> If you create a new item in outlook, is the birthday added to the calendar?
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> "Wesley" discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>> 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.
>>>
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>>> Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
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>>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>>

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