Help! Outlook displays the end of last month, not Today.

1. You use the default setting of "First Day of Week: Sunday" and the default of Compress Weekend days enabled.
2. You use "First Day of Week: Monday".

When you begin the week on Sunday and don't use compressed weekends, it should display properly, with 'today' highlighted in the last week of the month.

***Note that while these settings are the default or most common, other First Day of Week: settings may have the same affect, depending where the first day of the month falls.

This happens because Outlook displays only 5 weeks at a time and it always displays the week containing the first day of the month at the top of the screen. The first day shown on the calendar (which happens to be the last Monday of the last month) is selected because 'today' is off the screen.

The workarounds include:

1. Change the first Day of Week or Compress Weekend settings so the month spans only 5 weeks.
2. Press the Today button or right click on the calendar and choose Today.
3. Wait a couple of days for the first of the next month to correct it.

To change your default First Day of Week setting, Tools, Options, Calendar button.

To change the compressed weekend settings, right click on the calendar and choose Other Settings.

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