How to Create a Personal Calendar in Microsoft Outlook

Overview

Creating additional Outlook calendars can be helpful in sorting the type of meetings you are scheduling. For example, you could create a calendar for Personal Appointments or a calendar for project deliverables, or more.  You can also share your calendar with colleagues but be aware that if a group of people are dependant on your calendar and you aren't available then issues may result.  If sharing a personal calendar is required then best practice would be to request that Service Desk create a new calendar on our Email Server, this way it can be managed by IT when needed.

Instructions

Outlook 2016

1. Open Microsoft Outlook 2016 on your Windows computer.
2. In the lower left corner, click on the Calendar icon . In some versions of Outlook, you can click on the word Calendar instead of the icon.
3. In the Calendar Navigation Pane along the left side of the screen, look for the section entitled My Calendars. Within the My Calendars section, right-click on your current calendar and select New Calendar... from the pop-up menu.
4. In the Name field, type in the name for your new calendar.
5. In the Select where to place the folder list, confirm Calendar is selected. If it is not, click on the word Calendar to select it.
6. Click on the OK button.
7. The new calendar appears in the Calendar Navigation Pane along the left side of the screen.
8. To view the new calendar, select the check box next to the calendar name.
9. If you have your College email configured on your mobile phone this new calendar will now be an available.

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