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Customize Outlook Reminder Snoozing
I'd like to see it possible to customize Outlook Reminder intervals.
Specifically, I'd like to see a snooze time interval of One Minute Before Start. My options today...Outlook 2003 being less accurate to remind than 2K was...are be five minutes early or one minute late. But, I can see the use for 4, 3, 2, and 1 minute "before start" and "from now". To extend that further, I can see where other people want other things and maybe it's better to allow the sky to be the limit by allowing the reminder time intervals to be customized by the user. Doug |
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You can type any number you want in the snooze area, not just what's
provided. The defaults however cannot be changed. -- Ken Slovak [MVP - Outlook] http://www.slovaktech.com Author: Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm "Hack" wrote in message ... I'd like to see it possible to customize Outlook Reminder intervals. Specifically, I'd like to see a snooze time interval of One Minute Before Start. My options today...Outlook 2003 being less accurate to remind than 2K was...are be five minutes early or one minute late. But, I can see the use for 4, 3, 2, and 1 minute "before start" and "from now". To extend that further, I can see where other people want other things and maybe it's better to allow the sky to be the limit by allowing the reminder time intervals to be customized by the user. Doug |
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Editing the text "0 hours before start" to read "1 minute before start"
results in the following error message... The snooze time "1 minute before start" is invalid. Please enter a valid snooze time. So, we're back to square one. In Outlook 2003, I'm not sure where time comes from (localhost or Exchange server) but, reminders are always 30 seconds to a minute late. I do run in cached mode. Any ideas? Doug "Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]" wrote: You can type any number you want in the snooze area, not just what's provided. The defaults however cannot be changed. -- Ken Slovak [MVP - Outlook] http://www.slovaktech.com Author: Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm "Hack" wrote in message ... I'd like to see it possible to customize Outlook Reminder intervals. Specifically, I'd like to see a snooze time interval of One Minute Before Start. My options today...Outlook 2003 being less accurate to remind than 2K was...are be five minutes early or one minute late. But, I can see the use for 4, 3, 2, and 1 minute "before start" and "from now". To extend that further, I can see where other people want other things and maybe it's better to allow the sky to be the limit by allowing the reminder time intervals to be customized by the user. Doug |
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For Outlook 2003 I think you might have to use at least 2 minutes. As I
recall 1 minute worked in earlier versions of Outlook. Reminders should fire at some point within the minute they are due, not necessarily at the exact second the minute occurs. The time used to fire reminders is your local time. -- Ken Slovak [MVP - Outlook] http://www.slovaktech.com Author: Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm "Hack" wrote in message ... Editing the text "0 hours before start" to read "1 minute before start" results in the following error message... The snooze time "1 minute before start" is invalid. Please enter a valid snooze time. So, we're back to square one. In Outlook 2003, I'm not sure where time comes from (localhost or Exchange server) but, reminders are always 30 seconds to a minute late. I do run in cached mode. Any ideas? Doug |
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Thanks for your time on this Ken.
I just tried to use "2 minutes before start" and that came back as invalid also. It's interesting that you mention the reminders come up within the minute they are do. That sounds like poor programming given reminders exist to keep us on time. Every time I babysit the seconds on a reminder, they are always 32 seconds after the due time. That makes me late to a customer con-call...and gives more reason to have a 1-minute before start reminder interval. Any other ideas about how to get a custom "before start time" reminder?...without opening the original calendar item and editing the "master" reminder time? Doug "Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]" wrote: For Outlook 2003 I think you might have to use at least 2 minutes. As I recall 1 minute worked in earlier versions of Outlook. Reminders should fire at some point within the minute they are due, not necessarily at the exact second the minute occurs. The time used to fire reminders is your local time. -- Ken Slovak [MVP - Outlook] http://www.slovaktech.com Author: Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm "Hack" wrote in message ... Editing the text "0 hours before start" to read "1 minute before start" results in the following error message... The snooze time "1 minute before start" is invalid. Please enter a valid snooze time. So, we're back to square one. In Outlook 2003, I'm not sure where time comes from (localhost or Exchange server) but, reminders are always 30 seconds to a minute late. I do run in cached mode. Any ideas? Doug |
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It looks like anything less than "5 minutes before start" will error, but if
you clear that condition and just enter "1 minute" it takes. So you have to adjust how you enter the snooze time. I don't see this as bad programming. The reminder service must run on some sort of timer. Unless that timer was synchronized with the system clock to start exactly at 00 seconds of each minute, adjusting the timer rate every minute to avoid any slippage, firing some time during that minute is adequate. And if things are really that precise that firing the reminder 20 seconds later than it should is a problem then set your reminders an extra minute early. -- Ken Slovak [MVP - Outlook] http://www.slovaktech.com Author: Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm "Hack" wrote in message ... Thanks for your time on this Ken. I just tried to use "2 minutes before start" and that came back as invalid also. It's interesting that you mention the reminders come up within the minute they are do. That sounds like poor programming given reminders exist to keep us on time. Every time I babysit the seconds on a reminder, they are always 32 seconds after the due time. That makes me late to a customer con-call...and gives more reason to have a 1-minute before start reminder interval. Any other ideas about how to get a custom "before start time" reminder?...without opening the original calendar item and editing the "master" reminder time? Doug |
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I'm glad to see we've come full-circle on this topic and you now fully
understand the logic of my request for '1 minute before start'..."if things are really that precise that firing the reminder 20 seconds later than it should is a problem then set your reminders an extra minute early." As the host on customer con-call, I shouldn't be late. Having watched this whole reminder timing thing for the past few weeks, I now see where Outlook 2003 also kicks in multi-day reminders more than 24-hrs early...I have a reminder set for Monday. On Thursday, my should-remind-me-on-Friday. reminder pops up as though the meeting is on Sunday. This wasn't the case in Outlook 2000. So, where can I get a registry hack or something to predefine whatever 'before start' interval I want. Or, where do I really make an enhancement request. Thanks, Doug "Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]" wrote: It looks like anything less than "5 minutes before start" will error, but if you clear that condition and just enter "1 minute" it takes. So you have to adjust how you enter the snooze time. I don't see this as bad programming. The reminder service must run on some sort of timer. Unless that timer was synchronized with the system clock to start exactly at 00 seconds of each minute, adjusting the timer rate every minute to avoid any slippage, firing some time during that minute is adequate. And if things are really that precise that firing the reminder 20 seconds later than it should is a problem then set your reminders an extra minute early. -- Ken Slovak [MVP - Outlook] http://www.slovaktech.com Author: Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm "Hack" wrote in message ... Thanks for your time on this Ken. I just tried to use "2 minutes before start" and that came back as invalid also. It's interesting that you mention the reminders come up within the minute they are do. That sounds like poor programming given reminders exist to keep us on time. Every time I babysit the seconds on a reminder, they are always 32 seconds after the due time. That makes me late to a customer con-call...and gives more reason to have a 1-minute before start reminder interval. Any other ideas about how to get a custom "before start time" reminder?...without opening the original calendar item and editing the "master" reminder time? Doug |
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There is no hack for that. You can try writing to with
your feature request but don't hold your breath. -- Ken Slovak [MVP - Outlook] http://www.slovaktech.com Author: Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm "Hack" wrote in message ... I'm glad to see we've come full-circle on this topic and you now fully understand the logic of my request for '1 minute before start'..."if things are really that precise that firing the reminder 20 seconds later than it should is a problem then set your reminders an extra minute early." As the host on customer con-call, I shouldn't be late. Having watched this whole reminder timing thing for the past few weeks, I now see where Outlook 2003 also kicks in multi-day reminders more than 24-hrs early...I have a reminder set for Monday. On Thursday, my should-remind-me-on-Friday. reminder pops up as though the meeting is on Sunday. This wasn't the case in Outlook 2000. So, where can I get a registry hack or something to predefine whatever 'before start' interval I want. Or, where do I really make an enhancement request. Thanks, Doug |
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