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"Locking" the tasks-bar
For the umpteenth time in just a few days I have inadvertently clicked on the
row up at the top of the Tasks pane (that has the column titles, such as Subject, priority, date due, etc.). This removes all my sorting and grouping, and requires I go drilling down to set them up right again. Is there any way I can "lock" my settings so one silly click doesn't goof this up? I am starting to like Outlook's Task manager but this one feature/bug is really driving me crazy. Help me out please. -- Paul MS Office Pro 2003 XP Home SP3 Dell Inspiron 1501 |
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"Locking" the tasks-bar
No, it can’t be locked.
-- 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. "Paul" wrote in message ... For the umpteenth time in just a few days I have inadvertently clicked on the row up at the top of the Tasks pane (that has the column titles, such as Subject, priority, date due, etc.). This removes all my sorting and grouping, and requires I go drilling down to set them up right again. Is there any way I can "lock" my settings so one silly click doesn't goof this up? I am starting to like Outlook's Task manager but this one feature/bug is really driving me crazy. Help me out please. -- Paul MS Office Pro 2003 XP Home SP3 Dell Inspiron 1501 |
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"Locking" the tasks-bar
OK I see that.
My next move was to try to record a macro (like I can in Word), but I failed and after checking this newsgroup I see that this can't be done. OK then. Is there a code for a macro I can enter, that would GROUP by Categories, and SORT by Priority? At least then, when I goof up and inadvertently hit one of those higher rows, I can run the macro and get it all back with teh click of an icon (I would put it on a toolbar). I have done this several times already and I"ve only been using Outlook a couple of days. I'm just not used to the "look but don't touch" part of this software program. -- Paul MS Office Pro 2003 XP Home SP3 Dell Inspiron 1501 "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote: No, it can’t be locked. -- 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. |
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"Locking" the tasks-bar
No, you can't control views with macros.
Try this: create the view you like then go to Views, Current view, Define views and copy the current view - name it Master view and make a few copies. Apply a copy as your view and when you mess one up, apply the next. Every few times, go back to the Define views dialog to delete the messed up views and copy the Master again. After you are more comfortable using outlook you'll either stop accidently changing the view or will be much faster as fixing it. -- 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. "Paul" wrote in message ... OK I see that. My next move was to try to record a macro (like I can in Word), but I failed and after checking this newsgroup I see that this can't be done. OK then. Is there a code for a macro I can enter, that would GROUP by Categories, and SORT by Priority? At least then, when I goof up and inadvertently hit one of those higher rows, I can run the macro and get it all back with teh click of an icon (I would put it on a toolbar). I have done this several times already and I"ve only been using Outlook a couple of days. I'm just not used to the "look but don't touch" part of this software program. -- Paul MS Office Pro 2003 XP Home SP3 Dell Inspiron 1501 "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote: No, it can’t be locked. -- 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. |
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"Locking" the tasks-bar
Thanks, Diane. I think I got it. You had me copy the "Master" view because
every time I click on Subject or whatever else I click on, I can't go back to the old Master, but have to move on to a copy. Thanks. -- Paul MS Office Pro 2003 XP Home SP3 Dell Inspiron 1501 "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote: No, you can't control views with macros. Try this: create the view you like then go to Views, Current view, Define views and copy the current view - name it Master view and make a few copies. Apply a copy as your view and when you mess one up, apply the next. Every few times, go back to the Define views dialog to delete the messed up views and copy the Master again. After you are more comfortable using outlook you'll either stop accidently changing the view or will be much faster as fixing it. |
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"Locking" the tasks-bar
Right.
-- 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. "Paul" wrote in message ... Thanks, Diane. I think I got it. You had me copy the "Master" view because every time I click on Subject or whatever else I click on, I can't go back to the old Master, but have to move on to a copy. Thanks. -- Paul MS Office Pro 2003 XP Home SP3 Dell Inspiron 1501 "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote: No, you can't control views with macros. Try this: create the view you like then go to Views, Current view, Define views and copy the current view - name it Master view and make a few copies. Apply a copy as your view and when you mess one up, apply the next. Every few times, go back to the Define views dialog to delete the messed up views and copy the Master again. After you are more comfortable using outlook you'll either stop accidently changing the view or will be much faster as fixing it. |
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