Default categories for Tasks

[Guest]

Can a default category be assigned to tasks in OL2003? My colleague uses the
Taskpad by the calendar, and it would save a lot of keypresses if his new
tasks came in with a particular category when he sets them up.

Thanks

Jonathan

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

How does he feel about using a custom form or VBA code? Or, perhaps more relevant, since you're the one posting here, how do you feel about supporting him in extending Outlook using one of those approaches?

 

[Guest]

Thanks Sue
I'm happy to support him with a custom form (which hadn't occurred to me)
but I am uncomfortable with VBA (which had). I've never gone into custom
forms except for email templates but will investigate the idea at once,
naturally including your website! If you have a specific pointer I would be
grateful.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Just create a new contact, add a category, then publish it as a custom form to the Tasks folder and make it the default form for that folder. See http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?ID=39

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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming:
Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators
http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54