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How to show reminder icon for calendar items in Outlook?

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In Outlook, if you have added reminder for an appointment or meeting before, you may forget whether the appointment/meeting has a reminder or not unless you open it (or move mouse over it in Outlook 2013). Actually, Microsoft Outlook supports showing reminder icon  for all calendar items (appointments, meetings, and all day events) with reminders easily.

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To show reminder icon the screenshot of button for Calendar items in Microsoft Outlook 2010 and 2013, go ahead with following steps:

Step 1: Click the File > Options.

Step 2: In the Outlook Options dialog box, click the Calendar in the left bar.

Step 3: Go on to check the option of Show bell icon on the calendar for appointments and meetings with reminder in the Calendar Options section, and click the OK button.

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After enabling the reminder icon  in the Outlook Options dialog box, you can see the reminder icons in these places:

In Outlook 2010, you can get the reminder icons the screenshot of button behind appointments/meetings with reminders in the To-Do Bar.

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Note: In Outlook 2010, show appointments in To-Do Bar with checking both Normal and Appointments in the drop down list of To-Do Bar on the View tab.

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In Outlook 2013 and 2010, show calendar in the Day view, Work Week view, Week view, or Schedule view, then you will see the reminder icon the screenshot of button at the end of each appointment with reminder. See screen shot:

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