How to Change View in Calendar for Windows 10


Windows 10 has Mail and Calendar apps already built in. Mail and Calendar for Windows 10 from Microsoft help you stay up-to-date on your email, manage your schedule, and stay in touch with people you care about the most. Designed for both work and home, these apps help you communicate quickly and focus on what’s important across all your accounts.

When you first open the Calendar app for Windows 10, you'll see the default view of an entire month. If you want to switch your view, you can use the Day, Work week, Week, Month, or Year options to cycle between the various views. Several of the views have options you can configure from the Settings pane.

  • Day view: The day view shows a single day by default. If you click the down arrow next to Day, you can choose to view 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 days at once.
  • Work week: The work week view shows you the days you've defined as work days.
  • Week: The week view shows you seven days, starting on the day you've chosen in settings as your first day of the week.
  • Month: The month view shows you a calendar month by default. If you scroll down, you can view five weeks at a time.
  • Year: The year view shows you an entire calendar year at a glance. You can't view appointments or events in Year view.

This tutorial will show you how to change the view in Calendar app for your account in Windows 10.


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OPTION ONE

Change View in Calendar using Keyboard Shortcuts


1 Open the Calendar app.

2 Press the keys below to change to the view you want in Calendar.

Calendar View Keyboard Shortcut
Show Day view Ctrl+Alt+1
Show Work Week view Ctrl+Alt+2
Show Week view Ctrl+Alt+3
Show Month view Ctrl+Alt+4






OPTION TWO

Change View in Calendar


1 Open the Calendar app.

2 Do step 3 (Day), step 4 (Work week), step 5 (Work), step 6 (Month), or step 7 (Year) below for what view you want to switch to in Calendar.


 3. To switch to Day view in Calendar

A) Perform one of the following actions depending on what is available and for how many days you want to show at once. (see screenshots below)
  • Click/tap on the Day button on the toolbar at the top right area.
  • Click/tap on the down arrow next to the B]Day[/B] button on the toolbar, and click/tap on 1 day, 2 day, 3 day, 4 day, 5 day, or 6 day for how many days to show at once.
  • Click/tap on the Show (3 dots) button on the toolbar at the top right area, and click/tap Day.
  • Click/tap on the Show (3 dots) button on the toolbar at the top right area, click/tap on the down arrow next to the Day button, and click/tap on 1 day, 2 day, 3 day, 4 day, 5 day, or 6 day for how many days to show at once.

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 4. To switch to Work Week view in Calendar

A) Perform one of the following actions depending on what is available. (see screenshots below)
  • Click/tap on the down arrow next to the Week button on the toolbar, and click/tap on Work week.
  • Click/tap on the Show (3 dots) button on the toolbar at the top right area, click/tap on the down arrow next to the Week button, and click/tap on Work week.

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 5. To switch to Work view in Calendar

A) Perform one of the following actions depending on what is available. (see screenshots below)
  • Click/tap on the Week button on the toolbar at the top right area.
  • Click/tap on the down arrow next to the Week button on the toolbar, and click/tap on Week.
  • Click/tap on the Show (3 dots) button on the toolbar at the top right area, and click/tap on Week.
  • Click/tap on the Show (3 dots) button on the toolbar at the top right area, click/tap on the down arrow next to the Week button, and click/tap on Week.

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 6. To switch to Month view in Calendar

A) Perform one of the following actions depending on what is available. (see screenshots below)
  • Click/tap on the Month button on the toolbar at the top right area.
  • Click/tap on the Show (3 dots) button on the toolbar at the top right area, and click/tap on Month.

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 7. To switch to Year view in Calendar

A) Perform one of the following actions depending on what is available. (see screenshots below)
  • Click/tap on the Year button on the toolbar at the top right area.
  • Click/tap on the Show (3 dots) button on the toolbar at the top right area, and click/tap on Year.

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That's it,
Shawn


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