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What are those symbols in my calendar display?
 
Applies to
Microsoft Office Outlook® 2003
Microsoft Outlook® 97, 98, 2000, and 2002

In the Outlook calendar, symbols represent some of the features associated with meetings or appointments. The following is a list of the symbols you might see.

Symbol Meaning
Recurring item icon Recurring item   This symbol represents an appointment or meeting that recurs on a specified scheduled. To create recurring meetings, see Make an appointment or meeting recurring.
Recurring Item Exception icon Exception to recurring item   This symbol represents an item, such as an appointment or meeting, that recurs on a specified schedule; however, this one instance is different — or an exception — from the usual pattern of the recurrence. To change recurrences, see Change an appointment, event, or meeting.
Conflict icon Data conflict   A conflict exists between the data on your local computer and the Microsoft Exchange Server. To resolve the conflict, open the item and follow the instructions shown on your screen.
Start time icon Start time of an appointment or meeting   Most commonly seen with multi-day items in the Week or Month views where a specific start and end time have been set. The time shown in the symbol matches the start time of the item. You can also change numeric times to a clock symbol in the Week and Month views.
End time icon End time of an appointment or meeting   Most commonly seen with multi-day items in the Week or Month views where a specific start and end time have been set. The time shown in the symbol matches the end time of the item. You can also change numeric times to a clock symbol in the Week and Month views.
Appointment icon Scheduled meeting   A meeting with one or more people is scheduled.
Private icon Private item   If you share your calendar information with other people using Microsoft Exchange or are publishing calendar items to a Web site, marking items private prevents details such as subjects, notes, or location from appearing. For more information, see Make an appointment or meeting private.
Reminder icon A reminder is associated with this item   Reminders can be added to appointments or meetings to give you advance notice of a pending event. For more information, see Set or remove a reminder.
Meeting Workspace icon A Meeting Workspace is associated with this item   For more information, see About Meeting Workspaces.
Attachment icon A file attachment is associated with this item   For more information, see Open an attachment.
More items icon More items There are more items than can be shown in the current view.
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