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Schemax Calendar |
Outlook 2003 |
Outlook 2007 |
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Display |
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Maximum Display Range |
12 months |
1 month |
1 month |
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Tooltips for Appointments |
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Outlook does not always provide tool tips |
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Toggle working hours and 24x7 |
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Outlook does not let you show working hours only in month view
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Calendar View |
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Outlook appointments are unreadable when more than a few resources are displayed
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Timeline View |
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Bar Chart View |
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Schemax Calendar's bar chart show resource activity levels and can be displayed
for individual resources or can be aggregated to show group activity.
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Filter appointments based on categories |
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Combine Calendars |
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Schemax Calendar provides semi-transparent overlays that are true overlays. Outlook
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overlay mode places appointments side-by-side within a time period. |
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Navigation |
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Range Modes |
Unlimited |
Day/week/month |
Day/week/month |
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Zoom and Pan |
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Reference Calendar |
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Appointment Colors |
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Free/busy |
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Outlook does not use free/busy colors in monthly views.
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Resource |
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Outlook 2007 only colors appointments by resource in calendar overlay mode.
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Category |
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Outlook 2003 does not associate categories and colors. Outlook 2007 does not
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Scheduling Meetings |
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Book Meetings |
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Schemax Calendar helps you book meetings by combining calendars in an overlay.
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Open Meetings |
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Identify Scheduling Conflicts |
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Schemax Calendar's calendar overlay helps avoid conflicts. Outlook 2007 has a
Scheduling Assistant but overlays are limited to a minimum of a day.
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ID Meeting Rooms with Sufficient Capacity |
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Outlook 2007 does not consider additional attendees not in address list (e.g. clients
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Resource Types |
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Personal Folders |
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Exchange Mailboxes |
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Public Folders (Exchange) |
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Sharepoint Calendars |
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Synchronization |
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Synchronization allows Exchange users to run in cached mode, which enables
local storage of appointments
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Shared Calendars |
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Outlook 2003 does not allow synchronization of shared calendars. Outlook 2007 has
issues synchronizing with shared
calendars on Exchange Server 2003.
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Filters |
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Schemax Calendar enables users to speed up synchronization with filters on appointment
type and categories.
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Automation |
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Schemax Calendar enables users to set synchronization interval for each group.
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Compatibility |
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Outlook 2003 |
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Outlook 2007 |
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Exchange 2003 |
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Exchange 2003 does not support Scheduling Assistant |
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Exchange 2007 |
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Outlook 2003 does not include Scheduling Assistant |