Tip 721: Contact Birthdays

When you import contacts, their birthdays are not automatically added to the calendar as they are when you create a new contact manually or edit existing contacts.

You have three options:
1.     Open and save each contact
2.     Use VBA code (//www.outlookcode.com/d/code/remindbday.htm)
3.     Use a utility: Rebuild Birthdays and Anniversaries

From Adding Birthdays and Anniversaries to the Calendar Adding Birthdays and Anniversaries to Outlook’s Calendar

Published March 17, 2010. Last updated on June 7, 2021.

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