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How to view calendar and inbox at the same time in Outlook?

Author Siluvia Last modified

For some Outlook users, the inbox and the Calendar are frequently used in their daily work. So they want to open the calendar folder and the inbox folder side by side in order to view them at the same time. The following tutorial will show you a little trick for achieving this.

View calendar and inbox at the same time in Outlook


View calendar and inbox at the same time in Outlook

1. Get into the inbox that you want it to be displayed.

2. Right click "Calendar" in the Navigation Pane, click "Open in New Window". See screenshot:

the Open in New Window button

3. Then the calendar will be launched as a new window. Please adjust these two windows until they are displaying side by side on your screen.

a new window

4. If you want the "Calendar" and "Inbox" windows to display side by side every time you launch Outlook, please click "File" > "Exit" to exit Outlook instead of clicking the "Close" button.

the Exit button

Next time when you open the Outlook application, the Calendar folder and the Inbox folder will display side by side as in the last status you closed.


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