Customize your calendar in Outlook for Windows
Change the view
In your calendar, choose from the following views:
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Day
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Work week
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Week
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Month
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Schedule View
Get back to today
Anytime you're browsing your calendar, save yourself time and select Today to go straight back to the current day.
Overlay or show calendars side-by-side
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Select two or more calendars.
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Select the arrow on one of the calendars to overlay the two (or more) calendars.
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Select the arrow again to make them side-by-side.
Categorize your events
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Select an appointment or meeting.
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Select Categorize.
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Choose a color.
Or choose All categories to edit existing categories or create a new one.
Note: Features and information in this guide apply to Outlook as available through Microsoft 365.
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