Can you make Outlook 2007 calendar look like Outlook 2003

[Guest]

I REALLY HATE the now Outlook 2007 calendar layout. The shaded graphics
might look nice in an advertisement, but they are nothing but a square inch
hog for real life use. You can't see a full week in one window without
scrolling and to see more than a few words of an appointment you need to
mouse over it.

The Outlook 2003 layout was nearly perfect. It there any way to get rid of
the annoying graphical boxes and get a layout similar to 2003?

Again, I REALLLLLLLY HATE this new layout. The Calendar display is useless.

 

[Gordon]

You can't see a full week in one window without scrolling

Doesn't happen here - I can see all seven days at once on a 14" laptop
monitor....

 

[Diane Poremsky]

I'm not sure what you mean by graphical boxes and "similar layout" to 2003
as the calendars are very similar. The days will be larger if you slide the
to do pane so its smaller, same for the navigation pane on the left.

 

[Guest]

When you display a WEEK on Outlook 2003 there are only TWO columns instead of
seven so you can see the majority of the text without expanding the
appointment. Saturday and Sunday each take up one HALF box so there are three
days in one column and four in the other.

The layouts are COMPLETELY different. 2007 has 7 columns wide so the space
available for displaying the appointment is 60% smaller than with 2003.

If you have used Outlook 2003 or 2000 or XP and used the week view, this
should be very clear to you. The entire week fits very nicely in one screen
with no scrolling. The exception is when you have a day with lots of
appointments. Then that day would need to be scrolled.

So let's make sure we are comparing the same. I am talking about the
comparison of the Week View in Outlook 2007 compared to that in 2000, 2003 or
XP.

 

[Brian Tillman]

When you display a WEEK on Outlook 2003 there are only TWO columns
instead of seven so you can see the majority of the text without
expanding the appointment. Saturday and Sunday each take up one HALF
box so there are three days in one column and four in the other.

The layouts are COMPLETELY different. 2007 has 7 columns wide so the
space available for displaying the appointment is 60% smaller than
with 2003.

Outlook 2003 had the "Work Week" view and that's the columnar view you're
describing. Outlook 2007 did away with that, I believe, and has only the
two column seven-day Week view, which matches Outlook 2003's seven-day Week
view.

 

[Diane Poremsky]

The 2 column week view is not available in Outlook 2007, just a column view
for work week and calendar week. Unfortunately there are no plans to bring
it back. The closest you can get to it is using the month view and selecting
2 weeks in the navigation calendar.

If you are using a retail version of outlook and installed it within the
last 90 days, you can open a free support incident so that Microsoft knows
users want it back.

Info on the free support: http://support.microsoft.com/gp/vista_supoffnew

To find the contact information for the application use the wizard -
http://support.microsoft.com/gp/assistsupport

It's very important that anyone who misses the Week view contacts
Microsoft - it’s the only way it will come back unless an enterprising
developer releases a utility that can reproduce the view.

 

[Brian Tillman]

The 2 column week view is not available in Outlook 2007, just a
column view for work week and calendar week.

I'll have to check again, but I thought sure my week view showed two columns
last night when I tried it.

 

[Diane Poremsky]

not the planner style view that was in all previous version with 2 columns
and Sat/Sun sharing the last cell in the second column. Best you can do is
2 weeks in the month view - not the same, but it gives you appointments
without the time grid, which is why people used the missing week view.

 

[Brian Tillman]

not the planner style view that was in all previous version with 2
columns and Sat/Sun sharing the last cell in the second column. Best
you can do is 2 weeks in the month view - not the same, but it gives
you appointments without the time grid, which is why people used the
missing week view.

I must have gotten it backward, then.

 

[Phil Seeman]

"An enterprising developer" already has!

Jim, I recently posted a free add-in, More Productive Tools for Outlook,
that includes (along with providing a bunch of other features) an
Outlook-compatible Calendar window; which has the good old Outlook 2003 Week
view as one of its available views. The add-in is available at
www.moreproductivenow.com.

Phil Seeman,
More Productive Now!

 

[Diane Poremsky]

is that in the widget? how do you change views?

 

[Diane Poremsky]

never mind... I bet it's the open calendar option that keeps crashing. I
thought it went to outlook's calendar. <g>

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is that in the widget? how do you change views?

 

[dean]

Has anyone found a fix or solution for this? I just recently upgraded
to Office 2007 about a week ago and I have been going nuts trying to
find a way to use the old layout. I am almost ready to uninstall 2007
and go back to 2003 just for that calendar view, because it is a vital
part of our scheduling in our company.

Thanks,

Dean

 

[Brian Tillman]

Has anyone found a fix or solution for this? I just recently upgraded
to Office 2007 about a week ago and I have been going nuts trying to
find a way to use the old layout. I am almost ready to uninstall 2007
and go back to 2003 just for that calendar view, because it is a vital
part of our scheduling in our company.

The two column, compressed weekend view is gone in 2007.

 

[Gordon]

Has anyone found a fix or solution for this? I just recently upgraded
to Office 2007 about a week ago and I have been going nuts trying to
find a way to use the old layout. I am almost ready to uninstall 2007
and go back to 2003 just for that calendar view, because it is a vital
part of our scheduling in our company.

Thanks,

Dean

So you didn't test it first? Does your IT dept know you have installed 2007?

 

[randalldavis]

I was given Office 2007 but can't stand to use it because of the calendar
view's. I heard Microsoft released a template for 2007 that gives the 2003
views back, but I can't seem to find it. Was I lied too or does someone know
where I can find it. I would like to use 2007 but can't stand the Calendar
views
Randall

 

[Brian Tillman]

I was given Office 2007 but can't stand to use it because of the
calendar view's. I heard Microsoft released a template for 2007 that
gives the 2003 views back, but I can't seem to find it. Was I lied
too or does someone know where I can find it. I would like to use
2007 but can't stand the Calendar views

I've not heard of such a template.

 

[Diane Poremsky]

nothing from MS that I am aware of, other than the calendar printing
assistant, but it has nothing to do with views.

this app http://www.moreproductivenow.com/software.htm reproduces some of
the missing views but not within outlook.

 

[johncat]

Diane, it sounded as if you tried that option that phil posted??? Did it not
work???

 

[Stacee]

How do you get the two week view! We miss the old week view too.