OL97: How to Add and Delete Holidays in the Calendar (161389)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Outlook 97
This article was previously published under Q161389

SUMMARY

In the Calendar, you can add and delete country-specific holidays.

MORE INFORMATION

Add Holidays to the Calendar

To add holidays to the Calendar, follow these steps:
  1. On the Tools menu, click Options, and in the Options dialog box, click the Calendar tab.
  2. Click Add Holidays.
  3. Click to select the appropriate country, and click OK.
If you have already added a country's holidays, it does not appear checked when you return to the "Add Holidays to Calendar" dialog box. If you try to add the same country again, you receive the following error message:
Holidays for <country> are already installed. Do you want to install them again?
If you click Yes, the holidays will install a second time and you will see duplicate holiday entries.

Remove Holidays from the Calendar

To remove holidays from the Calendar, follow these steps:
  1. In the Current View box on the Standard toolbar, click Events.
  2. Click the Location column heading to sort the list of holidays by country.
  3. Click to select the first holiday you want to delete.
  4. Hold down SHIFT and click the last holiday you want to delete.
  5. Press DELETE to remove all the selected holidays from your Calendar.

REFERENCES

For more information about adding holidays, type "holidays" in the Office Assistant, click Search, and then click to view "Add holidays for a country to my Calendar."

For more information about deleting holidays, type "holidays" in the Office Assistant, click Search, and then click to view "Remove holidays for a country from my Calendar."
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:10/26/2000
Keywords:kbhowto KB161389
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