Tip: you can work with the dates in Excel, then copy and paste into Notepad to save as an HOL file.
To create a custom set of holidays, you can create your own HOL file in notepad by following these steps. On each holiday line, there is a comma and space between the holiday description (subject) and the date. Note that there is a space between the bracket and the number. The # is the total number of holidays listed for the location (or country). The Outlook.HOL file lists holidays in the following format, one date per line:
You do not have to go to Options > Calendar > Add Holidays to add the holidays to your calendar. This has one advantage: you only need to double click on the file to open the Add Holidays dialog. See How to Remove Duplicate Holidays From the Calendar for complete instructions.Ĭreate a Custom Holiday File | Use a Script to Import Holidays | Move Events Manually | Custom HOL sample | More Informationīecause of tighter security in current versions of Windows, it's generally easier to create a new HOL file.
