Outlook calendar should allow colouring days to follow a routine

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If over a period of two weeks a regular important routine is followed. It
would be nice to be able to distinguish those days differently, just by the
background colour, from the non-routine days.

Example!

A person, A, is divorced and gets their kids for 6 days every 2 weeks, the
other parent, B, gets them for 8 days. The pattern repeats. A gets kids on
Friday and returns them the next Thursday, B gets them Thursday and gives
them back on the Friday. And so on.

By simply seeing the differently background-coloured days it would make
planning holidays, checking weekend free-time, much easier...

I am sure this can be applied to many other situations, for instance people
on shift patterns, etc.


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[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Use a recurring appointment and color it accordingly.

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After furious head scratching, MartinD asked:

| If over a period of two weeks a regular important routine is
| followed. It would be nice to be able to distinguish those days
| differently, just by the background colour, from the non-routine days.
|
| Example!
|
| A person, A, is divorced and gets their kids for 6 days every 2
| weeks, the other parent, B, gets them for 8 days. The pattern
| repeats. A gets kids on Friday and returns them the next Thursday, B
| gets them Thursday and gives them back on the Friday. And so on.
|
| By simply seeing the differently background-coloured days it would
| make planning holidays, checking weekend free-time, much easier...
|
| I am sure this can be applied to many other situations, for instance
| people on shift patterns, etc.
|
|
| ----------------
| This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
| suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click
| the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the
| button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft
| Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane.
|
|
http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...51cff&dg=microsoft.public.outlook.calendaring