Comments on: Overlay Calendars in Outlook 2007 (like Google Calendar does)

By: Nycole

Nycole — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:42:42 +0000

In response to Pat Mathews multiple calendar multiple color question… I too wanted to customize the color of my secondary calendar. This is the best I could find. In Tools-Options-Calendar Options choose your default calendar color. Then make sure the box that says “use selected color on all calendars” is not checked (Outlook 2007). The color you choose for your default color will be how outlook determines the color of your second calendar. So, if I make my default purple, the secondary calendar is green. If I make my default green, the secondary calendar is pink.

The only other trick I sometimes employ is to add a third calendar that I don’t use, but by checking it to open view it – so I have three calendars open – it will change the color of my secondary calendar. So, one is purple, one is green and one is gray. Then I close the third calendar and my secondary calendar retains the color I want.

Best Regards.

By: Eric Langston

Eric Langston — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:31:01 +0000

@Pat Mathews
I haven’t found a way to get around the default colors. However, the color that Outlook assigns to the calendar happens in the default order each time — and the second calendar that gets added is pink, which is hopefully close enough to Red for you.

So, play around by adding and removing the calendars in different orders until you get the colors just right.

Hope that helps,

By: Pat Mathews

Pat Mathews — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:27:37 +0000

I am still looking for the answer to the question about changing the color of an overlayed calendar. I sync my Coaches Console Calendar…client appointments…with outlook and the overlay it on my other calendar. I want the synced calendar to be red…how do I make that happen?

Pat

By: Sharyn

Sharyn — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:15:14 +0000

Hi,

I’m able to get reminders from multiple calendars in outlook. Its easy if you have access to sharepoint. This is my setup at the office where I work:

1. On my PC, MS outlook 2007 is connected via LAN to the company’s servers which host MS Exchange 2007 and the version of sharepoint (our intranet software)that comes free with MS windows server 2003.

2. My internet explorer homepage is our sharepoint site. On this site, I use the “site actions” tab to create a new sharepoint calendar. From this calendar’s “actions” dropdown I choose the “connect to outlook” option so when I open my outlook calendar on my PC it shows up in “other calendars.” I check the box next to it to turn it on.

3. Now anything I add on this second outlook calendar syncs with the copy on sharepoint and vice versa. I will get reminders for the events on this cal as long as the checkbox is on. It stays on even when i close and restart outlook and only turns off when i uncheck it. Lastly, I overlay this secondary cal with my default cal to clean things up a bit.

Hope that helps,
Sharyn

By: Richard

Richard — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:52:07 +0000

Bump – same question as Sean and Greg – I guess nobody has found an answer!

By: Humayun

Humayun — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:33:04 +0000

Same question as Sean and Greg. There must be a way!

By: Sean

Sean — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:02:13 +0000

This is working well for us, but we will need to be able to see reminders for each calendar. Also, how can we get both calendar views to show up in the To-Do Bar?

By: Dane

Dane — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:03:04 +0000

I am with Sean and Greg. How can you see both or all calendars in Outlook Today?

By: Sean

Sean — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:56:10 +0000

I have the same question as Greg above. I have been searching to answers to this question all day online. can anyone please help?

By: Greg

Greg — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 06:12:11 +0000

Hi Guys

Hi guys & thanks for a grat site full of useful tips & guides. I know this is a pretty dated thread now but…. it seems the most appropriate one to ask my somewhat related question in.

I have two Outlook 2007 calendars: one is the default that I use for personal appointments, etc. The other is a seperate schedule of classes that i need to attend over the next four months. I created it as a seperate calendar so that I could e-mail it to other members of my study groups to use.

Viewing the 2 calendars in the “merged” view works great for me so that I dont schedule clashing meetings, and the group doesn’t get burdened with “Dentist Appointment: 2pm” type stuff.

My problem is that I only seem to get reminders from the default calendar, and can only see default calendar appointments on the Outlook Today screen and in the To-Do navigator when viewing e-mails. So my questions is simply this:

Is there anyway to get both sets of appointments to display in Outlook Today and the To-Do bar?

Any suggestions welcomed.
Thanks!