I declined a recurring meeting invitation in Outlook 2007 to let the organizer know I am unable to attend, which will be true most of the time. But there will be rare occasions when I could attend so I would like to have this declined meeting show up on my calendar. Currently, it is sitting in my Deleted Items folder and I find no way to move/copy/transfer it to the calendar. Also, contrary to this post — I do not even see an option to redo my accept/decline choice.
Outlook – How to show declined meeting on Outlook calendar
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My needs are a little different. If I think there's any chance I may be able to attend I will reply as tentative. If I know I won't attend I do decline, so my true free/busy status shows on our shared calendar. Most declined meetings I can just keep track of on the shared calendar, but for some it's important to me to know when certain things are being done or when certain people will be busy. I want these in my own calendar because I sync it with my smartphone and I want to see them when I'm not at my desk. Keeping meeting requests in the inbox just clutters the box, risks accidental deletion, and seems in general no way to run a railroad. Seems to me there ought to be a better way, even if it's only some kind of macro that makes a copy of the meeting in my own calendar.