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Calendar layout and general settings

Outlook manages email, calendar, contacts, and more. Here, we focus on the calendar. The calendar is typically symbolised by a calendar icon on the Outlook toolbar.

These are optional suggestions, rather than required settings.

Windows old Outlook
  • To go to the Outlook calendar, click the small calendar icon in the top left corner of Outlook. It is possible to change the calendar layout (also referred to as 'view') with the buttons in the "Go To" and "Arrange" sections. We recommend choosing to view the next seven days, but you may want to try different settings to see which one suits you best:Layout 1.png
  • If you want a quick view of the calendar and upcoming events, hover over the calendar icon with the cursor without clicking it. A window appears with upcoming events. You can click on the icon in the corner to view the calendar and mailbox simultaneously:Layout 2.png
MacOS
  1. To go to the Outlook calendar, click the small calendar icon in the top left corner of Outlook:dagbok1.jpg
  2. It is possible to adjust the calendar layout (also referred to as 'view') in the "Organize" tab. You can choose to view one day, the work week, a full week, or a month:dagbók viðmót.png
Android

Calendar view

  1. You can select how many days you see in the calendar. Click on the icon next to the search icon in the top right:Layout 1.png
  2. Here you can choose to view the calendar as an agenda, a month, or one or three days at once:Layout 2.png

Visible calendars and calendar sharing

You can choose which calendars are visible and adjust settings for each calendar, such as sharing a calendar with others.

  1. Tap the top left icon:Layout 3.png
  2. Tick and untick the calendars you want to have visible/invisible in your calendar view. If you want to go to the settings for a specific calendar, tap the gear wheel icon to the right of that calendar:Layout 4.png
  3. Here you can select a colour for the calendar and share it with others. To do so, tap "Add people". Then you can select whether the recipient can only view the calendar or whether they can also add events to the calendar, and so forth:Layout 5.png

Notifications and other settings for the calendar app as a whole

  1. Tap the 'Hamburger' icon (three horizontal lines) in the top left:Layout 3.png
  2. Tap the gear wheel icon in the bottom left:signature 2.png
  3. Here you can adjust various Outlook settings. Scroll down the list to the calendar settings. Here you can select when to receive notifications, which calendar is selected by default when a new event is created (this can always be changed when setting up a new event), and what day of the week the week shall start in the calendar. In the current example, we select "Notifications":Layout 6.png
  4. Tap "Events" to select when to receive notifications about an event start. You can also choose whether or not to receive notifications from this account by clicking "Sound":Layout 7.png
Web

Below are some settings that can come in handy, such as how many days are displayed on the site, basic settings, and weather settings.

  • To get to the calendar, begin by logging into outlook.hi.is and clicking the calendar icon at the top left of the site.
  • You can set how much of the calendar is viewed on the page. Choose between one day, the work week, full week, or month. Click "Today" to go directly to the current day in the calendar. This can be useful if you have skipped many months forward/back in the calendar and want to return to the current day. The view you have selected remains unless you change it:layout 1.png
  • You can find the calendar settings by clicking the gear wheel icon in the top right:layout 2.png
  • In the settings you can choose the theme, weather and other options:layout 3.png
  • In the weather tab you can select your location, show the weather in your calendar and Celsius:layout 4.png

Further information and assistance

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