Barry
Fri Oct 13 16:39:56 CDT 2006
No, the categories you assign will be local to your machine only - they do
not get synced to exchange.
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Barry Wainwright
Microsoft MVP (see
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> From: <shirsch@hfmus.com>
> Organization:
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> Newsgroups: microsoft.public.mac.office.entourage
> Date: 13 Oct 2006 08:17:19 -0700
> Subject: Re: Entourage Calendar Sharing--Color Categories Being Lost
>
> HI Barry,
>
> Thanks for your reply. I appreciate the applescripts but haven't gotten
> them to work yet. My problem remains. When I synch my group calendar
> from my own favorites folder, my own defined color categories do indeed
> persist however no other user can see them, they get only a grey shaded
> event, nor can I see the color categories that other users define in
> their events. This is really what I am after. Is there any way for
> everyone to see the color category definitions that everyone else
> defines within their created events or are color categories only for
> the local user and cannot be synched to the whole group view?
>
> Thanks in advance for your reply,
>
> Regards,
>
> Steve
>
>
>
>
> Barry Wainwright [MVP] wrote:
>> On 13/10/06 14:40, in article
>> 1160746812.008059.107500@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com, "shirsch@hfmus.com"
>> <shirsch@hfmus.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have been experimenting with group shared Entourage calendars via
>>> our exchange server. I am able to create and synch calendar events but
>>> when I apply and save color coded categories into the event record they
>>> persist for my own account but after synchronization the color coding
>>> is dropped and the event turns grey again. Does anyone know whether
>>> this is a bug or not? Is there a setting I can change to fix this? Can
>>> anyone recommend a group scheduling/calendaring solution that allows
>>> for color coded events which persist for all users accessing the
>>> schedule?
>>>
>>> Any replies will be very gratefully appreciated.
>>>
>>> Steve
>>>
>>
>> If the calendar is in your 'favourites' folder, the colours should persist -
>> this is because favourites are cached locally, non-favourites have to sync
>> across from the server each time they are accessed.
>>
>> Even with favourites, there is a chance the categories will be lost is the
>> local cache has to be deleted for any reason, such as a database rebuild, or
>> due to a corrupt sync cache. In that case, see my blog post below for a
>> description and a resolution:
>>
>> The Entourage User's WebLog
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http://homepage.mac.com/barryw/weblog/files/storecats.html>
>> --
>> Barry Wainwright
>> Microsoft MVP (see
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com for details)
>> Check out the Entourage User's WebLog for hints, tips and troubleshooting
>> <
http://homepage.mac.com/barryw/weblog/weblog.html>
>