> Hi Milly
> No the contact birthdays in question do not show up in any views. I can
> view by categorys, annual events, active appointments etc and a lot of
> existing birthdays do show up, but the ones I've added recently do not
> show
> up.
>
> It is very frustrating. I was hoping someone might know of a setting or
> something I had inadvertantly turned off.
>
> I have noticed on Microsoft website that they advertise a plug-in by third
> party to do this exact thing, but I don't want to fork over 10 Euros for
> something that Outlook already does. Beside I like to keep to my PC as
> lean
> as possible as far as add-ins from different sources go. I'd prefer just
> to
> stick to MS stuff if possible.
>
> Thanks
> Wes.
>
> "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
>

>> If you display your calendar in a by category view, do the birthdays show
>> up?
>>
>> Often, synching will mess with certain Outlook settings like the Contact
>> File as function, but I have not seen synching mess with birthdays
>> showing
>> in the calendar.
>>
>> --
>> Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
>>
>> Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
>> How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
>>
>>
>> After furious head scratching, Wesley asked:
>>
>> | Hi everyone
>> | I used to be able to input a birthday or anniversary into the field
>> | of a Contact and these would show up on the calendar (as a recurring
>> | "All Day Event"). They no longer do and I cannot figure out why. I
>> | have searched Microsoft (and ended up here) and with Google with no
>> | luck.
>> |
>> | As far as I can tell I have not changed any settings on PC. I'm
>> | running Vista Business (and extremely happy with it) with auto
>> | updates turned on, Office 2007 and I also sync with TyTNII.
>> |
>> | Previously I was using the TyTN II to sync with both this computer
>> | (home) and work computer. I ceased this a while back as the work
>> | computer is running Outlook 2002 (WinXP) and it can't seem to handle
>> | daylight savings and was screwing up my "All Day Events" (on TyTN II
>> | and home computer they appeared to span two days - from 0100 to 0100)
>> | that spanned the Nov-Mar daylight savings period!! I ceased the
>> | double syncing a couple of months ago now, but as I don't enter a
>> | birthday every day I'm not sure if it coincided with the problem or
>> | not. I'm hoping this isn't the issue as I don't feel like rebuilding
>> | my PC again.
>> |
>> | This is driving me crazy and any ideas advice would be greatly
>> | appreciated. However, please don't suggest I add
>> | birthdays/anniversaries as manual recurring entry into calendar (I
>> | know I can do this, but would like to fix the problem, not work
>> | around it).
>> |
>> | Thanks
>> | Wesley
>> | Perth, Western Australia
>>
>>
>>