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Originally Posted by badchad
Do all of these programs work in conjunction with MS outlook?
I'm looking for a program that can two basic things:
1. I'd like to customize when an item apears on my homescreen. If mom's birthday is next month, it doesn't do me much good to know mom's b-day is TODAY, when her gift should have been mailed last week. The today screen calendar only lists appointments a day or two in advance.
Right now, I schedule things as an "all day event", which works okay, except they do not appear until the actual day (see the example of mom's b-day). This is also somewhat annoying when looking at the "month" view. My entire month is filled with open squares which are basically recurring "to do" lists.
2. I'd like to see a general "to do" list on my homescreen. I can schedule items as "tasks" with MS outlook, but on my homescreen it appears as "1 active task". I'd like to know what it is I have to do.
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badchad,
There are a number of alternate (and free) Today plug-ins for both your issues, e.g. calendar+, tasks-plus, and TodayAgenda. The last one is extremely capable and customizable for both tasks and calendar. I'm pretty sure it will satisfy your needs on the second issue; not so sure about the first. You can customize it to show all appointments for many (more than 11, I think) days in advance on the today screen, but you may end up having to scroll to the second or third page to see the important ones. Search for TodayAgenda and you'll find a link to a cab file somewhere around here.