Re: A lady in distress ... Can you help with this feature of the Notes part of Outlook

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From: JER (jer_at_home)
Date: 05/20/04 

Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 21:26:50 -0400

Well now, isn't this getting interesting. We were so frustrated, we left and
went out for a couple of hours .... supper and etc. Came back for an
additional look. DDM is correct. I also got a similar result earlier.
Couldn't even remember how I did it, however. I tried so many things. I
could get the high light at the top of the list, but never resting at the
top of a group of notes that descended in alphabetic order. So the problem
remains. You cannot (I cannot) have a list of notes in alphabetic order with
the highlight at the top of the list. I hate to waste any more of my time,
that of my wife, Liz, or anyone else. Someone please tell us for sure that
it can or cannot be done.

Jerry

> my two cents...
>
> I've been following this thread with great interest, because JER's
> experience has been mine, both with Outlook 2003 and before, with Outlook
> 2002. Like JER, I use the Notes List view, and my notes are sorted
ascending
> on Subject. Whenever I switch to the Notes view after opening Outlook, I
> find that the last note is highlighted.
>
> Reading this thread has led me to do some experiments. Today I opened
> Outlook, switched to my notes, and selected Customize Current View. I
> clicked the Reset Current View button and observed that Outlook changed
the
> sort from ascending on Subject to descending on Created. I closed Outlook
> and reopened it, and when I switched to notes, the first one was
> highlighted.
>
> I brought up the Customize View dialog box again and changed the sort back
> to ascending on Subject. Closed Outlook; opened it; switched to notes --
> last note highlighted.
>
> I created a new view from scratch, including in it the fields from the
Notes
> List view and sorting ascending on Subject. I applied that view, closed
> Outlook, opened it, switched to notes -- last note highlighted.
>
> My conclusion, based on experience and confirmed by these experiments, is
> this: so long as you sort the Notes List view in ascending order on the
> Subject field, Outlook will highlight the last note in the list. If, on
the
> other hand, you sort on Created, Outlook will highlight the first one. As
I
> say, this has been my experience as well as JER's, for me both in Outlook
> 2002 and 2003.
>
> --
> DDM
> "DDM's Microsoft Office Tips and Tricks"
> Visit us at www.ddmcomputing.com
>
>
> "JER" <jer@home> wrote in message
> news:e5NhbzcPEHA.1516@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > This is Liz's husband Jerry. As a last resort, since nothing else works
I
> > reinstalled Outlook, and we followed Diane's directions very carefully.
> (we
> > thought) The results are exactly as described earlier. This is very
> > frustrating, and we feel bad about your wasted time.
> >
> > There were however, a few blank spots in earlier directions. For example
> > selecting "Define views" takes you to a dialog box called "Custom view
> > organizer" .. what to do here? We highlighted "notes list" and then
> > "modify." Then the Box "Custom View Notes List". Under "Fields",
"Subject
> > only" is listed. "Group by"/none. "Sort" shows/"Subject"/"Descending".
> > "'Filter"/off. Other selections not modified. Click OK and back to
> "Custom
> > view organizer". At the bottom of this box, "Only show views created for
> > this folder" remains unchecked. We click apply view and box closes
> > automatically. Exit "Outlook"/load ''Outlook"/ "Notes"/ Now the last
> > alphabetized note starting with a "W" is highlighted at the top of the
> list
> > or page. Unbelievable! Same procedure followed only selecting
"ascending"
> > instead of "descending," and we are back to square one with highlighting
> > still on the "W" subject, but back to the bottom or the list or page.
> Now,
> > if you are doing something to get it to work, then we are doing
something
> > wrong.
> >
> > Jerry and Liz (lady and husband both in distress .... and ....
> frustrated!)
> >
> > "JER" <jer@home> wrote in message
> > news:ejNEAdHPEHA.2924@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > > When opening the Notes feature in Outlook 2003, how do I prevent the
> > program
> > > from going to the end of the alphabetized list of Note subjects? Every
> > time
> > > I open the Notes feature, the highlight goes clear to the end of the
> list
> > of
> > > Notes and sits on the last heading/subject or Note!!! If you
understand
> > how
> > > to keep this from happening, please, a step by step adjustment for a
> > > relatively new user of the program. Why shouldn't the highlight rest
on
> > the
> > > first rather than the last Note in the list like most programs would
do?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Liz
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

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