A user asked "I would like to post an appointment on other calendars and make
the appointment such that it can not be changed without me changing the
appointment. Is this possible? I'm using Outlook 2007 and Exchange server."
Sure. Right click on the calendar folder and choose Properties, then the
Permissions tab. Select the users account in the top section (the account will
have owner level permissions) and remove the check mark from Edit all and add a
check for Edit own, otherwise when they try to edit events they created they
will end up with duplicated items.
Dream on. :)
After last weeks article on forcing users into OWA light, a reader wanted to
know how to force users into the premium version, in part because OWA light only
supports composing in plain text.
Unfortunately, the advanced AJAX methods used to display content in OWA premium
would require too much tweaking to work correctly in other browsers, which are
limited in use within the Exchange customer base, so its not cost effective at
this time. That means that for now at least, OWA premium is available only with
IE. However, its very likely that a future version of OWA Premium will work with
future versions of FireFox, as both the use of Firefox grows and it and IE
become more similar, supporting the same code without tweaking.
If you really want to force users to access OWA using only IE, use a browser
detection script and redirect users away from OWA if they aren't using IE. I
don't recommend doing this, since there are many reasons why a user might need
to use OWA with a browser other than Internet Explorer.
A lot of users seem confused about the reminder times on To-dos. They want
reminders to fire at the start of the workday, not at the end. The problem isn't
with Outlook, its with how the users are using tasks or flags.
When you flag an item for to-do that is going to be due today, its going to be
after the workday starts, so the reminder would fire immediately (or not at
all). For this reason, when you create a to-do that is due the same day, it
makes more sense for Outlook to remind you near the end of your workday, so you
remember to complete the task. However, if you make it for a future date, like
tomorrow, the reminder will go off at the start of the workday.
The solution? Set Outlook 2007's quick click flag to default to tomorrow (or any
other future date option). You can still right click and choose Today if you
need to complete the task today. To change the Quick Click, right click on the
flag and choose Set Quick Click... select a new date period.
When you create an actual task, the reminder time will default to the start of
your workday.
