2. Adding UK holidays

Outlook will allow you to add in extra features such as the standard UK bank holidays to your default calendar. To add UK holidays to your calendar:
  1. Go to [Tools] > [Options] to open the main Options screen.
    menu
  2. Click on the Calendar Options... button
    General options screen
  3. On the Calendar Options screen click on the Add Holidays button
    Calendar options screen
  4. Tick the country name for the holidays from that country to be added to your calendar.
    Tick country name for holidays you need
  5. Click OK. The countries holidays are now added to your own calendar.
  6. You can check that the holiday dates have been added by navigating to a suitable date e.g. Christmas Day. You will see that the holiday name is added to the top of the day column in your calendar.
    Christmas day marked in calendar

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