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    Default What do I do with completed outlook all day events

    How do people mark completed outlook all day events as being done. I look today and see 7 of them, 5 of which are complete. Do I just delete them which means I lose the record I have done something, or mark them in some other way.

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    Quote Originally Posted by quantumgardener View Post
    How do people mark completed outlook all day events as being done. I look today and see 7 of them, 5 of which are complete. Do I just delete them which means I lose the record I have done something, or mark them in some other way.

    David
    I use colors, so I change the colors (I have a Done! Color)

    Other simple solution is to write DONE: after the text on the today action after it is done. (I did this before the Color Idea)

    I hope this help
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    Quote Originally Posted by apinaud View Post
    I use colors, so I change the colors (I have a Done! Color)

    Other simple solution is to write DONE: after the text on the today action after it is done. (I did this before the Color Idea)

    I hope this help
    I did the exact same things, I used to used to ass the "DONE:" text and just recently started using a "Completed" color.

    Great minds think alike.

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    Thanks. I have things currently set up to colour automatically based on @context but I think that's a bit of overkill. I'll select appropriate colours and work from there. It sounds like a good idea.

    Except I have to modify it a bit. Being Australian I only have colours and not colors .

    David

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    Quote Originally Posted by quantumgardener View Post
    Being Australian I only have colours and not colors
    David

    I hope then you have an Australian Outlook Version, because if you have an american one, you will be out of luck... (or will need to use colors )

    Thansk for the good laugh
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    Default Wish Outlook "completed" did something!

    I always open these all day events and click the "Complete" checkbox. I wish it automagically would change the colo(u)r or italicize or something when you do that but it doesn't. Thanks for the good advise / work-around above.

    James

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