How can I change my free/busy time in Outlook to show that I'm not available
after 4PM. Normal office hours are 8 to 5, but I leave at 4. I'd like to
show that I'm not available from 4 to 5. I've had to set up a recurring
meeting from 4 to 5 that has me out of the office. But, there should be an
easier way to do this.

Hi, give this a try. click on tools, options, calendar options button, at
top of screen, start time, end time, just change the time to reflect your
time. Good luck.

"mikeo" wrote:

> How can I change my free/busy time in Outlook to show that I'm not available
> after 4PM. Normal office hours are 8 to 5, but I leave at 4. I'd like to
> show that I'm not available from 4 to 5. I've had to set up a recurring
> meeting from 4 to 5 that has me out of the office. But, there should be an
> easier way to do this.

I've done that, but I'm still showing as available when someone else
schedules me for a meeting.

"rrupp" wrote:

> Hi, give this a try. click on tools, options, calendar options button, at
> top of screen, start time, end time, just change the time to reflect your
> time. Good luck.
>
> "mikeo" wrote:
>
> > How can I change my free/busy time in Outlook to show that I'm not available
> > after 4PM. Normal office hours are 8 to 5, but I leave at 4. I'd like to
> > show that I'm not available from 4 to 5. I've had to set up a recurring
> > meeting from 4 to 5 that has me out of the office. But, there should be an
> > easier way to do this.

rrupp, thanks for getting back on this. I've done this some time ago,
thinking that it would show me as unavailable, but after getting a meeting
request, I asked someone to schedule me for a meeting, and I showed as
available from 4 to 5.

"rrupp" wrote:

> Hi, give this a try. click on tools, options, calendar options button, at
> top of screen, start time, end time, just change the time to reflect your
> time. Good luck.
>
> "mikeo" wrote:
>
> > How can I change my free/busy time in Outlook to show that I'm not available
> > after 4PM. Normal office hours are 8 to 5, but I leave at 4. I'd like to
> > show that I'm not available from 4 to 5. I've had to set up a recurring
> > meeting from 4 to 5 that has me out of the office. But, there should be an
> > easier way to do this.

I understand. That is a good question, I wonder if you would need to set up
a daily recurring appointment from 4 - 6?? I have a couple of users that do
that for this purpose.
Sorry I misunderstood your question, initially. Other than the above, I am
not aware of a solution. sorry.

"mikeo" wrote:

> rrupp, thanks for getting back on this. I've done this some time ago,
> thinking that it would show me as unavailable, but after getting a meeting
> request, I asked someone to schedule me for a meeting, and I showed as
> available from 4 to 5.
>
> "rrupp" wrote:
>
> > Hi, give this a try. click on tools, options, calendar options button, at
> > top of screen, start time, end time, just change the time to reflect your
> > time. Good luck.
> >
> > "mikeo" wrote:
> >
> > > How can I change my free/busy time in Outlook to show that I'm not available
> > > after 4PM. Normal office hours are 8 to 5, but I leave at 4. I'd like to
> > > show that I'm not available from 4 to 5. I've had to set up a recurring
> > > meeting from 4 to 5 that has me out of the office. But, there should be an
> > > easier way to do this.

mikeo <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> I've done that, but I'm still showing as available when someone else
> schedules me for a meeting.

If you want your free/busy data to reflect that you're out of the office,
you'll have to add an event for that time and mark it as out of the office.
--
Brian Tillman