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Will the Cozi Outlook Toolbar work with my version of Outlook?

On which computer should I install the toolbar?

Downloading and installing the toolbar

How do I access my work calendar from home?

The first sync between Outlook and Cozi

Tidying up after your first sync

Will the Cozi Outlook Toolbar work with my version of Outlook?

The Cozi Outlook Toolbar works only with Microsoft Outlook 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2) or Outlook 2007. To confirm you have one of these versions of Outlook:

1. Open Microsoft Outlook.
2. Click Help, and then click About Microsoft Office Outlook.
3. Confirm that the first line of text refers to either Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 or Microsoft Office Outlook 2007.

On which computer should I install the Cozi Outlook Toolbar?

You should install the Cozi Outlook Toolbar on the computer that has the Outlook calendar you want to sync with. You can install the Toolbar on as many computers as you like, so that every family member with an Outlook calendar will be able to sync with Cozi.

If you want to install the Toolbar at work, be sure that your workplace allows you to install software and that your computer has access to the general Internet (specifically, your computer will need to be able to reach www.cozi.com for the Toolbar to work). If these conditions can’t be met at your workplace, see How do I access my Outlook work calendar from home? below.

Downloading and installing the toolbar

If you haven’t done so already, please download the toolbar. Installation will happen as part of the download.

If you want to connect Cozi to an Outlook calendar at work, but you can’t install software on your work computer (or can’t browse the general Internet from your work computer), your only option is to install the Cozi Outlook Toolbar at home.

For this route to work, you’ll need to have Microsoft Outlook 2003 SP2 or 2007 installed on your home computer. Your copy of Outlook at home will need to have direct access to your Outlook calendar at work. By “direct access,” we mean that you need to be able to run Outlook on your home computer and be able to see your work calendar inside of Outlook.

Your company’s network administrators may have created a process for setting this up; check with them. If your company uses Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Exchange, ask whether your company lets you run Outlook from home using Virtual Private Networking (VPN) or something called RPC over HTTP.

The Cozi Outlook Toolbar can only share information between Cozi and Outlook if the computer is on, you’re connected to the Internet, and Microsoft Outlook is running.

To sync your Cozi and Outlook calendars, click the Sync with Cozi Central button on the Outlook toolbar.

Your very first sync may take a few minutes, depending on how many appointments are on your calendar. If you’re watching your Outlook calendar during the process, you may see some appointments ‘flicker’ as everything shuffles into the right slot. This is perfectly normal, and will only last a few seconds.

There are a few things you should know about syncing between Cozi and Outlook. See Tidying up after your first sync to learn how to delete duplicate appointments and reassign appointments in Cozi, if necessary.

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