unable to display day view in Calendar

[David Lines]

I am incrediably frustrated with a fault that has
developed in Calendar in Outlook 2003. There has always
been a fault in previous versions of Calendar and
including 2003, that when you clicked on "find", gave it
some search parameters, the results would be displayed in
a list form, similar to email. The fault was, it would
then accept this as the default view for the calendar.

You would need to click View then choose 1, 5 7, what-ever
to get your view back. But now my calendar refuses to
give me these options. It will only display in list view
which is completely useless. YES I have removed all
filters.

I have had to create another calendar called test- then
change to that calendar which displays correctly and also
shows in the "My Calendars" box both of the calendars,
put a tick in the real Calendar as wel as test- which
shows both calendars in day view - then untick Test to
view the real calendar correctly.

I can't tell you how frustrating this is. With the test
calendar slected - 1 day, 5 day etc views are selectable.
With the real Calendar selected they are not. I NEVER
want to see my calendar in a list view -

When is the first servicepack coming out for office
2k3??? I can't wait!

 

[Jocelyn Fiorello [MVP - Outlook]]

Closing the Find bar doesn't bring back your original view? It works that
way for me in Outlook 2003...I start in Week view (7 days), click the Find
button, and the Find bar appears above the Calendar. I put a search keyword
in the Look for box and then click Find Now. It gives me a list of matches.
Then I click the X at the right end of the Find bar and the list disappears,
and my Week view reappears.

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MVP - Outlook

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[Mike]

I am having the exact same problem. My calendar is
allways in list view now. I tried re-installing outlook
but that has not helped.

Mike

 

[Guest]

Your right, click the X at the right end of the Find bar
and the list disappears. BUT!! If you happen to double
click on one of those itms in the list good old outlook
takes list as default.

Now it has always done this since 97 or 98. You just
choose 1 or 5 or 7 day view and your back in business.
Unfortunately I do not get those options. Outlook does
not believe calendar is infact a calendar so does not
present those options too me.

As I said, the only out is to click my test calendar
which shows up in day view, click calendar which then
shows two calendars in day view then unclick test to leave
my real calendar in day view. Once I am there, 1 5 7
days etc. appear as options in "View". NOT before.

 

[Jocelyn Fiorello [MVP - Outlook]]

Sorry to ask another possibly dumb question, but are you able to switch back
to Day/Week/Month view -- either from the Views dropdown box on the Advanced
toolbar or by clicking View | Arrange By | Current View | Day/Week/Month --
or will Outlook not let you do that either? The "Day", "Work Week", "Week",
and "Month" toolbar buttons will not be available when you're looking at a
table view, so you'd have to manually switch back to Day/Week/Month view to
get those buttons back. Like I said, this may be a dumb question, but
before we can try anything else I need to make sure you've already tried
this.

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[Guest]

Now that was a smart question and if they gave points for
smarts you should get some. I have never used the
dropdown box and even though it sits there right in front
of me, I have never actually seen it, till now!

When my calendar first opens up it would appear to be in
events view. Clicking on View from the standard bar does
not give me any day options, but your Advanced Toolbar
gives me all the right options including 1, 5, 7 etc.

OK, I've now deleted my test calendar and can change the
view from the advanced toolbar, how to I make day view
the default view.

And if it is as simple as going - tools - options -
calendar - "something or other" I will feel a complete
pratt.

Thankyou

 

[Guest]

That worked for me!!! Thanks...

In the custom view organizer, chose a view type of Day/Week/Mont

JF you are so smart

Mike

 

[Guest]

OK - I'm now cooking with gas, thanks very much JF and
Mike

Case closed

 

[Jocelyn Fiorello [MVP - Outlook]]

Glad you got it working. If you set the view on that Calendar folder to
Day/Week/Month and click on (1) Day to set it to the one day view, it should
stay that way until you manually change the view, even if you switch to
another folder and then back to the Calendar, and even if you shut down your
machine and come back to Outlook tomorrow.

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Jocelyn Fiorello
MVP - Outlook

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