Want To Learn How to Set Up a Recurring Appointment in Outlook?

Outlook allows you to schedule recurring appointments all at the same time. You can schedule meetings to occur daily, weekly, monthly and yearly. To schedule a recurring appointment:

1. In the calendar, on the Home ribbon, click on “New Appointment”

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2. Complete the Subject, Location, Start time and End Time fields


3. Click the “Recurrence” button

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A dialog box will open showing the appointment’s start and end time.


Setting a weekly recurrence:

  • Click in “Weekly”
  • Select the day of the week
  • Set when you want the recurrence to stop either:
    • No end date
    • End after: occurrences
    • End by: (select date)
  • Click OK

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Setting a monthly recurrence:

  • Click on “Monthly”
  • Choose either by date or by day
  • Set when you want the recurrence to stop either:
    • No end date
    • End after: occurrences
    • End by: (select date)
  • Click OK

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Setting a yearly recurrence:

  • Click on “Monthly”
  • Choose either by date or by day
  • Set when you want the recurrence to stop either:
    • No end date
    • End after: occurrences
    • End by: (select date)
  • Click OK

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4. In each case after clicking on OK you will be returned to the screen where you set up the appointment. A notation will appear about the recurrence.

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5. Click Save and Close


6. If you need to make a change to either one of the events in the series or the entire series, open one of the appointments.


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7. This dialog box will open. Select whether you want to make the change to just this one appointment or to the entire series.

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