You can double click on it from any folder (or an email attachment) to open the Add Holidays dialog. Note: You don't need to put the Outlook.HOL in 'the proper folder' to use it. Save the file as Outlook.hol (or outlook.txt if you use Outlook 2000 or earlier), place it in the proper folder and import it from Tools Options, Calendar options, Add Holidays. The holiday list is in the format of # of lines of holidays, followed by one line per holiday, in the format of Holiday name (Subject),yyyy/m/d, as shown below. You can edit this file using notepad or create your own holiday list. Starting with Outlook 2002, the file is named Outlook.hol. You can ignore this warning (and click Yes) if you are installing the holidays in an upgraded version of Outlook and don't have holidays for 'this year' in your calendar.ĭeleting the events in the Holiday category before importing holidays will eliminate this message.įor Outlook 2000 and earlier versions, the list of holidays is stored in a text file named Outlook.txt, found in the language specific subfolders of the Office folder. You may receive a warning that the holidays are already installed. This is not required, but doing so eliminates possible duplicates of older holidays. If you wish, you can use a Category view and delete the events in the Holiday category before using Add Holidays. When you upgrade to a newer version of Outlook you can use Add Holidays to update your calendar with the new holiday list. In Outlook 2010 or Outlook 2013, go to File, Option, Calendar to find Add Holidays. Click Yes when asked if you want to install the holidays again. If you upgrade to the newest version of Outlook, go to Tools, Options, Calendar and Add Holidays again to get the newest holidays list installed. If you use a version of Outlook longer than 3 years or so, you'll need to find an alternate source for holidays. Select the country (or countries) that has the holidays you want on your calendar and import. Jewish ICS for importing into Įach version of Outlook includes holidays you can add to your calendar by going to Tools, Options, Calendar options, Holidays. Israel-2013-2020 is a Gregorian date version for Outlook 2002 and Outlook 2003. Yom Haatzmaut,8) and Outlook 2003 is not able to import them. The Israel and Jewish holidays are in the HOL file using Hebrew calendar dates (i.e.

This will work with Outlook 2003 and newer, as well as with most other calendaring applications and services. The site has an *.ics file available for download. Tariq Khalaf Shared a link to UK bank holidays. Remove the duplicates by deleting the holidays in the United States location. If you previously added the US holidays, you'll have duplicates.

Right click and save the file to your hard drive then double click to add them to Outlook's Calendar. A version of the US-only holidays, split between Federal holidays and popular observances is available here.

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