Does Outlook need to be open to remind you of something?

[lazydroid]

I have Outlook 2002 and was just wondering whether the program would need to
be open for it to remind you of an appointment or a birthday, for
example...Is there a way for it to remind you of an appointment if the
program isn't in use?

TIA,
David

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

No, just like you can't read a Word document if Word is not open.

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After furious head scratching, lazydroid asked:

| I have Outlook 2002 and was just wondering whether the program would
| need to be open for it to remind you of an appointment or a birthday,
| for example...Is there a way for it to remind you of an appointment
| if the program isn't in use?
|
| TIA,
| David

 

[Swifty]

No, just like you can't read a Word document if Word is not open.

Indeed, but it would be nice if Outlook ran a small program as a service
to monitor the reminders when Outlook itself wasn't on duty.

For reminders I use Digital Postit Notes by 3M. By default it starts
itself when you logon, and mostly sits in the System Tray until if has
something to remind you about.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

Anytime some outside program accesses outlook data you risk problems - from
outlook not shutting down completely to the other app corrupting data. You
can run outlook 2002 and newer in the tray - it uses just a small amt of
resources, not much more than a reminder app would.

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Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
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