New Outlook Today customization options in Outlook 2000

This article describes new options in Microsoft Outlook 2000 for customizing your "Outlook Today" view.

Outlook Today contains a Customize Outlook Today button which allows you to customize the following components:

• Startup
• Messages
• Calendar
• Tasks
• Styles

Startup

Click to select the "When starting, go directly to Outlook Today" check box to start Outlook with Outlook Today displayed. This will override the other options when you click Tools under the View menu and on the Other tab,click to start Outlook with a specific folder open.

Messages

Click the Choose Folders button to select which e-mail folders Outlook Today will display. This will give you the number of unread messages in these folders. To add to the list use the following steps:

1. Click Customize Outlook Today, and then click Choose Folders.
2. Click to select the folder you wish to see in your Outlook Today view and click OK.
3. Click Save Changes to save your current settings and switch back to Outlook Today.

Calendar

You can show from 1 to 7 days of Calendar appointments. To set this, on the Customize Outlook Today window under the heading Calendar, click to select the number of days or type the number of days of your calendar items you wish to show. Nothing will happen if you try to enter a number greater than 7.

Tasks

This option allows you to show all tasks or today's tasks, and include tasks with no due date. You can also choose to sort tasks by the following fields: None, Importance, Due Date, Creation Time, or Start Date. You can also sort on two fields.

Styles

Outlook Today comes with 5 built-in styles to choose from. Once you select a style from the list, a thumbnail preview of the style will appear below the list.

The available styles are:

• Standard
• Standard (two column)
• Standard (one column)
• Summer
• Winter
  

For information about advanced Outlook Today custom solutions, please see the Microsoft Office Resource Kit white paper titled, "Customizing Outlook Today" at the following Internet address: For additional information on other related resources available, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: For additional information on new features in Microsoft Outlook 2000, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: