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Switch from Outlook Calendar to Google Calendar

Personalize Calendar

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Change how you see your calendar

Outlook:
Select your view

Calendar:
Change your calendar view

Change calendar view in 2016 version.

Outlook 2016
 

Change calendar view in 2013 version.

Outlook 2013

Change view in 2010 version.

Outlook 2010

  1. On your computer, open Google Calendar.
  2. In the top right, choose a view: Day, Week, MonthYearSchedule, or 4 days.

Set calendar view.

 

Color-code calendars and events

Outlook:
Color categories

Calendar:
Color-coding

Color-code in 2016 version.

Outlook 2016

Color-code in 2013 version.

Outlook 2013

Color coding in 2010 version.

Outlook 2010

Give your calendars, reminders, and tasks different colors to tell them apart. For example, make all events related to a project the same color.

Change color for all events in a calendar:

  1. On the left under My calendars, point to the calendar.
  2. Click More  and select a color or click Add  to choose a custom color.

Select from several colors.

Change color for a single event:
  1. Right-click an event.
  2. Select a new color.

Change calendar time zones

Outlook:
Time zones

Calendar:
Time zone

Set time zones in 2016 version.

Outlook 2016

Show secondary time zone in 2013 version.

Outlook 2013

Show secondary time zone in 2010 version.

Outlook 2010

When you travel, you can change your time zone and see your calendar in the local time wherever you are.

  1. On your computer, open Google Calendar.
  2. In the top right, click Settings Settings and then Settings.
  3. In "Time Zone," click Primary time zone Down arrow and then choose your time zone.

Select a time zone.

Add another time zone

Outlook:
Set and swap time zones

Calendar:
Time zones

Swap time zones in 2016 version.

Outlook 2016, 2013, and 2010

If you work with people in another time zone, you can add their time zone to Calendar. Seeing the time where they are makes it easier to schedule events during everyone’s working hours.

Note: Guests see events you create in their own time zone.

  1. On your computer, open Google Calendar.
  2. In the top right, click Settings Settings and then Settings.
  3. In the "Time Zone" section, click Display secondary time zone.
  4. Click Secondary time zone Down arrow and then choose your time zone.

 


               

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