. Previous MVP has said that this is unavoidable in Outlook 2000.

Does Outlook 2003 correct this major flaw?

 

[Nikki Peterson [MVP - Outlook]]

When making a change to a recurring meeting you are offered the
option of changing:
1) Just that occurance or
2) Changing the entire recurring information

When you cancel just one occurance or change something you
should choose to only change the ONE occurance. This will
leave all previous information in tact.

If you are trying to change the recurring from that point on,
you should END the recurring on that date. This does not
remove any past information. You should then create a
NEW recurring reflecting the new information.

--
Nikki Peterson [MVP - Outlook]

I'm having the exact same problem. there does not appear to be a way to
stop recurrences without affecting previous exceptions. this obliterates
the utility of the calendar for historical tracking (e.g. "where was I
on..." questions) This is indeed a MAJOR issue for anyone using recurrence
items that might not last forever. I left a job two weeks ago that had a
staff meeting every week. sometimes the meeting changed, so my caledar item
for that week was modified. Now I don't have the meeting anymore, but I'd
like to keep a record of the fact that I was there a year ago.

----- john z wrote: -----

Stopping or changing a recurrence has been a serious flaw in Outlook XP
2000 for me in this regard: Changing the date, or making an end specific
after having entered "no end date" results in a dialog box warning of the
loss of all previous exceptions. If you use the calendar as a record of
previous appointments and you have to change a recurrence, you are
apparently out of luck. Previous MVP has said that this is unavoidable in
Outlook 2000.

Does Outlook 2003 correct this major flaw?