Tip 121: Bolded Dates

A question that comes up often is why Outlook's calendar doesn't mark all dates that contain appointments in bold in the small thumbnail calendars.

Outlook bolds the dates that contain appointments (not all day events) in your default calendar, for a period 10 months ahead and 2 months in the past (a total of 12 months).

Can you configure the number of months shown? No, it's hard coded and can't be changed. The reason for the 12 month limitation is because it would take too long and require too many resources for Outlook to bold all dates containing appointments, especially on calendars that cover several years. Slower computers or calendars with a lot of current appointments already require several seconds to display bolded dates.

The reason for only using your default calendar? That's how it always worked. (We're hoping this will change in a future version.)

Can you change the colors or font so the bolded dates are easier to see? No. it's hard-coded. Changing Windows themes might help, but that will affect all Windows programs.

Published April 14 2004

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