It has happened to the best of us.  Your day is going along great, and then all of a sudden you get an Outlook reminder… a reminder for that meeting you totally forgot about.

Now you just have 15 minutes to salvage something out of nothing and impress the boss/wife/colleague/all of the above.

Don’t want to get caught out again?  Apart from memorising your entire calendar every morning and keeping an eagle eye on you watch (unlikely)… why don’t we just increase the default reminder time.

Its quite simple actually!  In Outlook 2007, all you need to do is:

1. Click on "Actions"
2. Click on "Options"
3. Look on the "Preferences" tab, in the "Calendar" section (second from the top)
4. Select your preferred reminder time from the drop down box.
5. Click ok

If you think you are a hotshot… set the reminder to 0 minutes.  If you are a lost cause, maybe 2 weeks is more appropriate

’till next time!

TNP

Are you like me and need more than 15 minutes to prepare for those meetings you ALWAYS forget about?

tags: outlook 2007, productivity, time management