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From: John Pollard on 24 Apr 2010 22:24 B wrote: > On 4/24/2010 1:35 PM, John Pollard wrote: >> Chad Neeper wrote: >>> John Pollard wrote: >>>> Chad Neeper wrote: >>>>> Feature request for Quicken Home & Business: Add the option to >>>>> synchronize bill/income reminders to a specified iCAL file in >>>>> addition to synchronizing with Outlook. This would allow the >>>>> reminders to be >> >>>> I think the sync-to-outlook feature pertains to lesser Quicken >>>> versions than H&B: was there a specific reason you made your >>>> request only for H&B? >>> I had no reason for specifying H&B specifically, other that to >>> indicate what version I use. I would hope that if Intuit chose to >>> implement the feature, it would be implemented for all versions. >>> (But if not, then I'd prefer it be included in the version _I'm_ >>> using! :-) >> >> Fair enough. >> >> My limited investigation suggests that iCAL is an Apple thing. >> >> Do any Windows desktop apps use it? > Yes, there are Windows apps that support ical. ical has become the > standard for interchanging calendars. The format was originally > developed by Lotus and Microsoft. The Wikipedia article is quite > good. > The wonderful ReminderFox add-on to Firefox and Thunderbird uses the > ical format. > > Mozilla Lightning and Sunbird both handle ical. My Outlook 2003 for > Windows can send ical meeting requests. Outlook 2007 can export and > import ical formats for syncing with Google calendar and with phones > that use the ical format. Thanks; to you and the others who replied. -- John Pollard news://<YOUR-NNTP-NEWSERVER-HERE>/alt.comp.software.financial.quicken Your source of user-to-user Quicken help
From: Andrew on 25 Apr 2010 20:18 Chad Neeper wrote: > > Hope this helps. ... > OK Chad - thanks - so I ran a test, and (the key here!) is also one must then perform an OSU to get it to appear on the calendar in a nice RED bold entry. Thanks! -- ------------------------------------------------------------- Regards - - Andrew
From: Chad Neeper on 25 Apr 2010 23:25
Andrew wrote: > OK Chad - thanks - so I ran a test, and (the key here!) is also one must > then perform an OSU to get it to appear on the calendar in a nice RED bold Well, it sounds like the feature actually does exist then, but just not in the Q2010 H&B version. I guess that's good in that it's not just an oops in the help text. -- ----------------------- Chad Neeper Senior Systems Engineer Level 9 Networks 740-548-8070 (voice) 866-214-6607 (fax) -- Full LAN/WAN consulting services -- -- Specialized in libraries and schools -- |