Synching appts Outlook 2003 & 2000

[rarewolf]

I use Outlook from Ofc2003, but my wife uses Outlook from Ofc2000. If
I try to send her an appointment from my calendar, her Outlook doesn't
accept it as an appointment for her Calendar. Rather, it is treated as
a simple text-based message, including the full header and special code
intended for it to be an appt. However, synch'ing appointments does
work from her calendar to mine.

Is there a way to (1) configure my calendar for backward compatibility
or (2) to somehow enable her calendar?

TIA

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

1) double click on her address and make sure it's not set to always use
plain text. You need to use RTF.

2) do not set reminders on it before sending.

 

[rarewolf]

Thank you for your prompt and accurate response!

Not setting the reminder is what worked. However, I would hope that
this will be fixed in a future update for either version. [rant] It is
a bit of a hassle to create an appointment that requires a reminder, to
turn the reminder off, send it to ALL recipients (not knowing what
version they might use), ... and then re-open it and set the reminder,
and disable the update for others.[/rant]

cheerios