How to add custom holidays to the calendar
To add custom holidays to Outlook calendar, do the following:
1. Open the outlook.hol file (after first making a safe copy of it somewhere else):
For example, it can be here:
C:\Program Files (x86)\
2. Go to the end of the file, and add events using the following format:
- [Description of Section] nnn - useful description of the section, and then type the name of the events; the nnn part represents the number of events within the section
- Event or holiday description, yyyy/mm/dd
- Event or holiday description, yyyy/mm/dd
![Company holidays Outlook 2016 Company holidays Outlook 2016](/images/tips/359_2016/1.png)
3. On the File tab, click the Options button:
![Outlook 2016 options Outlook 2016 options](/images/tips/outlook_button2016/2016.png)
4. In the Outlook Options dialog box, on the Calendar tab, under Calendar options, click the Add Holidays... button:
![Calendar options Outlook 2016 Calendar options Outlook 2016](/images/tips/359_2016/2.png)
5. In the Add Holidays to Calendar dialog box, select the country and check holidays for it:
![Calendar options Outlook 2016 Calendar options Outlook 2016](/images/tips/359_2016/3.png)
6. Click Ok to add holidays of the selected "country" to your Outlook calendar:
![Calendar with holidays Outlook 2016 Calendar with holidays Outlook 2016](/images/tips/359_2016/4.png)
See also How to delete holidays and events from the calendar.
See also this tip in French: Comment ajouter les fêtes et des jours fériés personnalisées du calendrier.