Can someone help me design a custom view for re-occurring appointments
(birthdays) that sorts by month (without the year).

I am looking for a view that would list all the Jan events together, all the
Feb events together, etc. (the year doesn't matter since the events occur
every year). The only view I have been able to create is completely
chronological Jan-Dec 2004, Jan-Dec 2005 etc.

Thanks

Outlook can't do that, because it doesn't separate the date out as a separate field that you can filter on.

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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming:
Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators
http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54


"Jack B. Pollack" wrote in message ...
Can someone help me design a custom view for re-occurring appointments
(birthdays) that sorts by month (without the year).

I am looking for a view that would list all the Jan events together, all the
Feb events together, etc. (the year doesn't matter since the events occur
every year). The only view I have been able to create is completely
chronological Jan-Dec 2004, Jan-Dec 2005 etc.

Thanks

Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] wrote:
Can someone help me design a custom view for re-occurring
appointments (birthdays) that sorts by month (without the year).

I am looking for a view that would list all the Jan events together,
all the Feb events together, etc. (the year doesn't matter since the
events occur every year). The only view I have been able to create
is completely chronological Jan-Dec 2004, Jan-Dec 2005 etc.

Outlook can't do that, because it doesn't separate the date out as a
separate field that you can filter on.

Tho, couldn't you pull the month out using a macro, put it in, say, the
Mileage field and just use the Windows scheduler to run outlook once a day
with the /autorun switch to fire off that macro?

Not that I'd want to write that code, but... =)

Well, ok, I'd do it for a fee.
--
f.h.

That might work, although /autorun has never worked for me. It also would take 12 filtered views, one for each month. But I don't think the o.p. was asking how to write code.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming:
Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators
http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54


"F.H. Muffman" wrote in message ...
Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] wrote:
Can someone help me design a custom view for re-occurring
appointments (birthdays) that sorts by month (without the year).

I am looking for a view that would list all the Jan events together,
all the Feb events together, etc. (the year doesn't matter since the
events occur every year). The only view I have been able to create
is completely chronological Jan-Dec 2004, Jan-Dec 2005 etc.

Outlook can't do that, because it doesn't separate the date out as a
separate field that you can filter on.

Tho, couldn't you pull the month out using a macro, put it in, say, the
Mileage field and just use the Windows scheduler to run outlook once a day
with the /autorun switch to fire off that macro?

Not that I'd want to write that code, but... =)

Well, ok, I'd do it for a fee.
--
f.h.

Yeh, was just looking for a simple way to see the bdays for the current
month

"F.H. Muffman" wrote in message
...
Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] wrote:
Can someone help me design a custom view for re-occurring
appointments (birthdays) that sorts by month (without the year).

I am looking for a view that would list all the Jan events together,
all the Feb events together, etc. (the year doesn't matter since the
events occur every year). The only view I have been able to create
is completely chronological Jan-Dec 2004, Jan-Dec 2005 etc.

Outlook can't do that, because it doesn't separate the date out as a
separate field that you can filter on.

Tho, couldn't you pull the month out using a macro, put it in, say, the
Mileage field and just use the Windows scheduler to run outlook once a day
with the /autorun switch to fire off that macro?

Not that I'd want to write that code, but... =)

Well, ok, I'd do it for a fee.
--
f.h.

You need to look for month names in the recurrence field:
http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/birthday.htm

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Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
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"Jack B. Pollack" wrote in message
...
Can someone help me design a custom view for re-occurring appointments
(birthdays) that sorts by month (without the year).

I am looking for a view that would list all the Jan events together, all
the
Feb events together, etc. (the year doesn't matter since the events occur
every year). The only view I have been able to create is completely
chronological Jan-Dec 2004, Jan-Dec 2005 etc.

Thanks

Thanks. I'll give it a try when I get back to my computer.

"Diane Poremsky" wrote in message
...
You need to look for month names in the recurrence field:
http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/birthday.htm

--
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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"Jack B. Pollack" wrote in message
...
Can someone help me design a custom view for re-occurring appointments
(birthdays) that sorts by month (without the year).

I am looking for a view that would list all the Jan events together, all
the
Feb events together, etc. (the year doesn't matter since the events
occur
every year). The only view I have been able to create is completely
chronological Jan-Dec 2004, Jan-Dec 2005 etc.

Thanks