Capability questions

MikeH · External Since: Nov 01, 2009 Posts: 1

I'm having a problem digging up these answers online.

I am about to install Windows 7. No calendar is included. The calendar
which is part of Windows Live Mail does not do it for me -- it won't
generate pop-ups on the desktop (reminders must go to email or
WLMessenger -- which produces a short-lived pop-up) and there is no way to
snooze a reminder. Windows Calendar under Vista wasn't the greatest thing
ever but it did pop-up reminders that persisted until the user took an
action and the snooze options were good.

My question: how does the calendar in Office 2007 compare in these areas? I
realize that it has a rich set of capabilities but I am mainly concerned
with the aforementioned.

Thanks in advance.

Brian Tillman [MVP - Outl · External Since: Jan 08, 2009 Posts: 981

"MikeH" <MikeH.DeleteThis@somewhere.net> wrote in message
news:0278EF04-BF34-4918-B926-799DDE355C74@microsoft.com...

> I am about to install Windows 7. No calendar is included. The calendar
> which is part of Windows Live Mail does not do it for me -- it won't
> generate pop-ups on the desktop (reminders must go to email or
> WLMessenger -- which produces a short-lived pop-up) and there is no way to
> snooze a reminder. Windows Calendar under Vista wasn't the greatest thing
> ever but it did pop-up reminders that persisted until the user took an
> action and the snooze options were good.
>
> My question: how does the calendar in Office 2007 compare in these areas? I
> realize that it has a rich set of capabilities but I am mainly concerned
> with the aforementioned.

In my opinion, Outlook's calendar will provide what you seek.
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Diane Poremsky [MVP] · External Since: Jul 28, 2005 Posts: 6715

Outlook should meet you needs.

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"MikeH" <MikeH.TakeThisOut@somewhere.net> wrote in message
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> I'm having a problem digging up these answers online.
>
> I am about to install Windows 7. No calendar is included. The calendar
> which is part of Windows Live Mail does not do it for me -- it won't
> generate pop-ups on the desktop (reminders must go to email or
> WLMessenger -- which produces a short-lived pop-up) and there is no way to
> snooze a reminder. Windows Calendar under Vista wasn't the greatest thing
> ever but it did pop-up reminders that persisted until the user took an
> action and the snooze options were good.
>
> My question: how does the calendar in Office 2007 compare in these areas?
> I realize that it has a rich set of capabilities but I am mainly concerned
> with the aforementioned.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>

Judy Gleeson (MVP Outlook · External Since: Jan 22, 2009 Posts: 17

Microsoft's website has some good demonstrations of Outlook. Search
"Microsoft Outlook home page" and you'll find there's a lot! Same thing
goes for their other applications, the home page is a good start.

Regards

Judy Gleeson
MVP Outlook

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"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" <outlookmvp.TakeThisOut@msn.com> wrote in message
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> Outlook should meet you needs.
>
> --
> Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
> Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
> Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com/
>
> Outlook Tips by email:
> mailto:dailytips-subscribe-request@lists.outlooktips.net
>
> EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
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>
> Do you keep Outlook open 24/7? Vote in our poll:
> http://forums.slipstick.com/showthread.php?t=22205
>
> "MikeH" <MikeH.TakeThisOut@somewhere.net> wrote in message
> news:0278EF04-BF34-4918-B926-799DDE355C74@microsoft.com...
>> I'm having a problem digging up these answers online.
>>
>> I am about to install Windows 7. No calendar is included. The calendar
>> which is part of Windows Live Mail does not do it for me -- it won't
>> generate pop-ups on the desktop (reminders must go to email or
>> WLMessenger -- which produces a short-lived pop-up) and there is no way
>> to snooze a reminder. Windows Calendar under Vista wasn't the greatest
>> thing ever but it did pop-up reminders that persisted until the user took
>> an action and the snooze options were good.
>>
>> My question: how does the calendar in Office 2007 compare in these areas?
>> I realize that it has a rich set of capabilities but I am mainly
>> concerned with the aforementioned.
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>>

Gordon · External Since: Mar 09, 2009 Posts: 209

"MikeH" <MikeH DeleteThis @somewhere.net> wrote in message
news:0278EF04-BF34-4918-B926-799DDE355C74@microsoft.com...
> I'm having a problem digging up these answers online.
>
> I am about to install Windows 7. No calendar is included. The calendar
> which is part of Windows Live Mail does not do it for me -- it won't
> generate pop-ups on the desktop (reminders must go to email or
> WLMessenger -- which produces a short-lived pop-up) and there is no way to
> snooze a reminder. Windows Calendar under Vista wasn't the greatest thing
> ever but it did pop-up reminders that persisted until the user took an
> action and the snooze options were good.
>
> My question: how does the calendar in Office 2007 compare in these areas?
> I realize that it has a rich set of capabilities but I am mainly concerned
> with the aforementioned.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>

In addition to the other replies you might look at Mozilla Sunbird which is
a stand-alone FREE calendar that will do pop-ups as you are wanting. It will
ALSO send reminders to an email address, which is something Outlook does NOT
do.....

http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/sunbird/

You could also use Mozilla Thunderbird with the integrated Calendar Mozilla
Lightning to produce a free Outlook-lookalike, (not quite as functional as
the real thing but very good as it's free!) if you want a replacement for
WLM....

Mike · External Since: Nov 02, 2009 Posts: 1

I did that, downloaded it, and am so far very happy with that product.
Not bad for FREE! I think I'm going to go with Thunderbird for email too.

Gordon wrote:
>
>
> In addition to the other replies you might look at Mozilla Sunbird which
> is a stand-alone FREE calendar that will do pop-ups as you are wanting.
> It will ALSO send reminders to an email address, which is something
> Outlook does NOT do.....
>
> http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/sunbird/
>
> You could also use Mozilla Thunderbird with the integrated Calendar
> Mozilla Lightning to produce a free Outlook-lookalike, (not quite as
> functional as the real thing but very good as it's free!) if you want a
> replacement for WLM....