Comments on: Setting up a recurring task in Outlook 2003 http://benreichelt.net/blog/2005/11/02/setting-up-a-recurring-task-in-outlook-2003/ Tue, 18 Aug 2009 22:20:45 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://benreichelt.net/blog/2005/11/02/setting-up-a-recurring-task-in-outlook-2003/comment-page-1/#comment-506 Anonymous Wed, 02 Nov 2005 18:10:55 +0000 http://s194721765.onlinehome.us/blog/2005/11/02/setting-up-a-recurring-task-in-outlook-2003/#comment-506 ...and then if you're anything like me and slap the dismiss button out of sheer habit, make another recurring task that says "Don't dismiss your timesheet task" :D Seriously though, this is a good tip, one that drove me nuts for a while. So much so that I now do what Dan does and put anything importantly recurring in my calendar. Not to go too sideways here, but if you're using calendar for often recurring stuff like that, don't forget to mark yourself as free or it makes it hard to sort the real appointments from the daily grind tasks. …and then if you’re anything like me and slap the dismiss button out of sheer habit, make another recurring task that says “Don’t dismiss your timesheet task” :D

Seriously though, this is a good tip, one that drove me nuts for a while. So much so that I now do what Dan does and put anything importantly recurring in my calendar. Not to go too sideways here, but if you’re using calendar for often recurring stuff like that, don’t forget to mark yourself as free or it makes it hard to sort the real appointments from the daily grind tasks.

]]> By: Anonymous http://benreichelt.net/blog/2005/11/02/setting-up-a-recurring-task-in-outlook-2003/comment-page-1/#comment-505 Anonymous Wed, 02 Nov 2005 16:35:10 +0000 http://s194721765.onlinehome.us/blog/2005/11/02/setting-up-a-recurring-task-in-outlook-2003/#comment-505 Oops - I think we are talking about different things. I put mine on my calendar, not in my task list. Sorry about that. Oops – I think we are talking about different things. I put mine on my calendar, not in my task list. Sorry about that.

]]> By: breichelt http://benreichelt.net/blog/2005/11/02/setting-up-a-recurring-task-in-outlook-2003/comment-page-1/#comment-504 breichelt Wed, 02 Nov 2005 16:23:25 +0000 http://s194721765.onlinehome.us/blog/2005/11/02/setting-up-a-recurring-task-in-outlook-2003/#comment-504 Yeah, thats usually what I did, wait until I got the email pleading me to fill it out, but I'd rather do it incrementally, just for my own sake as well :-) Dan, I only tried it once so I might have done something else to screw the recurring task up as well, for instance, I never marked the task as complete, so maybe it was always stuck on the same task, I dont know, but what I detailed above does what I need :-) Yeah, thats usually what I did, wait until I got the email pleading me to fill it out, but I’d rather do it incrementally, just for my own sake as well :-)

Dan, I only tried it once so I might have done something else to screw the recurring task up as well, for instance, I never marked the task as complete, so maybe it was always stuck on the same task, I dont know, but what I detailed above does what I need :-)

]]> By: Anonymous http://benreichelt.net/blog/2005/11/02/setting-up-a-recurring-task-in-outlook-2003/comment-page-1/#comment-503 Anonymous Wed, 02 Nov 2005 14:57:32 +0000 http://s194721765.onlinehome.us/blog/2005/11/02/setting-up-a-recurring-task-in-outlook-2003/#comment-503 Thats' strange. I'm still using Outlook 2000 and I do not experience that behavior at all. I can dismiss one and it keeps the reminder in for the next one. I'm pretty sure I've used Outlook XP and it did the same thing. Maybe this is new to Outlook 2003? Very strange if they actually changed that. Thats’ strange. I’m still using Outlook 2000 and I do not experience that behavior at all. I can dismiss one and it keeps the reminder in for the next one. I’m pretty sure I’ve used Outlook XP and it did the same thing. Maybe this is new to Outlook 2003? Very strange if they actually changed that.

]]> By: daughtkom http://benreichelt.net/blog/2005/11/02/setting-up-a-recurring-task-in-outlook-2003/comment-page-1/#comment-502 daughtkom Wed, 02 Nov 2005 14:42:25 +0000 http://s194721765.onlinehome.us/blog/2005/11/02/setting-up-a-recurring-task-in-outlook-2003/#comment-502 Or you can do what I do -- wait until the accounting person tells you that you're three days late on your timesheets, then do your best to remember what you did last week. :) That seems to happen every week for me. I actually have an Excel file popup when I login each morning. The file is just a log that I use to complete the "real" timesheets (which are way too complicated). Or you can do what I do — wait until the accounting person tells you that you’re three days late on your timesheets, then do your best to remember what you did last week. :) That seems to happen every week for me.

I actually have an Excel file popup when I login each morning. The file is just a log that I use to complete the “real” timesheets (which are way too complicated).

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