Can you make Outlook 2007 calendar look like Outlook 2003

I REALLY HATE the now Outlook 2007 calendar layout. The shaded graphics
might look nice in an advertisement, but they are nothing but a square inch
hog for real life use. You can't see a full week in one window without
scrolling and to see more than a few words of an appointment you need to
mouse over it.

The Outlook 2003 layout was nearly perfect. It there any way to get rid of
the annoying graphical boxes and get a layout similar to 2003?

Again, I REALLLLLLLY HATE this new layout. The Calendar display is useless.
--
Jim Hansen

"Jim Hansen" wrote in message
...
You can't see a full week in one window without scrolling

Doesn't happen here - I can see all seven days at once on a 14" laptop
monitor....

I'm not sure what you mean by graphical boxes and "similar layout" to 2003
as the calendars are very similar. The days will be larger if you slide the
to do pane so its smaller, same for the navigation pane on the left.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

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"Jim Hansen" wrote in message
...
I REALLY HATE the now Outlook 2007 calendar layout. The shaded graphics
might look nice in an advertisement, but they are nothing but a square
inch
hog for real life use. You can't see a full week in one window without
scrolling and to see more than a few words of an appointment you need to
mouse over it.

The Outlook 2003 layout was nearly perfect. It there any way to get rid
of
the annoying graphical boxes and get a layout similar to 2003?

Again, I REALLLLLLLY HATE this new layout. The Calendar display is
useless.
--
Jim Hansen

When you display a WEEK on Outlook 2003 there are only TWO columns instead of
seven so you can see the majority of the text without expanding the
appointment. Saturday and Sunday each take up one HALF box so there are three
days in one column and four in the other.

The layouts are COMPLETELY different. 2007 has 7 columns wide so the space
available for displaying the appointment is 60% smaller than with 2003.

If you have used Outlook 2003 or 2000 or XP and used the week view, this
should be very clear to you. The entire week fits very nicely in one screen
with no scrolling. The exception is when you have a day with lots of
appointments. Then that day would need to be scrolled.

So let's make sure we are comparing the same. I am talking about the
comparison of the Week View in Outlook 2007 compared to that in 2000, 2003 or
XP.



--
Jim Hansen



"Diane Poremsky" wrote:

I'm not sure what you mean by graphical boxes and "similar layout" to 2003
as the calendars are very similar. The days will be larger if you slide the
to do pane so its smaller, same for the navigation pane on the left.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

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"Jim Hansen" wrote in message
...
I REALLY HATE the now Outlook 2007 calendar layout. The shaded graphics
might look nice in an advertisement, but they are nothing but a square
inch
hog for real life use. You can't see a full week in one window without
scrolling and to see more than a few words of an appointment you need to
mouse over it.

The Outlook 2003 layout was nearly perfect. It there any way to get rid
of
the annoying graphical boxes and get a layout similar to 2003?

Again, I REALLLLLLLY HATE this new layout. The Calendar display is
useless.
--
Jim Hansen

Jim Hansen wrote:

When you display a WEEK on Outlook 2003 there are only TWO columns
instead of seven so you can see the majority of the text without
expanding the appointment. Saturday and Sunday each take up one HALF
box so there are three days in one column and four in the other.

The layouts are COMPLETELY different. 2007 has 7 columns wide so the
space available for displaying the appointment is 60% smaller than
with 2003.


Outlook 2003 had the "Work Week" view and that's the columnar view you're
describing. Outlook 2007 did away with that, I believe, and has only the
two column seven-day Week view, which matches Outlook 2003's seven-day Week
view.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

The 2 column week view is not available in Outlook 2007, just a column view
for work week and calendar week. Unfortunately there are no plans to bring
it back. The closest you can get to it is using the month view and selecting
2 weeks in the navigation calendar.

If you are using a retail version of outlook and installed it within the
last 90 days, you can open a free support incident so that Microsoft knows
users want it back.

Info on the free support: http://support.microsoft.com/gp/vista_supoffnew

To find the contact information for the application use the wizard -
http://support.microsoft.com/gp/assistsupport

It's very important that anyone who misses the Week view contacts
Microsoft - it’s the only way it will come back unless an enterprising
developer releases a utility that can reproduce the view.


--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

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"Jim Hansen" wrote in message
...
When you display a WEEK on Outlook 2003 there are only TWO columns instead
of
seven so you can see the majority of the text without expanding the
appointment. Saturday and Sunday each take up one HALF box so there are
three
days in one column and four in the other.

The layouts are COMPLETELY different. 2007 has 7 columns wide so the
space
available for displaying the appointment is 60% smaller than with 2003.

If you have used Outlook 2003 or 2000 or XP and used the week view, this
should be very clear to you. The entire week fits very nicely in one
screen
with no scrolling. The exception is when you have a day with lots of
appointments. Then that day would need to be scrolled.

So let's make sure we are comparing the same. I am talking about the
comparison of the Week View in Outlook 2007 compared to that in 2000, 2003
or
XP.



--
Jim Hansen



"Diane Poremsky" wrote:

I'm not sure what you mean by graphical boxes and "similar layout" to
2003
as the calendars are very similar. The days will be larger if you slide
the
to do pane so its smaller, same for the navigation pane on the left.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

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"Jim Hansen" wrote in message
...
I REALLY HATE the now Outlook 2007 calendar layout. The shaded
graphics
might look nice in an advertisement, but they are nothing but a square
inch
hog for real life use. You can't see a full week in one window without
scrolling and to see more than a few words of an appointment you need
to
mouse over it.

The Outlook 2003 layout was nearly perfect. It there any way to get
rid
of
the annoying graphical boxes and get a layout similar to 2003?

Again, I REALLLLLLLY HATE this new layout. The Calendar display is
useless.
--
Jim Hansen

Diane Poremsky wrote:

The 2 column week view is not available in Outlook 2007, just a
column view for work week and calendar week.

I'll have to check again, but I thought sure my week view showed two columns
last night when I tried it.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

not the planner style view that was in all previous version with 2 columns
and Sat/Sun sharing the last cell in the second column. Best you can do is
2 weeks in the month view - not the same, but it gives you appointments
without the time grid, which is why people used the missing week view.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

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"Brian Tillman" wrote in message
...
Diane Poremsky wrote:

The 2 column week view is not available in Outlook 2007, just a
column view for work week and calendar week.

I'll have to check again, but I thought sure my week view showed two
columns last night when I tried it.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

Diane Poremsky wrote:

not the planner style view that was in all previous version with 2
columns and Sat/Sun sharing the last cell in the second column. Best
you can do is 2 weeks in the month view - not the same, but it gives
you appointments without the time grid, which is why people used the
missing week view.

I must have gotten it backward, then.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

"An enterprising developer" already has! :-)

Jim, I recently posted a free add-in, More Productive Tools for Outlook,
that includes (along with providing a bunch of other features) an
Outlook-compatible Calendar window; which has the good old Outlook 2003 Week
view as one of its available views. The add-in is available at
www.moreproductivenow.com.

Phil Seeman,
More Productive Now!


"Diane Poremsky" wrote in message
...
The 2 column week view is not available in Outlook 2007, just a column
view for work week and calendar week. Unfortunately there are no plans to
bring it back. The closest you can get to it is using the month view and
selecting 2 weeks in the navigation calendar.

If you are using a retail version of outlook and installed it within the
last 90 days, you can open a free support incident so that Microsoft knows
users want it back.

Info on the free support: http://support.microsoft.com/gp/vista_supoffnew

To find the contact information for the application use the wizard -
http://support.microsoft.com/gp/assistsupport

It's very important that anyone who misses the Week view contacts
Microsoft - it's the only way it will come back unless an enterprising
developer releases a utility that can reproduce the view.


--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

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"Jim Hansen" wrote in message
...
When you display a WEEK on Outlook 2003 there are only TWO columns
instead of
seven so you can see the majority of the text without expanding the
appointment. Saturday and Sunday each take up one HALF box so there are
three
days in one column and four in the other.

The layouts are COMPLETELY different. 2007 has 7 columns wide so the
space
available for displaying the appointment is 60% smaller than with 2003.

If you have used Outlook 2003 or 2000 or XP and used the week view, this
should be very clear to you. The entire week fits very nicely in one
screen
with no scrolling. The exception is when you have a day with lots of
appointments. Then that day would need to be scrolled.

So let's make sure we are comparing the same. I am talking about the
comparison of the Week View in Outlook 2007 compared to that in 2000,
2003 or
XP.



--
Jim Hansen



"Diane Poremsky" wrote:

I'm not sure what you mean by graphical boxes and "similar layout" to
2003
as the calendars are very similar. The days will be larger if you slide
the
to do pane so its smaller, same for the navigation pane on the left.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

Outlook Tips by email:


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"Jim Hansen" wrote in message
...
I REALLY HATE the now Outlook 2007 calendar layout. The shaded
graphics
might look nice in an advertisement, but they are nothing but a square
inch
hog for real life use. You can't see a full week in one window
without
scrolling and to see more than a few words of an appointment you need
to
mouse over it.

The Outlook 2003 layout was nearly perfect. It there any way to get
rid
of
the annoying graphical boxes and get a layout similar to 2003?

Again, I REALLLLLLLY HATE this new layout. The Calendar display is
useless.
--
Jim Hansen