This article was co-authored by How.com.vn Staff. Our trained team of editors and researchers validate articles for accuracy and comprehensiveness. How.com.vn's Content Management Team carefully monitors the work from our editorial staff to ensure that each article is backed by trusted research and meets our high quality standards.
The How.com.vn Tech Team also followed the article's instructions and verified that they work.
This article has been viewed 4,181 times.
This How.com.vn teaches you how to create a new calendar event on Microsoft Outlook and send an invitation message to your contacts, using a desktop computer.
Steps
Open Microsoft Outlook on your computer. The Outlook icon looks like an "O" in a blue box. You can find it on your Start menu on Windows or in your Applications folder on Mac.
Click theicon next to the New Items button at the top. This button is located next to New Email on your toolbar in the upper-left corner. It will open a drop-down menu of your options.
Click Meeting on the drop-down menu. This will open a new, empty calendar invite in a pop-up window. You can fill it out and send it to your contacts.
Enter your contact's email address into the "To" field. You'll find this field at the top of your calendar invite window. Type your contact's email here.- Matching contacts will pop up on a drop-down list as you type. You can click a contact here to add.
- If you want to add multiple contacts, make sure to separate each email address with a comma.
Enter a subject line for your invite. You'll find the "Subject" line below the "To" field at the top. This will allow your invitees to get an idea of what your calendar invite is about.
Enter your event's location into the "Location" field. You'll find this field below the "Subject" line. Click the text field, and type the address or location your event is taking place.
Click the calendar icon next to the "Start time" field. This will open a monthly calendar in a pop-up, and allow you to select a date for your event.- On some versions of Outlook, this option may be named "Starts" instead of "Start time."
Select your event's start date on the pop-up calendar. Click the date your event is starting to select it.- You can click the arrow icons at the top of the calendar to switch to another month.
- Alternatively, you can click the date field, and manually type a date.
Select a starting time for your event. Click the hourly time field next to the date, and enter the time your event is starting.
Select an ending date and time next to the "End time" field. You can click the calendar icon here and select a date on the calendar, or manually enter a day and time.- Alternatively, click and check the All day event box if your event is taking up an entire day on the selected date.
Write an invitation message in the body field. Click the body field below the date and time, and enter the details of your event here.
Click the Send button. This button looks like a white envelope icon in the upper-left corner of your invite message. It will send your calendar invite to your specified contacts.Advertisement
Expert Q&A
About this article
1. Open Outlook.
2. Click New Items on the top-left.
3. Click Meeting.
4. Enter your contact's email into the "To" field.
5. Enter a subject, location, date, and time in the respective fields.
6. Write your invite message in the body field.
7. Click Send on the top-left.
Is this article up to date?
⚠️ Disclaimer:
Content from Wiki How English language website. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License; additional terms may apply.
Wiki How does not encourage the violation of any laws, and cannot be responsible for any violations of such laws, should you link to this domain, or use, reproduce, or republish the information contained herein.
- - A few of these subjects are frequently censored by educational, governmental, corporate, parental and other filtering schemes.
- - Some articles may contain names, images, artworks or descriptions of events that some cultures restrict access to
- - Please note: Wiki How does not give you opinion about the law, or advice about medical. If you need specific advice (for example, medical, legal, financial or risk management), please seek a professional who is licensed or knowledgeable in that area.
- - Readers should not judge the importance of topics based on their coverage on Wiki How, nor think a topic is important just because it is the subject of a Wiki article.
