Manage your calendar and contacts in Outlook
Schedule an appointment
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In Calendar, select New Appointment.
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Add a Subject, Location, and the start and end times.
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Select Invite Attendees to turn the appointment into a meeting.
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Select Save & Close to finish, or Send if it's a meeting.
![Outlook New Appointment](https://cxcs.microsoft.net/static/public/office/neutral/e7e397cd-243a-43c8-8a8a-109dd3a49ca9/616cc28a1fc226ce0a5c9b548567bdd1860aa3be.png)
Use the Scheduling Assistant
When you create a meeting, use the Scheduling Assistant to see when attendees and rooms are available.
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From a new meeting request, select Scheduling Assistant.
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The shaded area with vertical bars shows the meeting time. Drag the bars to adjust the meeting time.
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The grid shows when attendees are available. To the right of the meeting request, Outlook shows suggested times and the number of conflicts.
![Outlook Scheduling Assistant](https://cxcs.microsoft.net/static/public/office/neutral/d90dc3ed-2897-435d-9daa-d5d7e7035509/35a58cb454d2283bdc6491d06cb2613afee602e4.png)
Add a contact
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Select the People icon.
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Select New Contact or press Ctrl+N.
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Enter a name and any other information that you want to include for the contact.
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Select Save & New to create another contact, or Save & Close if you're done.
![Outlook New Contact](https://cxcs.microsoft.net/static/public/office/neutral/c7c11a58-d0b2-4357-af35-d88ca7b6946f/567f1f0e1cacb5c473b7756332bf45fcc2521abc.png)
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