Display which birthday or anniversary for recurring event

Dale Fye · External Since: Jul 06, 2004 Posts: 9

At one time, I setup Outlook to display the occurance number of a recurring
event. for example, for birthdays and anniversaries, it would display which
birthday or anniversary number was occuring that year. I cannot figure out
how to do this now.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Diane Poremsky [MVP] · External Since: Jul 28, 2005 Posts: 6715

Outlook doesn't support that - you can either use a custom form to show the
recurrence when you open it or create individual events for each occurrence
and include it in the subject.

http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/age_form.htm
http://www.outlook-tips.net/archives/2005/20050308.htm

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"Dale Fye" <dale.fye.TakeThisOut@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:B6148003-49C6-4135-AF1D-A94A3EBA3024@microsoft.com...
> At one time, I setup Outlook to display the occurance number of a
> recurring
> event. for example, for birthdays and anniversaries, it would display
> which
> birthday or anniversary number was occuring that year. I cannot figure
> out
> how to do this now.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks

Steve Graupner · External Since: Oct 15, 2009 Posts: 1

Outlook for PDA's (IPAQ, etc.) used to do that. I synced my computer with my
IPAQ, and my IPAQ displayed which birthday it was. Then I synced the other
direction, and my computer showed which birthday it was. Possible was
accomplished by a 3rd party app, but none I recall loading for this. I saw
the feature and through it was new (in 2003) and liked it. Now that I have
2007, I cannot get it to work. May have only worked in concer with a PDA

Steve Graupner

"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:

> Outlook doesn't support that - you can either use a custom form to show the
> recurrence when you open it or create individual events for each occurrence
> and include it in the subject.
>
> http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/age_form.htm
> http://www.outlook-tips.net/archives/2005/20050308.htm
>
>
> --
> Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
> Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
> Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
> Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
>
> Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
> Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com
> Subscribe to Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter:
> EMO-NEWSLETTER-SUBSCRIBE-REQUEST.RemoveThis@PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM
>
>
> "Dale Fye" <dale.fye.RemoveThis@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:B6148003-49C6-4135-AF1D-A94A3EBA3024@microsoft.com...
> > At one time, I setup Outlook to display the occurance number of a
> > recurring
> > event. for example, for birthdays and anniversaries, it would display
> > which
> > birthday or anniversary number was occuring that year. I cannot figure
> > out
> > how to do this now.
> >
> > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks
>
>
>

Brian Tillman [MVP - Outl · External Since: Jan 08, 2009 Posts: 985

"Steve Graupner" <Steve Graupner.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3C5EEDEF-C428-43E3-B54C-B0D6BC85CC5F@microsoft.com...

> Outlook for PDA's (IPAQ, etc.) used to do that. I synced my computer with
> my
> IPAQ, and my IPAQ displayed which birthday it was. Then I synced the other
> direction, and my computer showed which birthday it was. Possible was
> accomplished by a 3rd party app, but none I recall loading for this. I saw
> the feature and through it was new (in 2003) and liked it. Now that I have
> 2007, I cannot get it to work. May have only worked in concer with a PDA

No version of Outlook could do that natively. You are correct that a Windows
Mobile calendar will show the information in a day view, but that information
display never transferred to Outlook.
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