reminder question

[Villain]

Hello,

Can someone help me understand why reminders are not popping in front of
other programs that I may be working in? I was told that this is not the
same behavior as previous versions of office. For some more detail, here is
the scenario:

I have an appointment scheduled for 4:00PM. My reminder should go off at
3:30PM, according to the meeting organizer's settings. At 3:30, I'm working
on an Excel Document, and don't see the reminder. At 4:00, I get a call
asking why I am not at the meeting that I agreed to attend, and it's due to
the fact that my reminder did not pop up in my face to tell me that I had a
meeting.

Now, I do understand that there is the orange flashing notification in my
taskbar, however, if I hide the task bar (as the user in my scenario does),
or if I don't pay attention to those because a myriad of other programs
cause them to occur, I will miss the meeting reminders.

Is there a way to make the reminder come up, no matter what? Was this
something that happened in older versions of Office? (I was told that
during his 7 years at Microsoft, this always happened and meetings were
never missed. Yet I remember things different from Windows 98 and up with
Office 97 and up.)

Any thoughts or ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Quick question, are you using Plaxo?

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After furious head scratching, Villain asked:

| Hello,
|
| Can someone help me understand why reminders are not popping in front
| of other programs that I may be working in? I was told that this is
| not the same behavior as previous versions of office. For some more
| detail, here is the scenario:
|
| I have an appointment scheduled for 4:00PM. My reminder should go
| off at 3:30PM, according to the meeting organizer's settings. At
| 3:30, I'm working on an Excel Document, and don't see the reminder.
| At 4:00, I get a call asking why I am not at the meeting that I
| agreed to attend, and it's due to the fact that my reminder did not
| pop up in my face to tell me that I had a meeting.
|
| Now, I do understand that there is the orange flashing notification
| in my taskbar, however, if I hide the task bar (as the user in my
| scenario does), or if I don't pay attention to those because a myriad
| of other programs cause them to occur, I will miss the meeting
| reminders.
|
| Is there a way to make the reminder come up, no matter what? Was this
| something that happened in older versions of Office? (I was told that
| during his 7 years at Microsoft, this always happened and meetings
| were never missed. Yet I remember things different from Windows 98
| and up with Office 97 and up.)
|
| Any thoughts or ideas would be greatly appreciated.
|
| Thank you

 

[Villain]

No, I don't believe we are. What is Plaxo? I will ask my user if he has had
it in the past.

To my knowledge, after messing with it some more last night, I thought that
the behavior would be by design. That way, if you are typing away in a word
doc and the reminder comes up, you wouldn't accidentally close it as soon as
you hit the space bar. Since you'd be mid-typing, if the window comes up
and you hit the spacebar, it's the same as hitting the 'Dismiss' button, and
the reminder would close. Then, instead of it being that they are popping
up in the taskbar, they aren't coming up at all because they are being
inadvertantly closed.

Can you shed some light on this for me?

Thanks!

"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
Quick question, are you using Plaxo?

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, Villain asked:

| Hello,
|
| Can someone help me understand why reminders are not popping in front
| of other programs that I may be working in? I was told that this is
| not the same behavior as previous versions of office. For some more
| detail, here is the scenario:
|
| I have an appointment scheduled for 4:00PM. My reminder should go
| off at 3:30PM, according to the meeting organizer's settings. At
| 3:30, I'm working on an Excel Document, and don't see the reminder.
| At 4:00, I get a call asking why I am not at the meeting that I
| agreed to attend, and it's due to the fact that my reminder did not
| pop up in my face to tell me that I had a meeting.
|
| Now, I do understand that there is the orange flashing notification
| in my taskbar, however, if I hide the task bar (as the user in my
| scenario does), or if I don't pay attention to those because a myriad
| of other programs cause them to occur, I will miss the meeting
| reminders.
|
| Is there a way to make the reminder come up, no matter what? Was this
| something that happened in older versions of Office? (I was told that
| during his 7 years at Microsoft, this always happened and meetings
| were never missed. Yet I remember things different from Windows 98
| and up with Office 97 and up.)
|
| Any thoughts or ideas would be greatly appreciated.
|
| Thank you