Outlook 2007 has quite a few features which helps you become more productive. You can add multiple email accounts in their own folder structure, read RSS feeds straight from your inbox, a To-Do Bar which shows a snapshot of your calendar along with Tasks and Calendar entries for that day. But certain features are still lacking. Such as optional email threading which we are used to seeing in Gmail. Even simple tasks such as adding US holidays on Outlook can be a pain if you don’t know how to do it. Here is a screenshot walk through on how to add US holidays to Outlook 2007 calendar.

  • Load Outlook and go to Tools – Options
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  • Make sure you are in the Preferences tab and click Calendar Options.
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  • Click Add Holidays button.
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  • Check United States and any other country whose holidays you would like display on the calendar.
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  • Click OK and you are done.
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