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December 9, 2008 11:16 AM

LotusNotesFilter: How can I show the category instead of Location in the Calendar?

Currently, in the week view (or any view) a calendar will be formatted as follows:

Subject
Location: Location

As in, it actually *says* location. Is there a way I can get it to show the Category instead of the location? I'm just trying to get it to do it for Reminders right now, but if anyone knows how to change it for Events, Meetings, and To Do's that would be great.

I tried going to Views >Customize this view but it didn't offer me any *more* options, just the the ability to take away what was already being shown.

I am using version 7.0.2 (and we're a nonprofit, so not likely to get an upgrade soon).

I also tried searching for help but I understand so very little about this thing (used to Outlook) that I just get more confused. ugh.

thanks for any help!!!

posted by sio42 to computers & internet (2 comments total)

Your mail and calendar design are based off a template stored on your mail server. This template is "open source" and can be customized. Technically, all you need is the Designer client installed on your machine, and rights to the template to make your changes. But...usually everyone's mail inherits its design from the same template, and that design is refreshed every night. Any change you make will appear on everyone's mail/calendar. So you'll need to talk your IT people into letting you use your own custom mail template or convince them that your change would be good for everyone.

(There's another way, which is to break the inheritance relationship between your mail and the template, and then edit the design of your mail file directly. I'm going to assume that your company has a policy to stop you from doing that though.)

I'd talk your to your IT department. I've never heard of a Notes shop that didn't make *some* customizations to the mail template. If you aren't using the Location field for your meetings, maybe no one else at your company is either, and it'll be easy to talk them into making the change. On a purely technical level, this isn't a difficult change to make, you're just pointing one of the view columns to a different field.
posted by Eddie Mars at 1:12 PM on December 9, 2008

ugh. i was hoping it wouldn't be that complicated. i just wanted to modify it for me. there are other people with lots of meetings who actually like the view as it is.

thanks tho!
posted by sio42 at 9:44 AM on December 10, 2008