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Set up Calendar notifications
Sending appointment reminders from multiple calendars
It’s easy to automatically send text message reminders for appointments you schedule in Google Calendar—just connect your Google Calendar(s) to SimpleTexting using Zapier.
How To Turn On Calendar Notifications/Reminders on Outlook app on iPhone or Android
Select More options in the calendar event edit window. Open the Remind me dropdown, and select Add email reminder. In the Email reminder window, choose Add email reminder. Open the Remind me dropdown, and choose when you want an email reminder to be sent for this event.
Click “File”, then “Options,” then “Calendar.” Check the “Default Reminders” box and use the dropdown menu to select how many minutes before an event you want to be notified.
Flag for yourself
Select the first option, the bell, as this is the notification section. You will see some options when you want to be notified (see screen3 in attachment). Select the option you want and save the appointment.
4 Answers. Just use Outlook tasks then. Create a task and enable the reminder for it. This task will not appear in your calendar and you still get the reminder functionality.
There are two types of rules in Outlook—server-based and client-only.
[edit] To answer the original question (I’m so easily distracted these days!), “gentle reminder” is formal but friendly, in my opinion.
Here are a few tips.
“A gentle reminder” is the phrase used to describe the way you politely remind someone; it is not the phrase you would actually say when delivering the reminder. For example: In the morning, I say to the professor: “I’m sure you won’t forget to sign my form”.
How to Write & Send Reminder Email
While I have a few suggestions below, this part is really quite personal – as above, wrap up however you feel comfortable.
Tip: Be brief. Be polite by asking if they’ve looked it over rather than accuse or point out that you haven’t received it yet. Add value by giving them context for the urgency if needed or urgency about the next steps. Finish with a call to action so they know what you want them to do and why it’s important.