Outlook 2000 Calendar Text Entry query. Help!

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Husband and I are both retired and have never used Outlook before, even
though it's installed on our home computer.

Now that we have more time on our hands, we're using the Outlook monthly
calendar: we print out a "blank" month at a time, pop the page into a ring
bind folder, and then write (by hand) notes on the various days.

We would like to be able to do this on-screen though, rather than with a pen!

We're planning a day-by-day schedule for a holiday next February but we
cannot work out how to "write" timetable notes into the squares for each
separate day.

We have tried to do this in monthly calendar view, but can only get one line
to appear. When we "write" another line, it appears above the original entry,
and so the timing sequence is wrong.

When we enter information into the "day" calendar, it appears in the monthly
view with strange times so that for a 7.30am departure, the entry comes up as
07.00 07.30.

We don't need Outlook 2000 to schedule business appointments or meetings or
share with contacts etc, just the Outlook calendar to simply input
day-by-day notes to ourselves which can then be printed out in hard copy form.

I know this will seem very, very elementary to experienced users, but sadly,
we're completely lost! Advice really would be appreciated. Thanks!
 
Would tasks work for you? You can create a monthly grid view of tasks.

FWIW, if you just need a printed calendar sheet to write in, there is a word
template which will work nicely, with or without outlook. Two are listed at
http://www.slipstick.com/addins/calendar_print.asp. On that page are other
addins which may handle printing in a manner which better meets your needs.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]





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Hi Diane:

Many thanks indeed for your fast response and excellent help -- much
appreciated!

I'm going to explore the link you generously provided as it's become clear
to us that, where we're concerned, using Outlook for something like a simple
planner / calendar is like using a Hummer to go shopping. Too big, too
powerful, and with far more on offer than we need (or even understand!)

I've spent quite some time today hunting around the Internet for planner /
calendar software but though I did find some, the prices being asked were
silly.

And then, by chance, I stumbled across this website which I'd never heard of
before:

http://blog.econsultant.com/free-pr...5-pages-portrait-pdf-calendar-no-ads-no-logos

I've been able to download various sizes of planners / calendars in Word doc
format, so on-screen text easy is proving incredibly simple.

Obviously, Outlook is a tremendous tool but I now belatedly appreciate that
for retirees like us who don't have business commitments, appointments,
engagements, alarm calls, conference calls, etc etc, all we actually needed
was a simple text-entry, printable, 7-day calendar / planner.

Am off to take advantage of your help re that link of yours now, so, again,
many many thanks for your kindness!
 
Yeah, Outlook is overkill for your needs. If the PDFs you found at your
link meet your needs, use them. The Word templates have one advantage
(along with being free) - they'll work for other years too.

If you do decide you need an electronic calendar try the google calendar.
You need a gmail account (free) but it’s a decent, easy to use calendar and
supports reminders if you decide you need them. You can also print the
calendar out. (Hotmail and yahoo also have free calendar services. )

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]





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(e-mail address removed)

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Noffice9 said:
Hi Diane:

Many thanks indeed for your fast response and excellent help -- much
appreciated!

I'm going to explore the link you generously provided as it's become clear
to us that, where we're concerned, using Outlook for something like a
simple
planner / calendar is like using a Hummer to go shopping. Too big, too
powerful, and with far more on offer than we need (or even understand!)

I've spent quite some time today hunting around the Internet for planner /
calendar software but though I did find some, the prices being asked were
silly.

And then, by chance, I stumbled across this website which I'd never heard
of
before:

http://blog.econsultant.com/free-pr...5-pages-portrait-pdf-calendar-no-ads-no-logos

I've been able to download various sizes of planners / calendars in Word
doc
format, so on-screen text easy is proving incredibly simple.

Obviously, Outlook is a tremendous tool but I now belatedly appreciate
that
for retirees like us who don't have business commitments, appointments,
engagements, alarm calls, conference calls, etc etc, all we actually
needed
was a simple text-entry, printable, 7-day calendar / planner.

Am off to take advantage of your help re that link of yours now, so,
again,
many many thanks for your kindness!


Diane Poremsky said:
Would tasks work for you? You can create a monthly grid view of tasks.

FWIW, if you just need a printed calendar sheet to write in, there is a
word
template which will work nicely, with or without outlook. Two are listed
at
http://www.slipstick.com/addins/calendar_print.asp. On that page are
other
addins which may handle printing in a manner which better meets your
needs.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]





EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
(e-mail address removed)

You can access this newsgroup by visiting
http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx or point
your
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I found this site to be exactly what I needed since they are in Word format
and I can use Word 2000 !! Sorry Microsoft does not offer theie calendar for
Word 2000.


http://blog.econsultant.com/free-pr...5-pages-portrait-pdf-calendar-no-ads-no-logos


Patti


Diane Poremsky said:
Yeah, Outlook is overkill for your needs. If the PDFs you found at your
link meet your needs, use them. The Word templates have one advantage
(along with being free) - they'll work for other years too.

If you do decide you need an electronic calendar try the google calendar.
You need a gmail account (free) but it’s a decent, easy to use calendar and
supports reminders if you decide you need them. You can also print the
calendar out. (Hotmail and yahoo also have free calendar services. )

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]





EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
(e-mail address removed)

You can access this newsgroup by visiting
http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx or point your
newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com.


Noffice9 said:
Hi Diane:

Many thanks indeed for your fast response and excellent help -- much
appreciated!

I'm going to explore the link you generously provided as it's become clear
to us that, where we're concerned, using Outlook for something like a
simple
planner / calendar is like using a Hummer to go shopping. Too big, too
powerful, and with far more on offer than we need (or even understand!)

I've spent quite some time today hunting around the Internet for planner /
calendar software but though I did find some, the prices being asked were
silly.

And then, by chance, I stumbled across this website which I'd never heard
of
before:

http://blog.econsultant.com/free-pr...5-pages-portrait-pdf-calendar-no-ads-no-logos

I've been able to download various sizes of planners / calendars in Word
doc
format, so on-screen text easy is proving incredibly simple.

Obviously, Outlook is a tremendous tool but I now belatedly appreciate
that
for retirees like us who don't have business commitments, appointments,
engagements, alarm calls, conference calls, etc etc, all we actually
needed
was a simple text-entry, printable, 7-day calendar / planner.

Am off to take advantage of your help re that link of yours now, so,
again,
many many thanks for your kindness!


Diane Poremsky said:
Would tasks work for you? You can create a monthly grid view of tasks.

FWIW, if you just need a printed calendar sheet to write in, there is a
word
template which will work nicely, with or without outlook. Two are listed
at
http://www.slipstick.com/addins/calendar_print.asp. On that page are
other
addins which may handle printing in a manner which better meets your
needs.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]





EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
(e-mail address removed)

You can access this newsgroup by visiting
http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx or point
your
newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com.
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