Outlook: enter public holidays

If you want to enter the holidays for the current or coming year in Outlook, you do not have to enter each appointment individually by hand. We will show you how it is much easier and faster.

Outlook: delete old public holidays and enter new public holidays

So that you do not see the holidays twice and three times in the overview, you should first delete the old holidays:

1. Open the calendar in Outlook and switch to the "View" tab at the top.
2. Click on the "Change view" button and select the "List" option.
3. Mark all public holidays here and delete them by right-clicking on the "Delete" option or using the "Del" key.

Outlook: import new holidays

1. On the website of Schulferien.org you will find all vacation times and the public holidays in a compatible format.
2. Scroll down a bit and select the public holidays for all of Germany or for your federal state.
3. With a double click you can now import the downloaded file into Outlook. If you are using an older version of Outlook, you also need the following instructions for importing public holidays.
4. Afterwards, all public holidays for the selected year are displayed in Outlook. If the holiday is on the same date year after year, these are automatically repeated in the following years.

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