Outlook 2003 - Applying Label Colors

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When I apply a Label with a color to a calender entry, the entry stays white. It does not apply the color to the calendar. Can anyone provide me feedback as to what the problem might be

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how are you applying it? You can open the form and select a label color or
use rules to apply a label.. I've never had a problem applying it using the
selection on an open form.
 
I have the same problem with Outlook 2002. Perhaps I
don't understand what label colors are supposed to
actually do. As I understand it, they change the color
of the background on an appointment or event. Mine stays
white, even though it clearly shows another label color
down at the bottom right when I open the event itself.
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how are you applying it? You can open the form and select a label color or
use rules to apply a label.. I've never had a problem applying it using the
selection on an open form.

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Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)


Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com



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When I apply a Label with a color to a calender entry, the entry stays
white. It does not apply the color to the calendar. Can anyone provide me
feedback as to what the problem might be?

Thanks,
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Thanks. Perhaps I am just not setting it up correctly,
though I think I'm pretty computer savvy. I open the
item, go to the bottom right, select a color, and save
it. It shows up as saved, but stays white on all
calendar views. What am I missing here?
-----Original Message-----
Correct, they change the color of the background behind the text in the
calendar grid. If you set it on the form, it should show in that color.
However, if you use automatic formatting to change the colors and have
labels set already, the colors applied by rules won't work.
I have the same problem with Outlook 2002. Perhaps I
don't understand what label colors are supposed to
actually do. As I understand it, they change the color
of the background on an appointment or event. Mine stays
white, even though it clearly shows another label color
down at the bottom right when I open the event itself.
Click to expand...

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)


Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com

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The color labels apply only in day/week/month views. You won't see them on
the Active Appointments view, for example.

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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers



Jim in Marietta said:
Thanks. Perhaps I am just not setting it up correctly,
though I think I'm pretty computer savvy. I open the
item, go to the bottom right, select a color, and save
it. It shows up as saved, but stays white on all
calendar views. What am I missing here?
-----Original Message-----
Correct, they change the color of the background behind the text in the
calendar grid. If you set it on the form, it should show in that color.
However, if you use automatic formatting to change the colors and have
labels set already, the colors applied by rules won't work.
I have the same problem with Outlook 2002. Perhaps I
don't understand what label colors are supposed to
actually do. As I understand it, they change the color
of the background on an appointment or event. Mine stays
white, even though it clearly shows another label color
down at the bottom right when I open the event itself.
Click to expand...

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)


Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com

[Posted using NewsLook NNTP add-in for Outlook]


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I am having the same problem in OL 2002 SP2. When I open
an item, I can select a label (with a color other than
white), but after saving it, it does not show up with that
color background on any of the calendar views. This used
to work for me in OL 2000 but stopped working when I
upgraded to 2002.

Here's the kicker: it occasionally (1 out of 50 items)
works correctly. I have a recurring event for which I
changed the time on a single occurrence (not the series):
the changed occurrence now shows the correct background
color, but the original series does not!

I'd really like to get this working -- any thoughts? I
don't see this mentioned as a fix for SP3.
-----Original Message-----
Thanks. Perhaps I am just not setting it up correctly,
though I think I'm pretty computer savvy. I open the
item, go to the bottom right, select a color, and save
it. It shows up as saved, but stays white on all
calendar views. What am I missing here?
-----Original Message-----
Correct, they change the color of the background behind the text in the
calendar grid. If you set it on the form, it should show in that color.
However, if you use automatic formatting to change the colors and have
labels set already, the colors applied by rules won't work.
I have the same problem with Outlook 2002. Perhaps I
don't understand what label colors are supposed to
actually do. As I understand it, they change the color
of the background on an appointment or event. Mine stays
white, even though it clearly shows another label color
down at the bottom right when I open the event itself.
Click to expand...

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)


Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com

[Posted using NewsLook NNTP add-in for Outlook]


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I'm quite confuseed about what you say you're seeing. It sounds like you
might be mixing up different kinds of color tags. Color labels appeared for
the first time in Outlook 2002, so you could not have used them in Outlook
2000. They work only in day/week/month views, not in table views (which do
support automatic formatting colors, going back to Outlook 2000 and before).
 
I'm having the same problem. I'm looking at the day/week/month view and all I can get is a white background. I'm used to the color labels I was using in OL 2002 and would like to continue to use them. Is there a configuration issue I should consider? I imported my calendar.pst file from OL 2002, but it never allowed me to assign label colors either prior to or following the import of the .pst file

Any ideas

----- Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] wrote: ----

I'm quite confuseed about what you say you're seeing. It sounds like yo
might be mixing up different kinds of color tags. Color labels appeared fo
the first time in Outlook 2002, so you could not have used them in Outloo
2000. They work only in day/week/month views, not in table views (which d
support automatic formatting colors, going back to Outlook 2000 and before)

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MV
Author o
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart fo
Administrators, Power Users, and Developer
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.asp
 
Sue - Please re-read my post (as well as the one from "Aldo"): This is a problem with Outlook 2002 (and above), not Outlook 2000. As I stated, in the Day/Week/Month views, I am unable to see the correct background color based on the label that I have selected for a calendar entry. Instead, only a white background appears, as it does when there is no label. However, I have confirmed that a label exists for that entry.

What could cause this to happen, and what is the solution? I believe that I also imported my calendar as a PST file

Thanks
Chris
 
I have no idea what might cause this. I have never seen any reports of
similar problems and can't duplicate it here. Maybe it has something to do
with your Windows color scheme settings or your display adapter?

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers



Chris said:
Sue - Please re-read my post (as well as the one from "Aldo"): This is a
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problem with Outlook 2002 (and above), not Outlook 2000. As I stated, in
the Day/Week/Month views, I am unable to see the correct background color
based on the label that I have selected for a calendar entry. Instead, only
a white background appears, as it does when there is no label. However, I
have confirmed that a label exists for that entry.
What could cause this to happen, and what is the solution? I believe that
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I also imported my calendar as a PST file.
 
Correct, they change the color of the background behind the text in the
calendar grid. If you set it on the form, it should show in that color.
However, if you use automatic formatting to change the colors and have
labels set already, the colors applied by rules won't work.

I have the same problem with Outlook 2002. Perhaps I
don't understand what label colors are supposed to
actually do. As I understand it, they change the color
of the background on an appointment or event. Mine stays
white, even though it clearly shows another label color
down at the bottom right when I open the event itself.
Click to expand...

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)




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