Was trying to find out if someone had a macro or could walk me through making
one that would allow me to auto-assign a category based upon specific text in
the subject of an calendar entry? I know about "Automatic Formatting" but it
only assigns a "color" not a category?

Thanks!

James Dasher

Forgot to mention that I am using Outlook 2007, though I think that is the
only version with this feature anyway?

"James Dasher" wrote:

Was trying to find out if someone had a macro or could walk me through making
one that would allow me to auto-assign a category based upon specific text in
the subject of an calendar entry? I know about "Automatic Formatting" but it
only assigns a "color" not a category?

Thanks!

James Dasher

autoformatting assigns a color category, but its view based, not permanently
part of the appointment. See outlookcode.com for code samples.

--
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Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

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"James Dasher" wrote in message
...
Forgot to mention that I am using Outlook 2007, though I think that is the
only version with this feature anyway?

"James Dasher" wrote:

Was trying to find out if someone had a macro or could walk me through
making
one that would allow me to auto-assign a category based upon specific
text in
the subject of an calendar entry? I know about "Automatic Formatting" but
it
only assigns a "color" not a category?

Thanks!

James Dasher

I know that autoformatting is view based, and not part of the appointment on
the calendar. What I want to be able to do is create an appointment that say
starts with "IMP:" and have a macro or rule or something read that and know
to add that appointment to the "Important" category. I have several like
that...so I want to be able to define categories based upon the intro "code"
in the name of an appointment and get the category of the appointment set, so
that if I view "By Category" it is in the appropriate list.

James

P.S. I've been to OutlookCode.com but all I see are examples for 2003 and
lower, I believe that 2007 changed how categories work?

"Diane Poremsky" wrote:

autoformatting assigns a color category, but its view based, not permanently
part of the appointment. See outlookcode.com for code samples.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

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"James Dasher" wrote in message
...
Forgot to mention that I am using Outlook 2007, though I think that is the
only version with this feature anyway?

"James Dasher" wrote:

Was trying to find out if someone had a macro or could walk me through
making
one that would allow me to auto-assign a category based upon specific
text in
the subject of an calendar entry? I know about "Automatic Formatting" but
it
only assigns a "color" not a category?

Thanks!

James Dasher

Actually, OL 07 didn't change how categories work. It added colors and
changed where they're stored, that's it. Additionally, now you can access
the Master Category List via the object model.

--
Viele Gruesse / Best regards
Michael Bauer - MVP Outlook
The Tool for Outlook Categories:
http://www.vboffice.net/product.html?id=2006063&cmd=detail&lang=en&pub=6

Am Tue, 16 Oct 2007 10:10:00 -0700 schrieb James Dasher:

I know that autoformatting is view based, and not part of the appointment
on
the calendar. What I want to be able to do is create an appointment that
say
starts with "IMP:" and have a macro or rule or something read that and
know
to add that appointment to the "Important" category. I have several like
that...so I want to be able to define categories based upon the intro
"code"
in the name of an appointment and get the category of the appointment set,
so
that if I view "By Category" it is in the appropriate list.

James

P.S. I've been to OutlookCode.com but all I see are examples for 2003 and
lower, I believe that 2007 changed how categories work?

"Diane Poremsky" wrote:

autoformatting assigns a color category, but its view based, not
permanently
part of the appointment. See outlookcode.com for code samples.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

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"James Dasher" wrote in message
...
Forgot to mention that I am using Outlook 2007, though I think that is
the
only version with this feature anyway?

"James Dasher" wrote:

Was trying to find out if someone had a macro or could walk me through
making
one that would allow me to auto-assign a category based upon specific
text in
the subject of an calendar entry? I know about "Automatic Formatting"
but
it
only assigns a "color" not a category?

Thanks!

James Dasher