To turn off the reminder sound altogether, uncheck ' Play this sound' and click OK. But, to change the reminder sound, click on Sound, and Outlook 2007 opens the minimalistic Reminder Sound Settings dialog:

Besides, in office environments, you often have either speakers' volume muted, or no speakers at all attached to your computer. Since you get a visual cue (by having the Reminders window pop up on screen above other windows), the sound itself does not matter much. The very last item of the Reminder dropdown reads ' Sound', and allows you to customize the sound file that will play when Outlook 2007 reminds you of an event. It is now visible in your Outlook calendar, and will popup according to the reminder settings you configured. If you want to customize the reminder sound, please read on otherwise, click Save & Close to create your reminder. Tip: Outlook 2007 can run minimized, and hidden in the notification area (formerly ' system tray'), which makes it very unobtrusive. To assign a time, uncheck the ' All day event' checkbox, and choose a start time (and optionally end time) for the appointment/event. As mentioned above, remember that Outlook reminders only popup when Outlook is actually running.Īll Day Events - If an event does not have a particular time attached to it, which is the default setting, Outlook considers that the event starts at midnight on that day: this means that if you choose a '12 hours' reminder, you will be reminded of that event at noon on the previous day. If a particular event happens at 3pm and you choose a reminder of '12 hours', Outlook will remind you of the event at 3am (3pm - 12 hours). (Choosing ' None' instructs Outlook not to remind you about the particular event.) This reminder value means that Outlook 2007 will display a reminder at the time of the event minus the value you pick in the Reminder dropdown.

Notice, if you click on the Reminder dropdown, that you can customize the reminder to show up between 0 minutes and 2 weeks before the event occurs. You can change its value for any new event. We explains how you can customize the default Outlook 2007 reminder settings later in this tutorial: for now, know that the reminder preselected is the default reminder. Type a ' Subject': this is the text you will see in the reminder popup that Outlook launches, so make sure to type something meaningful, which will allow you to know whether to open and act on the reminder, or postpone it (or ' snooze it', in Outlook terminology). Outlook will open an ' Untitled - Event' window. Once the calendar has loaded, simply double-click on the day on which you would like to receive your reminder. To switch from emails to calendar, either click on the Calendar button below your email folders, or press Ctrl+2 (pressing Ctrl+1 brings you back to your emails). The first way you can create a reminder in Outlook 2007 is simply to go to the calendar the advantage of this approach is that you will automatically fill in the date of the reminder: by creating a reminder from any other place in Outlook (email, tasks, contacts.) you have to manually supply the date of the 'appointment' (event and reminder). Dismiss or snooze reminders in Outlook 2007.Customize your default reminder settings.Create reminders from outside the calendar.Add a reminder from within the Outlook calendar.This comprehensive Outlook-reminders tutorial is divided in 5 sections: (all on this page)

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