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Birthday in Contact, but not on calendar.. pls help :)!
I imported my contacts from my office account using excel. I now have 1000+
contacts, many with birthdays that are visible when I click on the contact and look at all details, the date is in the birthday field. The problem is most of these do NOT appear on my calendar. I am using the default contacts and calendar (as I have read that there may be an issue if you are using a user created contacts db). Since the data is still there, is there anyway to get that information to my calendar... Any help is greatly appreciated! |
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Birthday in Contact, but not on calendar.. pls help :)!
if they weren't added automatically, see
http://www.rsout.com/us/prods/prod05.html -- Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com Outlook Tips by email: EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange: You can access this newsgroup by visiting http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...s/default.mspx or point your newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com. "aceman97" wrote in message ... I imported my contacts from my office account using excel. I now have 1000+ contacts, many with birthdays that are visible when I click on the contact and look at all details, the date is in the birthday field. The problem is most of these do NOT appear on my calendar. I am using the default contacts and calendar (as I have read that there may be an issue if you are using a user created contacts db). Since the data is still there, is there anyway to get that information to my calendar... Any help is greatly appreciated! |
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Birthday in Contact, but not on calendar.. pls help :)!
Diane,
Thanks for the response. I have to say I am more than a bit disappointed that Microsoft doesn't have a fix for this and that the official solution involves me purchasing a 3rd party software package... oh well.. thanks... any other free/workarounds? "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote: if they weren't added automatically, see http://www.rsout.com/us/prods/prod05.html -- Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com Outlook Tips by email: EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange: You can access this newsgroup by visiting http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...s/default.mspx or point your newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com. "aceman97" wrote in message ... I imported my contacts from my office account using excel. I now have 1000+ contacts, many with birthdays that are visible when I click on the contact and look at all details, the date is in the birthday field. The problem is most of these do NOT appear on my calendar. I am using the default contacts and calendar (as I have read that there may be an issue if you are using a user created contacts db). Since the data is still there, is there anyway to get that information to my calendar... Any help is greatly appreciated! |
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Birthday in Contact, but not on calendar.. pls help :)!
You can write VBA but 3rd party apps are often cost effective especially if
you aren't skilled with VBA and spend hours trying to make it work. You might find some samples at outlookcode.com. Outlook's normal behavior is to add birthdays of contacts to the calendar -they are likely to be added if you do anything to modify the contacts. -- Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com Outlook Tips by email: EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange: You can access this newsgroup by visiting http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...s/default.mspx or point your newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com. "aceman97" wrote in message ... Diane, Thanks for the response. I have to say I am more than a bit disappointed that Microsoft doesn't have a fix for this and that the official solution involves me purchasing a 3rd party software package... oh well.. thanks... any other free/workarounds? "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote: if they weren't added automatically, see http://www.rsout.com/us/prods/prod05.html -- Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com Outlook Tips by email: EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange: You can access this newsgroup by visiting http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...s/default.mspx or point your newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com. "aceman97" wrote in message ... I imported my contacts from my office account using excel. I now have 1000+ contacts, many with birthdays that are visible when I click on the contact and look at all details, the date is in the birthday field. The problem is most of these do NOT appear on my calendar. I am using the default contacts and calendar (as I have read that there may be an issue if you are using a user created contacts db). Since the data is still there, is there anyway to get that information to my calendar... Any help is greatly appreciated! |
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Birthday in Contact, but not on calendar.. pls help :)!
Importing data (especially .pst files) will never put your
birthdays/anniversaries on your calendar. Only when you invoke them from within the contact item will they show on the calendar. May I ask why you had to import them from Excel? Were you not using Outlook prior to this for your contacts? -- Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. ALWAYS post your Outlook version. How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 After furious head scratching, aceman97 asked: | I imported my contacts from my office account using excel. I now | have 1000+ contacts, many with birthdays that are visible when I | click on the contact and look at all details, the date is in the | birthday field. The problem is most of these do NOT appear on my | calendar. I am using the default contacts and calendar (as I have | read that there may be an issue if you are using a user created | contacts db). Since the data is still there, is there anyway to get | that information to my calendar... Any help is greatly appreciated! |
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