2nd July 2001

Outlook has two Calendar view options that appear to be the same at first glance, though there is one difference. Click View - Current View - Day/Week/Month, and you'll be shown each of your appointments with their title in the appropriate time slot. When you select the Day/Week/Month View with AutoPreview option, you'll then see additional text that appears in the view that is called from the free-text event description area. Mousing over the event expands the view even further to show you even more text. I tend to take some notes about upcoming events and drop them into the description area, and using the Autopreview saves clicks by showing me the thoughts and comments without having to open the event item. Another one of my favorite modifications is to move the tool bar icons around to places more comfortable to me, or to totally confuse Gretchen when I'm in the mood for a prank or two. This actually works with all Office 2000/XP applications. Hold down the ALT key and haul those buttons around the toolbar, then drop them where they make more sense to you, and it's easier than messing with the toolbar customization dialogs.