Birthdays from Contacts into Calendar?

russ10s · #1 (**permalink**) 10-04-2007, 12:36 AM

Just wondering if there is any way to have the birthday entry from your contacts appear in your calendar? I've checked all over these forums and other sites to no avail. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

timothydonohue · #2 (**permalink**) 10-04-2007, 01:01 AM

i just got the phone today, and synced it with outlook. my girlfriends birthday was monday, and it shows up. of course, i put it into outlook so that i wouldn't forget it. so..maybe you have to put it into outlook also, then just set it up as an annual recurrence, lol

KoukiFC3S · #3 (**permalink**) 10-04-2007, 01:08 AM

hmm pocketbreeze does that. although it shows it twice for some reason, one as a special event and as an all day event. guess I gotta play around in the options

8notime · #4 (**permalink**) 10-04-2007, 11:02 AM

Mine does it automatically based on the birthday field for the contact in Outlook. I use 2007. If 2007 isn't doing it, then maybe Inesoft Address Book is.

**jamesus** · #5 (**permalink**) 10-04-2007, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by russ10s

Just wondering if there is any way to have the birthday entry from your contacts appear in your calendar? I've checked all over these forums and other sites to no avail. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

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Originally Posted by 8notime

Mine does it automatically based on the birthday field for the contact in Outlook. I use 2007. If 2007 isn't doing it, then maybe Inesoft Address Book is.

The birthday must be entered into the contact information for the all day event to show up.

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Originally Posted by KoukiFC3S

hmm pocketbreeze does that. although it shows it twice for some reason, one as a special event and as an all day event. guess I gotta play around in the options

It shows twice as Outlook automatically adds an all day appointment and PB reads the contacts birthday and displays it.

There are 2 ways to only show one:

1. In PB Settings > Calendar, uncheck "Include special events on Calendar Tab".
2. In Outlook, delete all of the all day birthday appointments.

k000 · #6 (**permalink**) 10-04-2007, 12:55 PM

Pocket Informant also does that for you. And Pocket Informant is the best Contact Management software out there - that's just my opinion