How to add holidays on Outlook calendar

The calendar is an important feature of Microsoft Outlook. Most of the professionals who are using Microsoft Outlook want to utilize 100% of its all features. Without using Outlook calendar you cannot do so. If your native country’s holidays are not reflected you cannot say that you are using 100% of the calendar as well. That is why many people are asking me to guide him on how to add holidays to the Outlook calendar. Today, in this article, I will guide you on that topic. Let’s get started.

Microsoft Outlook Calendar

The calendar is a vital component of Microsoft Outlook that is used to schedule a meeting, appointments, etc. It is integrated with email, contacts, and other features of Outlook. With the help of the calendar in Outlook, you can set appointments, arrange a meeting, share your schedules with other people, etc.

Even you can synchronize Outlook calendar to Gmail calendar and also synchronize Gmail calendar to Outlook. You can prepare daily work, weekly, monthly or even yearly work schedules with the help of Microsoft Outlook calendar.

Most corporate professionals and high-level employees who are passing busy corporate life use outlook calendar to schedule their daily activities. If country holidays are not integrated with the calendar, there may be a chance of mistakes while scheduling. That is why it is very important to integrate holidays into the calendar.

Add holidays on Outlook calendar

You can add holidays to the Outlook calendar with a few steps. Here are the steps

• Go to the File tab of your Outlook ribbon.
• Select Options from the bottom of the menu.
• Select Calendar from the left side of the window.

• Click Add Holidays as marked#3.
• Select your country of work from the list to add holidays to your Outlook calendar.

• Click OK to complete the task.

What else you can set from here

You can set the following from this option.

• You can enable alternative calendars like Arabic, Hebrew, etc.
• Calendar colors.
• Time Zone change.
• Show weather on the calendar.

Select Work time in the Calendar

Your work time may be different depending on your country. You can also set your work time and work days in the Outlook calendar. Follow the steps below to perform the task.

• Go to the File tab of your Outlook ribbon.
• Select Options from the bottom of the menu.
• Select Calendar from the left side of the window.

• Select the days that you are working in a week.

What else you can set from here

You can set the following from this option.

• Start time of your work in the morning.
• End time of your work in the evening.
• First day of the week.
• The first week of the year.

Importance of Calendar in Outlook

Many of us are using Outlook only for sending and receiving emails without using Calendar. If we use Outlook calendar properly we can boost our efficiency to the next level. The calendar can be used for the following purposes in Microsoft Outlook.

• To create appointments and events.
• To arrange meetings with other people.
• To make a work schedule for own.
• To share the calender with other people to share busy days.

I hope, the article on how to add holidays on Outlook calendar will be helpful to you. If have any queries please post a comment below. I will try my best to answer to your question. Thank You.