Outlook 2007: Increase the Number of Months Displayed in the To-Do Bar
Contributed by Rob Rogers 
Tagged: Microsoft Outlook By default, Outlook’s To-Do Bar only displays the current month’s calendar. While this is helpful, it does little for providing a quick reference for looking at future months. You can configure the To-Do Bar to display multiple months and have a quick view of not only the current month, but the next few months as well.
1. Open Outlook.
2. Go to the Menu.
3. Click View, mouseover To-Do Bar and select Options.
4. Beneath the Show Date Navigator checkbox, use the designated textbox to input the number of month rows you wish to display in your To-Do Bar (1-9, maximum viewable number will depend on your screen size).
5. Click OK.
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marissa said on January 25, 2009
thank you, this assisted me greatly
Rex said on February 11, 2009
I want to move the To-Do bar to my calendar, I don’t want it on my email window.
Jamie said on March 11, 2009
I want the to do bar on my mail screen
Asif said on April 8, 2009
Thank You
Kristi said on April 21, 2009
thank you so much. it was so easy! great step by steps
jane said on April 22, 2009
Thanks for this. Very useful. Is there any way of displaying the to do bar on the other side of the screeen?
Lady T said on April 30, 2009
AWESOME!! Thank you so much and your instructions were simple.
Renee said on May 1, 2009
my to do bar will not give me the option of showing more appointments now that I can see more months.
John said on May 30, 2009
Can more months be displayed in the navigation pane when and only when in the calender…instead of in the To Do Pane?
This makes it more like Ourlook 2003 which had a much better use of display real estate.
Erin said on June 24, 2009
I am wanting to see future appt’s in the little bubbles below the calendar that is displayed on the “TO-DO BAR”. It looks like it only pops up the little bubbles with appt’s in them up to 30 days? Is this something you can change? I would like to see the appt’s for current month and the next month. But, not necessarily the actual calander for 2 months.
Rosa Estrada said on November 3, 2009
I followed the directions to viewing multiple months but it didn’t work. What an I doing wrong?
Rosa Estrada said on November 3, 2009
I redid the process and it worked. I didn’t have the To-Do-Bar on! Thanks for the help!
Jacqui said on November 23, 2009
Tried that and it doesn’t work !!!!
Anonymous said on December 31, 2009
on my calendars it somehow deletes all of my appointments from 3 months prior to the current date. if i go into September all matters are gone. how do i set up the calendar so that all prior appointments stay on “forever”. any thoughts would be appreciated.
Anonymous said on April 21, 2010
Yes, it worked out to a “T”. Thanks so much. It’s perfect.