Outlook 2003: Showing Calendar within Mail view

[Eric Baber]

Hi,

I've just upgraded from Office 2002 to Office 2003 and am trying to
replicate the view I had in Outlook 2002.

I used to have a screen split into three columns: the left-hand column
(about 1/4 of the screen width) had my inbox with all its sub-folders in it.

The middle column, which took up about 1/2 the screen width, had my list of
e-mails displayed horizontally across the top, and under that I had the
message window.

In the right-hand column, the remaining 1/4 or so of the screen, I had the
calendar view (which I could toggle between daily/monthly weekly view) and
below that I had my task bar.

I'm trying to replicate this in Outlook 2003 but can't seem to find a way.
I've discovered how to open up the Calendar in a new window, but that's not
what I want - I want to be able to view my inbox and its subfolders, the
from/subject lines etc of my e-mails, the body of a selected e-mails and my
Calendar all in one window. Is this possible in Outlook 2003?

Thanks

Eric

 

[Patricia Cardoza [Outlook MVP]]

You must have had a custom folder home page in Outlook 2002 because no
version of Outlook has ever been able to do that out of the box. Sorry.

--
Patricia Cardoza
Outlook MVP
Author - Special Edition Using Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
Lead Author - Access 2003 VBA Programmer's Reference
Author - Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft OneNote 2003

http://blogs.officezealot.com/cardoza
http://www.cardozasolutions.com

 

[Brian Tillman]

I used to have a screen split into three columns: the left-hand column
(about 1/4 of the screen width) had my inbox with all its sub-folders
in it.

The middle column, which took up about 1/2 the screen width, had my
list of e-mails displayed horizontally across the top, and under that
I had the message window.

In the right-hand column, the remaining 1/4 or so of the screen, I
had the calendar view (which I could toggle between daily/monthly
weekly view) and below that I had my task bar.

I'm trying to replicate this in Outlook 2003 but can't seem to find a
way.

I don't think there is a way any longer. The Calendar and Taskpad simply
won't display with the Inbox, or at least I can't find a way.

 

[Eric Baber]

I doubt it. I certainly didn't set up a custom folder (well, I may have
customised the view, but only using the generic tools found under File -
Edit - View etc), and neither did my systems admin. I'm trying to find
another maching running Outlook 2002 now to replicate the view I used to
have...

Eric

 

[Eric Baber]

How irritating. It was very useful being able to see e-mails AND your day's
calendar in one view.

In fact, the more I'm playing with Outlook 2003, the less impressed I am. It
seems to be substantially less customisable than 2002. How can I permanently
get rid of the "Favorite Folders" display in the top left-hand corner for
example? All I want is my list of All Mail Folders.

Thanks

Eric

 

[Patricia Cardoza [Outlook MVP]]

You can't. Sorry.

--
Patricia Cardoza
Outlook MVP
Author - Special Edition Using Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
Lead Author - Access 2003 VBA Programmer's Reference
Author - Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft OneNote 2003

http://blogs.officezealot.com/cardoza
http://www.cardozasolutions.com

How irritating. It was very useful being able to see e-mails AND your
day's
calendar in one view.

In fact, the more I'm playing with Outlook 2003, the less impressed I am.
It
seems to be substantially less customisable than 2002. How can I
permanently
get rid of the "Favorite Folders" display in the top left-hand corner for
example? All I want is my list of All Mail Folders.

Thanks

Eric

 

[Brian Tillman]

In fact, the more I'm playing with Outlook 2003, the less impressed I
am. It seems to be substantially less customisable than 2002. How can
I permanently get rid of the "Favorite Folders" display in the top
left-hand corner for example? All I want is my list of All Mail
Folders.

You can't in the Mail view, but you could certainly switch to the Folder
List view.

 

[Eric Baber]

You can't in the Mail view, but you could certainly switch to the Folder
List view.

Right, I've discovered that, but it resets itself every time I re-open
Outlook again to display the Favorite Folders again, right? I.e. there's no
way of changing the settings so that it opens in Folder List view?

Thanks

Eric

 

[Brian Tillman]

Right, I've discovered that, but it resets itself every time I re-open
Outlook again to display the Favorite Folders again, right? I.e.
there's no way of changing the settings so that it opens in Folder
List view?

For me, whatever view I had displaying when I close Outlook is the view that
displays again when I open it. Try a new mail profile or, with Outlook
closed, try deleting or renaming the file
%AppData%\Microsoft\Outlook\outcmd.dat.