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Outlook: how to set recurrence every 1st, 2nd, and 4th week

I've set up two recurring events in Outlook for my team:

  • Event #1: Every week on Thursdays
  • Event #2: Every third Friday of the month

With this setup, it will look like the following on my monthly calendar:

1 = Event #1
2 = Event #2
| S | M | T | W | T | F | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - |
|_-_|_-_|_-_|_-_|_1_|_-_|_-_|

However, I'd like to have it where Event #1 only recurs every 1st, 2nd, and 4th week so it doesn't conflict with Event #2 - like so:

| S | M | T | W | T | F | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
|_-_|_-_|_-_|_-_|_1_|_-_|_-_|

The only solution that I found, so far, is to create three separate Event #1 to recur on those week. That would be impractical for me because if there was a change in the schedule or someone else is added to the events, I'd have to update it three times.

Is it possible to set Event #1 to recur every 1st, 2nd, and 4th week of the month without having to create three duplicate events?

Solution

  • Outlook does not do that kind of recurrence pattern out of the box. The only other solution I can imagine is creating a weekly recurrence pattern and deleting all instances on every third week. But that will preclude you from having "no-end" appointments.