Outlook - Create a reminder for yourself Tutorial

Discover how to set up personalized reminders in Outlook to manage your time effectively. Whether it's for birthdays or important tasks, these reminders can keep you on track. Learn to create recurring events, set private reminders, and utilize the 'out of office' feature to avoid scheduling conflicts. With these Outlook features, you'll never miss key dates and can prevent unwanted meetings from being added to your calendar when you're unavailable.

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Available in Microsoft365

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whether it's for remembering a birthday or scheduling,

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an important task reminders can help you manage your time efficiently.

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Create a new event such as chris' birthday,

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select the date on the calendar

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and enable all day

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to have the event appear in your calendar every year. Click make recurring

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in the window that opens, choose year from the list.

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Click save to close the window,

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ensure your status remains free. So it doesn't block your schedule.

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Add a reminder, for example,

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on the day of the event or the day before by selecting it from the drop down menu.

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If you prefer this event not to be visible to people who have access to your calendar,

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check private,

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confirm all changes by clicking save.

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This event will now appear in your calendar with a recurring icon,

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meaning you will receive an alert for this event every year.

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Imagine you have a field trip this week and need to

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reserve that time in your calendar to avoid scheduling conflicts.

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Choose the start date and time, then drag to the end time

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in the pop up window. Click more options.

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Give the event a title. For example, field trip

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in the options group, select out of office,

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add a reminder in the drop down menu. For example, 15 minutes before the event,

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confirm all changes by clicking save.

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If someone tries to book an event at this date and time,

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they will see that you are not available.

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Moreover, on the event day,

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your team's status will automatically switch to out of office

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with these outlook features.

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You'll never miss key dates and can prevent meetings

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from being added to your calendar when you're unavailable,

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such as being out of the office.

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