Multiple Reminder Change

[Guest]

I import an Access database to populate my Outlook calendar. The problem I'm
having is that the database does not have a reminder setting, so all of the
reminders on these imported activities are defaulting to "off" - no matter
that I have it set to default new calendar entries reminder="on".

Is there a simple way turn the reminder on for all entries in the calendar?

 

[Guest]

So I take it there is no answer for this?

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Export to Excel, change the obvious, reimport to Outlook.

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After furious head scratching, Thomas Dawe asked:

| So I take it there is no answer for this?
|
| "Thomas Dawe" wrote:
|
|| I import an Access database to populate my Outlook calendar. The
|| problem I'm having is that the database does not have a reminder
|| setting, so all of the reminders on these imported activities are
|| defaulting to "off" - no matter that I have it set to default new
|| calendar entries reminder="on".
||
|| Is there a simple way turn the reminder on for all entries in the
|| calendar?

 

[Guest]

We just changed our procedure recently which had us taking the Access
database, importing it to Excel, running a script, and then importing to
Outlook. Now we import directly from Access to Outlook. Seems like that
answer is a step in the direction we are trying to get away from. I would
rather beg the Access database owner for approval to add a Reminder on/off
column to the Access tables than have to add two additional steps to our
procedure.

Thanks for the response at any rate.

Thomas

 

[Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]]

That's really the fix you need. Have the Access DB use a Boolean reminder
field (plus the needed date fields for when the reminder should fire).