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How to connect your Outlook Calendar account

  1. Navigate to the Apps & Integrations page and go to Outlook Calendar
  2. Click the Connect button and you will be redirected to the Outlook login page. Log in with your Outlook credentials and you will automatically integrate your Outlook Calendar
  3. When connected, your calendars will be automatically selected for booking conflicts. And if it’s the first calendar integration, it will be used as default for auto add events to primary calendar. To connect an additional calendar, click Add Another and follow the connection steps again

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How to automatically add booked events to connected calendar

  1. Navigate to Outlook Settings or go to Outlook Calendar integration page
  2. Make sure the switch is turned on for Auto add events for your default calendar
  3. Select the desired calendar where you want to auto add events from the dropdown menu

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How to customize event name in your calendar

You can customize how events appear in your connected calendar for each event type separately.
  1. Go to Event Types page and select the event type you want to customize
  2. Navigate to the Preferences tab
  3. In the calendar event name field, you can write a custom name. The default format is: {{EVENT_DURATION}} meeting: {{HOST_NAME}} and {{BOOKER_NAME}}
Available variables:
  • EVENT_TYPE_NAME - The name of the event type
  • HOST_NAME - The name of the person who is hosting the event
  • BOOKER_NAME - The name of the person who booked the event
  • EVENT_DURATION - Event duration (e.g., 30 minutes, 1 hour)

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How to customize event description in your calendar

The description is the body of the calendar event. By default it holds the answers the booker gave, and the links to reschedule and to cancel.
  1. Go to Event Types page and select the event type you want to customize
  2. Navigate to the Preferences tab
  3. Write your own text in the Event Description Template field
Available variables:
  • FORM_ANSWERS - All booking form questions and their answers
  • ATTENDEES - Names and emails of the hosts, the booker and the guests
  • LOCATION - The meeting link or the address
  • RESCHEDULE_URL - Link to reschedule the booking
  • CANCEL_URL - Link to cancel the booking
  • EVENT_TYPE_NAME, HOST_NAME, BOOKER_NAME and EVENT_DURATION also work here
If your event type does not allow rescheduling or cancellation, the related variable stays empty and Novacal removes the whole line. No empty label is left behind.

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How to remove connected Outlook Calendar account

  1. Navigate to Outlook Settings or go to Outlook Calendar integration page
  2. Find your connected Outlook Calendar account and click the Disconnect button