Make More Categories Visible?

[David H]

It seems that clicking on the categories icon shows exactly 15 categories and if I want to select one that is not shown (i.e. since I have more than 15) I need to then click "all categories". Is there any way to make more than 15 categories show in the drop down list? There is absolutely no reason for this limitation, it should be able to show 40 if I want it to.

Thank You

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

No, not in the version. IMHO, the worst limitation is the inability to type
a category - there is no reason to require the category picker.

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[Michael Bauer [MVP - Outlook]]

David, dropdown list shows only up to the last 15 categories you have used.
Maybe you want to try Category Manager (link in my signature), you can
configure its sidebar to show whatever you want.

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Am Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:30:20 -0500 schrieb David H:

It seems that clicking on the categories icon shows exactly 15 categories

and if I want to select one that is not shown (i.e. since I have more than
15) I need to then click "all categories". Is there any way to make more
than 15 categories show in the drop down list? There is absolutely no
reason for this limitation, it should be able to show 40 if I want it to.

 

[David H]

Thank you Mark, I will try it!

 

[David H]

Mark, looks very cool! Might be just what I am looking for.

I have a few more questions (for you and everyone else) that could perhaps use a different thread but I will put here. I am using the Netcentrics GTD plugin. I am not in any way married to it but one thing it does which is critical is creates some Task views I really like such as grouping by Project, then by tasks. However I need to add some more functionality to my views. Specifically I would like to be able to:

1. Have one view that shows ALL my tasks.

2. Have another view that shows all my project tasks.

3. Have another view that shows all my service related tasks.

4. Have another view that shows all my opportunities.

I could easily do 2,3 & 4 by creating different task folders. But if I do it that way then I do not see any easy way to create a view, perhaps in a 4th task folder that achieves 1?

So IF I am right about that, I need to keep all my tasks in the same folder. And then create one type of view that only shows Projects, another that only shows Service Orders etc. But I would also want Service Orders to show up in a hierarchy, i.e. Service Order>Tasks assigned to service order. This seems not too practical to do using categories. Top sum up, I would like these views, what are your suggestions?

(Grouping)
Project>Tasks (this view I already have with my GTD plugin)

(Grouping)
Opportunity>Tasks

(Grouping)
Service Issue>Tasks

As you can see, what I would really like is just to be able to duplicate my GTD view *separately* for opportunities and service issues.

In case someone suggests it, I do NOT want to use a product such as BCM because I am on hosted Exchange, so if I use any add-ons they need to work across multiple users computers on Exchange (which BCM will not do).

Thanks for any suggestions, I hope I have explained this well