

Note: Working Elsewhere isn't a Free/Busy option in Outlook 2010 or Outlook 2007, but Exchange mailbox users will see items marked for working elsewhere with a black bar in the Free/Busy indicator if they open their mailbox in Outlook 2010 or 2007.īusy appointments use the category color. Tentative appointments are displayed with hash marks on the left.įree is white if you have all updates installed, otherwise, it's a lighter shade of the color category.

Working Elsewhere appointments have a dotted pattern.īusy appointments use the category color. Tentative appointments have hash marks on the left. Outlook 2013 adds a new Free/Busy status: Working Elsewhere, which uses a dotted pattern in the Free/busy indicator on the left.īusy appointments use a darker shade of the category color. Timed appointments are displayed in the category color with the Free/busy status shown in a small bar on the left side. The Show time as command is in the ribbon and the All Day event checkbox is to the right of the time and date fields in an appointment form. The new Outlook 2013 Working Elsewhere status uses a dotted background. Timed appointments are shown in the category color and the Free/Busy indicator is shown in a small bar to the left of the appointment. Items marked Out-of-Office are always purple, with the block around the appointment text using the category color. The hash lines are the category color, or if no color category is assigned, the lines are the calendar color. Items marked with hash lines are Tentative. If the event is not assigned a color category, the day shading uses the calendar color. All Day events marked as Busy highlight the day with the category color.
