How to automatically change color of today’s appointments in Outlook calendar?

This method will guide you to configure view settings and conditional formatting to add the specified color category for today’s appointments automatically. Please do as follows:

1. In the "Calendar" view, select the calendar that you will automatically color today’s appointments, and click "View" > "View Settings".

2. In the opening "Advanced View Settings: Calendar" dialog box, click the "Conditional Formatting" button.

3. In the "Conditional Formatting" dialog box:

• Click "Add" to add a new color rule.
• Type a name for the new color rule in the "Name" box.
• Select a color from the "Color" drop-down list.
• Click the "Condition" button.

4. In the popping out "Filter" dialog box:

• Go to the "Appointments and Meetings" tab.
• Select "starts" from the "Time" drop-down list.
• Select "Today" from the drop-down list next to the "Time" box.

5. Click the "OK" buttons successively to close all dialog boxes.

Now all appointments starting today are highlighted with the specified color automatically in the selected calendar.

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