Recurring tasks won't work

I posted about this last week and got no response, Surely it's not just me.
Here's what I just did. Maybe someone can reproduce it:

Create a new task.

Set recurrence to, "8th (or whatever the current date is) day of every
month".

Close the task.

Re-open the task. You can see that the recurrence pattern reads "Day 8 of
every month".So far, so good.

Close the task.

Open *a different task*, then close it.

Open the original task again. For me, the recurrence pattern has now changed
to "Custom" and, if I click 'Edit?' it shows the recurrence pattern as
'Daily' 'Every <blank> days' and 'End after 76 recurrences'.

If I mark today's instance as 'Complete', the task recurs tomorrow. If I
mark that one complete, it recurs the next day etc.

This has only broken since I upgraded to Leopard. It all worked fine in
Tiger.

Am I really the only one with this problem?
--
Thanks in advance,
Steve = : ^ )

rkdav
Thu Dec 20 09:31:00 CST 2007

Exactly the same experience with me on a new iMac running Leopard, factory
installed. This feature of Entourage has always worked as the OP describes.

"Steve Ball" wrote:

> I posted about this last week and got no response, Surely it's not just me.
> Here's what I just did. Maybe someone can reproduce it:
>
> Create a new task.
>
> Set recurrence to, "8th (or whatever the current date is) day of every
> month".
>
> Close the task.
>
> Re-open the task. You can see that the recurrence pattern reads "Day 8 of
> every month".So far, so good.
>
> Close the task.
>
> Open *a different task*, then close it.
>
> Open the original task again. For me, the recurrence pattern has now changed
> to "Custom" and, if I click 'EditÅ ' it shows the recurrence pattern as
> 'Daily' 'Every <blank> days' and 'End after 76 recurrences'.
>
> If I mark today's instance as 'Complete', the task recurs tomorrow. If I
> mark that one complete, it recurs the next day etc.
>
> This has only broken since I upgraded to Leopard. It all worked fine in
> Tiger.
>
> Am I really the only one with this problem?
> --
> Thanks in advance,
> Steve = : ^ )
>
>

garrynet
Fri Jan 18 21:19:20 CST 2008

I believe the problem is related to the synchronization of Entourage to iCal. I'm able to replicate the problem consistently when synchronization is enabled. <br><br>Problem <br>
------- <li> Open Entourage preferences and enable the synchronization of events and tasks to iCal <li> Create a new recurring task and save it <li> Wait a few minutes for Entourage to sync the task to iCal <li> Open the task and observe the recurrence has been removed<br><br>The above described issue never occurs if the synchronization of events and tasks to iCal is disabled. <br><br>This problem has been around since the release of Leopard. I can't replicate the problem in Tiger. <br><br>I've built a brand new system using a clean install and a fresh installation of MS Office 2004 &amp; 2008, but still have the same problem. <br><br>Anyone know how to file a bug report with Microsoft?

JE
Sat Jan 19 07:13:08 CST 2008

In article <ee857cc.1@webcrossing.caR9absDaxw>,
garrynet@officeformac.com wrote:

> I believe the problem is related to the synchronization of Entourage to iCal.
> I'm able to replicate the problem consistently when synchronization is
> enabled. <br><br>Problem <br>
> ------- <li> Open Entourage preferences and enable the synchronization of
> events and tasks to iCal <li> Create a new recurring task and save it <li>
> Wait a few minutes for Entourage to sync the task to iCal <li> Open the task
> and observe the recurrence has been removed<br><br>The above described issue
> never occurs if the synchronization of events and tasks to iCal is disabled.
> <br><br>This problem has been around since the release of Leopard. I can't
> replicate the problem in Tiger. <br><br>I've built a brand new system using a
> clean install and a fresh installation of MS Office 2004 &amp; 2008, but
> still have the same problem. <br><br>

I can reproduce what you describe.

> Anyone know how to file a bug report with Microsoft?

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Brian
Fri Feb 08 10:08:15 CST 2008

I've got the same problem with Entourage 2004 after upgrading to Leopard.<br>
I need to keep the synch to iCal in order to synch my calendar with iPod Touch.<br>
I 'm a bit behind in catching up with the posting - anyone found a solution yet?