Managing Public Holidays in Outlook

When is Memorial Day in the US or Anzac Day in Australia?

If you're unsure, luckily for you, Outlook isn't.

Most national holidays are stored in Outlook - you just need to find them and add them to your calendar.

Here's how:

Choose Tools > Options > Preferences tab ad click the Calendar Options button.

Click the Add Holidays button and from the list choose the country (or countries) you want the holidays for and click Ok.

Wait while Outlook adds these details to your calendar and click Ok twice to exit.

The holidays will appear under the date in most Calendar views.

Word 2007 - instant tables

New to Word 2007 is its Quick Tables feature which provides custom formatted tables for inserting in a document. To see the tables available click the Insert tab and choose Table > Quick Tables. The preconfigured tables include calendars and tables with sub headings and other features already formatted. Click a table to insert it and, once in the document replace the text in the table with your own text such as the dates for your desired calendar month.

These tables are a quick way to create some really great looking tables, one wonders though why no one made the calendar options just a little bit smarter so they automatically enter the desired month and days. Just a thought Microsoft!