I think Brant made a good suggestion for a better user interface. I would
suggest simple "Remind Me" check boxes next to birthday and anniversary
(checked by default). This gives people an opportunity to disable what is
currently a hidden feature. Otherwise, a person could be penalized with tons
of unwanted reminders if they enter those details for hundreds of contacts
(and they shouldn't have to entirely disable reminders!).

Walt

"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:

Sorry, I disagree - the reminder should be the default. Just because you
think it should be otherwise, the vast majority of other users do not.
Microsoft programmed this function for the vast majority.

If you do not want reminders on as a default, then uncheck them universally
from the Calendar options page.


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After furious head scratching, Brant Gurganus asked:

| I don't mind getting the reminder if I know that Outlook automatically
| creates them. The problem is that that functionality is in no way
| shown to the user. I would think the first time a birthday or
| anniversary is filled in, Outlook would say it can create reminders
| of those from now on *if the user wants it to do so*. It definitely
| shouldn't just do it.
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|
|| What is weird about being shown a birthday reminder? If you don't
|| want one for yourself, simply uncheck the reminder. For other
|| people, however, the reminder is very handy for sending birthday
|| greetings or anniversary congratulations.
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|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
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|| After furious head scratching, Brant Gurganus asked:
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||| Today is my birthday and when I opened Outlook, I was reminded that
||| is was my birthday despite never having created an event for this
||| day. It really freaked me out. After some research, it appears
||| that Outlook does this from the address book entries. I don't mind
||| the functionality existing, but the user should be notified so they
||| don't think something weird is going on as I did.
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