Using all day event for holiday recording

[Guest]

We have set up a holiday calendar and are using the all day event facility to
record employee holidays. This works very well as we can colour code
departments and have the information available to anyone on the network.
However, if more than 15 people are on holiday on a particular day, Outlook
seems incapable of showing them! Is there any way of increasing the size of
the 'all day event' panel OR is there a more practical way of recording
holidays?

 

[Brian Tillman]

We have set up a holiday calendar and are using the all day event
facility to record employee holidays. This works very well as we can
colour code departments and have the information available to anyone
on the network. However, if more than 15 people are on holiday on a
particular day, Outlook seems incapable of showing them!

Showing them where? In an Outlook Calendar view? Which view? Is there a
symbol that looks like a small "v" with dots after it at the bottom of the
events you can see? If you click that symbol, can you see more?

Is there any way of increasing the size of the 'all day event' panel

I don't know of any "all day event panel". You have the "Day/Week/Month"
views, the "Active Appointmtnent" view, the "Events" view, and so on. Which
view?

 

[Guest]

Showing them where? In an Outlook Calendar view? Which view? Is there a
symbol that looks like a small "v" with dots after it at the bottom of the
events you can see? If you click that symbol, can you see more?


I don't know of any "all day event panel". You have the "Day/Week/Month"
views, the "Active Appointmtnent" view, the "Events" view, and so on. Which
view?

Since posting this question I have searched for similar posts and notice
that other people have experienced the same problem, it seems to be a
limitation of Outlook or maybe I'm just not using it for a purpose for which
it was intended.

 

[Brian Tillman]

By 'All Day Event Panel' I mean the grey area which appears at the
top of the Daily or Working week view. Although the small "v" with
the dots shows on weekly or monthly views, there is no indication of
any hidden events on the daily view which is causing some confusion.

Since posting this question I have searched for similar posts and
notice that other people have experienced the same problem, it seems
to be a limitation of Outlook or maybe I'm just not using it for a
purpose for which it was intended.

I think you're correct on this. As far as I can tell, you cannot change the
size of the all-day-event area at the top of the views except, maybe, by
increasing your screen resolution.