It's easy to import a country's holidays in Outlook, but by default they seem
to be marked as Free. What I really want to do (to prevent my colleagues in
other countries trying to organise meetings with me when I'm out) is to have
those days *automatically* be marked as Out Of Office.

Any tricks?

Create a custom view that groups by the Show time as field - drag from None
to Busy or OOF group.

It might be easier if you group by category and show time as - then all of
the holidays will be together and you can drag that group.

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"Matthew Pass" <Matthew (E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:E0CEC3CD-65C5-4B4F-85EF-(E-Mail Removed)...
> It's easy to import a country's holidays in Outlook, but by default they
> seem
> to be marked as Free. What I really want to do (to prevent my colleagues
> in
> other countries trying to organise meetings with me when I'm out) is to
> have
> those days *automatically* be marked as Out Of Office.
>
> Any tricks?

Ms. Poremsky,

You are a star - thanks for the tip!


M.

"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:

> Create a custom view that groups by the Show time as field - drag from None
> to Busy or OOF group.
>
> It might be easier if you group by category and show time as - then all of
> the holidays will be together and you can drag that group.
>
> --
> Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
> Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
> Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
> Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)
>
> Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
> Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com
> Join OneNote Tips mailing list: http://www.onenote-tips.net/
>
>
> "Matthew Pass" <Matthew (E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:E0CEC3CD-65C5-4B4F-85EF-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > It's easy to import a country's holidays in Outlook, but by default they
> > seem
> > to be marked as Free. What I really want to do (to prevent my colleagues
> > in
> > other countries trying to organise meetings with me when I'm out) is to
> > have
> > those days *automatically* be marked as Out Of Office.
> >
> > Any tricks?
>
>
>