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How to change the default appointment length in Outlook?

Author Siluvia Last modified

By default, when you create new appointments or meetings for a day or a week, the appointment length or meeting duration in Outlook is 30 minutes with the start time and the end time as following screenshot shown. If your appointment length or meeting duration is not 30 minutes per time, do you want to change the default appointment length for your needs? With this tutorial, you can easily change the default appointment length in Outlook.

change the default appointment length

Change the default appointment length in Outlook

Change the default appointment length in Outlook

In Outlook, you can change the default appointment length as follows.

1. Shift to the Calendar view by clicking Calendar in the Navigation Pane.

2. Then click View > View Settings in Outlook 2010/2013.

the View Settings option

3. In the Advanced View Settings: Calendar dialog (Customize View: Date/Week/Month dialog in Outlook 2007), please click Other Settings. See screenshot:

the Other Settings option

4. When the Format Day/Week/Month View dialog popping up, select the appointment or meeting time length from the Time scale drop-down list. And then click OK button.

the Format Day/Week/Month View dialog

5. Click OK in the following dialog. And now the appointment length is changed to the time scale you have configured immediately. See screenshot:

result

Note: The changes of the time scale cannot work in the Month view.

Besides the above method, you can also change the appointment length or meeting duration by clicking View > Time Scale. And then select the time scale for your own needs.

the Time Scale option

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