How to create a recurring all day event in Outlook?

Create a recurring all day event in Outlook

Automatically create recurring all day event of birthdays or anniversaries in Outlook

Actually, you can’t create a recurring all day event directly in Outlook. However, you can specified the start time and end time of a recurring appointment same as those of an all day event to achieve it.

1. In the "Calendar" view, please click "Home" > "New Appointment" to create a new appointment.

2. In the new Appointment window, please click "Appointment" > "Recurrence". See screenshot:

3. Now the Appointment Recurrence dialog box comes out. Please do as follows:

(1) In the "Appointment time" section, type "12:00 AM" into both "Start" and "End" boxes, and select "1 day" from the "Duration" drop down list;
(2) Specify the recurrence pattern and range of recurrence as you need;
(3) Click the "OK" button.

4. Now you return to the Appointment Series window, please add subject, location, compose appointment note, and then click "Appointment Series" > "Save & Close".

So far you have created a recurring appointment whose occurrences work same as all day event.

Some users may just want to add recurring all day event for birthdays or anniversaries in Outlook calendar. In this situation, you can create a contact to achieve it.

1. In the "People" (or "Contacts") view, click "Home" > "New Contact" to create a new contact.

2. A new Contact window opens, please add contact information as you need, and then click "Contact" > "Details". See screenshot:

3. Please add birthday or anniversary into corresponding "Birthday" box or "Anniversary" box, and click the "OK" button. See screenshot:

4. In the popping out Microsoft Outlook dialog box, please click the "OK" button to go ahead.

5. Click "Contact" > "Save & Close" to save the new contact.

Shift to the "Calendar" view, you will see a yearly recurring all day event for the contact’s birthday or Anniversary has been created and added into the calendar automatically.

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