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Outlook - Add Rooms Calendars to Groups and Overlay (Recreate Meetings Calendar)
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Creating a New Calendar Group:
- Open Outlook: Open your Outlook application on your computer.
- Go to Calendar View: Click on the "Calendar" icon at the bottom of the Outlook window.
- Navigate to the Home Tab: Click on the "Home" tab in the ribbon at the top of the Outlook window.
- Click on "New Calendar Group": In the ribbon, find and click on the "New Calendar Group" button.
- Enter Group Name: Type a name for your new calendar group and press "Enter."
- Close the calendar selector window that opens after. You do not need to select anything from this window.
Adding Calendars to the New Group from the Room List:
- Open Outlook: Open your Outlook application on your computer.
- Go to Calendar View: Click on the "Calendar" icon at the bottom of the Outlook window.
- Select the Calendar Group: Right click the calendar group you created in the "Creating a New Calendar Group" instruction set.
- Hover on "Open Calendar" -> Select "From Room List": Choose "From Room List" to add calendars associated with meeting rooms.
- Select Room Calendars:
- In the Room List, select the meeting rooms whose calendars you want to add.
- You can "Shift + Click" Multiple Calendars to add them all at once.
- You can add as many or as few calendars as you want. To fully replicate the "Meetings" calendar you will want to add all of the calendars.
- If you select multiple rooms, click the Rooms button on the lower left to add them to the list of calendars to open.
- Click "OK" to add the selected calendars.
- In the Room List, select the meeting rooms whose calendars you want to add.
Set to Work Week View:
- Navigate to the View Tab: Click on the "View" tab in the ribbon at the top.
- Click on "Work Week": In the "Arrangement" group, click on "Work Week."
Overlaying Multiple Calendars:
- Go to Calendar View: If you're not already in the Calendar view, click on the "Calendar" icon at the bottom.
- Navigate to the View Tab: Click on the "View" tab in the ribbon at the top.
- Click on "Overlay": In the "Layout" group, click on "Overlay."
- Select Calendars to Overlay:
- Check the boxes next to the calendars you want to overlay.
- Depending on the amount of calendars selected, you may wish to uncheck all your displayed calendars and then check them back on one by one as you overlay them.
- Check the boxes next to the calendars you want to overlay.
- Adjust Overlay Settings (Optional):
- Use the "Color" dropdown to assign different colors to each calendar for easy identification.
- Adjust any other settings based on your preference.
- Click "OK": Once you've made your selections, click "OK" to overlay the calendars.
Now, you should have a new calendar group, calendars added from the room list, multiple calendars overlaid, and be in the Work Week view in Outlook.