Outlook 2013: To-Do Bar Calendar Only Shows Today?
Outlook 2013 no longer shows upcoming meetings beyond today.
This makes the calendar in the To-Do Bar useless as I depend on knowing what is on the agenda tomorrow.
There seems to be no way to customize it either.
This feature has been in at least 2007 and 2010, whose genius idea was it to remove it?
I am hoping it will be added back in a future update...
November 2nd, 2012 11:44pm

Yes, it ia really a bad news to To-Do bar fans. In Outlook 2007/2010, it can shows multi-day agenda and see multiple navigation calendars. However, do this with a pinned peek in Outlook 2013, you'll only see just one day for meeting request/one month in calendar:(

I have submitted this behavior to Microsoft and it might be improved in fucture package.

Thanks for your feed back.


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November 5th, 2012 6:57am

@ltctech you are not alone!

check this:

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/officeitpropreview/thread/b63c00a5-1886-435e-8f47-166eed1e72c9/

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office_home-outlook/outlook-2013-to-do-bar-appointments/b3056f1d-c153-4934-b510-8802ad3353b0

November 7th, 2012 3:27pm

I can't believe this!  Why waste all of that space.  It makes the calendar to-do all but worthless.  It also doesn't bold dates have appointments?...... PLEASE FIX!
November 15th, 2012 1:50am

It's 21:04 on a Thursday evening : I need to see Friday and Monday and probably also the weekend. The rest of the day is USELESS!

And I don't want to click on each day to see it. There is white space - please fill it with useful informat

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November 22nd, 2012 8:04pm

I agree,  please get the functionality from Outlook 2010 back!
November 26th, 2012 2:40pm

Office 2013 - The Windows ME of Office Products . . .

Office 2013 more bugs, more errors, but for production commercial business use, Office 2010 has it beat in features and functionality.

I like to a three [3] month calender viewable as with previous version.

I understand from TECHNET/MSDN that for our safety and security, that via Visual Studio, one cannot hack the interface even!

Tim

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November 27th, 2012 5:33pm

Timothy Doran sure you can!

I would do it but I haven't so much time at this Moment.

November 27th, 2012 5:39pm

Thanks for submitting all the feedback.  We will ensure your feedback is shared with the Product Team for future consideration.
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December 7th, 2012 11:03pm

I'm beginning to see a pattern with Microsoft...  They are slowly adopting the total control attitude of Apple.  "You'll use what we give you!"  As far as the look and feel of the 2013 products... I'm guessing they developers were just that developers with no creativity or design skills.
December 13th, 2012 8:16pm

Just installed Office 2013. Ugh on the Calendar To-Do bar as well.
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December 14th, 2012 4:34am

Agree entirely. To remove such a useful feature that I have used and have come to rely on for many years is a massive step backwards and utterly stupid. Cut down on the caffeine guys when you develop these product and think about the end users. A bit of common sense should have told you this was not going to be a well received move!

December 15th, 2012 9:59pm

As a consultant - it will be very difficult recommending this product at this time upon initial install. Visually it will be jarringly different with the dull white. But the calendar removal is CRITICAL for most business users. <Shaking head>. Going to be frustrating not being able to recommend this either. Was hoping for a different result than Windows 8.
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December 28th, 2012 9:10pm

It does seem like MS is dropping features in flagship products and turning to the lockdown approach. They also seem to be trying to dictate the end user experience for businesses by using a cookie cutter design method. This wont work because business are not all the same and need to be flexible with their systems. Example of this is the start menu with no option of legacy in Server 12 and Windows 8, even SC12 sp1 seems to be annoying. MS is headed to be like Apple in the 90s. To me, more options is better options. Also Office 13, Win8, Server12 UIs look horrible on my HD screens, to simplistic.
March 13th, 2013 4:42pm

Frustrating... It is not uable!

MS decision maker should be sacked off!

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March 24th, 2013 11:52am

Stupid is as stupid does.

The  removal of this feature must rank as one of the dumbest decisions ever.  Why not bring back MS DOS while you're at it?

I've gone back to Outlook 2010 until this is fixed.

March 30th, 2013 3:47am

Stupid is as stupid does.

The  removal of this feature must rank as one of the dumbest decisions ever.  Why not bring back MS DOS while you're at it?

I've gone back to Outlook 2010 until this is fixed.

100% agree and not that only the whole "peek" thing is useless... the search names in people use redundant names and CAN NOT USE MULTIPLE CONTACTS except the default folder (pst that is) which in my case totally useless as I store contacts in other pst and we must have option in this stupid peek to search for other sub contacts from other pst... basic stuff MS people Daahhh!
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April 4th, 2013 11:29am

Echo the masses... please bring restore the TODO Bars Calendar display rules.

I just posted a note about this.  http://www.urtech.ca/2013/04/not-solved-why-does-outlook-2013-calendar-in-the-todo-bar-only-show-one-day/

Perhaps if others do the same this Microsoft thread can become a sort of petition that the dev team might take note of and undo this well intentioned but misguided change.

April 5th, 2013 7:32pm

In the meantime, this Codeplex add-in can help while Microsoft decides to bring this so much needed feature back: http://outlook2013addin.codeplex.com/
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April 21st, 2013 9:30pm

This is SO annoying.  For years I have managed my life on one screen, and now that's been taken away. I don't need to see the whole month on a calendar grid.  I need to see a list of my next 6 meetings, whether they're today, tomorrow, or the next day, so I can prepare for them.  I guess I'll have to re-install my previous Outlook version because I'm not going to remember to click over to the Calendar screen while I'm on the phone, reading my e-mail, and checking my task list.  ERRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!  Not happy!
May 20th, 2013 11:01pm

+ 1.  I can't downgrade as my org has required me to upgrade.  1 step forward, 2 steps back.
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May 22nd, 2013 8:36pm

Hi people, I wrote an addin for this you can download it here:

The next version (v1.2) will also support Tasks

Outlook Todo Pane

June 7th, 2013 10:44am

Don't bother downloading this guys Todo Pane software. It's terrible. It's slow and buggy as hell. It has crashed my outlook 2 or 3 times in the first 10 minutes of trying to use it.
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June 25th, 2013 1:44am

Don't bother downloading this guys Todo Pane software. It's terrible. It's slow and buggy as hell. It has crashed my outlook 2 or 3 times in the first 10 minutes of trying to use it.

I use it for weeks and it's working very good now!

+ awesome Support!

June 25th, 2013 6:00am

Please Hurry and fix this MS! What were your user interface designers thinking when they took this feature out? Obviously not designers who actually think beyond one day of tasks. 
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June 26th, 2013 8:11pm

Seems like Microsoft has been hiring different developer teams from India for each of its release.

Windows and office software keeps taking weird turns. Why deprecate all those features that actually make the software of some use? Perplexing

Microsoft loses grip on office design, it loses itself.

June 28th, 2013 5:40am

I really wish that Outlook 2013 showed appointments for multiple days in the to-do pane. If you hadn't taken away Gadgets in Win8, I would have an alternative. MS, please just give us a dashboard of some kind. We just want a little space on the screen to stay updated on key information. Just give me an adjustable box that I can stick somewhere on the screen that can show me some appts for the week and maybe my hard drive's free space and I will be happy.
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July 9th, 2013 1:48pm

I couldn't agree more with what has already been said on this thread. Why is every company so obsessed with giving us less than we used to have??! It's just crazy. I need to see upcoming appointments - not just today's. And while we're on the subject why does Windows Phone only offer 1 upcoming appointment on the Calendar tile? Windows Mobile offered as many as it could squeeze onto the Today screen. This is essential stuff. At least have an option to put it back!
July 18th, 2013 1:31pm

Well I just took the plunge and installed Office 2013 this morning.  This issue with the Outlook To-Do Bar Calendar only showing items for the current day is appalling. There's too much wasted space here.Show me what I have next on the calendar! Why on earth would Microsoft remove this feature? Please do something about this Microsoft. It seems that I'm not the only one griping about this, and it has already been pointed out back in 2012.

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July 24th, 2013 2:02pm

What a stupid removal, I don't know the reason behind this, but the feature should be added back ASAP. The Office Updater often pop-ups to update my Outlook but no sign of this feature back in, real sad.
July 26th, 2013 4:32pm

SORRY I left the below reply and it created a new thread which is useless. Since I don't know how to reply to this thread I am replying to you since it say Moderator. Please see my opinion below:

I WOULD LIKE TO MEET THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE:

As I always say, I don't want a solution, I want to meet and analyze the person making the decision to see what kind of human being this is and how their mind works. This isn't a Microsoft problem, it is one person who is responsible for this call, and I would like to speak to whoever this is!

I agree with the many people in this thread that this decision is VERY BAD JUDGEMENT and I will predict like an FBI profiler that the person who made the final decision to make this change is either a supervisor who wasn't aware it was being changed or a person between 27-32 years old who has not worked at any significant position in their life and doesn't understand that for many people who multi task lists of things to knock off daily, looking ahead weeks at a time that this TO DO bar was a major part of the calendar.

The only reason I use Outlook is the TO DO Bar. I stopped using iCloud with Outlook to preserve the TO DO bar because it pulls the tasks into a list I can see for weeks ahead as I knock off each one. Now I have to look at the calendar and readjust my brain (literally) because of some jack ass does like lists, although Apple went out of their way to create REMINDERS lists!

The only reason I use windows is the file layout and windows picture viewer, over Mac OS X. At least Apple learned that the TO DO bar is critical and created REMINDERS into MAC OS X and iOS, and Microsoft pulls it's full function from Outlook???? I guess I should switch to OS X fulltime to use REMINDERS lists.

Also, APPLE syncs one main calendar to all devices, and Outlook has a main calendar for TO DO that doesn't sync to the cloud, and a cloud calendar that doesn't sync with TO DO, and another calendar, and another calendar....what the hell is going on? Why could Jobs see the world clearly and others can't?

I'm pretty sure humanity will end within our lifetime! There are just too many people in the world today, each trying hard to hold on to work and a pay check trying to change things for the better and making it worse. It's only the young people who haven't lived long enough to know what it's really like that are easily brain washed by manipulators to become murderers in WWII and terrorists today in quest for some false dream.

I freaked out when MS got rid of Money but I some how made the adjustment. I hope I don't have to adjust to this:)

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August 10th, 2013 10:22pm

It's not only this problem. Maybe even it is possible to live with it, but it appears that even the days with the appointments in that calendar is not marked anyhow. You should guess if there is any appointments on that day or not.

For example, you have set the reminder for meeting/seminar/whatever in the future and you forgot which day it should be. How to find it now? :) Now you should check all the f***ing empty days and search it till you find it.

This should be fixed as an urgent problem!

 
October 17th, 2013 8:11pm

I agree this is a major flaw.  I'm looking at Office 2013 now to see if our department should make the switch or not.  Being able to look at the to do list and see things in advance helps me plan workload for coming days and as a support staff position helps me tell at a glance if a suggested time to help out and individual is open or not. 

I have users for whom this is a big no go item when reviewing the changes in Office 2013.

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October 17th, 2013 8:33pm

A hotfix released this week addresses this issue - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2825677/

Screenshot: http://media.outlook-tips.net/images/2013/calendar-peek-fix.png

October 17th, 2013 11:53pm

YESSSS!!! Finally, and even with the colours of the categories.
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October 18th, 2013 6:49am

Not working for me. "There are no products affected by this package installed on this system".

I am running Office 15.0.4535.1511. Anyone else have this problem??

October 18th, 2013 10:30am

Not working for me. "There are no products affected by this package installed on this system".

I am running Office 15.0.4535.1511. Anyone else have this problem??

If you are running Outlook as part of Office 365 Home Premium (or another Office 365 iteration), then the hotfix indeed doesn't apply. If the update has already been made available to you, then you can update it via the Update button that you see in File-> Office Account.

The minimal Outlook version which offers support for this is 15.0.4551.1004 with MSO 15.0.4535.1507.

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October 18th, 2013 1:14pm

Installed today on my Windows 8 x64 OS, Office 2013 x32.  Works great - broken down by day, colors intact, nicely done.
October 18th, 2013 5:31pm

Thanks for the Hotfix.
Looking forward to see it in Office365 Small Business Premium as well.

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October 18th, 2013 7:33pm

I am running Office Home and Business 2013 and the latest update is the 15.0.4535.1511 version.

Does this mean there is no way to apply this update for Outlook, if so when will this be changed or is there a work around?

October 21st, 2013 9:52am

I am running Office Home and Business 2013 and the latest update is the 15.0.4535.1511 version.

Does this mean there is no way to apply this update for Outlook, if so when will this be changed or is there a work around?

The update will be pushed out to Office 365 subscribers within a month or so (give or take, but it is definitely coming to you soon!).
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October 21st, 2013 12:13pm

What if I am not a 365 user? I am using Home and Office 2013, but I am not a 365 user at all.
October 30th, 2013 9:05pm

It will be pushed out to you too. The hotfix was for MSI installations aka volume license customers.
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October 30th, 2013 10:22pm

Installed today on my Windows 8 x64 OS, Office 2013 x32.  Works great - broken down by day, colors intact, ni
October 31st, 2013 5:46pm

While I'm extremely pleased that this issue was finally addressed, I still find it rather limited that it will show dates up to seven days out. Why isn't there an option for users to select how many dates the to do bar will show? Or show as many as can fit like the older version used to have? I use Outlook at home and like being able to see more than a week out since I have plenty of white space that would love to have more upcoming events listed.

And please add the drag and drop an email to calendar set up back. I've been using that more and more at work and don't understand why this functionality was also removed.

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November 23rd, 2013 4:12am

Adding features / options means more time needed for testing, to insure they don't add bug to it. I don't know why they decided to go for all appointments, next 7 days over n appointments, maximum 30 days but i suspect a lot of business people prefer this, especially since you can see the next 7 days when you select any date in the navigation calendar.  i don't know if or when we'll get bolded days and drag to create appointments restored. soon i hope - i miss the drag and drop too.
November 24th, 2013 4:47am

YESSSS!!! Finally, and even with the colours of the c
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November 25th, 2013 9:26am

Thank God for this partial fix but seriously Microsoft?  Why not give us all of the functionality of 2010 to-do bar?

-Unlimited future appointments shown

-bolded calendar days to visually see when appointments are

-ability to drag and drop emails to create new appointments

Don't even get me started on not being able to see tasks on your calendar.  I'm so disappointed with Office 2013.  Everything from the above restrictions to the actual aesthetics of the program are a step backwards.  Luckily I only paid $10 for the HUP edition or I would be really ticked!

November 25th, 2013 11:51pm

> Don't even get me started on not being able to see tasks on your calendar. 

Do you want to see tasks on the calendar or are you saying Outlook 2013 changed the behavior of tasks? (It didn't.)

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November 26th, 2013 12:22am

But the appointments are still only from one calender or from all?
November 26th, 2013 11:27am

They are still from the default calendar only, same as in older versions.
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November 26th, 2013 12:46pm

Will they change it?
November 26th, 2013 12:47pm

They don't say no when asked... but AFAIK, its not going to be any time soon.
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November 26th, 2013 12:50pm

Soooooooooooooooo sad to heard this!

:(

November 26th, 2013 12:53pm

I remember reading prior to WP7 being released, a MS spokesperson promising to be different from the iPhone by way of the Calendar appointments, missed calls and messages being displayed without the need to actively check them - just like Windows Mobile 6.

Your frustration is shared, as this was the sole reason I bought a WP7. Am sorely disappointed as well as Office 2013 Calendar and colour scheme.

Looks like Android for me.

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November 29th, 2013 2:38am

It is now more than a year since this first post. As I keep reading through this blog and all I keep seeing is "Microsoft," "they,"...etc....Can we list the name(s) of the person who is responsible for this product. At Apple we knew it was Steve Jobs who was the highest in command, it doesn't appear to be Ballmer or Gates here. Who is in charge of this product, so we can find out what kind of person this individual is?

Another example of private enterprise take the money from customers and "we make the decisions, if you don't like it go take a hike."

Oh yes, as the tea party wants to dismantle a government by the people by saying our forefathers never said a government by the people with checks and balances but rather wanted no goverment, and turn it into the mafia makes the rules for society, no law, we don't have to listen to anyone, we know best, put a gun to their heads to pay for protection, winner take all, the rest are weak losers and our slaves, anarchy:)

Let's put this To-Do List function back in the way it was before. That's all.

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January 10th, 2014 4:37pm

Upcoming Appointments

Initially, in Outlook 2013, when there are no appointments for the current day, the white space wont be filled with upcoming appointments like in Outlook 2007 and Outlook 2010. It will simply state: You have nothing scheduled today.

This behavior has first been changed back in hotfix <a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2825677" target="_blank" title="Description of the Outlook 2013 hotfix package (Outlook-x-none.msp; Outlookintl-.msp): October 16, 2013">KB2768340. Since then the fix is also included via the latest Outlook updates offered via Windows Update and applied automatically for Office 365 installations

When the latest updates have been applied, the Calendar section of the To-Do Bar will show appointments for up to 7 upcoming days (if space permits it) from the selected day onwards.

This also applies to the Calendar Peek which shows when you hover on the word Calendar at the bottom of your screen.

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March 8th, 2014 12:37am

After Office 2013 SP1 got applied, the feature is there when I turn on the calendar To-Do bar!  Thank you Microsoft for fixing this!  Albeit it took a while, but I'm happy it's here.  Most of my windows 8 gripes we're fixed in Windows 8.1. I'm certainly not complaining near as much about Microsoft never listening like I used too!
March 21st, 2014 6:07pm

What a Jackass thing to do. I was hoping they would fix the calendar to include BOTH EXCHANGE servers info in the todo list but yet the made it even WORSE than the previous years. C'mon MS.... Please get this right!!!!
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April 2nd, 2014 12:05am

This is a giant step backwards, as I use this functionality a lot!

I bought Outlook 2014 along with a new notebook, only to find that it's functionality was less than version 2010 and earlier versions.

What a bright move on someone's part!

When is this going to be fixed?

Can I install my Outlook 2010 on my laptop in place of the 2014 version?

I believe I have bought an inferior product.

July 14th, 2014 6:47am

I am also disappointed.  Outlook 2013 is a set-backwards.  I did not read these before upgrading.  I hoped that the to-do list would access multiple calendars.

To fix this, I tried many things over the past few weeks.  Ultimately, I bought an additional monitor and placed it to the side of my main monitor.  I then selected open Calendar in a new window.  I put the calendar in my monitor off to the side.  I then selected "next 7 days", calendars overlay" and zoomed into the day to show only 7am-7pm (my possible range of appointments).  This seems to work.  The full month calendar on this mode makes days bold if they have an appointment with them.  I see all of the next 7 days.  As I get used to the extra screens, I think I might prefer this to other options.  I would have preferred a to-do list that could accomplish and agenda view in the margin of my screen while in outlook but this has some other advantages also....it is always up even when Outlook is not my top page.  The free agenda calendar on my android phone is still better to see upcoming appointments than my desktop, but at least it is now functional and I can stop double booking myself or missing appointments.

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August 14th, 2014 1:12pm

This update is not not coming through for me. I am unable to view anything past one day. This is extremely frustrating now more than ever since this is suppose to be fixed :-(I am on Windows 7 fully up to date as of today, I'm on the 32-bit Office with 365 enterprise account through my university. when I view the version in Outlook I have this:

Outlook 2013 15.0.4420.1017 and MSO 15.0.4649.1000

Forgive me if im wrong but this version is well beyond the hotfix that was suppose to correct this issue. I have also verified that the last office update run on my computer was KB2881081

why am I still unable to see the next 7 days!!! Please and thank you for your help!


October 6th, 2014 7:38pm

This update is not not coming through for me. I am unable to view anything past one day. This is extremely frustrating now more than ever since this is suppose to be fixed :-(I am on Windows 7 fully up to date as of today, I'm on the 32-bit Office with 365 enterprise account through my university. when I view the version in Outlook I have this:

Outlook 2013 15.0.4420.1017 and MSO 15.0.4649.1000

Forgive me if im wrong but this version is well beyond the hotfix that was suppose to correct this issue. I have also verified that the last office update run on my computer was KB2881081

why am I still unable to see the next 7 days!!! Please and thank you for your help!
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October 6th, 2014 7:38pm

Is there any progress on this problem?

And yes, it is a problem. My software has reduced functionality.

August 18th, 2015 9:58am

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