swap zones works with the dual time zone feature - you can see two zones in
the day or week view - the default zone is the one the computer is on. Swap
changes the computer zone to the other zone. If you have an appt for 9 AM
EST (6 AM PT) it's still going to be in the 9AM ET/6 PT row, but you'll be
on PT.

change zones is for use when you permanently change zones - you can change
all of the appointments to the new zone while keeping the time. ie, appt at
9 am ET is moved to 9 am PT.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com

Outlook Tips by email:


EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:


You can access this newsgroup by visiting
http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...s/default.mspx or point your
newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com.


"BorisS" wrote in message
...
then what is the difference between 'swap time zones' and the (seemingly
more
invasive and permanent) 'change calendar time zone' options?
--
Boris


"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:

when you switch time zones the time of the appointment remains at the
time
on the original time zone, just as in the past. (i.e., made for 9 am
EST,
it will should at 6 am if you switch to PST)

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com

Outlook Tips by email:


EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:


You can access this newsgroup by visiting
http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...s/default.mspx or point
your
newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com.


"BorisS" wrote in message
...
in OL '07, what - if any - is the effect on my appointments of
'swapping'
my
time zones (options, calendar options, time zone, swap time zones)?

specifically, does it change appointments which were originally entered
without a specific time zone (as in, there is the option of specifying
a
time
zone when entering the appointment, but I only use it when I want to
avoid
calculating a conference call from a different time zone, and just
enter
the
timing of such call/appt in the destination time zone). Do the
appointments
that were entered previously get updated to the time zone to which I
swap,
or
is it a visual tool for showing the two time zones that I have, catered
to
whatever the preferred 'primary' time zone is? This is different, if I
understand correctly, from changing my time zone, which actually shifts
my
appointments.

I ask because I know that once long ago (in prior versions of OL,
before
you
could actually specify per-appointment time zones), I did a switch of
time
zones on my computer to get it to show me local time on a business
trip,
but
I didn't update my phone's time zone, and when my appointments synched
to
my
phone, they were all shifted to the wrong time (as if they were at the
same
number - 5pm - but because they had shifted in the computer to another
time
zone, they showed up in the phone's home time zone as being one hour
off
of
where they should have been).

hope that makes sense and someone can help me understand impact of
swapping
time zones.
--
Boris