Outlook 2007: Hide Weekends?

[dejanews]

Previous versions of Outlook did not show Saturday and Sunday as
separate boxes on the calendar unless you enabled the option. Outlook
2007 _does_ show Saturday and Sunday as separate boxes, but the option
to shut it off seems to have vanished! Anyone know how to remove
Saturday/Sunday from the default calendar view, or at least combine
them into one box/column?

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

The week view has an option button to show only workdays. Compressed weekends in the month view are incompatible with the calendar overlay feature and thus no longer supported.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[dejanews]

Drat. The logic as to why they remove options that are already
available to customers eludes me.

Anyway, I appreciate your response on this. I was looking for an
answer for the past couple of weeks.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

In this case, the logic is pretty obvious: Overlay benefits more people than compressed weekends.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[dejanews]

We are only talking about a view, here. I don't see why the option to
compress weekends needs to be mutually exclusive to the overlay
feature.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Consider the complexity involved in overlaying a table within a table.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

We are only talking about a view, here. I don't see why the option to
compress weekends needs to be mutually exclusive to the overlay
feature.

In this case, the logic is pretty obvious: Overlay benefits more people than compressed weekends.

Drat. The logic as to why they remove options that are already
available to customers eludes me.

Anyway, I appreciate your response on this. I was looking for an
answer for the past couple of weeks.

Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] wrote:
The week view has an option button to show only workdays. Compressed weekends in the month view are incompatible with the calendar overlay feature and thus no longer supported.

Previous versions of Outlook did not show Saturday and Sunday as
separate boxes on the calendar unless you enabled the option. Outlook
2007 _does_ show Saturday and Sunday as separate boxes, but the option
to shut it off seems to have vanished! Anyone know how to remove
Saturday/Sunday from the default calendar view, or at least combine
them into one box/column?

 

[Guest]

Sue,

Respectfully that's why software engineers are hired, to make that happen.

Nospam

Consider the complexity involved in overlaying a table within a table.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

We are only talking about a view, here. I don't see why the option to
compress weekends needs to be mutually exclusive to the overlay
feature.

In this case, the logic is pretty obvious: Overlay benefits more people
than compressed weekends.

Drat. The logic as to why they remove options that are already
available to customers eludes me.

Anyway, I appreciate your response on this. I was looking for an
answer for the past couple of weeks.

Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] wrote:
The week view has an option button to show only workdays. Compressed
weekends in the month view are incompatible with the calendar overlay
feature and thus no longer supported.

messagePrevious versions of Outlook did not show Saturday and Sunday as
separate boxes on the calendar unless you enabled the option.
Outlook
2007 _does_ show Saturday and Sunday as separate boxes, but the
option
to shut it off seems to have vanished! Anyone know how to remove
Saturday/Sunday from the default calendar view, or at least combine
them into one box/column?

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

And they have to work within the resources available. Not everything on the list gets done ... ever.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

Sue,

Respectfully that's why software engineers are hired, to make that happen.

Nospam

Consider the complexity involved in overlaying a table within a table.

We are only talking about a view, here. I don't see why the option to
compress weekends needs to be mutually exclusive to the overlay
feature.

In this case, the logic is pretty obvious: Overlay benefits more people
than compressed weekends.

messageDrat. The logic as to why they remove options that are already
available to customers eludes me.

Anyway, I appreciate your response on this. I was looking for an
answer for the past couple of weeks.

Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] wrote:
The week view has an option button to show only workdays. Compressed
weekends in the month view are incompatible with the calendar overlay
feature and thus no longer supported.

messagePrevious versions of Outlook did not show Saturday and Sunday as
separate boxes on the calendar unless you enabled the option.
Outlook
2007 _does_ show Saturday and Sunday as separate boxes, but the
option
to shut it off seems to have vanished! Anyone know how to remove
Saturday/Sunday from the default calendar view, or at least combine
them into one box/column?

 

[dejanews]

"Consider the complexity involved in overlaying a table within a
table. "

Not really too complex, actually.

Consider the complexity involved in overlaying a table within a table.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

We are only talking about a view, here. I don't see why the option to
compressweekendsneeds to be mutually exclusive to the overlay
feature.

In this case, the logic is pretty obvious: Overlay benefits more people than compressedweekends.
Drat. The logic as to why they remove options that are already
available to customers eludes me.
Anyway, I appreciate your response on this. I was looking for an
answer for the past couple of weeks.
Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] wrote:
The week view has an option button to show only workdays. Compressedweekendsin the month view are incompatible with the calendar overlay feature and thus no longer supported.
Previous versions of Outlook did not show Saturday and Sunday as
separate boxes on the calendar unless you enabled the option. Outlook
2007 _does_ show Saturday and Sunday as separate boxes, but the option
to shut it off seems to have vanished! Anyone know how to remove
Saturday/Sunday from the default calendar view, or at least combine
them into one box/column?

 

[Guest]

I doubt we can change Microsoft's mind on this one, but I too wish they would
have left the option there to show compressed weekends. Seems like Outlook
is used mostly by business people and the weekend has far fewer
events/appointments than M-F, so most people don't need full sized/separate
boxes for both days.

 

[Guest]

Jimmyo5,

They didn't think about those who work non-traditional hours like myself
(nights, many weekends).

Franklin-Covey didn't think about a similar situation several years ago when
they made their planners. I complained about it and they changed their
planners so those on non-traditional schedules could use them the same way
as everyone else.

The MS Office team should visit this and make the compressed weekend option
available on the first update possible.

My humble opinion.

Nospam

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

If you have a retail version of Office/Outlook 2007, I suggest that you file a support incident on this issue. This is the best way to let Microsoft know that there's a problem with the application. Unlimited support for Office/Outlook 2007 is free for the first 90 days after activation. See http://support.microsoft.com/gp/vista_supoffnew for more information on this support policy.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers