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CHeydorn
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Jan 05, 2019
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Outlook for Mac - Calendar preview add-in in inbox possible

Dear community, 

 

I am a Macintosh Office 365 user. And I miss the inbox sidebar from Outlook Windows in the Outlook version for Mac, where i can see the dates for the current day. Isn't there this function in outlook for mac available? If not, is there possibly an add-in for this from another provider?

Thanks for feedback.

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  • madhumsr's avatar
    madhumsr
    Copper Contributor
    Hi,

    Microsoft 365 Subscription license you will not see the "Task Pane" under View. You will see this under Microsoft Retail license 2019.

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    Madhu
  • NitinGoya's avatar
    NitinGoya
    Copper Contributor
    I have the same problem, I don't see the option under View. I have version 16.58 of outlook on Mac.

    Anyone able to resolve this for 16.58?
    • NitinGoya's avatar
      NitinGoya
      Copper Contributor
      Reinstalling the outlook did the trick for me.
  • GabiZ2040's avatar
    GabiZ2040
    Copper Contributor

    I have the same problem, I don't see the option under View.

    I have version 16.58 of outlook and macos 12.2.1

    Any suggestions are most welcome.

    Thanks

    Gabi

  • ajghodke's avatar
    ajghodke
    Copper Contributor

    CHeydorn 

    I had the same issue. My solution to get back the add-ins were the following.

    • Go to [Outlook Preferences / Privacy]
    • Mark [Enable/Disable optional connected experiences]
    • Restart Outlook

    This above steps should resolve the issue

    • JoshuaB_Seattle's avatar
      JoshuaB_Seattle
      Copper Contributor
      Mine was already checked when I launched it today. Not sure if that was due to the recent update or not. I switched to New Outlook and it's there!

      Now if I could just switch to Tasks instead of To-Do I'd be golden. I miss being able to flag a message as a task with a date/reminder. 😞
    • John_BloggsIgor2's avatar
      John_BloggsIgor2
      Copper Contributor
      Dunno how - but it WORKS!!! Thanks a bunch! My pain is over, calendar is on place
    • csjavik's avatar
      csjavik
      Copper Contributor

      HI there!

       

      So how do I actually do this? Have googled and found nothing that solved the calendar add in to my Outlook on Mac 🙂 Thanks! /Cecilie falconsfire 

      • falconsfire's avatar
        falconsfire
        Copper Contributor

        csjavik 

        When I clicked View > Task Pane menu the calendar sidebar is toggled on and off (also there a button on the right hand side that does the same thing - circled in screenshot)

        You don't see this?

         

         

  • LindsDW's avatar
    LindsDW
    Copper Contributor

    Update

     

    I found this ticket and they are working on it.  Add your votes to this one.

     

    https://outlook.uservoice.com/forums/293343-outlook-for-mac/suggestions/9114511-to-do-bar-have-calendar-and-task-pane-in-mail-vie

  • Hi CHeydorn,

     

    Thanks for raising this. 

     

    At present, it is not possible to view calendars in/next to the reading pane in Outlook for Mac

     

    https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Customize-views-in-Outlook-for-Mac-257d7104-5c90-4ee3-bad2-9935ab424c64

     

    There are several user voices open to have it added. These are two examples

     

    https://outlook.uservoice.com/forums/293343-outlook-for-mac/suggestions/15273843-i-suggest-adding-calendar-pane

    https://outlook.uservoice.com/forums/293343-outlook-for-mac/suggestions/20614885-please-add-calendar-view-to-reading-pane

     

    I would recommend voting and driving as many people as possible to them in order to get Microsoft's attention on them. Unfortunately, AFAIK there is no third party add-ons which do this so it will be a case of waiting for Microsoft and having to switch into the calendar view for the foreseeable future.

     

    I hope that I answered your question. If I have, please like the post and set it as the solution. I look forward to answering more of your questions in the future.

     

    Best, Chris

    • dmonk1964's avatar
      dmonk1964
      Copper Contributor

      ChrisHoardMVP I have the same issue and have had to revert to the old version of Outlook for Mac. Microsoft...please help.

    • Jeff_Lowe's avatar
      Jeff_Lowe
      Copper Contributor

      ChrisHoardMVP Any chance we can get these two topics combined to improve the visibility of this request and the support

      • Hi @Jeff_Lowe

        Unfortunately, Microsoft Team manages the user requests and the site. I have seen them merge requests but it's every once in a while not on a regular basis. so there is many examples of duplicated requests on that uservoice. I would comment on the uservoices requesting that they are merged with each other. Hopefully, they will see this and merge them.

        It makes total sense and combines the votes too which should push it up the agenda.

        Best, Chris

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