Outlook should use text messaging for Calendar dates and reminders

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Microsoft Outlook has revolutionized the office structure of communication
and digital messaging. However, one aspect that seems to be a next step is
the use of text messaging to phones or mobile devices which are linked to an
Outlook Calendar. To be able to tag a task, date, or event and have a
reminder sent to your mobile device would allow reminders to be more
versatile. If, for example, I left the office on Friday, and I wanted to get
a reminder sent to my phone from my Outlook Calendar that there was a
birthday on Sunday, the text messaging feature would be excellent. Most
thoughts, tasks, and heavy thinking is done at the office, and with this
feature, Outlook would be able to catch up to other applications such as
Yahoo Calendar, which uses such a feature for their calendar.
 
Try one of the already existing applications on this page:
http://www.slipstick.com/addins/pager.htm

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After furious head scratching, Cassidy asked:

| Microsoft Outlook has revolutionized the office structure of
| communication and digital messaging. However, one aspect that seems
| to be a next step is the use of text messaging to phones or mobile
| devices which are linked to an Outlook Calendar. To be able to tag a
| task, date, or event and have a reminder sent to your mobile device
| would allow reminders to be more versatile. If, for example, I left
| the office on Friday, and I wanted to get a reminder sent to my phone
| from my Outlook Calendar that there was a birthday on Sunday, the
| text messaging feature would be excellent. Most thoughts, tasks, and
| heavy thinking is done at the office, and with this feature, Outlook
| would be able to catch up to other applications such as Yahoo
| Calendar, which uses such a feature for their calendar.
 
Your response was in 2004. I'm trying to get it to work now, in 2006 -- is
it still an add-in that I have to contract with an outside application for?
I love the way Yahoo calander does it - Is there a reason it isn't part of
Outlook or Business contact manager?
 
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...B4-986E-4AFB-AB21-3AF2BE63508B&displaylang=en

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, gsutton3 asked:

| Your response was in 2004. I'm trying to get it to work now, in 2006
| -- is it still an add-in that I have to contract with an outside
| application for? I love the way Yahoo calander does it - Is there a
| reason it isn't part of Outlook or Business contact manager?
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|
|| Try one of the already existing applications on this page:
|| http://www.slipstick.com/addins/pager.htm
||
|| --Â
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
|| the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my
|| personal account will be deleted without reading.
||
|| After furious head scratching, Cassidy asked:
||
||| Microsoft Outlook has revolutionized the office structure of
||| communication and digital messaging. However, one aspect that seems
||| to be a next step is the use of text messaging to phones or mobile
||| devices which are linked to an Outlook Calendar. To be able to tag a
||| task, date, or event and have a reminder sent to your mobile device
||| would allow reminders to be more versatile. If, for example, I left
||| the office on Friday, and I wanted to get a reminder sent to my
||| phone from my Outlook Calendar that there was a birthday on Sunday,
||| the text messaging feature would be excellent. Most thoughts,
||| tasks, and heavy thinking is done at the office, and with this
||| feature, Outlook would be able to catch up to other applications
||| such as Yahoo Calendar, which uses such a feature for their
||| calendar.
 
Diane Poremsky said:
there are addins available that will do just that -
http://www.slipstick.com/addins/calendar.htm#remind and
http://www.slipstick.com/addins/pager.htm

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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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Cassidy said:
Microsoft Outlook has revolutionized the office structure of communication
and digital messaging. However, one aspect that seems to be a next step is
the use of text messaging to phones or mobile devices which are linked to
an
Outlook Calendar. To be able to tag a task, date, or event and have a
reminder sent to your mobile device would allow reminders to be more
versatile. If, for example, I left the office on Friday, and I wanted to
get
a reminder sent to my phone from my Outlook Calendar that there was a
birthday on Sunday, the text messaging feature would be excellent. Most
thoughts, tasks, and heavy thinking is done at the office, and with this
feature, Outlook would be able to catch up to other applications such as
Yahoo Calendar, which uses such a feature for their calendar.
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You can do this with www.redoxygen.com or www.outlooktext.com. There is a
cost associated with sending a text message and it need to be billed to your
mobile phone

Diane Poremsky said:
there are addins available that will do just that -
http://www.slipstick.com/addins/calendar.htm#remind and
http://www.slipstick.com/addins/pager.htm

--
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)



Join OneNote Tips mailing list: http://www.onenote-tips.net/


Cassidy said:
Microsoft Outlook has revolutionized the office structure of communication
and digital messaging. However, one aspect that seems to be a next step is
the use of text messaging to phones or mobile devices which are linked to
an
Outlook Calendar. To be able to tag a task, date, or event and have a
reminder sent to your mobile device would allow reminders to be more
versatile. If, for example, I left the office on Friday, and I wanted to
get
a reminder sent to my phone from my Outlook Calendar that there was a
birthday on Sunday, the text messaging feature would be excellent. Most
thoughts, tasks, and heavy thinking is done at the office, and with this
feature, Outlook would be able to catch up to other applications such as
Yahoo Calendar, which uses such a feature for their calendar.
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