Calendar Program for a small business owner???

[DerwenArtos12]

A friend of mine approached me today asking about a free or fairly inexpensive calendar program. He is looking for some thing he can use to unput daily tasks and reminders, up to months ahead, and have it pop-up each morning and say: "Here is what needs to happen today." All I could think of is Outlook. Plz help.

 

[spyordie007]

outlook or one of it's various clones would be his best bet. If $ is a concern you could send him in the direction of open office

 

[DerwenArtos12]

I guess I over-emphasized the cost concern. He is fine with spending the money to get outlook 2003, but would prefer not if there is another option that is as good or better.

 

[lowtech1]

What are his needs?

Calendar sharing
Remote access
Project time calculation

 

[WobbleWobble]

What about buying a PDA?

 

[DerwenArtos12]

A PDA is definatly more than he is looking to spend, and he really isn't a gadget guy. This is a construction company BTW. All he really needs is a calendar program to tell him what his schedule is for the day. He has been using an old-fashioned day planner but, he runs out of space for one and he has a hard time keeping it organized.

All he needs ia digital day planner that kind of forces him to see what is going on that day.

 

[spyordie007]

If Office 2003 is within the amount he is willing to spend than a PDA is also. Plus most PDAs come with Outlook or an Outlook like application (I believe palms still come with "palm-desktop").

 

[WobbleWobble]

PDAs can be cheap, especially if you buy a used one.

But seeing how he's a construction guy, he may not like the writing with a stylus idea

spyordie007, you can sync Outlook with Palms, you don't have to use Palm Desktop.

 

[spyordie007]

Of course, but palms generally do not come with outlook (at least none that I'm aware of) they come with Palm Desktop.

Pocket PCs generally come with Outlook.

EDIT: As a construction guy he may like the idea of a hand-held, than he can look at his schedule and have easy access to his phone list while at job sites.

 

[DerwenArtos12]

He needs this for in his office though so a pda is not what he is looking for. He is involved exclusively with the4 office part of the construction company.

 

[zemel]

Go here and get free version of "task plus"; be aware it has "banner ads"; I got used to it; big deal.

Read up on what site says about the program.

Task Plus

 

[DerwenArtos12]

WOW, thanx zemel that is just about exactly what I was thinking.

 

[zemel]

Derwen....

Glad to help.

BTW, let us know what you think about the program. One thing I haven't tried doing with the free version is print an actual monthly calendar; maybe can't do it with it, but I never really tried. I wouldn't be surprized if the PCWorld website has freebie calendar creator programs or your wordprocessor program can do it.

They have other good stuff too.

Check it out !

 

[Relayer]

You could also use Palm Desktop software without using a Palm.