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karlv
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Mar 23, 2020

Change default meeting length in Outlook - Avoid Back-to-Back meetings!

We give the following advice in our VP's blog post - "schedule meetings to conclude five minutes before the end of the hour or half hour. This shortens your time together slightly but goes a long w...
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Jmisla
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You can't currently set events to start late or end early from the new Outlook for Mac.

If you make the change using your email account on Outlook on the web or Outlook for Windows, the new Outlook for Mac will honor the settings you made, so if you create an event on your Mac it will start late or end early depending on what you set on the Outlook on the web or Outlook for Windows.

Check the Windows Desktop or Web tabs for information on how to set your events to start late or end early.

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Ian_Lewis
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Mar 09, 2022

Jmisla My Outlook for Mac doesn't seem to honor the setting made via the web. Version is Office365 16.58. I've tried both old and new Outlook interfaces.

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