How to highlight all holidays in an Outlook calendar?
As you know, all imported holidays are marked with the category of "Holiday" by default in Outlook. However, these holidays are not highlighted at all. Why? This article will guide you to fix this problem and highlight all holidays in bulk.
Highlight all holidays in an Outlook calendar
Highlight all holidays in an Outlook calendar
To highlight all imported holidays in bulk in an Outlook calendar, please do as follows:
1. In the "Calendar" view, select any one of imported holidays to activate the "Calendar Tools", and then click "Appointment" > "Categorize" > "All Categories". See screenshot:
2. In the opening Color Categories dialog box, please click the "Holiday (not in Master Category List)" in the category list box, and then click the "New" button. See screenshot:
3. In the opening Add New Category dialog box, (1) "Holiday" is entered in the "Name" box by default, please do not change it; (2) Specify a color for this new category from the "Color" drop down list; and (3) click the "OK" button. See screenshot:
4. Click the "OK" button in the "Color Categories" dialog box.
And now all holidays are highlighted by the specified category color at once. See screenshot:
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