How to set or remove reminders in Outlook 2007

Saturday, January 9th, 2010

At present, when everybody is leading a very busy life, remembering all planned or scheduled tasks is not possible. However, you prepare schedule calendar for your weekly or monthly appointments and meetings but keeping a regular check on them is quite time consuming. So what to do in order to remember your appointments and meeting? It’s simple don’t remember them, just set reminder for scheduled meetings and appointments.

By setting reminders you will automatically get informed about your appointments and meetings. When using Outlook 2007 as your email client, you can do this very easily. Just follow these simple steps and set reminders:

Creating reminder for new appointments and meetings

For creating reminder for new meetings, follow these steps:

  • On the Tools menu, click Options.
  • To have a reminder automatically turned on or off for new appointments or meetings, select or clear the Default reminder check box on the Preferences tab, in the Calendar group.
  • If you select the check box, enter the amount of time before the appointment or meeting when you want the reminder to appear.

Creating reminder for existing meetings and appointments

If you want to create reminder for existing meetings and appointments, follow these simple steps:

  • Open the appointment or meeting.
  • On the Appointment tab, in the Options group, in the Reminder list. Now select the amount of time before the appointment or meeting when you want the reminder to appear.

You can also remove a reminder by selecting None in Reminder list. Once reminder is created, carry on with your work, as the reminder for appointments and meetings will get appeared at the set time.

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