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I am unable to get pop up reminders on top of the window I am working with.
Using Windows 7 with Office Outlook 2007. Can someone please help? thanks |
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"Al" wrote in message
... I am unable to get pop up reminders on top of the window I am working with. Using Windows 7 with Office Outlook 2007. Can someone please help? thanks The reminder window generally doesn't pop up over the top of the window with focus. If it were to do that, it would interrupt whatever you were doing at the time. That's why the taskbar handle flashes - to attract your attention to the fact there's a reminder. Try not to occlude so much of the desktop that the reminder window can't be seen. -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] |
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I have the same problem. I like that it flashes in the task bar, however,
when I'm focusing on a Word document or other piece of software, often I don't even see the brief flash in the task bar, and then end up being late for a meeting. I would like Microsoft to offer an option to turn on "pop-over" control of Outlook reminders. It should me MY choice, NOT Microsoft's whether or not the reminder pops OVER my focused window. As for "Try not to occlude so much of the desktop that the reminder window can't be seen." Are you serious? Why would I not maximize my Microsoft Word window when I'm typing a document? Or did I misunderstand you? It sounds like you're telling us to keep all of our windows "restored down" to some fraction of the window size WHILE IN USE, just so I can see a reminder pop up. NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. Let me CHOOSE to set the reminder to pop OVER my already maximized window and I'll be happy. -R "Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]" wrote: "Al" wrote in message ... I am unable to get pop up reminders on top of the window I am working with. Using Windows 7 with Office Outlook 2007. Can someone please help? thanks The reminder window generally doesn't pop up over the top of the window with focus. If it were to do that, it would interrupt whatever you were doing at the time. That's why the taskbar handle flashes - to attract your attention to the fact there's a reminder. Try not to occlude so much of the desktop that the reminder window can't be seen. -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] . |
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Microsoft was heavily pounded for having the Window pop up OVER the active
window where reminders were easily dismissed and important work was interrupted. Just goes to show, you can't please everyone all of the time. Personally, I prefer the taskbar option. And I use a less than full size window when working on documents or Outlook or the Internet, but I have a wide screen monitor (24") and at home dual monitors. -- Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. ALWAYS post your Outlook version. How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 After furious head scratching, R Gibson asked: | I have the same problem. I like that it flashes in the task bar, | however, when I'm focusing on a Word document or other piece of | software, often I don't even see the brief flash in the task bar, and | then end up being late for a meeting. | | I would like Microsoft to offer an option to turn on "pop-over" | control of Outlook reminders. It should me MY choice, NOT Microsoft's | whether or not the reminder pops OVER my focused window. | | As for "Try not to occlude so much of the desktop that the reminder | window can't be seen." Are you serious? Why would I not maximize my | Microsoft Word window when I'm typing a document? Or did I | misunderstand you? It sounds like you're telling us to keep all of | our windows "restored down" to some fraction of the window size WHILE | IN USE, just so I can see a reminder pop up. NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. Let | me CHOOSE to set the reminder to pop OVER my already maximized window | and I'll be happy. | | -R | | | "Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]" wrote: | || "Al" wrote in message || ... || ||| I am unable to get pop up reminders on top of the window I am ||| working with. Using Windows 7 with Office Outlook 2007. Can someone ||| please help? thanks || || The reminder window generally doesn't pop up over the top of the || window with focus. If it were to do that, it would interrupt || whatever you were doing at the time. That's why the taskbar handle || flashes - to attract your attention to the fact there's a reminder. || Try not to occlude so much of the desktop that the reminder window || can't be seen. -- || Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] || || . |
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Good for you - that's why they are called "options". You are happy, we are
not since I miss meetings all the time now. "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote: Microsoft was heavily pounded for having the Window pop up OVER the active window where reminders were easily dismissed and important work was interrupted. Just goes to show, you can't please everyone all of the time. Personally, I prefer the taskbar option. And I use a less than full size window when working on documents or Outlook or the Internet, but I have a wide screen monitor (24") and at home dual monitors. -- Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. ALWAYS post your Outlook version. How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 After furious head scratching, R Gibson asked: | I have the same problem. I like that it flashes in the task bar, | however, when I'm focusing on a Word document or other piece of | software, often I don't even see the brief flash in the task bar, and | then end up being late for a meeting. | | I would like Microsoft to offer an option to turn on "pop-over" | control of Outlook reminders. It should me MY choice, NOT Microsoft's | whether or not the reminder pops OVER my focused window. | | As for "Try not to occlude so much of the desktop that the reminder | window can't be seen." Are you serious? Why would I not maximize my | Microsoft Word window when I'm typing a document? Or did I | misunderstand you? It sounds like you're telling us to keep all of | our windows "restored down" to some fraction of the window size WHILE | IN USE, just so I can see a reminder pop up. NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. Let | me CHOOSE to set the reminder to pop OVER my already maximized window | and I'll be happy. | | -R | | | "Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]" wrote: | || "Al" wrote in message || ... || ||| I am unable to get pop up reminders on top of the window I am ||| working with. Using Windows 7 with Office Outlook 2007. Can someone ||| please help? thanks || || The reminder window generally doesn't pop up over the top of the || window with focus. If it were to do that, it would interrupt || whatever you were doing at the time. That's why the taskbar handle || flashes - to attract your attention to the fact there's a reminder. || Try not to occlude so much of the desktop that the reminder window || can't be seen. -- || Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] || || . . |
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How do i fix this? i don't understand? i need my calendar to pop up infront
of anything i am doing. i missed 3 meetings since Win 7 update. "Rich Coleman" wrote: Good for you - that's why they are called "options". You are happy, we are not since I miss meetings all the time now. "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote: Microsoft was heavily pounded for having the Window pop up OVER the active window where reminders were easily dismissed and important work was interrupted. Just goes to show, you can't please everyone all of the time. Personally, I prefer the taskbar option. And I use a less than full size window when working on documents or Outlook or the Internet, but I have a wide screen monitor (24") and at home dual monitors. -- Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. ALWAYS post your Outlook version. How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 After furious head scratching, R Gibson asked: | I have the same problem. I like that it flashes in the task bar, | however, when I'm focusing on a Word document or other piece of | software, often I don't even see the brief flash in the task bar, and | then end up being late for a meeting. | | I would like Microsoft to offer an option to turn on "pop-over" | control of Outlook reminders. It should me MY choice, NOT Microsoft's | whether or not the reminder pops OVER my focused window. | | As for "Try not to occlude so much of the desktop that the reminder | window can't be seen." Are you serious? Why would I not maximize my | Microsoft Word window when I'm typing a document? Or did I | misunderstand you? It sounds like you're telling us to keep all of | our windows "restored down" to some fraction of the window size WHILE | IN USE, just so I can see a reminder pop up. NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. Let | me CHOOSE to set the reminder to pop OVER my already maximized window | and I'll be happy. | | -R | | | "Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]" wrote: | || "Al" wrote in message || ... || ||| I am unable to get pop up reminders on top of the window I am ||| working with. Using Windows 7 with Office Outlook 2007. Can someone ||| please help? thanks || || The reminder window generally doesn't pop up over the top of the || window with focus. If it were to do that, it would interrupt || whatever you were doing at the time. That's why the taskbar handle || flashes - to attract your attention to the fact there's a reminder. || Try not to occlude so much of the desktop that the reminder window || can't be seen. -- || Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] || || . . |
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This is annoying me as well. It appears to be an issue with Windows 7 (Win7),
not Outlook. By default, Win7 combines the taskbar buttons. By doing so the Reminder gets embedded into the "grouping" behind the Outlook icon. This makes the reminder difficult to notice. If you change the "Taskbar buttons" setting under the "Taskbar and Start Menu Properties" to "Never combine," then the grouping separates and the reminder pops-up in front of whatever else you have open. However, one of the great new features of Win7 is this nice, clean taskbar grouping. So it becomes a matter of sacrifice in order to get this to work correctly. I'm hoping that Microsoft comes up with a fix for this, as I'm sure more and more people are going to become annoyed. " wrote: How do i fix this? i don't understand? i need my calendar to pop up infront of anything i am doing. i missed 3 meetings since Win 7 update. "Rich Coleman" wrote: Good for you - that's why they are called "options". You are happy, we are not since I miss meetings all the time now. "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote: Microsoft was heavily pounded for having the Window pop up OVER the active window where reminders were easily dismissed and important work was interrupted. Just goes to show, you can't please everyone all of the time. Personally, I prefer the taskbar option. And I use a less than full size window when working on documents or Outlook or the Internet, but I have a wide screen monitor (24") and at home dual monitors. -- Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. ALWAYS post your Outlook version. How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 After furious head scratching, R Gibson asked: | I have the same problem. I like that it flashes in the task bar, | however, when I'm focusing on a Word document or other piece of | software, often I don't even see the brief flash in the task bar, and | then end up being late for a meeting. | | I would like Microsoft to offer an option to turn on "pop-over" | control of Outlook reminders. It should me MY choice, NOT Microsoft's | whether or not the reminder pops OVER my focused window. | | As for "Try not to occlude so much of the desktop that the reminder | window can't be seen." Are you serious? Why would I not maximize my | Microsoft Word window when I'm typing a document? Or did I | misunderstand you? It sounds like you're telling us to keep all of | our windows "restored down" to some fraction of the window size WHILE | IN USE, just so I can see a reminder pop up. NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. Let | me CHOOSE to set the reminder to pop OVER my already maximized window | and I'll be happy. | | -R | | | "Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]" wrote: | || "Al" wrote in message || ... || ||| I am unable to get pop up reminders on top of the window I am ||| working with. Using Windows 7 with Office Outlook 2007. Can someone ||| please help? thanks || || The reminder window generally doesn't pop up over the top of the || window with focus. If it were to do that, it would interrupt || whatever you were doing at the time. That's why the taskbar handle || flashes - to attract your attention to the fact there's a reminder. || Try not to occlude so much of the desktop that the reminder window || can't be seen. -- || Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] || || . . |
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"The reminder window generally doesn't pop up over the top of the window with
focus. If it were to do that, it would interrupt whatever you were doing at the time. " I'm forever puzzled by the 'logic' of this statement - not by you personally but, by the belief by MS that one doesn't want to have the option to be 'interrupted'. The whole reason I use the calendar and reminder system is to remind me (not interrupt me). When I'm in the middle of a crazy day the last thing I want to rely on is yet another blinking annoyance in the taskbar. Why don't we have the ability to leave the reminder pop-up to stay 'on-top' like many, many other programs allow (i.e. see WinAmp, gaming software etc.). I can't think of a longer standing short-sighted decision by MS. They usually seem to come around, several years late at times, but eventually they see the light. Apparantly, they're happy with their own internal surveys and don't see the value. I tried explaining that to the seminar leader who's session I was late to today because I was working on my computer, with a calendar alert to notify me and yet again i was not reminded - I was late again --- grrrr. Thanks. "Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]" wrote: "Al" wrote in message ... I am unable to get pop up reminders on top of the window I am working with. Using Windows 7 with Office Outlook 2007. Can someone please help? thanks The reminder window generally doesn't pop up over the top of the window with focus. If it were to do that, it would interrupt whatever you were doing at the time. That's why the taskbar handle flashes - to attract your attention to the fact there's a reminder. Try not to occlude so much of the desktop that the reminder window can't be seen. -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] . |
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Actually, it shows one that their users want choice. Of course you can't
please everyone - why do you think a company can. You can however make MANY MORE happy by not going one way or the other. If it was already working and MS had to write code to stop it, why not throw a switch in there and let the user decide? I use MS 7 but, in my house MS didn't listen to me (lol) "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote: Microsoft was heavily pounded for having the Window pop up OVER the active window where reminders were easily dismissed and important work was interrupted. Just goes to show, you can't please everyone all of the time. Personally, I prefer the taskbar option. And I use a less than full size window when working on documents or Outlook or the Internet, but I have a wide screen monitor (24") and at home dual monitors. -- Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. ALWAYS post your Outlook version. How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 After furious head scratching, R Gibson asked: | I have the same problem. I like that it flashes in the task bar, | however, when I'm focusing on a Word document or other piece of | software, often I don't even see the brief flash in the task bar, and | then end up being late for a meeting. | | I would like Microsoft to offer an option to turn on "pop-over" | control of Outlook reminders. It should me MY choice, NOT Microsoft's | whether or not the reminder pops OVER my focused window. | | As for "Try not to occlude so much of the desktop that the reminder | window can't be seen." Are you serious? Why would I not maximize my | Microsoft Word window when I'm typing a document? Or did I | misunderstand you? It sounds like you're telling us to keep all of | our windows "restored down" to some fraction of the window size WHILE | IN USE, just so I can see a reminder pop up. NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. Let | me CHOOSE to set the reminder to pop OVER my already maximized window | and I'll be happy. | | -R | | | "Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]" wrote: | || "Al" wrote in message || ... || ||| I am unable to get pop up reminders on top of the window I am ||| working with. Using Windows 7 with Office Outlook 2007. Can someone ||| please help? thanks || || The reminder window generally doesn't pop up over the top of the || window with focus. If it were to do that, it would interrupt || whatever you were doing at the time. That's why the taskbar handle || flashes - to attract your attention to the fact there's a reminder. || Try not to occlude so much of the desktop that the reminder window || can't be seen. -- || Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] || || . . |
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"bizwizkid" wrote in message
... Actually, it shows one that their users want choice. Of course you can't please everyone - why do you think a company can. You can however make MANY MORE happy by not going one way or the other. If it was already working and MS had to write code to stop it, why not throw a switch in there and let the user decide? In general, that doesn't seem to be Microsoft's approach. -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] |
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