Like alot of moms, I am the keeper of the family calendar/schedule. We have
a computer in the kitchen for general family use. Each family member has an
account.

Ideally, I'd like each child to keep their own calendar in the usual way,
mark some items as "private" (such as friends' birthdays), and have each
person have the ability to merge all the non-private events from all 5 family
members' calendars into a single view. I suspect that is not possible.

As an alternative, I'd like to keep a master copy of the calendar in my
account (as I currently do), but make it readable (and maybe even writable)
for other users of the "Kitchen Computer".

All my help searches for sharing calendars always boil down to "Exchange
Accounts" which I gather require networking and servers. I need a much more
old fashioned solution.

PMV wrote:

Like alot of moms, I am the keeper of the family calendar/schedule.
We have a computer in the kitchen for general family use. Each
family member has an account.

Ideally, I'd like each child to keep their own calendar in the usual
way, mark some items as "private" (such as friends' birthdays), and
have each person have the ability to merge all the non-private events
from all 5 family members' calendars into a single view. I suspect
that is not possible.

You all could publish your calendars to an online service. If you stick to
using Outlook only one person at a time and your PCs are all networked, you
should create a PST on network share, open that PST in each separate mail
profile, and have the common calendar there. You won't be reminded from it,
however.

As an alternative, I'd like to keep a master copy of the calendar in
my account (as I currently do), but make it readable (and maybe even
writable) for other users of the "Kitchen Computer".

See if something here helps: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/share.asp
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

In adition to Brian's suggestions check he
http://add-ins-central.com/print.htm

"PMV" wrote in message
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Like alot of moms, I am the keeper of the family calendar/schedule. We
have
a computer in the kitchen for general family use. Each family member has
an
account.

Ideally, I'd like each child to keep their own calendar in the usual way,
mark some items as "private" (such as friends' birthdays), and have each
person have the ability to merge all the non-private events from all 5
family
members' calendars into a single view. I suspect that is not possible.

As an alternative, I'd like to keep a master copy of the calendar in my
account (as I currently do), but make it readable (and maybe even
writable)
for other users of the "Kitchen Computer".

All my help searches for sharing calendars always boil down to "Exchange
Accounts" which I gather require networking and servers. I need a much
more
old fashioned solution.