When you're in a business environment, you most likely have to use Outlook for managing meetings. A common problem is that you've got a meeting scheduled with a couple of peers and you need some time extra. For example, you have to walk to a different building or you just want some preparation time, you need a time slot upfront and/or directly after the meeting.

In order to avoid beeing booked for a different meeting which adjoins the other one, you need to manually create appointments before and/or after the meeting. The other option is that your calendar shows a free time where there isn't one. Unfortunately, people avoid this tedious task and therefore, this situation is common practice.

I do have an elegant solution for this issue: an easy-to-reach button which adds appointment before and/or after a selected appointment.

To my great surprise, I found a ready-to use solution online.

You just need to press Alt-F11 , paste the following script into your VBA-editor, and add a Quick Access Toolbar item to your Outlook. In case you need further help with the setup, please take a look at the screen-shots on my blog entry where I describe how I keep appointments on my calendar without accepting or declining them.