Outlook’s Calendar and Task Icons

May 14, 2011
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The following are icons you may see in your Calendar folder when using a table view. Depending on which version of Outlook you use, the icons you see will look slightly different. When possible, I included both the old and new (Outlook 2003) style icons. In most cases, Outlook 2007 uses the “New” icons introduced in Outlook 2003, however, if the icon is different it is listed under the Outlook 2007 column.

Task icons are on page 2.

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The icons above are Appointment, Recurring Appointment, Meeting, Recurring Meeting, Accepted Meeting Request, Declined Meeting Request, Tentative Meeting Request, Cancelled Meeting Request

Day/Week/Month (D/W/M) calendars will display a simple form of some of these icons. The Appointment list in the To-Do bar in Outlook 2007 use these icons as well.

Calendar Icons

Icons
Description
Table ViewD/W/M
Older20032007Older2007
Recurring MeetingrecurringRecurring calendar item
Scheduled meeting
Recurring MeetingRecurring Meeting
exceptionException to recurring item This symbol is used when you make an exception to a recurring appointment or task.
Data conflict Lets you know conflict exists between your local store and your Exchange Server data. To resolve the conflict, open the item and follow the instructions shown on your screen. You may see these icons with a PDA as well.
Start time and end time of an appointment or meeting Used with multi-day items in the Week or Month views where a specific start and end time have been set. The time shown in the symbol matches the start time of the item, to the nearest 1/2 hour, shaded for AM and PM.
Hide or show by right clicking on the Calendar and choosing Other Settings. Select or deselect “Show time as clocks”.
privatePrivate item – Items marked as private display this icon.
Indicates a reminder is associated with this item.
A Meeting Workspace is associated with this item
A file attachment is associated with this item
More items (up or down) There are more items than can be shown in the current view. Click to open the date in Week or month view. Used on the time scale in Day view, use the arrow keys or scroll bar to scroll.
Icon replaces standard appointment icon when the Live Search Maps add-in is installed.

Calendar icons used on messages in the Inbox

Old
New
 Description
Meeting request icon used on Meeting Request forms.
Declined Meeting request
Cancelled Meeting Request
Accepted Meeting Request
Tentative Acceptance (or Propose New Time in Outlook 2003)
TrackingIcons with the blue i symbol i indicate there is more information, such as an update to the meeting request.

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3 Responses to Outlook’s Calendar and Task Icons

  1. sallyanne on July 13, 2011 at 11:35 am

    How do I post tasks on to the calendar, and where do I calculate financial data like billing on the outlook?

  2. sallyanne on July 13, 2011 at 11:36 am

    how do I post tasks on calendar, can I send invoices from outlook? calculate receivables? import quickbooks or other microsoft products? Like an excel spreadsheet.?

  3. Diane Poremsky on July 15, 2011 at 4:48 am

    You can’t post tasks on the calendar. You can drag tasks to the calendar to make an “appointment” and set aside time to complete the task. Outlook is not an accounting program but there are billing addins that may work for you. You can only import calendar, contacts and mail from other programs, not things like receivables.
    See Time & Billing Tools

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