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Tip 29: Turning Off Compressed Weekend Days

In Outlook 2003 and older, by default, the Outlook Calendar in Day/Week/Month view combines Saturday and Sunday in one cell. Disable this by right clicking anywhere on the calendar and choose Other Settings. Uncheck the option to Compress weekend days.This is a view setting and resetting the view will turn Compressed weekends back on. If you need to switch between … [Read more...] about Tip 29: Turning Off Compressed Weekend Days

Tip 3: Calendar Views

Outlook 2002 introduced Labels to the calendar, allowing you to display appointments in your Day/Week/Month view using different colors. Did you know you can use Views to quickly apply color to your existing appointments? Open Customize View (in OL2002, it's View, Current View, Customize). Create a new Day/Week/Month view or customize and existing view. Add Automatic … [Read more...] about Tip 3: Calendar Views

Tip 6: Printing a Calendar

While Outlook includes the capability to print calendars in different planner formats, many users find the calendar template for Word does a better job for a monthly calendar. Using Olcalndr allows you to customize the calendar grid, including coloring cells, using images, and add additional notes.The template works well for group calendars and you can save it as HTML and … [Read more...] about Tip 6: Printing a Calendar

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