How to Show Week Numbers in MS Outlook Calendar

When people talk about huge projects, speaking in week numbers is the professional lingua franca. There’s reason for using week numbers. It adds more clarity to the timelines and sets distinct expectations in man-hour efforts. And since MS Outlook is what most of us use as the communication and organization tool in our professional lives, we should consider activating the week numbers feature in MS Outlook calendar. Here’s how to do that.

Step 1: Launch MS Outlook and navigate to Tools -> Options -> Preferences. Click on the button reading Calendar Options under Calendar section.

Calendar Options

Step 2: Under Calendar Options check the box reading Show week numbers in the Month View and Date Navigator. Click on Ok.

Activate Msoutlook Week View

Step 3: There is no Step 3. Go back to your calendar and check out how the week numbers appear beside every week (on the left side) when looking at the month view.

After Activation

In case you never noticed this area before, let us check a picture of the same before this feature was activated. It showed the week date instead.

Before Activation

How much does this help you? You might also want to activate an additional time zone on the same calendar. ????

Last updated on 03 February, 2022

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