I would like to set the color of an appointment based on category and not
labels. I did this with two categories, but I can't get it to work with more
than that. I've shut the computer down and still no luck. Please help....

You first. Outlook version?????

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After furious head scratching, bxs02205 asked:

| I would like to set the color of an appointment based on category and
| not labels. I did this with two categories, but I can't get it to
| work with more than that. I've shut the computer down and still no
| luck. Please help....

"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:

You first. Outlook version?????

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After furious head scratching, bxs02205 asked:

| I would like to set the color of an appointment based on category and
| not labels. I did this with two categories, but I can't get it to
| work with more than that. I've shut the computer down and still no
| luck. Please help....

I'm using 2003

bxs02205 wrote:

I'm using 2003

Outlook 2003 doesn't have color categories.
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"Brian Tillman" wrote:

bxs02205 wrote:

I'm using 2003

Outlook 2003 doesn't have color categories.
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I have a similar question and can't seem to figure out the solution. (I'm
having trouble understanding the whole "View" concept).
I am using Outlook 2002 SP3.
I have identified 35 Categories that I'm using to classify my appointments
and contacts. I have then figured out 10 groupings of these Categories so
that they could be color-coded on my Calendar. (e.g., the Categories of
Contractors, Competitors and Planning would all fall in the Label of
"Business" and be color-coded Blue).
When I schedule an event I'd like to only identify the Category and have
Outlook automatically apply the Label and color code on the calendar.
So... with the Calendar displayed in Day/Week/Month, I chose:
View--- Current View --- Customize Current View --- Automatic Formatting
I then added rules to set the "Name" to Business and "Label" to Business
with Label color of blue for the "Conditions" of Advanced - Field of
"Categories" contains Contractors and also criteria of "Categories"
containing Competitors or Planning.

When I click Ok, it seems to work and the appropriate events are
color-coded, but after doing a few other things in Outlook, the colors have
disappeared and the Automatic Formatting rules/criteria have disappeared as
well.

What should I be doing differently?
......maybe there's an easier way...?

scottb13 wrote:

When I schedule an event I'd like to only identify the Category and
have Outlook automatically apply the Label and color code on the
calendar. So... with the Calendar displayed in Day/Week/Month, I
chose:
View--- Current View --- Customize Current View --- Automatic
Formatting I then added rules to set the "Name" to Business and
"Label" to Business with Label color of blue for the "Conditions" of
Advanced - Field of "Categories" contains Contractors and also
criteria of "Categories" containing Competitors or Planning.

Worked for me, too. The rule forces the label to "Business" when I set the
Category to Business.

When I click Ok, it seems to work and the appropriate events are
color-coded, but after doing a few other things in Outlook, the
colors have disappeared and the Automatic Formatting rules/criteria
have disappeared as well.

What should I be doing differently?

Depends on what you're doing. You say "after doing a few other things" but
you never elucidate what those other things are. We can't tell you what to
avoid if we don't know what you're doing.
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