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Outlook for Microsoft 365 New Outlook for Windows

Choose a meeting or appointment and then select the Meeting or Appointment tab and then choose Categorize in classic Outlook.
Select a color category. The first time you select a new category, you can:
- Add a more descriptive name.
- Add a keyboard shortcut key. This lets you quickly assign categories on selected meetings and appointments by pressing the shortcut key.
- Customize the color.

To categorize meetings or appointments, see Assign categories to messages.

Tip: Select Categorize icon Categorize > All Categories at any time to rename, change shortcuts, assign new colors, or add and remove categories from a meeting or appointment in classic Outlook. For more info, see Create and assign color categories.

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