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From: mweiblen on 13 Apr 2010 15:51

I am looking for a simple way to assign people to a project and display
the project on a calendar with their names as assigned.

Also I would like to be able to display the calendar with the people
listed and what projects they are assigned to on the calendar. So 2
different views, 1 by project and 1 by person, for the same information
and only enter the information once.

This may not be possible in Outlook Calendar but I would appreciate any
other suggestions.


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From: Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] on 14 Apr 2010 08:17
"mweiblen" <mweiblen.49dhpv(a)invalid> wrote in message
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> I am looking for a simple way to assign people to a project and display
> the project on a calendar with their names as assigned.
>
> Also I would like to be able to display the calendar with the people
> listed and what projects they are assigned to on the calendar. So 2
> different views, 1 by project and 1 by person, for the same information
> and only enter the information once.

I'd create a category for each project and assign those category to the
calendar events. I'd then create a view for each category to I could display
the calendar for each by changing the view. While I can't think of a way to
show people on the calendar, I'd create similar views for my contacts. I
would open both calendar and contacts windows and switch to the same view in
each window. That would give me side-by-side project-oriented summaries.
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

From: Scott_goddard on 14 Apr 2010 15:45
Hi i like you idea and i am thinking of using it....I have created new
catergoies but my task appear in each one.....how do i assgin the catergoies
to each calendar as you suggested and then asgin them to the correct group?

"Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

> "mweiblen" <mweiblen.49dhpv(a)invalid> wrote in message
> news:mweiblen.49dhpv(a)invalid...
>
> > I am looking for a simple way to assign people to a project and display
> > the project on a calendar with their names as assigned.
> >
> > Also I would like to be able to display the calendar with the people
> > listed and what projects they are assigned to on the calendar. So 2
> > different views, 1 by project and 1 by person, for the same information
> > and only enter the information once.
>
> I'd create a category for each project and assign those category to the
> calendar events. I'd then create a view for each category to I could display
> the calendar for each by changing the view. While I can't think of a way to
> show people on the calendar, I'd create similar views for my contacts. I
> would open both calendar and contacts windows and switch to the same view in
> each window. That would give me side-by-side project-oriented summaries.
> --
> Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]
>
> .
>
From: Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] on 14 Apr 2010 21:15
"Scott_goddard" <Scottgoddard(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi i like you idea and i am thinking of using it....I have created new
> catergoies but my task appear in each one.....how do i assgin the catergoies
> to each calendar as you suggested and then asgin them to the correct group?

You can't assign categories to calendars, you assign them to items in the
calendar. I assumed (perhaps a mistake) that you had entries in the calendar
that showed the project events like milestone due dates. Assign the category
to the events.
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

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