Create a Custom Holiday File (HOL) to share any type of all day event with other Outlook users. We include a sample file that counts the days since Jan1 and the number of days left in the year.
When your all day events span two days, it means the time zone is different from the time zone used when you created the events. If you are syncing...
When Outlook is adding or subtracting 2 – 8 minutes to new appointments, its not a bug in Outlook, ghosts, or gremlins. Its caused by the anti-spam module from...
We've had a lot of people complaining that a range of old appointments are missing from the calendar. For example, in November they notice appointments from July and earlier...
An interesting problem came up in the Microsoft public newsgroups this week. Richard posts: "We have a specific user requirement to auto accept meeting requests only from some selected...
In this calendar sync bug, All Day events that recur yearly are changed to recur every 12 years. This bug first appeared with the release of Office 2007 SP2...
The question of the week this week involved resource calendars not allowing meeting requests more than 180 days out. "How can I set up the resource calendar to accept...
Entries on a shared calendar print in duplicate when printed using the Calendar Printing Assistant for Outlook and the shared calendar does not have duplicate entries when viewed from Outlook. This is the result of permissions issues.
Recurring appointments generate a lot of complaints from users. When you attempt to change the end date, you'll receive a warning that the exceptions will be lost: I have...
Outlook appointments show a drop-down list for Location, populated with the most recently used locations added to appointments. You cannot populate this list with your own preferred locations, or...
Beginning with Outlook 2007 SP2, Copy: is prefixed to the subject of meetings when they are copied within a calendar or to another calendar. From the release notes: “A...
For a company events calendar, you can simply create a new Calendar folder in Public Folders and grant permissions through the Properties dialog for the folder. Outlook 2007 adds...
A common request is how to make recurring appointments for every x number of workdays. Unfortunately Outlook does not offer this type of recurring option. You can use a...
Beginning March 2007, daylight time is in effect a total of four weeks longer than previously. Computers running Windows XP or older operating systems need to be updated so...
When reminders just won’t dismiss, there are several things you can try to get rid of it: Use the Cleanreminders switch. This works most of the time. When cleanreminders...
Whether the Start times display in the calendar is wholly dependent on the size of the Calendar section. If the calendar is too narrow, the times are hidden. For...
This form shows that it is possible to display a person's current age on the calendar. Sample Age on Birthday form The idea (and basic instructions) for this method...
Microsoft Outlook depends on the “long” date format set for all Windows programs. Open the control panel Regional and Language Settings applet (Region and Language in Windows 7). Choose...
This video was recorded to demonstrate a bug with the Live Maps add-in. This bug should not be a problem beginning with Microsoft Outlook 2007 SP2. However, while the...
This is not really a bug but a limitation of the dual time zone display when daylight time goes into effect, and to a lesser degree, when we revert...
Recurring appointments are a problem for many users: you can’t end a series without losing exceptions and no one can cancel meetings created by users who no longer have...
I received a question from a user who wanted to force people to respond to meeting requests: "Is there a way to force people to send an accept message,...
Outlook 2007: All attendees are included on the To line when someone forwards a meeting request. Over the last several months I've seen a lot of reports about Outlook...
A user had a question about Outlook 2010's ability to fire reminders from every calendar: "How do I turn off the reminders from other calendars? I keep several calendar...
This frequent request comes from users looking for a way to send out meeting requests for training sessions or benefits meetings with HR, where each employee can pick the...
A frequently asked question is "How do I provide a link for someone to click to add an appointment to their calendar?" The answer: save the appointment as an...
We’re seeing a lot of questions concerning the apparent inability of Outlook 2007 to print 15 calendars: “I want to print my calendars out with 15 min increments. Default...
Microsoft Outlook comes with a file named Outlook.hol (Outlook.txt in Outlook 2000 and older) that includes lists of holidays that you can import into your personal Calendar folder using...
Do you want most of your new appointments to use Free (or Tentative or Out of Office) as the default for the "Show as time" instead of Busy? Outlook...
Use this method to view a yearly calendar in Outlook. Drag either the Navigation pane separator bar or the To-do bar / Taskpad bar inward to show more navigation...
A frequent equest is “How do I see who organized these meetings?” Easy: use a custom view that includes the organizer field. If you need to see the organizer...
When users open a meeting request they created and see the error message "Invitations have not been sent for this meeting" even though the meeting request was sent (and...
We're seeing complaints that Outlook automatically sends meeting updates to the attendees several times a day. When users delete the responses from their inbox it triggers another update to...
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Learn how to change the reminder settings so a reminder is not set on new appointments.
Question: When I send or receive meeting requests or view other people’s calendars, the appointments are off by one hour. This is caused by incorrect time or time zone...
A user complained about the GMT offset not being applied to meetings received from other time zones in Outlook 2010: "Having an issue with Outlook 2010 where the GMT...
Microsoft Outlook 2010's holiday file has some incorrect holidays listed, including incorrect dates for Easter Monday between 2013 and 2019. Microsoft Outlook 2003′s holiday list included dates through 2007....
When you migrate meetings from an Outlook mailbox or PST file to another Mailbox or PST file, meeting requests will be "broken" and you will be missing the "Send...
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