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We’re getting some questions from users whose appointments are not visible on the Month view but their all day events are visible and they can see all appointments on the Day or Week views. If this happens to you, check the Detail level. (If you are missing all day events too or aren't visible on the Day and Week views, it's not your Details setting.)
Outlook 2007 and 2010 have a view option called Details – it can be set on Low, Medium, or High Details. High shows all appointments and all day events, while Medium shows all day events and uses lines for timed appointments. Low shows only all day events and hides all timed appointments.
In Outlook 2010, the detail level is selected from the Month button on the View section or ribbon. Expand the Month button to select a different detail level.
In Outlook 2007, detail levels are selected just to the right of the Day/Week/Month tabs:
The purpose is to give you an overview of your schedule on the monthly calendar – in High details, many users see as few as 3 or 4 events and appointments. How many appointments and events you see on the calendar is controlled by the size of the Outlook window. At lower resolutions or when Outlook is not maximized, very few appointments and event display. Even at high resolutions, someone with a schedule full of short appointments may not see the full list on the screen.
Using Medium detail, noon is indicated by a line across the center of the day, with timed appointments shown as lines above or below noon, so you have an idea approx when the appointment is. The thickness of the lines indicates how long the appointment is. This way a person can glance at the calendar and get an idea of how busy any part of any day is, based on the lines.
For example, in the screenshot, there is a short appointment right before noon on the 7th and a longer appointment in the early afternoon. The 8th is fairly busy, with appointments of varying lengths throughout the day and little room for more in the afternoon. Morning appointments may be possible on the 8th. There are no appointments scheduled on the 9th, which has as an all day event.
The Low Details view shows only All Day events:
Published May 13, 2011. Last reviewed on March 31, 2016.
Is it possible to change the monthly view so that no weekends display, just Monday to Friday days?
No, sorry, not in the monthly view.
You can put in a request at uservoice - https://outlook.uservoice.com/forums/322590-outlook-2016-for-windows - i searched but could not find a previous submission.
I like to view the Monthly calendar in High Detail, but every time I navigate away from the calendar -- while still leaving it open -- it defaults back to Low Detail. How do I get it to stay on High Detail?
It definitely should be on high by default. Have you tried resetting the view?
When printing the calendar in "Daily Style" is there a way to get the details included? I do not want to print the "Calendar Details Style".
In some printouts, it includes what you see on the screen - so if you can show details on the screen, they might be included in the printout. Otherwise you are limited to the options available in the print settings.
It seems like in my old (now unsupported Outlook 2000) the actual size of the day square in the month view was larger so I could see more all day events. With my 2007 version I have to remove all the task bars in order to see a maximum of three all day events. I wish there was some way to make the actual squares larger. I would prefer to have larger squares even if it meant that the entire month would not fit on the screen. I wish there was a way to reduce the size of the month… Read more »
That is not your imagination. The only way to make the days within the monthly view larger is to select 2 or 3 weeks in the navigation calendars on the left. It won't stick when you change views, but will give you larger cells.
http://www.slipstick.com/tutorial/view-a-two-week-calendar/
I have Outlook 2013 and, when I go to monthly view, the current month only appears blank. I can see appointments for past and future months, but not this one. Any suggestions?
Reset the view on the calendar - View tab, Reset. This will clear any filters or corrupt views.
How about less details in 2013, how do you get that?
It was removed from Outlook because too many people changed then forgot and wondered why they didn't see everything. :(
Any work around? I can't stand seeing so many details on my calendar... it makes it look like I am booked all day when I actually only have 1 meeting!
You can create a filtered view to hide all day events but can't reduce the level of details like you could with older versions. There are two calendar views - the regular view and one called preview. Preview will show as much appointment information as there is room for - if you are using that view, switch to the Calendar view.
The month view was how I looked at everything. If you needed more detail about an event or appointment you drill down. Taking away functionality like the level of detail because a few people misused the software is ridiculous. They have turned what I believe was their most functional part of the calendar into a cluttered mess! In a month view, who the hell needs to see specific location details? I want to look at my month and see the time and title of my appointments/events and that's it.
I just was updated to 2013 and can't stand to high level detail. I agree with Darren 1000%.