Printing calendar in OL 2003

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Van

Is there a way to print calendars with larger numbers
displayed for the dates? I found how to change fonts in
calendar, but it changes everything; dates, appointments,
etc. I just want to be able to see the dates easier when
I hang a calendar on the wall.
 
You might want to use a Word template for this as it can be edited.

See this page for assistance:
http://www.slipstick.com/addins/calendar.htm#print


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After scratching one's head,
Van <[email protected]> asked this group:
| Is there a way to print calendars with larger numbers
| displayed for the dates? I found how to change fonts in
| calendar, but it changes everything; dates, appointments,
| etc. I just want to be able to see the dates easier when
| I hang a calendar on the wall.
 
Thanks for the response, but, actually, if I was going to
use another program I'd just use my old reliable Calendar
Creator. I was just hoping that, with all it's gee-whiz
features, OL 2003 would offer something as basic as the
ability to actually print a useable hard copy calendar.
All that is needed is the ability to change the font on
the dates, without having to change the font of
everything on the page. Seems like a logical thing to be
able to do, since I've got all my scheduled events
already entered in OL. It's absurd to have to resort to
a template in Word into which I'd have to type all over
that which I've already entered in an integral component
of what is advertised as an integrated suite of
programs. No wonder I've rejected OL and OL express all
these years. Too many features that are useless to the
vast majority of users, and no thought given to such a
basic need as the ability to print out a hard copy of the
month's events that can be hung on the wall and read
without having to guess whether the shaded band is at the
top of the box or the bottom.

Again, thanks for the response, but my guess is that the
answer is going to be no, His Billness and his minions at
Redmond haven't given us this basic capability in a
supposedly mature business product.
 
If you had actually tried the word template, you would have seen that the
information is automatically populated after you make a couple of design
decisions.

Since you would rather whine, I guess that template is not for you.


--
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, Van asked:

| Thanks for the response, but, actually, if I was going to
| use another program I'd just use my old reliable Calendar
| Creator. I was just hoping that, with all it's gee-whiz
| features, OL 2003 would offer something as basic as the
| ability to actually print a useable hard copy calendar.
| All that is needed is the ability to change the font on
| the dates, without having to change the font of
| everything on the page. Seems like a logical thing to be
| able to do, since I've got all my scheduled events
| already entered in OL. It's absurd to have to resort to
| a template in Word into which I'd have to type all over
| that which I've already entered in an integral component
| of what is advertised as an integrated suite of
| programs. No wonder I've rejected OL and OL express all
| these years. Too many features that are useless to the
| vast majority of users, and no thought given to such a
| basic need as the ability to print out a hard copy of the
| month's events that can be hung on the wall and read
| without having to guess whether the shaded band is at the
| top of the box or the bottom.
|
| Again, thanks for the response, but my guess is that the
| answer is going to be no, His Billness and his minions at
| Redmond haven't given us this basic capability in a
| supposedly mature business product.
|
|| -----Original Message-----
|| You might want to use a Word template for this as it can be edited.
||
|| See this page for assistance:
|| http://www.slipstick.com/addins/calendar.htm#print
||
||
|| --
|| 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 scratching one's head,
|| Van <[email protected]> asked this
| group:
||| Is there a way to print calendars with larger numbers
||| displayed for the dates? I found how to change fonts in
||| calendar, but it changes everything; dates, appointments,
||| etc. I just want to be able to see the dates easier when
||| I hang a calendar on the wall.
||
||
|| .
 
Milly, Milly, Milly.

In fact, I would not rather whine. I would rather that microsoft listen. I
would rather be able to create a usable calendar from within outlook than to
have to go through the contortions required to do it your way. What you call
whining is what money-paying microsoft customers call crying for help and
reasonable solutions to everyday problems. If the folks from Redmond would
just listen we'd have a product that satisfied a legitimate customer need,
instead of, e.g., silly animated paperclips and too-cute puppy dogs.
Whatever effort went into those turkeys should have been spent satisfying a
real need such as printing useable hangup calendars without resorting to
thrid party templates and a too-complicated process.

My question about calendering is an example. It seems to me that, with a
little tinkering, Outlook could be made to be user modifiable to, for
instance, change the font on the date numerals and the month, and to modify
things like the addition or deletion of small calendars on the printed end
product. Then, after this one-time setup, whenever one went to print a
monthly calendar, there would be a useable hang-on-the-wall product with a
simple four-step process: open outlook; select calendar; click on print;
click on OK. Four simple steps to a useable end product.

I've tried your third party templates, and, yes they work, sort of (no easy
way to change date fonts, e.g.). But your way requires 21, count 'em, 21
steps after an initial setup: open outlook; select calendar; open word;
select tools; select macro; select security; select medium; click on OK;
restart word; click on enable macros when asked; click on enable macros when
asked a second time; click on file; click on new; click on my outlook
calendar.dot; click print; click OK; click tools; click macro; click
security; click high (to return to my default protective setting); click OK.

It's not whining to say that there is a better way to do something, and to
suggest it. It is, however, typical microsoft arrogance to assume that I
should be happy to go through 21 steps when four could and should do the same
job.

Is anyone in redmond listening? There's no question but what ms makes some
great products. They could be even better if effort was expended on
listening and reacting rather than assuming that the ms way is the only way.

Van


Milly Staples said:
If you had actually tried the word template, you would have seen that the
information is automatically populated after you make a couple of design
decisions.

Since you would rather whine, I guess that template is not for you.


--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, Van asked:

| Thanks for the response, but, actually, if I was going to
| use another program I'd just use my old reliable Calendar
| Creator. I was just hoping that, with all it's gee-whiz
| features, OL 2003 would offer something as basic as the
| ability to actually print a useable hard copy calendar.
| All that is needed is the ability to change the font on
| the dates, without having to change the font of
| everything on the page. Seems like a logical thing to be
| able to do, since I've got all my scheduled events
| already entered in OL. It's absurd to have to resort to
| a template in Word into which I'd have to type all over
| that which I've already entered in an integral component
| of what is advertised as an integrated suite of
| programs. No wonder I've rejected OL and OL express all
| these years. Too many features that are useless to the
| vast majority of users, and no thought given to such a
| basic need as the ability to print out a hard copy of the
| month's events that can be hung on the wall and read
| without having to guess whether the shaded band is at the
| top of the box or the bottom.
|
| Again, thanks for the response, but my guess is that the
| answer is going to be no, His Billness and his minions at
| Redmond haven't given us this basic capability in a
| supposedly mature business product.
|
|| -----Original Message-----
|| You might want to use a Word template for this as it can be edited.
||
|| See this page for assistance:
|| http://www.slipstick.com/addins/calendar.htm#print
||
||
|| --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 scratching one's head,
|| Van <[email protected]> asked this
| group:
||| Is there a way to print calendars with larger numbers
||| displayed for the dates? I found how to change fonts in
||| calendar, but it changes everything; dates, appointments,
||| etc. I just want to be able to see the dates easier when
||| I hang a calendar on the wall.
||
||
|| .
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