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Add Holidays to Second Outlook Calendar

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Last reviewed on November 18, 2021     6 Comments

As many users have discovered, Outlook's Options > Calendar Options > Add Holidays only adds the holidays to the default Microsoft Outlook calendar. Many users wonder how they'll get the Holidays on the other calendar.

It's easy - add the holidays to the default calendar then move or copy them to the other calendar.

Outlook 2010 and up

  1. Switch to the List view in Change View on the View tab.
    change to the list view
  2. Sort by the Category column.
    sort by the category field
  3. Collapse the groups from the View tab, selecting Expand/Collapse > Collapse All Groups. Or right-click on a group header and choose Collapse All Groups.
  4. Select the Holiday category.
  5. Use the Move command on the right-click context menu to move or copy the events in the category to a different calendar. Or you can also drag the group to a different calendar.
    move to another calendar
  6. Go back to Change View and switch to the Calendar view.

Outlook 2007 and older

  1. Switch to the By Category view. The View selector is on the Advanced toolbar or look for it on the View menu.
  2. Select the Category
  3. Drag it to the second calendar folder. Left click drag will move the holidays, right click and drag will give you the choice of Move or Copy.

If you aren't good at dragging, you can select the Holidays and use the Edit, Move to Folder or Copy to Folder Command.

More Information

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Add Holidays to Second Outlook Calendar was last modified: November 18th, 2021 by Diane Poremsky
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About Diane Poremsky

A Microsoft Outlook Most Valuable Professional (MVP) since 1999, Diane is the author of several books, including Outlook 2013 Absolute Beginners Book. She also created video training CDs and online training classes for Microsoft Outlook. You can find her helping people online in Outlook Forums as well as in the Microsoft Answers and TechNet forums.

Comments

  1. Amy B. says

    November 18, 2021 at 8:05 am

    Help...I can't see how to change to "view by category". :(

    Reply
    • Diane Poremsky says

      November 18, 2021 at 9:58 am

      You need to use the List view then sort by categories in current versions of Outlook.

      (I updated the instructions. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.)

      Reply
  2. rapacademy says

    November 1, 2015 at 8:21 pm

    Thank YOU! :-)

    Reply
  3. William Hanna says

    January 18, 2014 at 10:04 am

    Worked like a CHARM! Thanks SO MUCH for posting/sharing what you learned!!

    Reply
  4. laurie topping says

    March 26, 2013 at 12:10 pm

    Thanks so much!! Just swithed to icloud and windows 8 at the same time and was missing my holidays in the outlook calendar. This worked like a charm!

    Reply
  5. Tracy says

    March 6, 2013 at 10:14 am

    Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!! How easy!! Wish I would have seen your post before trying a bunch of other things! Worked great...

    Reply

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