Microsoft Outlook: Create a Calendar Meeting from an Email in Outlook

Overview

To create a calendar meeting from an email in Outlook, you can drag the email over to the calendar icon on the left side of your Outlook window. This will then open a dialog box with information on the suggested meeting time.

Instructions

1. In Outlook, pop out the message you want to make a meeting by double clicking on the message.
    
2. Drag the message over to the calendar icon on the left side of Outlook.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
    
3. A meeting invitation will pop up and will have recipients from the email already pre-loaded into the attendees box.
   • If times and dates are included in the message, the meeting invitation should pre-populate with that information.