"number of days" question

[Guest]

Is there a way in Outlook to:
(1) count the number of days between two dates? and/or
(2) move a specified number of days before or after a particular date?

I am an attorney new to the Outlook Calendar and frequently need to set
deadlines based on number of days from an event (such as court filing, etc).
I am sure there is a way, I just cannot seem to locate the information

 

[Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook]]

1 - Not sure if there's a quick way to do it
2 - While in the calendar hit Control-G (for Go To) and enter the date and a
addition or subtraction and it'll work. For example:
10/21/2005 + 90d should go 90 days out from today

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

1) No. While Outlook easily moves to a specific number of days after a date,
it can't easily calculate how many days between day 1 and day 2. Excel has a
formula that does it easily and I believe that chameleon clock and 1st clock
can do it too.

2) Moving ahead is easy - if you are moving ahead from the date in an open
appointment form, type 4d and outlook enters the date 4 days from the day
originally in the form. Or use Go to (Ctrl+g) to move there. Backwards is a
harder - you need to type 'before - outlook doesn't accept - (minus sign).

http://www.slipstick.com/emo/2005/up050818.htm#naturaldate
http://www.outlook-tips.net/archives/2003/20030721.htm

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