Turn off calendar background colors - Outlook 2007

[John]

Hi there,

Can anyone tell me how to turn off the background colors in Outlook 2007
calendar?

I have appointment items that are categorized and so carry their respective
color, whichis what I want, but I don't want the whole day colored that
color as well.

Any clues?

Thanks

John

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

tools, options, calendar options to change the color.

 

[John]

Hi Diane,

Thanks for you reply. Yes, I've come across this, but it only changes the
default background color (ie the background for an entire month). My
problem is that a day's background get's the same color as the appointment
item placed on it. So for example, if I have a "Personal" category of
yellow, and I add an appointment of that category to say Tuesday 4th, the
background color of Tuesday 4th becomes yellow too.

It seems to be linked to "Show as: Busy" field. I wonder if there's a
registry setting that could be changed to prevent this behaviour?

Thanks again

John

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

It's only all day events, isn't it? That can't be turned off - its shaded
using the calendar color if no category is assigned. Attentive and out of
office also shade the calendar blocks.

 

[John]

Hi Diane,

Oh yes, it is only all day events. Well not to worry and thanks for
checking.

I was having a quick look at the
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Outlook\Options\Calendar\UseSameColor"
but changing it had no effect. Do you know what that key does?

Thanks again

John

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

That forces all calendars to use the same color; instead of each a different
color.

 

[John]

I see. Thanks very much for your time Diane.

Best regards

John