18 hrs reminder on a new event

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FransO

Could Microsoft please make the 18 hrs reminder on a new event a configurable
item. I synchronize my cell phone with Outlook and I don't like to be woken
up at 6 AM on Sunday by my cell phone reminding me of an event on Monday.



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Then don't create an Event, which will always default to 18 hours - it has for every version of Outlook ever released. Create another appointment item and massage it to fit what you need.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After furious head scratching, FransO asked:

| Could Microsoft please make the 18 hrs reminder on a new event a
| configurable item. I synchronize my cell phone with Outlook and I
| don't like to be woken up at 6 AM on Sunday by my cell phone
| reminding me of an event on Monday.
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| http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...36313&dg=microsoft.public.outlook.calendaring
 
I agree totally. The other options as a work around are valid but they
circumvent the basic issue. If calendar reminders are totally configurable,
why the lack of options for events? A simple default value, including
 
you can choose none, but it applies to all calendar items, both timed and
events.
 
Diane
I tried setting the default reminder to 0 minutes, there was no <none>
option, in Calendar preferences (Outlook 2007) but that only changed the time
for timed calendar items, not events. You seem to be saying that it would
affect both, is that right? If so, I am surprised that a change in time
affects only timed items if the time is other than 0 but both timed and
events if 0. An odd system or have I got the wrong end of the stick? I can
not see any way of changing the events reminder time at all!
 
We have found that it is not possible to set the reminder for all day events
to None when sending to other users.

If the sender sets the reminder of an all day event to None, and sends the
event to himself and other users, there is no reminder on the event sent to
himself, but there is ALWAYS a reminder for the other users even if they
have set their default reminder to none.

I have posted this before and am still unclear whether this is a problem
specific to us, or affects all Outlook/Exchange users.

Adrian
 
Adrian

I tried various options on an Outlook 2007/Exchange 2003 set up and the
recipient's default reminder time was always replaced with the sender's
selected time. So it might be just you!

Stablehand
 
Stablehand,

It usually is!
recipient's default reminder time was always replaced with the sender's
selected time
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That is the same with us, except when the event reminder is set to None.

Adrian.
 
Adrian said:
That is the same with us, except when the event reminder is set to
None.
Click to expand...

You can't set the reminder time to "None". You can only disable the
reminder or set it to a value (zero or higher) if enabled. There is no
"none" choice. If the default reminder is enabled, no matter what time you
choose (even zero), all-day events will have an 18 hour reminder.
 
Brian Tillman said:
Adrian said:
That is the same with us, except when the event reminder is set to
None.
Click to expand...

You can't set the reminder time to "None". You can only disable the
reminder or set it to a value (zero or higher) if enabled. There is no
"none" choice. If the default reminder is enabled, no matter what time
you choose (even zero), all-day events will have an 18 hour reminder.
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]
Brian,

Thanks.
except when the event reminder is set to
None.
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This is referring to the sending of an All Day Event and setting the
Reminder to None in the email.

For example a colleague sends me an All Day Event with the reminder set to
none. In his calendar this event will have the reminder set to none, in mine
it will always have a reminder set whether my default reminder is enabled or
disabled.

Adrian
 
Adrian said:
This is referring to the sending of an All Day Event and setting the
Reminder to None in the email.
Click to expand...

Again, where do you believe you can set a reminder to the value "None"? You
can disable the reminder, but you can't set it to "none".
 
Brian Tillman said:
Again, where do you believe you can set a reminder to the value "None"?
You can disable the reminder, but you can't set it to "none".
Click to expand...

Brian,

File|New|Meeting Request. Under 'Show As' I have 'Reminder'. In the drop
down box next to 'Reminder' I have the choice of 'None', '0 minutes', '5
minutes', '10 minutes' etc etc.

We are using Outlook 2007 & Exchange 2007.

Thanks for your help.

Adrian.
 
You need to disable reminders - that has the effect of setting it to none -
but it also affects reminders on timed events.
 
Adrian said:
File|New|Meeting Request. Under 'Show As' I have 'Reminder'. In the
drop down box next to 'Reminder' I have the choice of 'None', '0
minutes', '5 minutes', '10 minutes' etc etc.

We are using Outlook 2007 & Exchange 2007.
Click to expand...

Maybe that's the difference. I'm not using that combination.
 
I have been doing some more testing on our system (Outlook 2007 SP1,
Exchange 2007).

Even if we untick the Default Reminder box (Tools | Options | Preferences)
for both sender and recipient and send a Meeting Request (as an all day
event or not), the recipient(s) will have a reminder set to whatever the
default reminder time was for the recipient (before unticking the box). The
sender has no reminder.

Any ideas?

Adrian
 
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